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.
 
Sources
 
 

Results for Osmolovka

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Osmolovka Bel. Minsk Igumen 53°39'24"/28°52'50"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Bogushevichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Bahushevichy [Bel], Bogushevichi [Rus], Bushavitz [Yid], Bohuszewicze [Pol], Boguschewitschi [Ger], Bahuševičy, Bušavičy, Bohoshevitch, Boshevitch 7.06 53°42'38"/28°49'25"
Seliba Bel. Minsk Igumen Seliba [Rus], Sialiba [Bel], Seliba-Yakshitskaya, Sieliba [Pol], Sheliba-Dikshitz, Syaliba 7.32 53°37'07"/28°58'15"
Zalin Bel. Minsk Igumen Zalin [Yid], Żalin [Pol] (In Seliba yizkor book, but not in WOWW or USBGN database) 8.11 53°37'00"/28°58'60"
Hradzyanka Bel. Minsk Igumen Grodzyanka, Gradyanka 14.95 53°32'57"/28°44'41"
Negonichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 15.00 53°47'26"/28°54'38"
Novaya Niva Ukr. Minsk Igumen 16.72 53°44'11"/28°39'55"
Berezino Bel. Minsk Igumen Byerazino [Bel], Berezino [Rus], Berezin [Yid], Berezyna [Pol], Biarezan, Beresino 21.73 53°50'29"/28°59'22"
Svisloch' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Svislach [Bel], Svisloch' [Rus], Svislovitch [Yid], Svislotch, Swislotsch 25.09 53°26'15"/28°58'12"
Lipen' Bel. Minsk Igumen Lipyen', Lipien ("Kholui" on historical maps) 27.35 53°24'48"/28°49'21"
Vysokaya Starona Bel. Minsk Igumen Vysokaya Starina (Jewish agri col.) 28.97 53°30'45"/28°30'55"
Pronishche Bel. Minsk Igumen Prasnishche 29.03 53°37'31"/28°26'37"
Chervyen' Bel. Minsk Igumen Chervyen' [Bel], Cherven [Rus], Igumen [Rus, until 1923], Eihumen [Yid], Ihumeń [Pol], Czerwień, Červień, Tscherwen, Cerven' 30.09 53°42'21"/28°25'53"
Luchnoye Bel. Minsk Igumen Luchnoe (Jewish agri col. 1847.) 30.88 53°38'34"/28°24'46"
Dulebo Bel. Minsk Igumen Dulyeby 30.95 53°45'10"/29°19'20"
Rovanichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Rovanicheskaya Sloboda (Opened to Jews in1903 by exemption of the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 30.99 53°53'07"/28°36'39"
Lapichy Bel. Minsk Igumen Lapichy [Bel], Lapichi [Rus], Lapitch [Yid], Łapicze [Pol], Lapitschi [Ger], Łapièy 33.46 53°26'07"/28°32'15"
Rovanichskaya Sloboda Bel. Minsk Igumen (Opened to Jews in1903 by exemption of the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 34.88 53°54'46"/28°34'25"
Klichaw Bel. Minsk Igumen Klichaw [Bel], Klichev [Rus], Klitchev [Yid], Kličaŭ, Klitchaw, Kliczew, Klichevo 35.08 53°29'30"/29°19'60"
Krupa Bel. Minsk Igumen 35.31 53°57'18"/28°41'45"
Poplavy Bel. Minsk Igumen Paplavy 36.72 53°30'30"/29°22'39"