Alexander Vinnikov

Alexander Vinnikov is a Russian politician.

Political history

Alexander Vinnikov is the mayor of Birobidzhan, the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast [ [http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=173170 Jewish Communities in Russian Far East Host Series of Celebrations] ] [ [http://www.eao.ru/eng/?p=regnews_eng&newsid=1749 Chapter of Birobidzhan city hall Alexander Vinnikov granted the best students with scholarships] ] . The 2004 Birobidzhan mayoral election was held during the same time as the Russian presidential election, 2004. On March 14, 2004, Alexander Vinnikov, the incumbent, faced professor Miron Fishbeyn, and Aleksandr Kurdyukov of the Birobidzhan municipal administration. Alexander Vinnikov won the election. [ [http://arc.uaa.alaska.edu/pages/rfenmarch04.htm Alexander Vinnikov Wins 2004 Birobidzhan Mayoral Election] ] .

Jewish community

Alexander Vinnikov is Jewish. His family arrived in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in 1947 from Belarus [ [http://cache.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=493279048&page_url=%2f%2fwww.jta.org%2fpage_view_story.asp%3fintarticleid%3d13137%26intcategoryid%3d5&page_last_updated=9%2f1%2f2003+2%3a59%3a38+PM&firstName=Alexander&lastName=Vinnikov ALONG THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD] ] . In 2004, as mayor, he participated in the opening of the new Chabad House and Birobidzhan Synagogue in Birobidzhan [ [http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=6639New Chabad House in Russia] ] . As member of the local kehilla [ [http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=176010 Stalin Has Long Been Dead, but His Jewish Region Lives On] ] , during the December of 2005 candle-lighting of a Hanukkah Menorah, Alexander Vinnikov lit the 'shamash' candle and passed it to the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Chabad Lubavich representative, Mordechai Scheiner. [ [http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=342376 Jewish Autonomous Republic Comes Alight at Chanukah] ]

ee also

*Jews and Judaism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

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