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 Vasil'kovka

Matching Town Modern
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Alt. Names Coordinates
Vasil'kovka Bel. Minsk Borisov 54°35'47"/27°58'05"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Pale
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Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Begoml' Bel. Minsk Borisov Begoml' [Rus], Biahoml [Bel], Begomla [Pol], Begomlya, Biegoml, Bjahoml' 16.10 54°43'54"/28°03'28"
Uskrom'ye Bel. Minsk Borisov Vuskram'ye [Bel] 18.50 54°43'49"/28°08'19"
Pleshchenitsy Bel. Minsk Borisov Pleshchenitsy [Rus], Plieščanicy [Bel], Pleshtchenitz [Yid], Pleszczanice [Pol], Pleshchenitsa, Pleshchanitsy 21.19 54°25'25"/27°49'48"
Vardomichi Bel. Minsk Borisov Wardomicze Stare 23.15 54°43'04"/27°40'33"
Aktsyabr Bel. Minsk Borisov Oktyabr', Khotayevichi, Khotayeviche 24.37 54°25'30"/27°43'57"
Mil'cha Bel. Minsk Borisov Milcza 24.58 54°40'56"/27°36'58"
Pogost Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka Pohost, Pohost Zaretchna 26.11 54°37'28"/27°33'56"
Derevno Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka 26.35 54°30'32"/27°35'18"
Beloe Bel. Minsk Borisov Belaya (Jewish agri colony ca. 1846) 27.42 54°28'43"/27°35'41"
Berozovka Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka Berezówka, Berezuvka, Berëzovka, Byarozawka 28.10 54°46'54"/27°40'15"
Vrublėvshchina Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka Wrėblewszczyzna (found on hist. maps but not Google) 28.71 54°28'00"/27°34'60"
Kripuli Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka Krypule 30.04 54°47'10"/27°38'06"
Kozyri Bel. Minsk Borisov Kazyry, Kazyri 31.00 54°19'30"/27°51'32"
Zembin Bel. Minsk Borisov Zembin [Rus, Yid], Ziembin [Bel, Pol] 31.14 54°21'28"/28°13'15"
Komaysk Bel. Minsk Borisov Komajsk 31.91 54°52'49"/27°53'45"
Daŭhinava Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka Daŭhinava [Bel], Dolginovo [Rus], Dołhinów [Pol], Dolhinov [Yid], Daŭhinaŭ, Dawhinava, Dalhinev, Dolginov, Dolhinuv, Dalnow, Dolne 32.16 54°38'36"/27°28'31"
Dokshytsy Bel. Minsk Borisov Dokshytsy [Bel], Dokshitsy [Rus], Dokshits [Yid], Dokszyce [Pol], Dokšica [Lith], Dokšici [Latv], Dokšycy, Dokshitse, Dokshitsya, Dokschyzy, Dokshitz, Dugscitz 35.22 54°53'28"/27°45'59"
Voznovshchina Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka Voznovshchyzna, Woznowszczyzna (Jewish agri col.) 35.99 54°49'57"/27°35'06"
Posadets' Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka (Opened to Jews in 1903 after the exemption from the “Temporary Rules” of 1882.) 36.08 54°25'36"/27°29'30"
Ol'kovichi Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka Olkoviche, Al'kovichy, Olkowicze, Ol'kovichi (Opened to Jews in 1903 after the exemption from the “Temporary Rules” of 1882.) 36.68 54°29'32"/27°25'43"
Azartsy Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka Azartsy, Azarce, Azartse 36.77 54°52'60"/27°40'60"
Berazino Bel. Minsk Borisov Berëzino, Beresino, Berezin 37.38 54°54'23"/28°11'34"
Tumilovichi Bel. Minsk Borisov Tumitowicze, Tumilavichy 37.91 54°56'14"/27°57'14"
Budslav Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka Budslav [Rus], Budsław [Pol], Budsłaŭ [Bel], Budslov 39.13 54°47'15"/27°27'25"
Kurchino Bel. Vilna Vilyeyka Kurczyno 39.19 54°45'57"/27°26'01"