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 Baran'

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Baran' Bel. Mogilev Orsha Baran' [Rus, Bel], Barań [Pol] 54°28'42"/30°18'57"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Orsha Bel. Mogilev Orsha Orsha [Rus, Yid], Vorša [Bel], Orsza [Pol], Orscha [Ger], Orša [Lith, Latv], Orshe, Orcha 6.88 54°30'49"/30°24'13"
Gritsevo Bel. Mogilev Orsha Jewish agri col. 1836. (Not visible on Google, but found on hist. maps) 15.37 54°24'14"/30°06'57"
Aleksandriya Ukr. Mogilev Orsha 16.28 54°19'60"/30°16'58"
Kopys' Bel. Mogilev Gorki Kopys' [Rus], Kapust [Yid], Kopyś [Bel, Pol], Kopust, Kopis 17.46 54°19'20"/30°17'23"
Kokhanovo Bel. Mogilev Orsha Kokhanovo [Rus], Kochanov [Yid], Kochanaŭ [Bel], Kochanowo [Pol], Kochanava 20.39 54°27'40"/30°00'06"
Smolyany Bel. Mogilev Orsha Smalyany [Bel], Smolyany [Rus], Smolia, [Yid], Smolany [Pol], Smalany, Smoliany, Smolyani, Smoljany, Smaljani, Smaĺjany, Shmilyan 21.01 54°35'55"/30°03'52"
Starasel'lye Bel. Mogilev Orsha Starasel'lye [Bel], Starosel'ye [Rus], Strashelye [Yid], Starosiele [Pol], Starosele, Staroselia, Staresiele, Staroselje, Starasielle 22.20 54°19'11"/30°06'27"
Kalinovka Bel. Mogilev Orsha Jewish agri col. 1836. (Not visible on Google, but found on hist. maps) 22.57 54°17'38"/30°10'13"
Orekhovsk Bel. Mogilev Orsha Orekhovsk [Rus, since 1946], Orekhi-Vydritsa [before 1946], Arechaŭsk [Bel], Orzechowsk [Pol], Arekhawsk, Orekhi 25.67 54°41'05"/30°29'41"
Naprasnovka Bel. Mogilev Gorki 25.71 54°19'09"/30°36'14"
Dubrowna Bel. Mogilev Gorki Dubrowna [Bel, Pol], Dubrovno [Rus, Yid], Dubrouna [Ger, Lith], Dubrovna [Latv], Dubroŭna, Dubrovne, Dubrovka 26.36 54°34'19"/30°41'28"
Kokovchino Bel. Mogilev Senno Kakowchyna, Kakovchino 27.72 54°41'23"/30°05'15"
Shklow Bel. Mogilev Mogilev Shklow [Bel], Shklov [Rus, Yid], Szkłów [Pol], Škłoŭ [Bel], Shkloŭ, Schklou 29.57 54°12'47"/30°17'14"
Ryzhkavichy Bel. Mogilev Mogilev Ryzhkovichi (only visible on some hist. maps) 33.19 54°10'48"/30°19'08"
Abol'tsy Bel. Mogilev Orsha Abol'tsy [Bel], Oboltsy [Rus], Oboltzi [Yid], Obolce [Pol], Obl'tsy, Abol'cy, Aboltsy 34.15 54°35'42"/29°49'34"
Bobrovo Bel. Mogilev Orsha Babrova [Bel], Bobrovo [Rus] 36.50 54°37'05"/30°49'41"
Chernoruch'ye Bel. Mogilev Mogilev Charnaruchcha 39.41 54°09'55"/30°01'52"
Aleksinichi Bel. Mogilev Senno Alieksinichy [Bel] 39.98 54°46'35"/29°58'06"