Komzet

Komzet (Russian: Комитет по земельному устройству еврейских трудящихся, КОМЗЕТ) was the Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land (some English sources use the word "working" instead of "toiling") in the Soviet Union.

The primary goal of the Komzet was to provide work for the unemployed agricultural Jewish population of the country.

[1] The Komzet was a government committee whose function was to contribute and distribute the land for new kolkhozes.

A complementary public society, the OZET was established in order to assist in moving settlers to a new location, housebuilding, irrigation, training, providing them with cattle and agricultural tools, education, medical and cultural services.

In 1927, following a failed attempt to establish Jewish autonomy in Crimea, the Birsko-Bidzhansky region in the Russian Far East was identified as a territory suitable for compact living of the Soviet Jews.