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 Pieczyski

Matching Town Modern
Country
Pale
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District
Alt. Names Coordinates
Pieczyski Pol. Grodno Bielsk 52°33'27"/22°34'24"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Pale
Province
Provincial
District
Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Granne Pol. Grodno Bielsk 4.73 52°32'28"/22°30'32"
Obniże Pol. Grodno Bielsk 6.20 52°30'11"/22°35'33"
Żery Czubiki Pol. Grodno Bielsk Żery Czuliki 7.74 52°35'52"/22°40'00"
Wierzchuca Nagórna Pol. Grodno Bielsk 8.80 52°28'43"/22°33'44"
Pobikry Pol. Grodno Bielsk Pobikra 9.39 52°37'49"/22°38'38"
Putkowice Nagorne Pol. Grodno Bielsk 9.95 52°28'08"/22°35'38"
Lisowo Pol. Grodno Bielsk 11.05 52°27'48"/22°37'30"
Grodzisk Pol. Grodno Bielsk (Opened to Jewish settlement in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 11.46 52°34'58"/22°44'16"
Makarki Pol. Grodno Bielsk 12.89 52°33'33"/22°45'50"
Krynki Sobole Pol. Grodno Bielsk 14.13 52°32'11"/22°46'46"
Ciechanowiec Pol. Grodno Bielsk Ciechanowiec [Pol], Tshekhanovits [Yid], Tsekhanovets [Rus], Chechanovitz, Chekhanovits, Chekhanovitse, Rudelstadt, Tsikhanovits 14.28 52°40'43"/22°30'08"
Chrolowice Pol. Grodno Bielsk Chrołowice 14.53 52°25'38"/22°33'23"
Siemiony Pol. Grodno Bielsk 15.88 52°37'30"/22°46'49"
Czarna Šrednia Pol. Grodno Bielsk Charna Srednia 16.83 52°36'04"/22°48'42"
Czarna Wielkie Pol. Grodno Bielsk Czarna Wielka 16.91 52°34'13"/22°49'21"
Drohiczyn Pol. Grodno Bielsk Drohiczyn [Pol], Drohitchin [Yid], Drokhichin [Rus], Drohiczyn nad Bugiem, Drohiczyn-Lacki 18.67 52°23'52"/22°39'30"
Spieszyn Pol. Grodno Bielsk 19.99 52°39'28"/22°49'09"
Golonki Pol. Grodno Bialystok Holonki 23.12 52°39'42"/22°52'11"
Siemiatycze Pol. Grodno Bielsk Siemiatycze [Pol], Semyatitche [Yid], Semiatyche [Rus], Semyatitcha, Semyatichi, Semyatitsh, Semyatich 24.35 52°25'38"/22°51'44"
Žurobice Pol. Grodno Bielsk 24.51 52°31'27"/22°55'53"
Klichy Pol. Grodno Bielsk 25.84 52°39'38"/22°54'59"
Loyki Pol. Grodno Bialystok Lojki (No longer exists, now a suburb of Siemiatycze) 26.02 52°24'34"/22°52'15"
Osmola Pol. Grodno Bielsk 26.16 52°34'26"/22°57'34"
Bransk Pol. Grodno Bielsk Brańsk [Pol], Braynsk [Yid], Bran'sk [Rus], Breinsk, Brainsk 27.37 52°44'42"/22°50'10"
Hornowo Pol. Grodno Bielsk 27.37 52°32'57"/22°58'40"
Boratyniec Lacki Pol. Grodno Bielsk 29.88 52°25'08"/22°57'04"
Chojewo Pol. Grodno Bielsk 31.03 52°42'19"/22°57'48"
Oksiutycze Pol. Grodno Bielsk 31.97 52°24'48"/22°58'55"
Šwirydy Pol. Grodno Bielsk 32.35 52°47'24"/22°51'42"
Bočki Pol. Grodno Bielsk Boćki [Pol], Bodki [Yid], Bochki [Rus], Bozki, Boczki 33.51 52°39'08"/23°02'40"
Olędzkie Pol. Grodno Bielsk Olendzie 34.28 52°48'19"/22°52'34"
Wólka Zaleska Pol. Grodno Bielsk 35.55 52°49'44"/22°51'07"
Żerczyce Pol. Grodno Bielsk 35.65 52°28'27"/23°04'56"
Sobiatyn Pol. Grodno Brest Sobiatyno 35.92 52°34'22"/23°06'15"
Malesze Pol. Grodno Bielsk 37.27 52°47'37"/22°57'56"
Milejczyce Pol. Grodno Brest Milejczyce [Pol], Milaytchitz [Yid], Miliechitse [Rus], Mileičicė [Lith] 37.89 52°31'09"/23°07'48"