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 Kozelets

Matching Town Modern
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Alt. Names Coordinates
Kozelets Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets Kozelets [Ukr, Rus], Kozeletz [Yid], Koselez [Ger], Kozielec [Pol], Kozelec 50°54'48"/31°07'17"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Kryvetske Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets Krivetskoye, Kryvets'ke 3.24 50°55'07"/31°04'34"
Odintsy Ukr. Chernigov Oster Odyntsy 8.58 50°55'27"/31°00'01"
Oster Ukr. Chernigov Oster Oster [Ukr, Ger], Ostër [Rus], Ostor [Yid], Ostr [Pol], Ostjor, Ostyor 17.26 50°57'02"/30°52'56"
Omelianiv Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets Yemel Yanovo, Yemel'yanov, Omel'yanov, Omelyaniv 17.44 50°46'00"/31°01'60"
Zavorichi Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets Zavorychi 23.10 50°42'21"/31°08'28"
Semypolky Ukr. Chernigov Oster Semipolki 24.60 50°43'35"/30°56'04"
Desna Ukr. Chernigov Oster 25.35 50°55'38"/30°45'38"
Rudnya Ukr. Chernigov Oster Rudnia 25.47 51°03'48"/30°50'46"
Morivsk Ukr. Chernigov Oster Morovsk, Morivs'k 25.53 51°05'05"/30°52'42"
Krekhaiv Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets Krekhayev, Krekhayiv, Krikhayevo 25.83 50°48'14"/30°47'48"
Bobrovitsya Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets Bobrovytsia [Ukr], Bobrovitsa [Rus], Bobrovitza [Yid], Bobrovitsy, Bobrevits (Opened to Jewish settlement in 1890 by exemption of the Temporary Rules of 1882) 26.67 50°44'49"/31°23'41"
Kobyzhcha Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets Kobiztcha, Kobyzszcza 28.48 50°49'43"/31°30'16"
Yaroslavka Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets 29.27 50°40'26"/31°17'40"
Nosovka Ukr. Chernigov Niezhin Nosivka [Ukr], Nosovka [Rus, Yid], Nosówka [Pol] 32.40 50°55'53"/31°34'58"
Nadynivka Ukr. Chernigov Chernigov Nadinovka 33.76 51°12'53"/31°03'54"
Ozeryany Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets Ozeriany, Ozeryane 34.64 50°41'23"/31°27'53"
Olyshivka Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets Olischewka, Olishëvka 37.45 51°13'22"/31°19'59"
Shchasnivka Ukr. Chernigov Kozelets Shastnovka, Shchasnovka [Rus], Shchastnovka 38.35 50°38'59"/31°28'23"