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 Orzhytsya

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Orzhytsya Ukr. Poltava Lubny Orzhytsia 49°47'23"/32°41'55"

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Onyshky Ukr. Poltava Lubny Onishki 3.74 49°48'58"/32°43'51"
Lukimia Ukr. Poltava Lubny Lukom'ye, Lukim”ya 14.48 49°49'01"/32°53'45"
Khrestyteleve Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krestitelevo 14.74 49°43'33"/32°31'07"
Horoshyna Ukr. Poltava Khorol Goroshino, Goroshin 15.35 49°39'22"/32°45'11"
Mykhnivtsi Ukr. Poltava Lubny Mikhnovtsy 19.79 49°55'47"/32°52'08"
Krupoderyntsi Ukr. Poltava Lubny Krupoderintsy, Krupoderentsy 20.09 49°55'09"/32°30'11"
Matskivtsi Ukr. Poltava Lubny Matskovtsy 21.88 49°53'37"/32°57'27"
Krasenivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krasenovka 22.07 49°49'20"/32°23'43"
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) 22.72 49°57'33"/32°31'19"
Obolon' Ukr. Poltava Khorol Obolon 24.19 49°36'14"/32°52'26"
Rudka Ukr. Poltava Lubny 27.19 50°00'27"/32°31'34"
Kononivka Ukr. Poltava Lubny Kononovka, Kononevka 28.59 49°59'29"/32°56'44"
Ovsyuky Ukr. Poltava Lubny Ovsiuky, Ovsyuki 29.43 50°01'06"/32°29'31"
Kryvonosivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krivonosovka 29.59 49°46'51"/32°17'12"
Mali Kanivtsi Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Malyye Kanevtsy 31.52 49°37'38"/32°20'21"
Vyly Ukr. Poltava Lubny 31.57 50°04'02"/32°47'28"
Revbintsy Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Revbyntsi 32.30 49°34'53"/32°23'08"
Zasullia Ukr. Poltava Lubny Zasul'ye, Zasullya (Opened to Jews in 1903 after the exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 32.54 49°59'28"/33°01'41"
Mekhedivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Mekhedovka 32.61 49°51'53"/32°15'33"
Lubny Ukr. Poltava Lubny Lubny [Rus, Ukr], Luben [Yid], Łubny [Pol], Łubnie, Lubin 33.04 50°00'59"/32°59'49"
Lazorki Ukr. Poltava Lubny Lazirky 33.07 50°05'07"/32°38'55"
Pokrovska Bahachka Ukr. Poltava Khorol Pokrovs'ka Bahachka, Pokrovskaya Bogachka, Pokrovskaya Bagachka 33.31 49°51'41"/33°08'58"
Pavlovshchina Ukr. Poltava Lubny Pavlivshchyna 33.79 50°05'22"/32°37'16"
Likholity Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha 34.03 49°33'26"/32°23'27"
Mytlashivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha 34.56 49°58'24"/32°18'35"
Krups'ke Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krupske, Krupskoe 36.17 49°42'12"/32°12'48"
Vilshanka Ukr. Poltava Lubny Vil'shanka, Ol'shanka 36.39 50°02'29"/33°01'23"
Vil'shanka Ukr. Poltava Lubny Vilshanka, Ol'shanka 36.39 50°02'29"/33°01'23"
Kryva Ruda Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Krivaya Ruda, Chernechino 36.99 49°30'46"/32°59'02"
Sviatylivka Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Svyatilovka, Svyatylivka 37.35 49°27'45"/32°49'01"
Rozhdestvenske Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Rozhdestvens'ke 39.48 49°51'59"/32°09'40"
Kontunovka Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Kontunivka 39.70 50°00'48"/32°16'00"
Irkliiv Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Irkleyev, Irkliyiv, Irkliyev 39.92 49°31'07"/32°20'05"