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 Orikhiv

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Orikhiv Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Orikhiv [Ukr], Orekhov [Rus], Oriachov [Yid], Orichiw [Ger], Orechow [Pol], Orichiv, Orjechow, Orechowka, Orechoff 47°33'48"/35°47'09"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Novoandreevka Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Novoandreyevka, Novaya Andreyevka, Novoandriyivka 6.73 47°32'55"/35°41'56"
Malaya Tokmachka Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Mala Tokmachka 9.25 47°32'08"/35°54'08"
Mala Tokmachka Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Malaya Tokmachka 9.25 47°32'08"/35°54'08"
Vasinovka Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Alexandrovsk Vasynivka 11.45 47°39'53"/35°48'45"
Shcherbaky Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Shcherbakovka, Shcherbaki 15.39 47°33'05"/35°34'54"
Solodka Balka Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Sladkaya Balka 19.73 47°23'09"/35°47'16"
Verbovo Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Verbovoye 21.75 47°25'35"/35°59'34"
Khitrovka Ukr. Taurida Melitopol 24.28 47°42'00"/35°31'60"
Komyshuvakha Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Kamyshevakha 25.88 47°42'59"/35°31'33"
Lyubitskoye Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Lyubyts'ke, Liubytske 26.18 47°45'54"/35°57'58"
Yanchekrak Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Kamianske, Kamenskoye, Kam”yans'ke 31.05 47°32'21"/35°22'25"
Kam"yans'ke Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Kamenskoya, Yanchekrak, Kamenskoye 31.05 47°32'21"/35°22'25"
Popovka Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Smyrnove, Smirnovo, Smirnove 34.07 47°40'60"/35°22'03"
Veselianka Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Veselyanka 34.07 47°40'60"/35°22'03"
Basan Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Basan' 34.86 47°23'14"/36°10'11"
Tokmak Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Tokmak [Rus, Ukr, Yid], Bol'shoy Tokmak, Tokmak Bol′shoi, Tokmak Wielki, Velikiy Tokmak, Tomak 34.98 47°15'10"/35°42'35"
Grigorievka Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Alexandrovsk Grigor'yevka, Grigorovka, Hryhorivka 35.29 47°41'39"/35°21'25"
Ostrykivka Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Ostrokovka 35.45 47°15'13"/35°53'51"
Zeleny Hay Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Zeleny Gay, Zelónyy Gay 36.97 47°23'30"/35°21'52"
Polohy Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Polohy [Ukr], Pologi [Rus], Chubarovka [Rus, 1928-37], Połohy [Pol], Tchubarovka (Opened to Jews after exemption of the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 37.00 47°28'42"/36°15'44"
Petropavlovka Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Petropavlivka, Petrovs'ke, Petrovske, Novo-Petrovskiy 38.01 47°19'08"/36°08'22"
Tsaritsyn Kut Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Prymorske, Tsaritsin Kut, Podstepnoye, Prymors'ke, Primorskoye 38.22 47°38'42"/35°17'27"