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 Mekhedivka

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Mekhedivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Mekhedovka 49°51'53"/32°15'33"

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Rozhdestvenske Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Rozhdestvens'ke 7.02 49°51'59"/32°09'40"
Kryvonosivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krivonosovka 9.53 49°46'51"/32°17'12"
Krasenivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krasenovka 10.84 49°49'20"/32°23'43"
Mytlashivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha 12.61 49°58'24"/32°18'35"
Drabov Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Drabiv, Drabovo (Opened to Jews after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882 in 1903.) 13.60 49°57'37"/32°08'27"
Kontunovka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kontunivka 16.54 50°00'48"/32°16'00"
Krups'ke Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krupske, Krupskoe 18.25 49°42'12"/32°12'48"
Krupoderyntsi Ukr. Poltava Lubny Krupoderintsy, Krupoderentsy 18.50 49°55'09"/32°30'11"
Senkivtsi Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Sen'kovtsy, Sen'kivtsi 19.13 49°45'56"/32°02'28"
Yablonevo Ukr. Poltava Lubny Yabluneve [Ukr], Yablonevo [Rus], Yablanov [Yid], Yablonev, Jablonewo, Jabluneve (Opened to Jewish Settlement after the exemption of the Temporary Rules of 1882) 21.56 49°57'33"/32°31'19"
Ovsyuky Ukr. Poltava Lubny Ovsiuky, Ovsyuki 23.87 50°01'06"/32°29'31"
Kovrai Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Kovray 24.06 49°48'43"/31°56'01"
Khrestyteleve Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krestitelevo 24.20 49°43'33"/32°31'07"
Rudka Ukr. Poltava Lubny 24.83 50°00'27"/32°31'34"
Nova Dmytrivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Novo-Dmitrovka, Novaya Dmitrovka 26.31 49°41'28"/32°00'37"
Zolotonosha Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Zolotonosha [Ukr, Rus, Yid], Zołotonsza [Pol] 26.90 49°40'06"/32°02'26"
Nekhaiky Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Nekhayki 26.97 49°59'56"/31°56'42"
Mali Kanivtsi Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Malyye Kanevtsy 27.03 49°37'38"/32°20'21"
Pleshkani Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Pleshkany 27.89 49°51'02"/31°52'14"
Moisivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Mosevka, Moysivka 28.35 50°06'35"/32°08'56"
Kaleniki Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Kalenyky 30.04 49°51'59"/31°50'24"
Hrebinka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Grebenka 30.79 50°07'02"/32°26'10"
Lutaika Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Lutayka 31.53 50°08'14"/32°22'53"
Peschanoye Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Pishchane (Opened to Jewish settlement after exemption of the Temporary Rules of 1882) 32.50 49°44'50"/31°50'40"
Orzhytsya Ukr. Poltava Lubny Orzhytsia 32.61 49°47'23"/32°41'55"
Revbintsy Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Revbyntsi 32.80 49°34'53"/32°23'08"
Karavai Ukr. Poltava Piryatin 32.94 50°09'20"/32°20'50"
Krutky Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krut'ki, Krut'ky 33.46 49°33'53"/32°13'13"
Onyshky Ukr. Poltava Lubny Onishki 34.25 49°48'58"/32°43'51"
Korobivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Korobovka 35.10 49°36'59"/31°57'27"
Likholity Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha 35.47 49°33'26"/32°23'27"
Pavlovshchina Ukr. Poltava Lubny Pavlivshchyna 35.98 50°05'22"/32°37'16"
Kapustintsy Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kapustyntsi 36.11 50°04'31"/31°52'30"
Kononivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kononovka 36.33 50°10'37"/32°06'33"
Kovalevka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kovalivka, Kovalëvka 36.92 50°10'14"/32°03'28"
Lazorki Ukr. Poltava Lubny Lazirky 37.12 50°05'07"/32°38'55"
Kulazhyntsi Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kulazhentsy, Kulazhintsy 37.28 50°11'60"/32°16'08"
Kononivka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kononovka 38.37 50°11'32"/32°05'23"
Irkliiv Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Irkleyev, Irkliyiv, Irkliyev 38.86 49°31'07"/32°20'05"
Polohy-Yanenky Ukr. Poltava Pereyaslav Yanenki-Pologi [Russian], Pologi-Yanenki 39.31 49°57'20"/31°43'43"