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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| Matching Town | Modern Country |
Pale Province |
Provincial District |
Alt. Names | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olişcani | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Olişcani [Rom], Olishkan' [Mold], Olishkany [Rus], Oleshkon [Yid], Olishkani | 47°48'00"/28°42'34" |
| Nearby Towns | Modern Country |
Pale Province |
Provincial District |
Alt. Names | Distance (km) | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sămăşcani | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Samashkany | 5.18 | 47°45'17"/28°41'33" |
| Şoldăneşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Sholdaneshty, Chernenko | 6.80 | 47°48'58"/28°47'50" |
| Fuzauca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Fuzăuca [Mold], Fuzovka [Rus] | 6.99 | 47°44'33"/28°44'49" |
| Şestaci | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Shestachi | 7.48 | 47°51'36"/28°45'16" |
| Cobilnea | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Cobalea Noua, Cobalea Veche, Kobyl'nya, Kobylea | 7.84 | 47°51'55"/28°40'13" |
| Chipeşca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Chipeşca [Mold], Kipeshka [Rus] | 8.67 | 47°45'44"/28°36'28" |
| Sîrcova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Sarcova, Syrkovo | 8.70 | 47°44'32"/28°47'15" |
| Dobruşa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Dobrusha, Slobozia Dobrusa | 8.79 | 47°47'11"/28°35'36" |
| Piscăreşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Piskareshty | 8.84 | 47°45'36"/28°48'42" |
| Şipca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Shipka, Shibka | 9.14 | 47°50'54"/28°48'30" |
| Raspopeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Răspopeni [Rom], Raspopeny [Rus], Raspopen' [Mold] | 9.20 | 47°44'34"/28°37'13" |
| Pecişte | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Pecestea, Pecheshtya | 9.42 | 47°42'55"/28°42'26" |
| Receşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Racesti, Rachesti, Recheshty | 11.01 | 47°47'17"/28°33'47" |
| Zahorna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Zagorna, Zakharna | 11.60 | 47°47'44"/28°33'15" |
| Cuşmirca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kushmirka | 11.72 | 47°54'19"/28°42'20" |
| Găuzeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Gauzeny | 11.90 | 47°45'19"/28°33'53" |
| Lipceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Lipcani Sat, Lipchėny | 12.11 | 47°48'31"/28°52'16" |
| Cotiujenii Mari | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Cotiugeni Mari, Cotiugenii Mari, Kotyuzhany | 12.56 | 47°50'42"/28°33'18" |
| Hligeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Glingeni Orhei, Glinzheny | 12.83 | 47°49'14"/28°52'42" |
| Cunicea | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kunicha, Kunichya | 12.88 | 47°54'28"/28°38'47" |
| Ţahnăuţi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Tsekhnauts, Tsakhnoutsy | 12.92 | 47°44'33"/28°51'35" |
| Pripiceni-Răzeşi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Pripiceni-Răzeşi [Rom], Pripicheny-Rezesh' [Rus], Pripichen' | 13.13 | 47°41'14"/28°45'41" |
| Ignăţei | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Ignatsey | 13.64 | 47°40'54"/28°39'42" |
| Poyana | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Poeana, Poyyana | 13.68 | 47°54'43"/28°37'60" |
| Ţareuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Tareni, Tsarėvka | 14.07 | 47°45'00"/28°52'56" |
| Alcedar | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Alchedary | 14.51 | 47°52'06"/28°52'30" |
| Trifeşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Trifeshti, Trifeshty, Trifesti Orhei | 15.62 | 47°40'30"/28°48'17" |
| Cinişeuţi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Chinisheutsy, Chinisheuts' (Re-opened to Jews after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) | 15.91 | 47°41'50"/28°51'27" |
| Pohoarna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Pohoarna [Mold], Pogorna [Rus], Pohorna-Răzeşi [Rom], Pogoarna, Pogorno-Rozesh, Pokhoarna | 16.13 | 47°49'52"/28°29'54" |
| Vadul-Rascov | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Vadul-Raşcov [Mold], Vad-Rashkov [Rus], Vadu-Raşcov [Rom], Rashkev [Yid], Vadul-Rashkov, Vadu-Rashku, Vadu-Rashcu, Vadu-Rascu | 16.72 | 47°55'46"/28°49'24" |
| Cuhureştii de Jos | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Nizhniye Kugureshty | 16.88 | 47°55'48"/28°35'34" |
| Curătura | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Kuratura | 17.32 | 47°52'34"/28°54'42" |
| Scorţeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Skortseny | 18.26 | 47°38'29"/28°38'44" |
| Echimauti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Yekimoutsy, chimăuţi | 18.59 | 47°41'38"/28°54'05" |
| Capresti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Căpreşti [Rom], Kapreshty [Rus], Kapresht [Yid], Căpreşti-Târg, Căpreşti-Sat, Capresti Colonie, Kapreschy, Kapreshti | 19.08 | 47°45'15"/28°27'48" |
| Rascov | Mold. | Podolia | Olgopol | Raşcov [Mold, Rom], Rashkov [Rus, Yid], Rashkiv [Ukr], Rashkovo, Râşcov, Raşcu | 19.40 | 47°57'24"/28°49'26" |
| Rezina | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Rezina [Mold, Rus], Rezina-Târg [Rom], Rezine [Yid], Rezina-Tîrg | 19.97 | 47°44'57"/28°57'57" |
| Japca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Zhabka, Zhapka | 20.12 | 47°58'51"/28°42'15" |
| Cogilniceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Cogalniceny, Kogilnicheny, Kogyl'nicheny | 20.13 | 47°38'07"/28°49'15" |
| Ordăşei | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Ordashey | 20.31 | 47°41'06"/28°29'54" |
| Domulgeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Domulugeni, Domuluzhany, Domuluzhen' | 20.43 | 47°47'31"/28°26'10" |
| Ciorna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Chorna, Neagra | 20.65 | 47°46'24"/28°58'58" |
| Hirtop | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gertop, Hartop, Hartop Soroca | 20.81 | 47°52'54"/28°27'31" |
| Ghiduleni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Giduleny | 21.20 | 47°36'39"/28°44'36" |
| Stefanesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Shtefaneshty [Rus], Ştefăneşti [Rom], Stefanesti Soroca, Shtefanesht, Shtefaneshti, Shtefeneshty | 21.67 | 47°43'55"/28°26'16" |
| Cuizăuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Cuizovca, Kuyzovka | 22.23 | 47°36'49"/28°48'59" |
| Saharna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Sakharna | 22.52 | 47°41'59"/28°58'16" |
| Rîbniţa | Mold. | Podolia | Balta | Rîbniţa [Mold], Rybnitsa [Rus], Râbniţa [Rom], Ribnitza [Yid], Rybnica [Pol], Rybniza [Ger], Rybnitsy, Ribnitze | 22.74 | 47°46'06"/29°00'36" |
| Văscăuţi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Varticauti, Vaskautsy | 22.75 | 47°57'19"/28°30'39" |
| Brinzenii Noi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Novyye Brynzeny | 22.98 | 47°39'30"/28°29'09" |
| Caşunca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kashunka, Kasovka | 23.60 | 47°47'10"/28°23'39" |
| Sănătăuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Senatovka | 23.83 | 48°00'47"/28°40'30" |
| Bushivka | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Bushovka, Busovca, Buşovca | 23.86 | 47°35'33"/28°47'26" |
| Coşerniţa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Cosarnita, Koshernitsa | 23.92 | 47°56'23"/28°27'56" |
| Ciutuleşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Chutuleshty | 23.96 | 47°45'43"/28°23'38" |
| Nucăreni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Inderapnichi, Indarepnich, Inderapnich', Îndărătnici, Nukeren' | 24.39 | 47°35'51"/28°35'02" |
| Vertiujeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kolonie Wertizany, Vertiujeni [Mold], Vertyuzhany [Rus], Vertujeni [Rom], Vartuzhen [Yid], Vyrtezheni, Vertyuzhen', Vertyuzhani, Vyrtezhen Sat, Vârtejenii-Sat, Vertuzhen, Wertizany | 25.19 | 47°59'42"/28°32'14" |
| Vadul Turcului | Mold. | Podolia | Balta | Vadaturkovo, Vadul-Turkuluy, Vadaturkiv, Vaditurkul | 25.28 | 47°55'50"/28°59'12" |
| Ghindeşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gandesti, Gindeshty | 25.57 | 47°51'17"/28°22'36" |
| Cernita | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Ciornita | 25.66 | 47°57'51"/28°28'03" |
| Camenca | Mold. | Podolia | Olgopol | Camenca [Mold, Rom], Kamenka [Rus, Yid], Kamianka [Ukr], Kamionka [Pol], Kamenka-Moldavskaya | 25.84 | 48°01'56"/28°41'56" |
| Năpadova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Napadovo | 25.87 | 48°01'11"/28°35'43" |
| Chiştelniţa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Kishtel'nitsa | 25.96 | 47°34'08"/28°39'40" |
| Ofatinţi | Mold. | Podolia | Balta | Ofatinţi [Rom], Vykhvatintsy [Rus], Wychwatyńce [Pol], Vykhvatinets, Vychvatynci | 26.25 | 47°39'57"/28°59'54" |
| Căzăneşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Kazaneshty | 27.20 | 47°36'49"/28°28'27" |
| Ţînţăreni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Tsyntsareni, Ţănţăreni, Zinzareny, Tsyntsaren' | 27.63 | 47°34'19"/28°33'47" |
| Chiţcanii Vechi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Chitcani Vechi, Kitskani Vek, Staryye Kitskany, Titskany | 27.93 | 47°35'30"/28°30'03" |
| Bobulesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Bobuleshty | 28.22 | 47°52'51"/28°21'04" |
| Gura Camencii | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gura Camenca, Gura-Kamenka | 28.34 | 47°53'28"/28°21'17" |
| Vorotet | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Voroteţ [Rom], Vorotets [Rus], Voroteţi, Voroteţul | 28.90 | 47°33'33"/28°51'17" |
| Gvozdova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gvozdovo | 29.20 | 47°54'16"/28°21'01" |
| Zahnitkiv | Ukr. | Podolia | Olgopol | Zahnitkiv [Ukr], Zagnitkov [Rus], Zahnitków [Pol] | 30.53 | 48°02'51"/28°53'13" |
| Sirota | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | 30.69 | 47°31'40"/28°46'37" | |
| Vărvăreuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Varvareni, Varvarovka, Vorvorovka, Warwarowka | 30.78 | 47°52'47"/28°18'52" |
| Pohrebeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Pogrebeny, Pogribeni | 30.96 | 47°33'23"/28°54'34" |
| Floresti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Floreshty, Floresti Noui, Floresti Sat | 31.48 | 47°53'09"/28°18'27" |
| Sirbesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Sarbesti, Sherbeshty, Gora Serbeshty-Lor, Dealul Sîrbeştilor (found as a khutor on 19th C. map) | 31.64 | 47°47'28"/28°17'10" |
| Soloneţ | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Solonets | 31.71 | 47°59'56"/28°24'17" |
| Ciripcău | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Chiriykeu, Cherepkov, Chiripkeu, Ciripeău | 31.81 | 47°59'03"/28°22'58" |
| Cerlina | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Cherlina | 32.20 | 48°04'53"/28°36'28" |
| Chiperceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Kipercheny | 32.38 | 47°31'19"/28°50'17" |
| Sărătenii Vechi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Sarateni Orhei, Staryye Sarateny | 32.55 | 47°31'35"/28°33'16" |
| Pepeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Pepeny | 32.97 | 47°38'13"/28°20'29" |
| Izvoare | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Izvoarele, Izvory, Izvuare | 33.13 | 47°33'09"/28°57'21" |
| Vărăncău | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Verenkeu, Vorancau, Voronkovo | 33.13 | 48°04'02"/28°30'45" |
| Biesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Biyesht, Biyeshty | 33.36 | 47°31'01"/28°51'26" |
| Kuz'min | Mold. | Podolia | Olgopol | Cuzmin [Mold], Kuzminka | 33.41 | 48°05'45"/28°37'50" |
| Alexeuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Alexeuca [Mold; Rom], Aleksiyen' [Rus], Alekseyevka [Rus], Aleksandriya, Алексеевка [Rus] | 33.85 | 47°41'21"/28°17'16" |
| Slobozia-Hodorogea | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Khodorozha, Slobozia Hodjinesti, Slobozia Horodistea | 34.55 | 47°30'35"/28°52'27" |
| Cihoreni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Cegoreni, Chegoreny | 34.58 | 47°30'23"/28°51'42" |
| Verejeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Verezheni, Verezhen' | 34.65 | 47°32'00"/28°28'12" |
| Cucuruzeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Kokorozeny | 34.67 | 47°29'18"/28°43'32" |
| Ciocîlteni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Chekolteny, Ciocalteni | 34.80 | 47°29'39"/28°36'36" |
| Slobozia-Vânăncău | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Slobodzeya-Voronkovo, Slobozia Vorancau | 34.84 | 48°04'07"/28°28'06" |
| Lalova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Lalovo | 34.91 | 47°33'55"/29°01'09" |
| Bahrinesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Bagrineshti, Bagrineshty, Bagrinesti | 35.29 | 47°51'24"/28°14'39" |
| Banesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Baneshti, Baneshty, Beneshty, Vaneshty | 35.31 | 47°34'13"/28°23'01" |
| Drăgăneşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Draganeshti, Dragoneshty | 35.35 | 47°43'08"/28°15'08" |
| Marculesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Mărculeşti [Rom], Markuleshty [Rus], Markuleshti [Yid], Markulesty, Markulisti, Mărculeşti-Colonie, Markuleshty-Kolon, Markulesht'-Kolon, Markuleshti-Kolon, Merkelesht | 35.79 | 47°52'08"/28°14'28" |
| Stodolna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Stodolna | 36.09 | 47°33'00"/29°01'00" |
| Stoicani | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Stoicani [Rom], Stoykany [Rus], Stoykan' | 36.13 | 48°01'35"/28°21'42" |
| Prepeliţa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Prepelitsa | 36.29 | 47°35'18"/28°20'26" |
| Nimereuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Nimereuca [Mold, Rom], Nemirovka [Rus], Lublin, Liublin Colony, Nimireuka, Nemyerovka | 37.18 | 48°06'47"/28°32'01" |
| Prajila | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Prazhilo | 37.78 | 47°50'27"/28°12'25" |
| Racovăt | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Rakovets, Rakowiec | 38.52 | 48°04'44"/28°24'09" |
| Coropceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Korobcheny | 38.77 | 47°28'30"/28°31'20" |
| Rădulenii Vechi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Staryye Radulyany, Radulyany, Raduleni-Vek', Radulyani, Reduleni, Raduleni-Veki, Rădulenii | 39.05 | 47°59'05"/28°15'51" |
| Gura Căinarului | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gura Cainari, Gura-Kaynary | 39.91 | 47°51'48"/28°10'59" |
