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 Rydcha

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Rydcha Bel. Minsk Mozyr 52°01'56"/27°42'49"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Rychow Bel. Minsk Mozyr Rychov, Rychev 2.36 52°00'48"/27°41'54"
Turov Bel. Minsk Mozyr Turov [Rus], Turev [Yid], Turaŭ [Bel], Turów [Pol], Turaw, Toorof 4.27 52°04'06"/27°44'06"
Khil'chitsy Bel. Minsk Mozyr Khil'chitsy [Rus], Khil'chytsy [Bel] 5.36 52°01'43"/27°38'08"
Lutki Bel. Minsk Mozyr 8.31 52°01'39"/27°35'33"
Tolmachëvo Bel. Minsk Mozyr Tołmaczewo 11.43 52°02'08"/27°32'48"
Korotichi Bel. Minsk Mozyr Korotycze 11.75 52°00'46"/27°32'42"
Malyy Malyshev Bel. Minsk Mozyr Malyy Malyshev, Maleszewo Małe, Maly Malyshev 13.38 52°05'16"/27°32'25"
Ol'gomel' Ukr. Minsk Mozyr Ozdamicze 15.90 52°02'49"/27°28'57"
Tsyerablichy Bel. Minsk Mozyr Tserablichy, Tereblichi [Rus], Tereblicze [Pol] 18.83 52°00'52"/27°26'24"
Tereblichi Bel. Minsk Mozyr Tereblicze, Tsyerablichy 18.83 52°00'52"/27°26'24"
Lyudenevichi Bel. Minsk Mozyr Ludeniewicze, Lyudzyanyevichy, Ludzieniemicze 19.75 52°12'35"/27°41'54"
Pererov Bel. Minsk Mozyr 20.17 52°03'41"/28°00'17"
Semigostichi Bel. Minsk Mozyr Semikhostiche, Siemihoscicze, Syamihostsichy 21.03 52°05'42"/27°25'25"
Zhytkavichy Bel. Minsk Mozyr Zhytkavichy [Bel], Zhitkovichi [Rus, Yid], Żytkowicze [Pol], Žydkavièy, Jitkovichi (Opened for Jewish settlement in 1903 after exemption from the Temporary Rules of 1882) 22.90 52°13'05"/27°51'28"
Mochula Bel. Minsk Mozyr Moczula, Mochul' 24.49 52°01'03"/27°21'24"
Al'shany Bel. Minsk Mozyr Ol'shany [Rus], Olszany [Pol] 25.35 52°04'40"/27°21'01"
Remel' Bel. Minsk Mozyr Remel' [Rus, Bel], Remel [Pol], Romel', Ramel', Remiel 25.61 52°02'27"/27°20'23"
Mikashevichi Bel. Minsk Mozyr Mikashevichi [Rus], Mikaszewicze [Pol], Mikshevits [Yid], Mikaševièy [Bel], Mikasheviche, Makasheviche 26.21 52°13'02"/27°28'34"
Borovaya Bel. Minsk Mozyr 29.20 52°17'31"/27°39'01"
Sitnitsa Bel. Minsk Mozyr Sytnica 30.35 52°11'57"/27°21'44"
Bukcha Bel. Minsk Mozyr Bukcha [Rus], Bukcze [Pol], Bukča 31.02 51°45'15"/27°40'26"
Velemichi Bel. Minsk Mozyr Wielemicze 32.79 52°01'08"/27°14'06"
David-Gorodok Bel. Minsk Mozyr Davyd-Haradok [Bel], David Gorodok [Rus], Dawidgródek [Pol], David Horodok [Yid], Davidgrodek, Davidgrudek, Dawid-Gródek 34.14 52°03'24"/27°12'58"
Doroshevichi Bel. Minsk Mozyr Darashevichy 35.48 52°06'60"/28°12'52"
Yel'no Bel. Minsk Mozyr Jelno 36.06 52°17'50"/27°24'33"
Sinkevichi Bel. Minsk Mozyr Sienkiewicze, Sinkiewicze 36.93 52°12'40"/27°15'29"
Lenin Bel. Minsk Mozyr Lenin [Rus, Bel, Yid, Pol], Lenino, Lyenin 37.55 52°20'25"/27°29'16"
Mokrovo Bel. Minsk Mozyr Mokrovo Sienkiewicze, Mokrowo, Mokrot', Mokroć, Mokrots', Makroć 38.39 52°13'16"/27°14'35"
Rubezh Bel. Mogilev Gomel 38.41 51°46'54"/28°05'56"
Korosten' Bel. Minsk Mozyr Novoye Poles'ye, Novaye Palyessye 39.80 51°55'36"/28°16'09"