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 Svitlovods'k

Matching Town Modern
Country
Pale
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Alt. Names Coordinates
Svitlovods'k Ukr. Kherson Aleksandriya Svitlovods'k [Ukr], Novogeorgievsk [Rus], Khrushchëv, Kremges, Krylov, Novogeorgiyevsk, Svetlovodsk 49°02'57"/33°13'31"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Kryukovo Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Kriukiv, Kryukiv, Kryukovo, Kryukov (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 15.71 49°01'44"/33°26'19"
Kremenchuk Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Kremenchuk [Ukr], Kremenchug [Rus], Krementchug [Yid], Krementschuk [Ger], Kremeńczug [Pol], Krzemieńczuk, Krementschug, Krimentshuk 16.37 49°06'11"/33°26'04"
Pavlysh Ukr. Kherson Aleksandriya Pavlichi 16.70 48°55'15"/33°20'37"
Hradyz'k Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Hradyz'k [Ukr], Gradizhsk [Rus], Hradyźk [Pol], Hradyżsk 21.38 49°13'54"/33°07'57"
Vasilyevka Ukr. Kherson Aleksandrovsk Vasylivka, Vasil'yevka, Vasil'yevsk (Jewish agri col. 1858) 23.33 48°50'34"/33°16'57"
Raduty Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug 24.68 49°01'00"/33°33'36"
Kanevshchina Ukr. Poltava Priluki Kanivshchyna, 26.37 49°16'33"/33°19'59"
Potok Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Potoki, Potoky (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 26.37 49°05'59"/33°34'44"
Omel'nyk Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Omelnyk, Omel'nik 29.22 49°12'27"/33°32'45"
Nedoharky Ukr. Kherson Aleksandrovsk Nedogarki, Nedogorki 29.61 48°47'03"/33°15'50"
Pryadki Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug now part of the Kyashky village 30.51 49°07'44"/33°37'34"
Kyiashky Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Kiashki, Kyyashky 30.51 49°07'44"/33°37'34"
Oboznovka Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Oboznivka 30.58 49°17'21"/33°25'52"
Pustoviitove Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Pustovoytovo, Pustoviytove 34.03 49°20'19"/33°22'41"
Mozoliivka Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Mozoleyevka, Mozoliyivka 34.37 49°18'39"/32°58'23"
Protopopivka Ukr. Kherson Aleksandriya Protoropovka, Protopopovka 36.34 48°44'44"/33°02'31"
Pryshyb Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Prishib 36.78 49°03'01"/33°43'48"
Globino Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Hlobyne 37.80 49°23'19"/33°15'33"
Hlobynye Ukr. Poltava Kremenchug Globino 37.80 49°23'19"/33°15'33"