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 Parafiivka

Matching Town Modern
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Pale
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Alt. Names Coordinates
Parafiivka Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Parafeyevka, Parafiyivka, Parafiyevka 50°52'38"/32°38'46"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Pale
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Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Irzhavets Ukr. Poltava Priluki Irzhavets' 6.54 50°51'52"/32°33'18"
Ivanitsa Ukr. Poltava Priluki Ivanytsia, Ivanytsya (Pogrom Nov. 1917) 9.85 50°47'20"/32°38'07"
Rubanka Ukr. Chernigov Konotop 14.47 50°57'16"/32°48'44"
Ichnya Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Ichnia [Ukr], Ichnya [Rus], Itchnia [Yid], Itschnja [Ger], Itshnye, Icnja, Ichen, Malaya Ichnya (Opened to Jewish settlement by exemption of the Temporary Rules of 1882) 17.74 50°51'45"/32°23'39"
Kalyuzhintsy Ukr. Poltava Priluki Kaliuzhyntsi, Kalyuzhintsy, Kalyuzhyntsi 20.87 50°41'60"/32°44'35"
Ivangorod Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Ivanhorod 21.42 51°01'51"/32°27'40"
Voronovka Ukr. Poltava Priluki Voronivka 26.60 50°48'23"/32°17'03"
Perevolochna Ukr. Poltava Priluki Perevolochnoye, Perevolochnaya 26.69 50°38'15"/32°40'02"
Obukhove Ukr. Poltava Priluki Obukhovo 26.78 50°50'49"/33°01'28"
Kolesniki Ukr. Poltava Priluki Kolisnyky 27.42 50°42'15"/32°22'06"
Valki Ukr. Poltava Priluki Valky, Volki 28.23 50°38'19"/32°30'34"
Polova Ukr. Poltava Priluki 28.81 50°40'32"/32°23'20"
Sribne Ukr. Poltava Priluki Srebnoye, Sribnoye 30.52 50°39'50"/32°55'07"
Pliski Ukr. Chernigov Borsna Plysky 30.61 51°07'05"/32°26'02"
Kuren Ukr. Chernigov Konotop Kurin', Kurin' 31.86 51°09'06"/32°46'35"
Manzhosivka Ukr. Poltava Priluki Manzhosovka 32.44 50°36'40"/32°27'27"
Radcovka Ukr. Poltava Priluki Radkivka, Rad'kovka, Rad'kivka 34.15 50°42'16"/32°14'40"
Lypove Ukr. Poltava Romny Lipovoye 34.74 50°53'14"/33°08'28"
Obychiv Ukr. Poltava Priluki Obychev 34.84 50°43'37"/32°12'40"
Monastyryshche Ukr. Chernigov Niezhin Monastyrishche 34.97 50°48'51"/32°09'29"
Pryluky Ukr. Poltava Priluki Pryluky [Ukr], Priluki [Rus, Yid], Pryłuki [Pol], Priluk, Przyluka 36.45 50°35'36"/32°23'15"
Bakhmach Ukr. Chernigov Konotop Bakhmach [Ukr, Rus], Bachmatch [Yid], Bachmatsch [Ger], Bachmacz [Pol], Bachmac 37.09 51°12'03"/32°46'28"
Savintsy Ukr. Poltava Priluki Savyntsi 38.26 50°34'39"/32°54'45"
Malaya Devitsa Ukr. Poltava Priluki Mala Divytsia, Malaya Dewiza, Mala Divytsya 39.67 50°41'11"/32°10'10"