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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| Matching Town | Modern Country |
Pale Province |
Provincial District |
Alt. Names | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pecişte | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Pecestea, Pecheshtya | 47°42'55"/28°42'26" |
| Nearby Towns | Modern Country |
Pale Province |
Provincial District |
Alt. Names | Distance (km) | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuzauca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Fuzăuca [Mold], Fuzovka [Rus] | 4.23 | 47°44'33"/28°44'49" |
| Sămăşcani | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Samashkany | 4.53 | 47°45'17"/28°41'33" |
| Ignăţei | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Ignatsey | 5.07 | 47°40'54"/28°39'42" |
| Pripiceni-Răzeşi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Pripiceni-Răzeşi [Rom], Pripicheny-Rezesh' [Rus], Pripichen' | 5.11 | 47°41'14"/28°45'41" |
| Sîrcova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Sarcova, Syrkovo | 6.70 | 47°44'32"/28°47'15" |
| Raspopeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Răspopeni [Rom], Raspopeny [Rus], Raspopen' [Mold] | 7.19 | 47°44'34"/28°37'13" |
| Trifeşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Trifeshti, Trifeshty, Trifesti Orhei | 8.56 | 47°40'30"/28°48'17" |
| Chipeşca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Chipeşca [Mold], Kipeshka [Rus] | 9.08 | 47°45'44"/28°36'28" |
| Piscăreşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Piskareshty | 9.26 | 47°45'36"/28°48'42" |
| Scorţeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Skortseny | 9.42 | 47°38'29"/28°38'44" |
| Olişcani | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Olişcani [Rom], Olishkan' [Mold], Olishkany [Rus], Oleshkon [Yid], Olishkani | 9.42 | 47°48'00"/28°42'34" |
| Cinişeuţi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Chinisheutsy, Chinisheuts' (Re-opened to Jews after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) | 11.42 | 47°41'50"/28°51'27" |
| Găuzeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Gauzeny | 11.57 | 47°45'19"/28°33'53" |
| Dobruşa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Dobrusha, Slobozia Dobrusa | 11.63 | 47°47'11"/28°35'36" |
| Ţahnăuţi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Tsekhnauts, Tsakhnoutsy | 11.79 | 47°44'33"/28°51'35" |
| Ghiduleni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Giduleny | 11.94 | 47°36'39"/28°44'36" |
| Cogilniceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Cogalniceny, Kogilnicheny, Kogyl'nicheny | 12.31 | 47°38'07"/28°49'15" |
| Şoldăneşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Sholdaneshty, Chernenko | 13.07 | 47°48'58"/28°47'50" |
| Receşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Racesti, Rachesti, Recheshty | 13.48 | 47°47'17"/28°33'47" |
| Ţareuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Tareni, Tsarėvka | 13.64 | 47°45'00"/28°52'56" |
| Cuizăuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Cuizovca, Kuyzovka | 13.96 | 47°36'49"/28°48'59" |
| Zahorna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Zagorna, Zakharna | 14.51 | 47°47'44"/28°33'15" |
| Echimauti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Yekimoutsy, chimăuţi | 14.72 | 47°41'38"/28°54'05" |
| Bushivka | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Bushovka, Busovca, Buşovca | 15.01 | 47°35'33"/28°47'26" |
| Ordăşei | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Ordashey | 16.00 | 47°41'06"/28°29'54" |
| Nucăreni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Inderapnichi, Indarepnich, Inderapnich', Îndărătnici, Nukeren' | 16.03 | 47°35'51"/28°35'02" |
| Lipceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Lipcani Sat, Lipchėny | 16.04 | 47°48'31"/28°52'16" |
| Şestaci | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Shestachi | 16.48 | 47°51'36"/28°45'16" |
| Şipca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Shipka, Shibka | 16.61 | 47°50'54"/28°48'30" |
| Chiştelniţa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Kishtel'nitsa | 16.65 | 47°34'08"/28°39'40" |
| Cobilnea | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Cobalea Noua, Cobalea Veche, Kobyl'nya, Kobylea | 16.92 | 47°51'55"/28°40'13" |
| Hligeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Glingeni Orhei, Glinzheny | 17.34 | 47°49'14"/28°52'42" |
| Brinzenii Noi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Novyye Brynzeny | 17.75 | 47°39'30"/28°29'09" |
| Cotiujenii Mari | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Cotiugeni Mari, Cotiugenii Mari, Kotyuzhany | 18.37 | 47°50'42"/28°33'18" |
| Capresti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Căpreşti [Rom], Kapreshty [Rus], Kapresht [Yid], Căpreşti-Târg, Căpreşti-Sat, Capresti Colonie, Kapreschy, Kapreshti | 18.75 | 47°45'15"/28°27'48" |
| Ţînţăreni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Tsyntsareni, Ţănţăreni, Zinzareny, Tsyntsaren' | 19.26 | 47°34'19"/28°33'47" |
| Rezina | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Rezina [Mold, Rus], Rezina-Târg [Rom], Rezine [Yid], Rezina-Tîrg | 19.70 | 47°44'57"/28°57'57" |
| Saharna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Sakharna | 19.81 | 47°41'59"/28°58'16" |
| Stefanesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Shtefaneshty [Rus], Ştefăneşti [Rom], Stefanesti Soroca, Shtefanesht, Shtefaneshti, Shtefeneshty | 20.24 | 47°43'55"/28°26'16" |
| Pohoarna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Pohoarna [Mold], Pogorna [Rus], Pohorna-Răzeşi [Rom], Pogoarna, Pogorno-Rozesh, Pokhoarna | 20.24 | 47°49'52"/28°29'54" |
| Vorotet | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Voroteţ [Rom], Vorotets [Rus], Voroteţi, Voroteţul | 20.57 | 47°33'33"/28°51'17" |
| Chiţcanii Vechi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Chitcani Vechi, Kitskani Vek, Staryye Kitskany, Titskany | 20.69 | 47°35'30"/28°30'03" |
| Căzăneşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Kazaneshty | 20.81 | 47°36'49"/28°28'27" |
| Alcedar | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Alchedary | 21.13 | 47°52'06"/28°52'30" |
| Cuşmirca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kushmirka | 21.14 | 47°54'19"/28°42'20" |
| Sirota | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | 21.49 | 47°31'40"/28°46'37" | |
| Ciorna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Chorna, Neagra | 21.59 | 47°46'24"/28°58'58" |
| Cunicea | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kunicha, Kunichya | 21.89 | 47°54'28"/28°38'47" |
| Domulgeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Domulugeni, Domuluzhany, Domuluzhen' | 21.98 | 47°47'31"/28°26'10" |
| Ofatinţi | Mold. | Podolia | Balta | Ofatinţi [Rom], Vykhvatintsy [Rus], Wychwatyńce [Pol], Vykhvatinets, Vychvatynci | 22.46 | 47°39'57"/28°59'54" |
| Poyana | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Poeana, Poyyana | 22.55 | 47°54'43"/28°37'60" |
| Pohrebeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Pogrebeny, Pogribeni | 23.28 | 47°33'23"/28°54'34" |
| Rîbniţa | Mold. | Podolia | Balta | Rîbniţa [Mold], Rybnitsa [Rus], Râbniţa [Rom], Ribnitza [Yid], Rybnica [Pol], Rybniza [Ger], Rybnitsy, Ribnitze | 23.39 | 47°46'06"/29°00'36" |
| Curătura | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Kuratura | 23.52 | 47°52'34"/28°54'42" |
| Chiperceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Kipercheny | 23.62 | 47°31'19"/28°50'17" |
| Sărătenii Vechi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Sarateni Orhei, Staryye Sarateny | 23.91 | 47°31'35"/28°33'16" |
| Ciutuleşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Chutuleshty | 24.01 | 47°45'43"/28°23'38" |
| Caşunca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kashunka, Kasovka | 24.70 | 47°47'10"/28°23'39" |
| Biesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Biyesht, Biyeshty | 24.75 | 47°31'01"/28°51'26" |
| Cucuruzeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Kokorozeny | 25.27 | 47°29'18"/28°43'32" |
| Vadul-Rascov | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Vadul-Raşcov [Mold], Vad-Rashkov [Rus], Vadu-Raşcov [Rom], Rashkev [Yid], Vadul-Rashkov, Vadu-Rashku, Vadu-Rashcu, Vadu-Rascu | 25.34 | 47°55'46"/28°49'24" |
| Cuhureştii de Jos | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Nizhniye Kugureshty | 25.37 | 47°55'48"/28°35'34" |
| Ciocîlteni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Chekolteny, Ciocalteni | 25.63 | 47°29'39"/28°36'36" |
| Cihoreni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Cegoreni, Chegoreny | 25.95 | 47°30'23"/28°51'42" |
| Izvoare | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Izvoarele, Izvory, Izvuare | 25.96 | 47°33'09"/28°57'21" |
| Slobozia-Hodorogea | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Khodorozha, Slobozia Hodjinesti, Slobozia Horodistea | 26.05 | 47°30'35"/28°52'27" |
| Hirtop | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gertop, Hartop, Hartop Soroca | 26.22 | 47°52'54"/28°27'31" |
| Verejeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Verezheni, Verezhen' | 26.94 | 47°32'00"/28°28'12" |
| Rascov | Mold. | Podolia | Olgopol | Raşcov [Mold, Rom], Rashkov [Rus, Yid], Rashkiv [Ukr], Rashkovo, Râşcov, Raşcu | 28.22 | 47°57'24"/28°49'26" |
| Lalova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Lalovo | 28.71 | 47°33'55"/29°01'09" |
| Pepeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Pepeny | 28.75 | 47°38'13"/28°20'29" |
| Banesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Baneshti, Baneshty, Beneshty, Vaneshty | 29.12 | 47°34'13"/28°23'01" |
| Ghindeşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gandesti, Gindeshty | 29.16 | 47°51'17"/28°22'36" |
| Japca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Zhabka, Zhapka | 29.53 | 47°58'51"/28°42'15" |
| Stodolna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Stodolna | 29.59 | 47°33'00"/29°01'00" |
| Coropceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Korobcheny | 30.11 | 47°28'30"/28°31'20" |
| Văscăuţi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Varticauti, Vaskautsy | 30.45 | 47°57'19"/28°30'39" |
| Coşerniţa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Cosarnita, Koshernitsa | 30.79 | 47°56'23"/28°27'56" |
| Prepeliţa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Prepelitsa | 30.90 | 47°35'18"/28°20'26" |
| Alexeuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Alexeuca [Mold; Rom], Aleksiyen' [Rus], Alekseyevka [Rus], Aleksandriya, Алексеевка [Rus] | 31.53 | 47°41'21"/28°17'16" |
| Brăviceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Bravicheny | 31.65 | 47°25'57"/28°39'33" |
| Vadul Turcului | Mold. | Podolia | Balta | Vadaturkovo, Vadul-Turkuluy, Vadaturkiv, Vaditurkul | 31.76 | 47°55'50"/28°59'12" |
| Bobulesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Bobuleshty | 32.36 | 47°52'51"/28°21'04" |
| Sirbesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Sarbesti, Sherbeshty, Gora Serbeshty-Lor, Dealul Sîrbeştilor (found as a khutor on 19th C. map) | 32.60 | 47°47'28"/28°17'10" |
| Nikolaeva Blagodat | Ukr. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Nikolevka (Jewish agri col. no longer exists. Found on hist. maps only) | 32.61 | 47°25'56"/28°49'16" |
| Gura Camencii | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gura Camenca, Gura-Kamenka | 32.79 | 47°53'28"/28°21'17" |
| Leuseni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Leuşeni [Rom], Leusheny [Rus], Leusheni, Leushen' | 32.91 | 47°28'58"/28°26'08" |
| Cernita | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Ciornita | 32.95 | 47°57'51"/28°28'03" |
| Ineşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Ineshty | 33.02 | 47°30'17"/28°23'49" |
| Sănătăuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Senatovka | 33.20 | 48°00'47"/28°40'30" |
| Bulăieşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Bulaesti, Bulayeshty | 33.45 | 47°28'37"/28°58'45" |
| Breanova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Bryanovo | 33.51 | 47°24'59"/28°39'01" |
| Vertiujeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kolonie Wertizany, Vertiujeni [Mold], Vertyuzhany [Rus], Vertujeni [Rom], Vartuzhen [Yid], Vyrtezheni, Vertyuzhen', Vertyuzhani, Vyrtezhen Sat, Vârtejenii-Sat, Vertuzhen, Wertizany | 33.58 | 47°59'42"/28°32'14" |
| Gvozdova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gvozdovo | 33.96 | 47°54'16"/28°21'01" |
| Drăgăneşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Draganeshti, Dragoneshty | 34.05 | 47°43'08"/28°15'08" |
| Vărvăreuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Varvareni, Varvarovka, Vorvorovka, Warwarowka | 34.58 | 47°52'47"/28°18'52" |
| Văsieni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Vasieni, Vasiyeny | 34.60 | 47°27'36"/28°26'37" |
| Năpadova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Napadovo | 34.87 | 48°01'11"/28°35'43" |
| Telenesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Teleneşti [Rom, Mold], Teleneshty [Rus], Telenesht [Yid], Teleneszty [Pol], Telenesht'-Tyrg, Telenesti Sat, Teleneşti Târg | 34.99 | 47°30'04"/28°21'55" |
| Camenca | Mold. | Podolia | Olgopol | Camenca [Mold, Rom], Kamenka [Rus, Yid], Kamianka [Ukr], Kamionka [Pol], Kamenka-Moldavskaya | 35.25 | 48°01'56"/28°41'56" |
| Berezlogi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Berezlozhi, Berezlozh, Berezlodzh, Berezlodzhi | 35.31 | 47°26'13"/28°56'02" |
| Floresti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Floreshty, Floresti Noui, Floresti Sat | 35.37 | 47°53'09"/28°18'27" |
| Lopatna | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Lapatna | 35.60 | 47°29'41"/29°03'06" |
| Mihălaşa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Mihălaşa [Rom], Mikhalasha [Rus] | 36.76 | 47°29'44"/28°20'28" |
| Copăceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kopacheny | 37.12 | 47°36'57"/28°14'03" |
| Verkhniye Zhory | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Jora de Sus, Zhora-De-Sus | 37.68 | 47°29'09"/29°04'37" |
| Orhei | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Orhei [Rom], Orgieev [Rus], Orhaiv [Yid], Orkhei [Mold], Orgeyev, Orgeev, Orheyev, Orheiu, Orhein, Orkey, Orkhey, Orhiiv, Orgijów [Pol], Orgiejew [Pol] | 37.78 | 47°23'06"/28°49'28" |
| Morozeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Morozeny, Morozeni Mari | 37.90 | 47°22'40"/28°38'09" |
| Bahrinesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Bagrineshti, Bagrineshty, Bagrinesti | 37.99 | 47°51'24"/28°14'39" |
| Discova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Dișcova [Mold], Dyshkovo [Rus], Dâşcova [Rom], Dishkova [Ukr], Dyshkova | 38.38 | 47°22'41"/28°35'54" |
| Ciripcău | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Chiriykeu, Cherepkov, Chiripkeu, Ciripeău | 38.47 | 47°59'03"/28°22'58" |
| Isacova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Isakovo | 38.56 | 47°22'07"/28°43'11" |
| Viprova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Vaprova, Vyprovo | 38.77 | 47°22'44"/28°34'15" |
| Soloneţ | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Solonets | 38.79 | 47°59'56"/28°24'17" |
| Marculesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Mărculeşti [Rom], Markuleshty [Rus], Markuleshti [Yid], Markulesty, Markulisti, Mărculeşti-Colonie, Markuleshty-Kolon, Markulesht'-Kolon, Markuleshti-Kolon, Merkelesht | 38.79 | 47°52'08"/28°14'28" |
| Bogzesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Bogzeshty | 38.82 | 47°25'18"/28°25'38" |
| Crăsnăşeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Krasnosheny, Krasnoshen' [Rus], Krasnosheny, Krasnasheny [Rus], Krasnosheni, Crăsnoşeni | 39.02 | 47°25'59"/28°23'54" |
| Putintei | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Puţintei [Mold], Putineshty [Rus], Puţunteu [Rom], Putsuntey, Putsuntei, Putsintey | 39.11 | 47°22'27"/28°34'52" |
| Zahnitkiv | Ukr. | Podolia | Olgopol | Zahnitkiv [Ukr], Zagnitkov [Rus], Zahnitków [Pol] | 39.29 | 48°02'51"/28°53'13" |
| Jora De Mijloc | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Sredniye Zhory, Zhora De Mizhlok | 39.35 | 47°28'34"/29°05'38" |
| Susleni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Orgieev | Susleny | 39.82 | 47°24'45"/28°59'25" |
| Mîndreşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Mandresti, Myndreshty | 39.83 | 47°30'19"/28°16'37" |
| Prajila | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Prazhilo | 39.90 | 47°50'27"/28°12'25" |
