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 Ploskin'

Matching Town Modern
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Pale
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Alt. Names Coordinates
Ploskin' Bel. Minsk Pinsk 52°27'24"/26°16'04"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Pale
Province
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District
Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Tereben' Bel. Minsk Pinsk Terebien 4.97 52°26'27"/26°20'11"
Puchiny Bel. Minsk Pinsk Puczyny 8.38 52°25'43"/26°09'12"
Zaborovtsy Bel. Minsk Pinsk Zaborovtsy, Zaborowce, Zaborovise, Zaborovtse, Zabarautsy 12.72 52°23'43"/26°06'36"
Chukhovo Bel. Minsk Pinsk Czuchowo, Chukhava 14.29 52°19'43"/26°15'25"
Zadub'ye Bel. Minsk Pinsk Zadubie 14.79 52°31'45"/26°27'04"
Pahost-Zaharodzki Bel. Minsk Pinsk Pahost-Zaharodzki [Bel], Pogost-Zagorodskiy [Rus], Pohost Zahorodny [Pol], Pohost-Zagorodski [Yid], Pogost Zagorodzki, Pahost-Zaharodsk, Pohost Zahorodzki, Pogost, Pohost 15.89 52°19'20"/26°20'48"
Bogdanovka Bel. Minsk Pinsk Bahdanawka, Багданаўка [Bel], Bogdanovka [Rus], Bohdanówka, Bogdanuvka 16.04 52°22'00"/26°27'09"
Stoshany Bel. Minsk Pinsk Stoszany 17.26 52°19'15"/26°08'42"
Khotynichi Bel. Minsk Pinsk Chotynicze, Khatynichy 19.17 52°37'39"/26°18'30"
Kovnyatin Bel. Minsk Pinsk Kowniatyn 20.70 52°19'57"/26°02'28"
Bokinichi Bel. Minsk Pinsk Bokinicze 20.88 52°17'09"/26°23'43"
Lahishyn Bel. Minsk Pinsk Lahishyn [Bel], Łohiszyn [Pol], Logishin [Rus], Lohishin [Yid], Łahišyn [Bel], Logishyn, Logichin, Logashin, Łahiszyn, Luhiszyn 23.14 52°20'20"/25°59'12"
Mal'kovichi Bel. Minsk Pinsk Malkoviche, Mal'kavichy, Małkowicze 23.91 52°31'56"/26°35'55"
Soshno Bel. Minsk Pinsk Soszno [Pol], Sošna [Bel] 24.75 52°14'23"/26°20'56"
Lyusino Bel. Minsk Pinsk Lusino 25.25 52°37'41"/26°30'47"
Parokhonsk Bel. Minsk Pinsk Parochonsk 28.28 52°13'38"/26°26'51"
Ozarichi Bel. Minsk Pinsk Ozaryche, Osarychi, Ozarycze 29.05 52°24'33"/25°50'48"
Telekhany Bel. Minsk Pinsk Telekhany [Rus], Telchan [Yid], Telechany [Pol], Cielachany [Bel], Telechon, Telekani, Telekhan, Telechan, Tselyakhani, Celjachany 29.56 52°31'03"/25°50'34"
Lunin Bel. Minsk Pinsk 30.44 52°18'15"/26°38'25"
Masevichi Bel. Minsk Pinsk Maseviche, Masiewicze 31.03 52°14'58"/25°57'44"
Zamosh'ye Bel. Minsk Pinsk Zamoshe, Zamosze 31.04 52°22'47"/26°42'28"
Selishche Bel. Minsk Pinsk near Pinsk 31.45 52°11'31"/26°25'50"
Gorodishche Bel. Minsk Pinsk Haradzishcha, Posëlok Gorodishche 31.68 52°10'19"/26°15'43"
Kolonsk Bel. Minsk Pinsk 32.85 52°27'42"/25°46'59"
Ivaniki Bel. Minsk Pinsk Ivaniki [Rus], Iwaniki [Pol] (Jewish agri col. 1851) 32.90 52°10'60"/26°04'60"
Bostyn' Bel. Minsk Pinsk Bostyn, Bastyn' 33.91 52°23'30"/26°45'23"
El'nya Bel. Minsk Slutsk Yel'nia (Opened to Jewish settlement in 1903 after exemption from the Temporary Rules of 1882) 35.24 52°45'28"/26°25'51"
Hantsavichy Bel. Minsk Slutsk Hantsavichy [Bel], Gantsevichi [Rus], Hancewicze [Pol], Hantzevitch [Yid], Gantseviche, Hancavičy, Hancavichy, Gancavichi 35.24 52°45'28"/26°25'51"
Voluta Bel. Minsk Pinsk Woluta, Vyeluta 35.31 52°27'35"/26°47'20"
Kletnaya Bel. Minsk Pinsk Kletna, Klyatnaya 35.99 52°25'11"/25°44'25"
Porech'ye Bel. Minsk Pinsk Pozheche 36.10 52°16'57"/25°49'09"
Otolchitsy Bel. Grodno Kobrin 36.81 52°14'20"/25°51'36"
Lyubashëvo Bel. Minsk Slutsk Lyubashava [Bel], Lyubashëvo [Rus], Lubaszewo [Pol], Libashe [Yid], Liubašava, Ljubasevo 37.82 52°47'01"/26°25'22"
Sukach Bel. Minsk Slutsk Sukacze, Sukache 37.82 52°47'26"/26°22'32"
Okhovo Bel. Minsk Pinsk Akhova 37.89 52°11'23"/25°55'18"
Karlin Bel. Minsk Pinsk Karlin-Pinsk 37.94 52°14'16"/25°50'23"
Bobrovichi Bel. Minsk Pinsk Babrovitskaye 37.96 52°37'48"/25°47'03"
Yas'kovichi Bel. Minsk Slutsk Vas'koviche 38.18 52°42'00"/26°40'00"
Chemeryn Bel. Minsk Pinsk Chemerin [Rus], Czemeryn [Pol], 38.51 52°18'18"/25°45'28"
Ploshchevo Bel. Minsk Pinsk Ploszczewo 39.36 52°06'53"/26°25'03"
Pinsk Bel. Minsk Pinsk Pinsk [Rus, Bel, Yid], Pińsk [Pol] 39.70 52°07'17"/26°04'02"