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 Vysokaya Starona

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Vysokaya Starona Bel. Minsk Igumen Vysokaya Starina (Jewish agri col.) 53°30'45"/28°30'55"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Lapichy Bel. Minsk Igumen Lapichy [Bel], Lapichi [Rus], Lapitch [Yid], Łapicze [Pol], Lapitschi [Ger], Łapièy 8.70 53°26'07"/28°32'15"
Pronishche Bel. Minsk Igumen Prasnishche 13.41 53°37'31"/28°26'37"
Hradzyanka Bel. Minsk Igumen Grodzyanka, Gradyanka 15.71 53°32'57"/28°44'41"
Luchnoye Bel. Minsk Igumen Luchnoe (Jewish agri col. 1847.) 15.98 53°38'34"/28°24'46"
Oreshkovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Areshkavichy 16.13 53°23'45"/28°22'13"
Pukhovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Pukhavichy [Bel], Pukhovichi [Rus], Puchovitch [Yid], Puchavičy [Bel], Puchowicze [Pol], Puchowitschi [Ger], Pukhevitsh 17.85 53°31'47"/28°14'48"
Tal'ka Bel. Minsk Igumen Tol'ka 19.60 53°22'09"/28°20'34"
Chervyen' Bel. Minsk Igumen Chervyen' [Bel], Cherven [Rus], Igumen [Rus, until 1923], Eihumen [Yid], Ihumeń [Pol], Czerwień, Červień, Tscherwen, Cerven' 22.21 53°42'21"/28°25'53"
Lipen' Bel. Minsk Igumen Lipyen', Lipien ("Kholui" on historical maps) 23.15 53°24'48"/28°49'21"
Asipovichy Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Asipovichy [Bel], Osipovichi [Rus, Yid], Osipowicze [Pol], Ossipowitschi [Ger], Asipovièy, Ospipovichi, Sipovichi 24.17 53°18'21"/28°37'43"
Mar'ina Horka Bel. Minsk Igumen Mar'ina Gorka 24.35 53°30'32"/28°08'49"
Novaya Niva Ukr. Minsk Igumen 26.80 53°44'11"/28°39'55"
Osmolovka Bel. Minsk Igumen 28.97 53°39'24"/28°52'50"
Bogushevichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Bahushevichy [Bel], Bogushevichi [Rus], Bushavitz [Yid], Bohuszewicze [Pol], Boguschewitschi [Ger], Bahuševičy, Bušavičy, Bohoshevitch, Boshevitch 29.99 53°42'38"/28°49'25"
Svisloch' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Svislach [Bel], Svisloch' [Rus], Svislovitch [Yid], Svislotch, Swislotsch 31.23 53°26'15"/28°58'12"
Seliba Bel. Minsk Igumen Seliba [Rus], Sialiba [Bel], Seliba-Yakshitskaya, Sieliba [Pol], Sheliba-Dikshitz, Syaliba 32.32 53°37'07"/28°58'15"
Zalin Bel. Minsk Igumen Zalin [Yid], Żalin [Pol] (In Seliba yizkor book, but not in WOWW or USBGN database) 33.01 53°37'00"/28°58'60"
Tatarka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 35.31 53°15'20"/28°49'42"
Darahanava Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Darahanava [Bel], Daraganovo [Rus] (Opened to Jewish settlement in 1903 after exemption from the Temporary Rules of 1882; Pogrom: Nov. 1905) 37.59 53°10'29"/28°29'45"
Yasen' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Yasyen' 39.79 53°15'12"/28°55'44"