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 Sapowo

Matching Town Modern
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Alt. Names Coordinates
Sapowo Pol. Grodno Bielsk 52°49'02"/23°21'56"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Pale
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Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Tyniewicze Male Pol. Grodno Bielsk 7.32 52°51'14"/23°27'22"
Tyniewicze Wielkie Pol. Grodno Bielsk Tyniewice Duże 8.51 52°51'41"/23°28'08"
Trywieża Pol. Grodno Bielsk 11.67 52°48'45"/23°32'20"
Hacki Pol. Grodno Bielsk 11.96 52°50'08"/23°11'24"
Orla Pol. Grodno Bielsk Orla [Pol, Rus, Yid] 12.71 52°42'17"/23°19'59"
Bielsk Podlaski Pol. Grodno Bielsk Bielsko Podlaskie, Bilsk, Byelsk, Byelsk Podlaski 12.86 52°46'12"/23°11'27"
Rajsk Pol. Grodno Bielsk 14.63 52°50'45"/23°09'10"
Narew Pol. Grodno Bielsk Narew [Pol], Narev [Yid, Rus], Narva [Bel, Ukr], Naraŭ [Bel], Narevas [Lith] 14.88 52°54'44"/23°31'19"
Hajnowka Pol. Grodno Pruzhany Hajnówka [Pol], Hajnaŭka [Bel], Hainuvka, Chajnuwka 16.68 52°44'36"/23°34'52"
Strabla Pol. Grodno Bielsk Strahla 19.28 52°54'05"/23°06'51"
Mulawicze Pol. Grodno Bielsk 19.62 52°52'00"/23°05'06"
Klewinowo Pol. Grodno Bialystok 21.65 52°58'48"/23°11'18"
Bernadzki Most Pol. Grodno Pruzhany 21.74 52°51'12"/23°41'01"
Zabłudów Pol. Grodno Bialystok Zabłudów [Pol], Zablodove [Yid], Zabluduv [Rus], Zabłudaŭ [Bel], Zablodov, Zabludova, Zabludovo 22.09 53°00'54"/23°20'03"
Skupowo Pol. Grodno Pruzhany 22.35 52°49'49"/23°41'51"
Ochrymy Pol. Grodno Pruzhany 22.74 52°52'29"/23°41'26"
Tylwica Pol. Grodno Bialystok 22.79 53°00'51"/23°27'38"
Krasna Wies Pol. Grodno Bielsk Krasnowieś 23.16 52°38'57"/23°09'45"
Narewka Pol. Grodno Pruzhany Narewka [Pol], Narevka [Rus, Lith], Narevke [Yid], Naraŭka [Bel], Narewka Mała 26.50 52°50'09"/23°45'32"
Malesze Pol. Grodno Bielsk 27.02 52°47'37"/22°57'56"
Kleszczele Pol. Grodno Bielsk Kleszczele [Pol], Kleshtchel [Yid], Kleshchele [Rus], Klashcheli [Bel], Klėtelė [Lith], Klesheli, Kleshcheli 27.13 52°34'28"/23°19'31"
Skrybicze Pol. Grodno Bialystok 27.98 53°03'20"/23°13'51"
Bočki Pol. Grodno Bielsk Boćki [Pol], Bodki [Yid], Bochki [Rus], Bozki, Boczki 28.36 52°39'08"/23°02'40"
Wypychy Pol. Grodno Bielsk 28.65 52°51'25"/22°56'38"
Kośna Pol. Grodno Bielsk 29.18 52°33'48"/23°15'26"
Michałowo Pol. Grodno Bialystok Michałowo [Pol], Michalova [Yid], Mikhalovo [Rus], Mikhalovah [Heb], Michaleve, Nezbodka, Michałowo-Niezbudka (Opened to Jews in 1903 after the exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 29.27 53°02'07"/23°36'38"
Kamionka Pol. Grodno Bialystok Kaminka 29.44 53°04'53"/23°20'16"
Chojewo Pol. Grodno Bielsk 29.79 52°42'19"/22°57'48"
Ignatki Pol. Grodno Bielsk 30.33 52°52'04"/22°55'18"
Suraz Pol. Grodno Bialystok Suraż [Pol], Surazh [Rus, Yid, Bel], Suražas [Lith] 31.21 52°57'02"/22°57'22"
Sobiatyn Pol. Grodno Brest Sobiatyno 32.39 52°34'22"/23°06'15"
Olędzkie Pol. Grodno Bielsk Olendzie 32.93 52°48'19"/22°52'34"
Zalesiany Pol. Grodno Bialystok 33.00 53°03'13"/23°04'03"
Siemionówka Pol. Grodno Pruzhany 33.13 52°53'57"/23°50'24"
Nowosiólki Pol. Grodno Brest 33.18 52°32'24"/23°11'02"
Czeremcha Pol. Grodno Brest 33.44 52°31'00"/23°21'00"
Šwirydy Pol. Grodno Bielsk 34.00 52°47'24"/22°51'42"
Wólka Zaleska Pol. Grodno Bielsk 34.53 52°49'44"/22°51'07"
Zastawa Pol. Grodno Pruzhany 34.55 52°41'60"/23°50'27"
Klichy Pol. Grodno Bielsk 34.91 52°39'38"/22°54'59"
Mieleszki Pol. Grodno Bialystok Mieieszki 34.91 53°03'39"/23°41'39"
Leonowicze Pol. Grodno Volkovysk 35.61 52°58'43"/23°49'27"
Białowieža Pol. Grodno Pruzhany Białowieża [Pol], Belovezha [Rus], Bialoviezha 35.73 52°42'07"/23°51'40"
Bransk Pol. Grodno Bielsk Brańsk [Pol], Braynsk [Yid], Bran'sk [Rus], Breinsk, Brainsk 36.50 52°44'42"/22°50'10"
Milejczyce Pol. Grodno Brest Milejczyce [Pol], Milaytchitz [Yid], Miliechitse [Rus], Mileičicė [Lith] 36.75 52°31'09"/23°07'48"
Gródek Pol. Grodno Bialystok Gródek [Pol], Horodok [Yid], Horodok al-yad Bialystok [Heb], Grudek [Rus], Gródek Sokolski, Gródek Białostocki, Grudki 36.94 53°05'42"/23°40'07"
Masiewo Pol. Grodno Pruzhany 37.04 52°49'00"/23°55'00"
Golonki Pol. Grodno Bialystok Holonki 37.60 52°39'42"/22°52'11"
Pieszczaniki Pol. Grodno Bialystok 37.97 53°08'19"/23°33'27"
Białystok Pol. Grodno Bialystok Białystok [Pol], Byalistok [Yid], Belostok [Rus], Belastok [Bel], Balstogė [Lith], Bjalistoka [Latv], Bialistok, Bielastok (Pogrom 6-1-1906) 37.98 53°07'60"/23°09'00"
Osmola Pol. Grodno Bielsk 38.50 52°34'26"/22°57'34"
Kopyly Bel. Grodno Brest 39.33 52°28'04"/23°27'21"
Hornowo Pol. Grodno Bielsk 39.63 52°32'57"/22°58'40"
Verkhovichi Bel. Grodno Brest Wierzchowice 39.81 52°28'13"/23°30'39"
Nurzec Pol. Grodno Brest 39.95 52°28'38"/23°10'31"