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 Mirgorod

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Mirgorod Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Myrhorod [Ukr], Mirgorod [Rus, Yid, Pol], Mirhorod Yasha, [Heb], Mirarid 49°58'07"/33°36'32"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Mali Sorochyntsi Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Malyye Sorochintsy 8.46 50°01'56"/33°40'25"
Kybyntsi Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Kibintsy, Novaya Zhizn', Novaya Zhittya 10.95 49°57'23"/33°27'25"
Petrivtsy Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Petrivtsi, Petrovtsy 12.11 49°52'39"/33°30'57"
Popovka Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Popivka 14.58 50°05'56"/33°37'48"
Popovka Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Popivka 14.58 50°05'56"/33°37'48"
Gogolevo Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Hohalov 16.15 49°55'12"/33°49'18"
Ustyvytsia Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Ustivitsa, Ustinitsa, Ustyvytsya 18.33 49°51'40"/33°48'12"
Romodan Ukr. Poltava Lubny 20.44 49°59'26"/33°19'30"
Velikaya Bogachka Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Velyka Bahachka, Velikaya Bagachka 21.40 49°47'29"/33°43'34"
Novoavramivka Ukr. Poltava Khorol Novoavramovka, Novaya Avramovka 23.67 49°47'41"/33°25'06"
Orekhivka Ukr. Poltava Lubny Orekhovka, Orekhovshchina 24.02 49°58'11"/33°16'23"
Kamyshnya Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Kamyshino, Komyshnya (Re-opened to Jews after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 24.49 50°11'01"/33°40'58"
Sorochitsy Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Bol'shiye Sorochintsy, Velyki Sorochyntsi, Verkhniye Sorochintsy, Velikiye Sorochintsy (Opened to Jews after the exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 24.53 50°01'23"/33°56'29"
Lytviaky Ukr. Poltava Lubny Lytvyaky, Litvyaki 28.24 50°04'34"/33°15'03"
Shishaki Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Shyshaky 30.33 49°52'31"/34°00'26"
Khorol Ukr. Poltava Khorol Khorol [Rus, Ukr], Choral [Yid], Chorol [Pol] 32.73 49°46'50"/33°15'27"
Luchka Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa 33.01 50°12'54"/33°21'04"
Rashevka Ukr. Poltava Gadyach Rashivka, Rashovka (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 34.88 50°13'32"/33°53'20"
Pokrovska Bahachka Ukr. Poltava Khorol Pokrovs'ka Bahachka, Pokrovskaya Bogachka, Pokrovskaya Bagachka 34.99 49°51'41"/33°08'58"
Bilotserkivka Ukr. Poltava Khorol Bilotserkivka [Ukr], Belotserkovka [Rus] 35.02 49°40'33"/33°47'19"
Karpety Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Karpathy, Koverdyna Balka 35.16 49°56'56"/34°05'58"
Sencha Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption of the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 36.98 50°15'12"/33°20'28"