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 Ushomir

Matching Town Modern
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Pale
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Alt. Names Coordinates
Ushomir Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Ushomir [Rus, Yid], Ushomyr [Ukr], Uszomierz [Pol], Uszomir, Uschomir, Usomyr 50°51'35"/28°27'57"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Pale
Province
Provincial
District
Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Puhachivka Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Pugachëvka 5.19 50°51'57"/28°23'33"
Beloshitsy Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Biloshytsi [Ukr], Білошиці [Ukr], Beloshitsy [Rus], Shchorsovka [Rus], Shchorsivka [Ukr], Щорсівка [Ukr] 9.80 50°53'37"/28°35'40"
Beloshitsy Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Biloshytsi [Ukr], Beloshitsy [Rus], Shchorsovka [Rus], Shchorsivka 9.80 50°53'37"/28°35'40"
Davydky Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Davidki 10.29 50°57'04"/28°26'32"
Gorshchik Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Gorchtchik, Horshchyk (Pogrom: 7-16-1919) 12.42 50°53'56"/28°17'60"
Kupyshche Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Kupishche 13.07 50°58'33"/28°29'46"
Kropyvnia Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Kropyvnya [Ukr], Krapivnya [Rus], Khutor Krapivnya, Kropivnya 15.11 50°43'34"/28°30'14"
Korosten' Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Korosten' [Rus, Ukr], Iskorost [Rus, until 1902], Iskorosten, Iskorść [Pol], Korosteń [Pol] 16.42 50°57'34"/28°38'19"
Bondarivka Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Bondarëvka 17.07 50°53'55"/28°13'49"
Sobolevka Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Sobolivka, Sobolëvka 18.09 50°53'25"/28°43'08"
Hulianka Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Hulyanka, Gulyanka 20.21 50°52'51"/28°10'47"
Hulianka Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Hulyanka, Gulyanka 20.21 50°52'51"/28°10'47"
Okhotivka Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Okhotovka 20.79 50°56'37"/28°12'02"
Staryi Bobryk Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Staryy Bobrik, Staryy Bobryk 22.57 50°40'32"/28°36'04"
Shershni Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir (Pogrom: 6-23-1919) 24.03 50°47'33"/28°47'27"
Luginy Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Luhyny [Ukr], Luginy [Rus], Luhin [Yid], Łuhiny [Pol], Łuhyny, Lugini 25.14 51°04'55"/28°24'02"
Ryasne Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Riasne, Ryasno, Rasno, Ryasnoye 26.49 50°46'42"/28°06'40"
Meleni Ukr. Kiev Radomysl 27.18 50°49'31"/28°50'56"
Khodaki Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Khodaki [Rus], Khodaky [Ukr] 27.57 50°58'52"/28°48'32"
Kremne Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Kremno 27.58 51°03'26"/28°13'40"
Kremno Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Kremne 27.58 51°03'26"/28°13'40"
Krivotin Ukr. Volynia Novograd-Volynskiy Kryvotyn 28.74 50°56'45"/28°04'45"
Simakivka Ukr. Volynia Novograd-Volynskiy Simakovka, Semakovka 28.80 50°51'00"/28°03'21"
Dobrin Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Dobryn, Dobryn' (Pogrom: 6-27-1919) 28.86 50°42'09"/28°47'32"
Volodarsk-Volynskiy Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Volodarsk-Volynskiy [Rus], Volodarsk, Kotozovo [Rus, 1912+], Kutuzov-Volodarsk, Goroshki [Rus, before 1912], Horoshki [Yid], Horoszki [Pol] 29.12 50°35'54"/28°26'36"
Vaskovychi Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Vas'kovka, Vas'kovichi, Vas'kovychi 30.64 51°05'22"/28°42'26"
Mezhirichka Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Mezhyrichka, Mezhirechka 32.16 51°04'30"/28°46'21"
Rosivka Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Rosovka 32.26 50°39'30"/28°47'45"
Saly Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir 32.39 50°37'57"/28°45'14"
Korolóvka Ukr. Volynia Novograd-Volynskiy Korolivka 33.42 50°54'14"/27°59'40"
Guta Paliyevskaya Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Polivs'ka Huta, Polivska Huta, Polivskaya Guta 33.68 50°33'24"/28°27'40"
Chopovichi Ukr. Kiev Radomysl Chopovichi [Rus], Chopovychi [Ukr], Chopovitch [Yid], Czopowicze [Pol], Chepovichi, Chapovichi, Copovici, Copovyci 34.36 50°49'60"/28°57'12"
Barashi Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Barashi [Rus, Ukr, Yid], Barasze [Pol] 34.71 50°42'59"/28°01'38"
Lypnyky Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Lipniki 34.80 51°10'21"/28°27'23"
Pavliukivka Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Pavlyukovka, Pavlyukivka 35.99 51°09'41"/28°39'09"
Ignatpol Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Ihnatpil, Ihnatpil', Ignatpol', Ignatopol' 36.60 51°08'41"/28°43'40"
Nartsyzivka Ukr. Volynia Zhitomir Koloniya Artsyzovka, Artsyzovka, Nartsyzovka 36.60 50°34'60"/28°10'60"
Dedkovichi Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Dedkovichi [Rus], Didkovychi [Ukr], Didkovitz [Yid], Diedkowicze [Pol], Didkovichi, Didkovitch, Detkovichi, Didkovyci 37.40 51°06'12"/28°50'02"
Malakhovka Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Malakhivka 38.81 51°12'10"/28°21'54"
Rudnia-Zherevtsi Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Rudnya Zherevetskaya, Rudnya-Zherevtsy, Rudnya-Zherevtsi 39.45 51°09'39"/28°10'02"
Obykhody Ukr. Volynia Ovruch Obikhody 39.88 51°01'08"/28°58'32"