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 Bolhrad

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Bolhrad Ukr. Bessarabia Izmail Bolgrad [Rus, Rom, Yid], Bolhrad [Ukr], Belgrad 45°41'06"/28°36'51"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Vladychen' Ukr. Bessarabia Izmail Impuţita, Vladicina, Vladicini, 13.73 45°33'42"/28°36'17"
Chervonoarmeyskoye Ukr. Bessarabia Akkerman Cubei, Kubei 15.55 45°47'34"/28°44'30"
Vulcăneşti Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Vulkeneshti, Volkoneshty, Valkaneshty, Vulkaneshty 16.16 45°41'06"/28°24'22"
Kalchevaya Ukr. Bessarabia Akkerman Calceva 16.58 45°44'07"/28°48'54"
Mar'yanovka Ukr. Bessarabia Izmail Marinovca, Marinovka, Novaya-Aleksandriya, Mar'yanovka, Alexandria Nova, Novokalanchak (not found on historical maps) 16.74 45°35'09"/28°46'34"
Vasil'yevka Ukr. Bessarabia Izmail Vaisal, Vaysaly, Vasilevka 17.85 45°38'23"/28°50'05"
Copceac Mold. Bessarabia Akkerman Kopchak, Tatar Copceac 19.24 45°50'57"/28°41'31"
Găvănoasa Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Gavanosy 19.52 45°45'24"/28°23'05"
Kotlovina Ukr. Bessarabia Izmail Bolboaka, Bulboka, Bolboaca, Bolboka 20.03 45°30'25"/28°34'28"
Taraclia Mold. Bessarabia Akkerman Tarakliya 24.58 45°54'10"/28°40'06"
Gorodneye Ukr. Bessarabia Akkerman Ciisia, Ogorodnoye, Horodnie, Chiishiya, Horodne, Ciişia, Chiishia, Gradina [Rus], Chiyshiya, Gorodnoye 29.29 45°53'24"/28°51'04"
Nagornoye Ukr. Bessarabia Izmail Nahirne, Caragacii-Vechi, Karagachi Vek', Caragaccii-Vechi, Karagach 31.18 45°25'47"/28°26'53"
Vinogradnoye Ukr. Bessarabia Akkerman Vinogradnoye, Hasan Batâr, Gasanbatyr 32.30 45°48'26"/28°59'30"
Bairamcea Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Barancha-Moskovey, Moskovey (Pogrom 10-27-1905) 33.47 45°55'39"/28°21'31"
Albota de Sus Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Albota, Verkhnyaya Albota, Novaya Albota 33.47 45°58'12"/28°28'32"
Vadul lui Isac Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Vadul Lui Isak, Vadul-Luy-Isak 35.47 45°45'48"/28°10'16"
Reni Ukr. Bessarabia Izmail Reni [Rom, Ukr] 35.88 45°27'35"/28°17'03"
Cazaclia Mold. Bessarabia Bendery Kazakliya 36.05 46°00'26"/28°39'46"
Novaya Nekrasovka Ukr. Bessarabia Izmail Necrasovca Noua 37.22 45°21'19"/28°41'50"
Corten Mold. Bessarabia Bendery Chirutnea, Kirotnya, Korten, Kerutnya 37.89 46°00'54"/28°44'09"
Cîşliţa-Prut Mold. Bessarabia Izmail Kishlitsa Prut, Kislitsa Prut, Kyshlitsa Prut 38.10 45°32'21"/28°10'15"
Matroska Ukr. Bessarabia Izmail Matrosovka, Matroaska, Matros'ka, Matrosskaya, Matrosca 39.77 45°20'48"/28°46'51"