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 Rudensk

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Rudensk Bel. Minsk Igumen Rudensk [Rus], Rudzensk [Bel], Rudzieńsk [Pol] 53°35'54"/27°51'44"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Ostrov Bel. Minsk Igumen Vostraw, Ostrow 3.19 53°36'14"/27°54'34"
Rusakovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 9.09 53°31'02"/27°50'37"
Uzlyany Bel. Minsk Igumen Uzlyany [Rus], Uzlion [Yid], Uźlany [Pol], Vuzliany [Bel], Vuzlany, Vuzljany, Uzlian, Ozlyiany 10.10 53°37'26"/27°42'55"
Dukora Bel. Minsk Igumen Dukora [Rus, Bel, Pol], Dukor [Yid] 10.30 53°40'43"/27°56'24"
Dudichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 13.35 53°35'24"/27°39'37"
Sergeevichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 13.44 53°29'47"/27°45'10"
Smilovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Smilavichy [Bel], Smilovichi [Rus], Smilovitch [Yid], Śmiłowicze [Pol], Śmiłavičy 19.49 53°44'59"/28°00'41"
Mikhanovichi Bel. Minsk Minsk Mikhanavichy [Bel] 19.50 53°45'20"/27°43'52"
Mar'ina Horka Bel. Minsk Igumen Mar'ina Gorka 21.28 53°30'32"/28°08'49"
Shatsk Bel. Minsk Igumen Shatsk [Bel, Rus], Shatzk [Yid], Szack [Pol], Šack, Šacak 21.66 53°25'51"/27°41'43"
Plebantsy Bel. Minsk Minsk 24.64 53°45'06"/27°35'33"
Pukhovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Pukhavichy [Bel], Pukhovichi [Rus], Puchovitch [Yid], Puchavičy [Bel], Puchowicze [Pol], Puchowitschi [Ger], Pukhevitsh 26.52 53°31'47"/28°14'48"
Machulishche Bel. Minsk Minsk Machulishchy, Machulische, Mochulischi 26.69 53°46'44"/27°35'41"
Malyy Trostenets Bel. Minsk Minsk Maly Trostenets, Maly Trostinec, Maly Trostyanets 27.92 53°49'59"/27°42'42"
Samokhvalovichi Bel. Minsk Minsk Samokhvalovichi [Rus], Samachvałavièy [Bel], Samochvilovitch [Yid], Samochwałowicze [Pol] 28.36 53°44'23"/27°30'13"
Porech'ye Bel. Minsk Igumen Zavody-Porech'ye (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 30.21 53°19'40"/27°54'26"
Losha Bel. Minsk Igumen Losha [Rus], Lasha [Yid], Łoša [Bel], Łosza [Pol], Loshe 35.89 53°25'16"/27°24'31"
Luchnoye Bel. Minsk Igumen Luchnoe (Jewish agri col. 1847.) 36.65 53°38'34"/28°24'46"
Pronishche Bel. Minsk Igumen Prasnishche 38.47 53°37'31"/28°26'37"
Minsk Bel. Minsk Minsk Minsk [Bel, Rus, Yid], Mińsk [Pol], Minskas [Lith], Mensk, Miensk 38.76 53°54'00"/27°34'00"
Kolodishchi Bel. Minsk Minsk Kalodzishchy 38.80 53°56'38"/27°46'56"
Chervyen' Bel. Minsk Igumen Chervyen' [Bel], Cherven [Rus], Igumen [Rus, until 1923], Eihumen [Yid], Ihumeń [Pol], Czerwień, Červień, Tscherwen, Cerven' 39.37 53°42'21"/28°25'53"
Antosino Bel. Minsk Minsk Antosin 39.49 53°43'24"/27°18'04"