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 Aizkalne

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Aizkalne Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Ayzkalne, Jāsmuiža, Aizkalni, Ayzkalnyshi 56°11'59"/26°46'43"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Preili Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Preiļi [Latv], Prel' [Rus], Preil [Yid], Prely [Ger], Preiliai [Lith], Prial, Prieli, Preyli, Preli 10.99 56°17'38"/26°43'29"
Riebiņi Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Riebiņi [Latv], Ribene [Ger], Ribenishki [Rus], Ribinishok [Yid], Rybiniszki [Pol], Rybinischki, Ribinishki, Ribiņiški, Ribeny, Ribeņi, Silajani 15.68 56°20'25"/26°47'60"
Somerséta Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Aglona 15.85 56°07'57"/27°00'15"
Aglone Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Aglonas Muiža, Myza Agluna, Agluna, Aglon' 15.97 56°07'58"/27°00'24"
Viski Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Višķi [Latv], Vishki [Rus], Vishky [Yid], Wyschki [Ger], Wyszki [Pol], Vyshki, Vyški 16.16 56°03'16"/26°47'10"
Silajāņi Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Silajāņu, Sudari, Silayani 18.69 56°20'30"/26°56'27"
Kapiņi Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Kapinu 21.74 56°08'25"/27°06'48"
Štikani Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa 23.37 56°21'55"/27°00'44"
Lielkokini Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Lieli Kokini, Kokina, Lielie Kokini, Bol'shaya Kokiny, Liel-Kokina 24.08 55°59'12"/26°42'34"
Silmala Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Silmala [Latv], Malta [Latv, pre-1936], Małta [Pol] 29.42 56°23'46"/27°05'54"
Izvalta Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Izvalts, Užvalde, Izvaltas, Uzhval'd 31.01 55°57'24"/27°01'26"
Rudzāti Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Rudzyaty, Rudeti, Rudzēti 31.42 56°25'02"/26°27'11"
Liksna Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Leiksna, Liksna, Reka Liksnyanka, Aiksna, Liksnanka 34.11 55°59'02"/26°23'16"
Auleja Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Auleja, Aulija, Auleya, Auliya 35.48 56°03'34"/27°17'34"
Pogulyanka Bel. Vitebsk Dvinsk Mežciems, Pogulyanka, Mezhtsiyem, Liel-Poguļanka (Opened to Jews in 1910 by exemption of the "Temporary Rules' of 1882.) 37.91 55°54'40"/26°27'13"
Mežciems Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Mežciems, Liel-Poguļanka, Pogulyanka, Mezhtsiyem, Pogulianka, Pogulyanka 37.91 55°54'40"/26°27'13"
Andrupene Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Andrupene, Andrepno, Andrepna 38.07 56°11'04"/27°23'36"
Daugavpils Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Daugavpils [Latv], Dvinsk [Rus, since 1893], Dinaburg [Rus, until 1893], Denenburg [Yid], Dünaburg [Ger], Dyneburg [Pol], Daugpilis [Lith], Dźvinsk [Bel], Dźwińsk [Pol], Daŭhaŭpils, Daugapils, Daugpiļs, Daugava, Dynaborgs, Dynaburg, Deneburg, Duenaburg, Dwinsk 38.35 55°52'60"/26°31'60"