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 Kroty

Matching Town Modern
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Pale
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Alt. Names Coordinates
Kroty Ukr. Poltava Piryatin 50°23'06"/32°28'05"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Pale
Province
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Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Mokliaky Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Moklyaki, Moklyaky 2.54 50°24'27"/32°27'48"
Nova Hreblia Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Nova Hreblya, Novaya Greblya 3.08 50°24'44"/32°28'39"
Lolyaki Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Lelyaki, Lelyaki 6.87 50°19'32"/32°29'41"
Keibalivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Keybalivka, Keybolovka, Keybalovka 8.82 50°18'36"/32°30'28"
Sasynivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Sasinovka, Sosinovka 8.94 50°18'43"/32°24'56"
Lynovytsya Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Linovitsy, Lynovytsya, Linovitsa, Linovish 10.71 50°28'02"/32°23'21"
Kriachkivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kryachkivka, Kryachkovka 14.79 50°18'06"/32°18'21"
Piryatin Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Pyryatyn [Ukr], Piryatin [Rus, Yid], Piratyn [Pol], Pyryatin, Piriatin, Pyriatin, Pyrjatyn 16.09 50°14'33"/32°30'22"
Ladan Ukr. Poltava Priluki Ladin 16.99 50°31'11"/32°34'54"
Malkovka Ukr. Poltava Priluki Malkivka 17.94 50°31'45"/32°21'16"
Varva Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa 21.61 50°29'42"/32°43'11"
Pryluky Ukr. Poltava Priluki Pryluky [Ukr], Priluki [Rus, Yid], Pryłuki [Pol], Priluk, Przyluka 23.84 50°35'36"/32°23'15"
Maliutyntsi Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Malyutintsy, Malyutyntsi 24.20 50°15'17"/32°11'42"
Kulazhyntsi Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kulazhentsy, Kulazhintsy 24.98 50°11'60"/32°16'08"
Manzhosivka Ukr. Poltava Priluki Manzhosovka 25.15 50°36'40"/32°27'27"
Krutoyarivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Krutoiarivka, Krutoyarovka 26.00 50°23'20"/32°06'05"
Kalinovitsa Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Kalynovytsya, Kalynovytsia 26.21 50°30'02"/32°47'27"
Ostapivka Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Ostapovka 26.36 50°24'22"/32°50'19"
Povstyn Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Povsten', Povstin' 26.57 50°10'12"/32°37'53"
Teplivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Teplovak, Teplovka 26.73 50°15'26"/32°08'57"
Makeyevka Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Makiyevka, Mokiivka, Makiewka, Mokiyivka 26.80 50°14'36"/32°46'24"
Mokiivka Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Makeyevka, Mokiyivka, Makiewka 26.80 50°14'36"/32°46'24"
Karavai Ukr. Poltava Piryatin 26.92 50°09'20"/32°20'50"
Kuren'ka Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Kurin'ka, Kuren'ki, Kurin'ka, 27.50 50°12'43"/32°44'41"
Lutaika Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Lutayka 28.24 50°08'14"/32°22'53"
Valki Ukr. Poltava Priluki Valky, Volki 28.35 50°38'19"/32°30'34"
Lemeshovka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Lemeshowka, Lemeshivka 29.08 50°18'26"/32°04'36"
Hrebinka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Grebenka 29.88 50°07'02"/32°26'10"
Perevolochna Ukr. Poltava Priluki Perevolochnoye, Perevolochnaya 31.42 50°38'15"/32°40'02"
Polova Ukr. Poltava Priluki 32.78 50°40'32"/32°23'20"
Osnyag Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Osniah, Osnyagi, Osnyag, Osnyaki, Osnyah 33.24 50°24'58"/32°56'04"
Ozeryany Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Ozeriany, Ozeryane, Ozeryany 33.75 50°30'01"/32°54'32"
Lozovy Yar Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Lozovyy Yar, Lozovi Yar, Lozovyi Yar 34.17 50°19'19"/31°59'48"
Kononivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kononovka 34.38 50°11'32"/32°05'23"
Kononivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kononovka 34.43 50°10'37"/32°06'33"
Pavlovshchina Ukr. Poltava Lubny Pavlivshchyna 34.63 50°05'22"/32°37'16"
Mazki Ukr. Poltava Priluki Mazky 35.36 50°36'08"/32°06'12"
Lazorki Ukr. Poltava Lubny Lazirky 35.72 50°05'07"/32°38'55"
Chernukhi Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Chernukhi [Rus], Chornukhy [Ukr], Chernich [Yid], Chernuchi (Opened to Jewish settlement in 1903 after exemption of the Temporary Rules of 1882) 36.10 50°16'02"/32°56'31"
Kolesniki Ukr. Poltava Priluki Kolisnyky 36.18 50°42'15"/32°22'06"
Kovalevka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kovalivka, Kovalëvka 37.66 50°10'14"/32°03'28"
Savintsy Ukr. Poltava Priluki Savyntsi 38.03 50°34'39"/32°54'45"
Moisivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Mosevka, Moysivka 38.11 50°06'35"/32°08'56"
Radcovka Ukr. Poltava Priluki Radkivka, Rad'kovka, Rad'kivka 38.88 50°42'16"/32°14'40"
Malaya Devitsa Ukr. Poltava Priluki Mala Divytsia, Malaya Dewiza, Mala Divytsya 39.60 50°41'11"/32°10'10"