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 Machukhy

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Machukhy Ukr. Poltava Poltava Machukhi, Machekhi (Opened for Jews after exemption from "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 49°31'23"/34°26'00"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Poltava Ukr. Poltava Poltava Poltava [Rus, Ukr, Yid], Połtawa [Pol], Poltawa [Ger], Pułtawa 11.10 49°35'41"/34°32'26"
Ploske Ukr. Poltava Poltava Ploskoye, 15.02 49°29'25"/34°13'54"
Mala Pereshchepyna Ukr. Poltava Konstantinograd Mala Pereshchepina, Maloye Pereshchepino 18.38 49°23'17"/34°34'48"
Mala Pereshchepyna Ukr. Poltava Konstantinograd Maloye Pereshchepino, Malaya Pereshchepina (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption of the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 18.38 49°23'17"/34°34'48"
Minovka Ukr. Poltava Konstantinograd Mynivka 19.72 49°30'41"/34°42'22"
Rudenkovka Ukr. Poltava Kobelyaki Rudenkivka 22.09 49°19'31"/34°24'18"
Novyye Sanzhary Ukr. Poltava Kobelyaki Novi Senzhari, Novyye Senzhary, Novi Senzhari, Novyye Sanzhary, Novo-Senzhary (Opened to Jewish settlement in 1903 after exemption of the Temporary Rules of 1882) 22.46 49°20'10"/34°18'59"
Reshetilovka Ukr. Poltava Poltava Reszetilowka (Opened to Jews in1903 by exemption of the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 26.28 49°33'42"/34°04'27"
Kustolovo-Sukhodilka Ukr. Poltava Konstantinograd Grinevshchina, Kustolovo-Sukhodolka, Kustolovo 26.85 49°22'51"/34°44'00"
Kriukove Ukr. Poltava Poltava Kryukove 27.13 49°39'27"/34°44'52"
Nadezhda Ukr. Poltava Poltava Nadezhda 28.69 49°44'26"/34°13'09"
Bichóvaya Ukr. Poltava Kobelyaki Bicheva, Bycheva, Bichëvaya 30.84 49°22'04"/34°04'48"
Miakenkivka Ukr. Poltava Poltava Makenkovka, Myakenkovka, Miken'ki, M”yaken'kivka 31.31 49°31'05"/33°59'59"
Peschanoye Ukr. Poltava Poltava Pestschannoje 31.56 49°44'28"/34°09'11"
Beliki Ukr. Poltava Kobelyaki Bilyky (Jews were allowed to settle in 1903 by exemption of the "Temporary Rules of 1882") 32.18 49°15'15"/34°16'10"
Nova Mykhailivka Ukr. Poltava Poltava Nova Mykhaylivka 33.53 49°44'16"/34°06'23"
Maiachka Ukr. Poltava Kobelyaki Sukha Maiachka, Sukhaya Mayachka, Sukha Mayachka 33.81 49°13'10"/34°27'19"
Dykanka Ukr. Poltava Poltava Dikan'ka, Dykan'ka (Opened to Jewish settlement in 1903 after exemption from the Temporary Rules of 1882) 34.19 49°49'26"/34°31'57"
Mykhnivka Ukr. Poltava Kobelyaki Mikhnivka 34.96 49°29'44"/33°57'04"
Markivka Ukr. Poltava Kobelyaki Markovo, Markovka 35.78 49°18'13"/34°04'18"
Malyi Bakai Ukr. Poltava Poltava Malyy Bakay, Goryany, Bakay 38.15 49°36'53"/33°55'25"
Butenki Ukr. Poltava Kobelyaki Butenky, Butenkova (By ruling of May 10, 1903 Jews were allowed to re-settle due to exemption of the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 39.82 49°14'01"/34°06'34"