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 Babruysk

Matching Town Modern
Country
Pale
Province
Provincial
District
Alt. Names Coordinates
Babruysk Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Babruysk [Bel], Bobruysk [Rus], Bobroisk [Yid], Bobrujsk [Pol], Bobruisk, Babrujsk, Babruisk 53°08'47"/29°12'20"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country
Pale
Province
Provincial
District
Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Domanovo Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Domanovo [Rus] 12.95 53°02'06"/29°15'42"
Gorbatsevichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Dvor-Gorbatsevichi 13.05 53°03'17"/29°05'01"
Govezna Bel. Minsk Slutsk Govezno, Vishnevets 21.58 52°57'36"/29°06'55"
Brozha Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Broja 21.58 52°57'36"/29°06'55"
Yasen' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Yasyen' 21.93 53°15'12"/28°55'44"
Noviki Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 22.12 53°07'00"/29°31'60"
Yurzdyka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Novyy Gorodok 22.12 53°07'00"/29°31'60"
Kacherichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Imeni Kacherichi 22.37 53°16'12"/29°28'14"
Demenka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 23.71 53°10'52"/28°51'16"
Bortniki Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Vyalikiya Bortniki, Bol'shiye Bortniki 24.47 53°06'44"/29°34'04"
Koroleva Sloboda Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Korolevskaya Sloboda Vtoraya, Korolëva Sloboda Vtoraya 25.57 52°55'49"/29°20'12"
Glusha Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 26.28 53°05'58"/28°49'10"
Tatarka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 27.91 53°15'20"/28°49'42"
Kozlovichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Staro Celo, Kozlovichi Pervyye (Jewish agri col. 1847) 28.93 52°57'55"/28°53'41"
Turki Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 29.17 53°02'25"/29°36'18"
Gorodok Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 31.05 53°02'55"/28°46'12"
Pereseka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Peresieka 32.27 53°06'12"/29°41'02"
Itel Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Seliba 33.49 52°54'05"/29°29'48"
Omel'no Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Omelnya, Dubrova (Jewish agri col. 1850.) 34.49 53°01'20"/29°40'44"
Kovchitsy Vtoryye Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Kovchitsy Vtoryye [Rus], Kovchitsy, Kovchitsy II, Kowczyce [Pol] (Jewish agri col. 1847) 34.90 52°49'57"/29°11'34"
Itel' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Celiba-Itol, Itol, Celiba 35.82 53°21'06"/29°37'14"
Kozulichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Kazulichy 35.85 53°20'54"/29°37'32"
Svisloch' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Svislach [Bel], Svisloch' [Rus], Svislovitch [Yid], Svislotch, Swislotsch 35.96 53°26'15"/28°58'12"
Shchadryn Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Shchadryn [Bel], Shchedrin [Rus, Yid], Szczedryno [Pol], Szczedryn, Ščadryn, Schedrin, Chedrin 36.96 52°53'22"/29°33'21"
Stepy Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Novyye Stepy 37.24 52°55'35"/29°37'32"
Lipen' Bel. Minsk Igumen Lipyen', Lipien ("Kholui" on historical maps) 39.10 53°24'48"/28°49'21"
Klichaw Bel. Minsk Igumen Klichaw [Bel], Klichev [Rus], Klitchev [Yid], Kličaŭ, Klitchaw, Kliczew, Klichevo 39.31 53°29'30"/29°19'60"