A Masha Gessen book about this region describes the burning of Yiddish-language books by the capital city's library. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this region with its capital at Birobidzhan. Article 65 of its country's constitution establishes this region's independence as a home for its namesake ethnoreligious group.
ANSWER: Jewish Autonomous Oblast [or JAO or Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast; prompt on answers indicating a Jewish oblast]
[10h] This animal appears on the coat of arms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Japanese occupiers carried out a campaign to eradicate this animal from the Korean peninsula, making it a symbol of Korean colonial resistance.
ANSWER: Siberian tiger [or Amur tiger; prompt on Asian tiger; prompt on Korean tiger by asking "What is the more common name for the subspecies?"]
[10e] East of the JAO, this second-largest city in the Russian Far East contains the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
ANSWER: Vladivostok
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