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 Losha

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Losha Bel. Minsk Igumen Losha [Rus], Lasha [Yid], Łoša [Bel], Łosza [Pol], Loshe 53°25'16"/27°24'31"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Uzda Bel. Minsk Igumen Uzda [Rus, Yid, Bel, Pol] 13.72 53°27'46"/27°12'49"
Shatsk Bel. Minsk Igumen Shatsk [Bel, Rus], Shatzk [Yid], Szack [Pol], Šack, Šacak 19.03 53°25'51"/27°41'43"
Pesochno Bel. Minsk Igumen 22.67 53°20'10"/27°05'53"
Sergeevichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 24.28 53°29'47"/27°45'10"
Dudichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 25.10 53°35'24"/27°39'37"
Belevshchina Bel. Minsk Minsk Belowschtschina, Bielewszczyzna 26.94 53°34'00"/27°04'60"
Mogil'no Bel. Minsk Igumen Mogil'no [Rus], Mohil'na [Bel], Mogilna [Yid], Mohylna [Pol], Mohilno 27.92 53°24'45"/26°59'15"
Grozovo Bel. Minsk Slutsk Grozovo [Rus, Yid], Hrozaŭ [Bel], Hrozów [Pol], Hrozava, Grozov 28.37 53°10'12"/27°19'58"
Gresk Bel. Minsk Slutsk Gresk [Rus], Hresk [Bel, Pol], Gressk 28.77 53°10'00"/27°29'19"
Uzlyany Bel. Minsk Igumen Uzlyany [Rus], Uzlion [Yid], Uźlany [Pol], Vuzliany [Bel], Vuzlany, Vuzljany, Uzlian, Ozlyiany 30.32 53°37'26"/27°42'55"
Rusakovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 30.71 53°31'02"/27°50'37"
Antosino Bel. Minsk Minsk Antosin 34.34 53°43'24"/27°18'04"
Dzyarzhynsk Bel. Minsk Minsk Dzyarzhynsk [Bel], Dzerzhinsk [Rus, since 1932], Koidanovo [Rus, until 1932], Koidenav [Yid], Kojdanów [Pol], Dzerjinsk, Dzjarzynsk, Dziaržynsk, Dsjarschynsk, Kaidanovo, Kaydanovo, Kojdanava, Koydanovo, Koydanava, Kojdanaŭ, Keidanov, Kaiden 34.57 53°41'05"/27°07'54"
Porech'ye Bel. Minsk Igumen Zavody-Porech'ye (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 34.65 53°19'40"/27°54'26"
Babownya Bel. Minsk Slutsk Bobovnya, Bobovnia 35.41 53°15'18"/26°57'12"
Bobovnya Bel. Minsk Slutsk Bobovna, Babownya, Bobovnia 35.41 53°15'18"/26°57'12"
Babownya Bel. Minsk Slutsk Bobovnya, Bobovnia 35.41 53°15'18"/26°57'12"
Rudensk Bel. Minsk Igumen Rudensk [Rus], Rudzensk [Bel], Rudzieńsk [Pol] 35.89 53°35'54"/27°51'44"
Samokhvalovichi Bel. Minsk Minsk Samokhvalovichi [Rus], Samachvałavièy [Bel], Samochvilovitch [Yid], Samochwałowicze [Pol] 35.98 53°44'23"/27°30'13"
Kapyl' Bel. Minsk Slutsk Kapyl' [Bel], Kopyl' [Rus], Kopyl [Pol], Kapulye [Yid], Kapoli, Kapolia, Kapulia, Kopil, Kopyły 36.64 53°09'06"/27°05'29"
Plebantsy Bel. Minsk Minsk 38.73 53°45'06"/27°35'33"
Ostrov Bel. Minsk Igumen Vostraw, Ostrow 38.86 53°36'14"/27°54'34"