Gazetteer of the Pale

        The Pale of Jewish Settlement existed from the late 1790’s until 1917. Much of Jewish ancestry hails from this region making it a popular target for Jewish research. After 1825, the Pale consisted of the fifteen western provinces of the Russian Empire, not including the Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland). Before 1825 the province of Astrakhan was included, and until 1887 the Taganrog district around the mouth of the Don river was attached to the province of Ekaterinoslav. A small number of localities have been included from these areas. By 1881 there were 2.9 million Jews living in the Pale of Settlement, which amounted to 12.5% of the total population of Imperial Russia.
        The Gazetteer has been assembled to assist in finding settlements, once home to Jews, in over 5,000 locations in the former Pale. Many of these were home for Jews up to the end of WWI, as well as between WWI and WWII. Distinguishing between these two periods is not accomplished by this data set. However, comparisons of proximity for locations up to a 40 kilometer radius are given for every place search and links to additional information are found on pins in the map window. Localities (1,469) with links in the District column in search results are part of the JewishGen Communities Database.
 
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Results for Gotesti

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Gotesti Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Goteshty 46°08'09"/28°10'35"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Badicul Moldovenesc Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Badicu, Badyku-Moldavskoye 8.20 46°05'42"/28°15'54"
Cania Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Kaniya 16.16 46°16'35"/28°13'50"
Baimaclia Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Baimaclia [Rom], Baymakliya [Rus] 17.35 46°11'15"/28°23'20"
Chioselia Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Kisseliya, Kioselya Mika, Kiseliya-Mika, Kioseliya, Kiseliya 17.68 46°08'28"/28°24'20"
Aleksandreshty Mold. Bessarabia Akkerman Alexandresti, Aleksandrovka, Aleksandreshty, Aleksandreshti 20.55 46°03'01"/28°24'45"
Cotihana Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Cotiugeni, Kotyugany 22.57 45°56'18"/28°14'36"
Cahul Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Cahul [Rom], Kagul [Rus], Kaguł [Pol], Kahul 25.83 45°54'15"/28°11'57"
Hănăseni Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Ganaseny de Pedure, Hanasenii De Padure 26.25 46°20'46"/28°19'54"
Bairamcea Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Barancha-Moskovey, Moskovey (Pogrom 10-27-1905) 27.11 45°55'39"/28°21'31"
Pleşeni Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Plesheny 27.65 46°21'23"/28°20'33"
Borceag Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Biruintsa 28.27 46°03'09"/28°31'21"
Albota de Sus Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Albota, Verkhnyaya Albota, Novaya Albota 29.55 45°58'12"/28°28'32"
Visinesti Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Vişineşti [Rom], Vishnëvka [Rus], Vişniovca, Vişineovca 30.25 46°19'57"/28°26'53"
Sadic Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Sadacu, Sadyk 30.26 46°16'12"/28°31'07"
Cociulia Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Kochuliya 30.67 46°21'24"/28°24'54"
Tigheci Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Tigech 31.98 46°23'16"/28°22'38"
Besalma Mold. Bessarabia Bendery Beshalma 36.45 46°10'09"/28°38'49"
Borogani Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Borogany 37.22 46°22'15"/28°31'17"
Iargara Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Yargara, Yargora, Posëlok Yargora 37.49 46°25'31"/28°25'36"
Chirsova Mold. Bessarabia Bendery Kirsova 37.78 46°13'50"/28°38'51"
Misheny Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Meşeni, Novaya Yargara (not apparent on hist. maps; may have originated as a khutor) 38.54 46°25'08"/28°27'56"
Baurci-Moldoveni Mold. Bessarabia Bendery Baurcei, Baurchi 38.79 46°05'46"/28°40'35"
Leova Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Leova [Rom, Mold, Yid], Leovo [Rus], Leowa [Ger], Leowo [Pol], Levo, Leva 38.97 46°28'56"/28°15'11"