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 Pokrovska Bahachka

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Pokrovska Bahachka Ukr. Poltava Khorol Pokrovs'ka Bahachka, Pokrovskaya Bogachka, Pokrovskaya Bagachka 49°51'41"/33°08'58"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Khorol Ukr. Poltava Khorol Khorol [Rus, Ukr], Choral [Yid], Chorol [Pol] 11.85 49°46'50"/33°15'27"
Matskivtsi Ukr. Poltava Lubny Matskovtsy 14.22 49°53'37"/32°57'27"
Orekhivka Ukr. Poltava Lubny Orekhovka, Orekhovshchina 14.95 49°58'11"/33°16'23"
Zasullia Ukr. Poltava Lubny Zasul'ye, Zasullya (Opened to Jews in 1903 after the exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 16.84 49°59'28"/33°01'41"
Lukimia Ukr. Poltava Lubny Lukom'ye, Lukim”ya 18.84 49°49'01"/32°53'45"
Romodan Ukr. Poltava Lubny 19.09 49°59'26"/33°19'30"
Lubny Ukr. Poltava Lubny Lubny [Rus, Ukr], Luben [Yid], Łubny [Pol], Łubnie, Lubin 20.40 50°00'59"/32°59'49"
Kononivka Ukr. Poltava Lubny Kononovka, Kononevka 20.56 49°59'29"/32°56'44"
Novoavramivka Ukr. Poltava Khorol Novoavramovka, Novaya Avramovka 20.65 49°47'41"/33°25'06"
Mykhnivtsi Ukr. Poltava Lubny Mikhnovtsy 21.48 49°55'47"/32°52'08"
Vilshanka Ukr. Poltava Lubny Vil'shanka, Ol'shanka 21.99 50°02'29"/33°01'23"
Vil'shanka Ukr. Poltava Lubny Vilshanka, Ol'shanka 21.99 50°02'29"/33°01'23"
Kybyntsi Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Kibintsy, Novaya Zhizn', Novaya Zhittya 24.43 49°57'23"/33°27'25"
Lytviaky Ukr. Poltava Lubny Lytvyaky, Litvyaki 24.95 50°04'34"/33°15'03"
Petrivtsy Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Petrivtsi, Petrovtsy 26.32 49°52'39"/33°30'57"
Semenivka Ukr. Poltava Khorol Semenivka [Ukr], Semënovka [Rus], Semianovka [Yid], Semenowka [Pol], Semionovka (Opened to Jews after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 28.96 49°36'08"/33°11'20"
Onyshky Ukr. Poltava Lubny Onishki 30.45 49°48'58"/32°43'51"
Veselyi Podil Ukr. Poltava Khorol Vesëlyy Podol, Veselyy Podil, Vesely Podol 30.55 49°35'45"/33°15'32"
Ocheretuvate Ukr. Poltava Khorol Ocheretovataya, Ocheretovatoye 32.90 49°33'55"/33°08'51"
Orzhytsya Ukr. Poltava Lubny Orzhytsia 33.31 49°47'23"/32°41'55"
Vyly Ukr. Poltava Lubny 34.38 50°04'02"/32°47'28"
Obolon' Ukr. Poltava Khorol Obolon 34.81 49°36'14"/32°52'26"
Mirgorod Ukr. Poltava Mirgorod Myrhorod [Ukr], Mirgorod [Rus, Yid, Pol], Mirhorod Yasha, [Heb], Mirarid 34.99 49°58'07"/33°36'32"
Gorodishche Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Horodyshche 35.13 50°10'16"/33°03'13"
Horoshyna Ukr. Poltava Khorol Goroshino, Goroshin 36.49 49°39'22"/32°45'11"