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 Zaporizhzhya

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Zaporizhzhya Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Aleksandrovsk, Aleksandrowsk, Alexandrovsk, Zapoeoze, Zaporizhia, Zaporoze, Zaporozhe, Zaporozhia, Zaporozhye 47°49'50"/35°11'03"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Kryukov Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Kriukav, Krjukow (not found on modern or historical maps) 9.89 47°49'60"/35°19'00"
Natalovka Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Natalivka, Natal'yevka (Pogrom 1881) 11.83 47°50'11"/35°20'33"
Verkhnya Khortytsya Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Ekaterinoslav Chortitz, Chortotza, Khortitsa 13.94 47°51'51"/35°00'16"
Grigorievka Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Alexandrovsk Grigor'yevka, Grigorovka, Hryhorivka 19.90 47°41'39"/35°21'25"
Veselianka Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Veselyanka 21.35 47°40'60"/35°22'03"
Popovka Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Smyrnove, Smirnovo, Smirnove 21.35 47°40'60"/35°22'03"
Novoselovka Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Alexandrovsk Novoselivka 22.08 47°57'23"/35°24'48"
Tsaritsyn Kut Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Prymorske, Tsaritsin Kut, Podstepnoye, Prymors'ke, Primorskoye 22.12 47°38'42"/35°17'27"
Lukasheve Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Ekaterinoslav Lukashëvo, Lukashevka 22.26 47°57'36"/34°57'24"
Sofievka Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Alexandrovsk Vilniansk, Stantsiya Vol'nyansk, Stantsiya Sofiyevka 22.57 47°56'38"/35°26'07"
Petro-Mykhailivka Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Petro-Mikhaylovka, Petro-Mykhaylivka 25.70 48°03'34"/35°13'52"
Novohupalivka Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Nowogupulowka, Novogupalovka, Novogupulovka, Novogopalovka 27.77 48°01'22"/35°25'20"
Komyshuvakha Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Kamyshevakha 28.50 47°42'59"/35°31'33"
Khitrovka Ukr. Taurida Melitopol 29.85 47°42'00"/35°31'60"
Nikolay-Pole Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Ekaterinoslav Mykolai-Pole, Mykolay-Pole 34.20 48°04'18"/34°53'58"
Myrove Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Ekaterinoslav Mirovoye 34.41 47°46'15"/34°43'56"
Topyla Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Ekaterinoslav Topila 34.91 47°46'44"/34°43'24"
Kam"yans'ke Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Kamenskoya, Yanchekrak, Kamenskoye 35.36 47°32'21"/35°22'25"
Yanchekrak Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Kamianske, Kamenskoye, Kam”yans'ke 35.36 47°32'21"/35°22'25"
Slavhorod Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Pavlograd Slavhorod [Ukr], Slavgorod [Rus] (Opened to Jews for settlement in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 39.86 48°06'49"/35°30'46"