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 Stashule

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Stashule Bel. Vilna Disna Staszule 55°44'39"/27°38'20"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Leonpol' Bel. Vilna Disna Leonpol' [Rus], Leonpol [Pol], Lavonpal [Bel], Levinpol [Yid], Ljavonpal' 11.20 55°48'01"/27°47'15"
Druya Bel. Vilna Disna Druya [Rus], Druja [Pol, Bel, Lith], Droye [Yid], Druha, Sapieżyn 12.86 55°47'26"/27°27'02"
Piedruja Lat. Vitebsk Drissa Piedruja [Latv], Fridroisk [Yid], Pridruiska [Rus], Pridruisk, Piyedruya, Piedrujas, Daugaviyeshi, Daugavieši 13.27 55°47'50"/27°26'56"
Miyory Bel. Vilna Disna Miyory, Miory [Rus], Mior [Yid], Myory [Bel], Mery 13.57 55°37'20"/27°37'41"
Cheres Bel. Vilna Disna Czeress, Charasy, Czeress, Cheress, Cheresy 14.17 55°37'23"/27°42'35"
Indra Lat. Vitebsk Drissa Bolbinovo, Balbinova 16.12 55°52'37"/27°32'08"
Drissa Lat. Vitebsk Drissa Vyerkhnyadzvinsk [Bel], Verkhnedvinsk [Rus, since 1962], Drissa [Rus, pre-1962], Drisa [Yid], Dryssa [Pol], Werchnedwinsk [Ger], Dryassa, Drysa, Vierchniadźvinsk, Verchnjadzvinsk 19.05 55°46'35"/27°56'16"
Perebrod'ye Bel. Vilna Disna Pyerabroddzye, Pshebrodze, Przebrodzie 20.22 55°37'34"/27°23'37"
Rositsa Bel. Vitebsk Drissa Rositsa [Rus, Bel], Rositza [Yid], Rosica [Pol] 20.93 55°55'08"/27°45'46"
Druysk Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Druysk [Rus], Drujsk [Pol], Droisk [Yid] 22.53 55°43'41"/27°16'48"
Robežnieki Lat. Vitebsk Drissa Robezhniyeki, Pustiņa, Pustynya, Pustiņas 25.68 55°58'27"/27°36'12"
Ikazn' Bel. Vilna Disna Ikazan 27.36 55°37'26"/27°15'28"
Shemeli Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Szemiele, Shemele 28.77 55°47'49"/27°11'19"
Kovalishki Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Kowaliszki 29.21 55°45'40"/27°10'23"
Slobodka Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Slobodka [Rus], Słobódka [Pol], Slabodke [Yid], Słabodka [Bel], Slobodki, Slobudka 29.29 55°41'15"/27°10'56"
Novy Pahost Bel. Vilna Disna Novy Pahost [Bel], Pohost Nowy [Pol], Novyy Pogost [Rus], Nei-Pohost [Yid], Pogost Novy, Pogost, Nowy Pohost, Novo-Pogost, Pohost Nova (Opened to Jewish settlement in 1903 after exemption of the Temporary Rules of 1882) 29.53 55°29'40"/27°28'44"
Skaista Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Seikaļi, Skaysta, Skaista, Skaistas, Myza Skaista, Skayta, Skaista Pusmuižas Centrs 29.61 55°57'01"/27°20'20"
Bubny Bel. Vitebsk Drissa Jewish agri colony 1858. 30.04 55°44'35"/28°07'07"
Astne Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Asūne, Osiuns 31.35 56°01'33"/27°37'17"
Bil'dyugi Bel. Vilna Disna Bildugi, Bildzhugi, Bildzhugis, Bildzhuis, Bildziugi, Bildziuki 32.76 55°29'14"/27°23'00"
Borsuchizna Bel. Vilna Disna Borsuczyzna 32.81 55°26'59"/27°36'17"
Kraslava Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Krāslava [Latv], Kreslavka [Rus], Kraslau [Ger], Kraslave [Yid], Krasław [Pol], Kraslava [Lith], Kreslawa, Kreslawka, Kraaslava, Kruoslova 33.75 55°53'49"/27°10'19"
Kokhanovichi Bel. Vitebsk Drissa Kochanovitch, Kakhanavichy 33.81 55°52'11"/28°07'53"
Jejse Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Jejse [Pol], Yeysi, Jaisa, Jaisi, Jajsi, Ya'isi 34.26 55°37'15"/27°08'17"
Volyntsy Bel. Vitebsk Drissa Volyntsy [Rus], Volintza [Yid], Vałyncy [Bel], Wołyńce [Pol], Volynets, Valintsy, Wolynez, Wołyniec 34.51 55°42'32"/28°11'11"
Akhrémovtsy Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Akhremawtsy [Bel], Akhrëmovtsy [Rus], Ахрёмовцы [Rus], Ахрэмаўцы [Bel], Achremowce 37.25 55°35'02"/27°07'02"
Germanovichi Bel. Vilna Disna Germanovichi [Rus], Hermanowicze [Pol], Hermanavichy [Bel], Armanavičiai [Lith], Germanoviche 37.30 55°24'47"/27°44'07"
Plyussy Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Plyussy [Bel], Plusy [Rus, Pol], Palush [Yid], Plussy, Pljusy, Plusi 37.97 55°48'46"/27°02'39"
Braslav Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Brasłaŭ [Bel], Braslav [Rus], Brasław [Pol], Breslev [Yid], Braslaw [Bel], Breslauja [Lith], Braslava [Latv], Breslav 38.12 55°38'38"/27°03'26"
Snegi Bel. Vilna Disna Šniegi 38.40 55°27'05"/27°18'51"
Dagda Lat. Vitebsk Dvinsk Dagda [Latv, Rus], Dagde [Yid], Dagden [Ger], Dageten, Dedga, Dagdas 39.69 56°05'46"/27°31'58"
Kislavshchyna Bel. Vilna Disna Kislavshchyna [Bel], Kislovshchina [Rus], Kisłowszczyzna [Pol], Kislaŭščyna [Bel], Kozlovshchyzna, Kislowszczizna, Kislovshtsiznah, Kislovshchitzna (Jewish agri col. 1854, only found on hist maps) 39.72 55°30'28"/27°09'52"