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 Ostrov

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Ostrov Bel. Minsk Igumen Vostraw, Ostrow 53°36'14"/27°54'34"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Rudensk Bel. Minsk Igumen Rudensk [Rus], Rudzensk [Bel], Rudzieńsk [Pol] 3.19 53°35'54"/27°51'44"
Dukora Bel. Minsk Igumen Dukora [Rus, Bel, Pol], Dukor [Yid] 8.56 53°40'43"/27°56'24"
Rusakovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 10.56 53°31'02"/27°50'37"
Uzlyany Bel. Minsk Igumen Uzlyany [Rus], Uzlion [Yid], Uźlany [Pol], Vuzliany [Bel], Vuzlany, Vuzljany, Uzlian, Ozlyiany 13.01 53°37'26"/27°42'55"
Sergeevichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 15.81 53°29'47"/27°45'10"
Dudichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 16.52 53°35'24"/27°39'37"
Smilovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Smilavichy [Bel], Smilovichi [Rus], Smilovitch [Yid], Śmiłowicze [Pol], Śmiłavičy 17.55 53°44'59"/28°00'41"
Mar'ina Horka Bel. Minsk Igumen Mar'ina Gorka 18.90 53°30'32"/28°08'49"
Mikhanovichi Bel. Minsk Minsk Mikhanavichy [Bel] 20.57 53°45'20"/27°43'52"
Pukhovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Pukhavichy [Bel], Pukhovichi [Rus], Puchovitch [Yid], Puchavičy [Bel], Puchowicze [Pol], Puchowitschi [Ger], Pukhevitsh 23.74 53°31'47"/28°14'48"
Shatsk Bel. Minsk Igumen Shatsk [Bel, Rus], Shatzk [Yid], Szack [Pol], Šack, Šacak 23.90 53°25'51"/27°41'43"
Plebantsy Bel. Minsk Minsk 26.59 53°45'06"/27°35'33"
Machulishche Bel. Minsk Minsk Machulishchy, Machulische, Mochulischi 28.43 53°46'44"/27°35'41"
Malyy Trostenets Bel. Minsk Minsk Maly Trostenets, Maly Trostinec, Maly Trostyanets 28.63 53°49'59"/27°42'42"
Porech'ye Bel. Minsk Igumen Zavody-Porech'ye (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 30.68 53°19'40"/27°54'26"
Samokhvalovichi Bel. Minsk Minsk Samokhvalovichi [Rus], Samachvałavièy [Bel], Samochvilovitch [Yid], Samochwałowicze [Pol] 30.70 53°44'23"/27°30'13"
Luchnoye Bel. Minsk Igumen Luchnoe (Jewish agri col. 1847.) 33.47 53°38'34"/28°24'46"
Pronishche Bel. Minsk Igumen Prasnishche 35.30 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' 36.21 53°42'21"/28°25'53"
Oreshkovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Areshkavichy 38.26 53°23'45"/28°22'13"
Kolodishchi Bel. Minsk Minsk Kalodzishchy 38.74 53°56'38"/27°46'56"
Tal'ka Bel. Minsk Igumen Tol'ka 38.77 53°22'09"/28°20'34"
Losha Bel. Minsk Igumen Losha [Rus], Lasha [Yid], Łoša [Bel], Łosza [Pol], Loshe 38.86 53°25'16"/27°24'31"
Minsk Bel. Minsk Minsk Minsk [Bel, Rus, Yid], Mińsk [Pol], Minskas [Lith], Mensk, Miensk 39.91 53°54'00"/27°34'00"