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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| Matching Town | Modern Country |
Pale Province |
Provincial District |
Alt. Names | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zgurita | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kolonie Zgurica, Zguriţa [Rom], Zguritsa [Rus], Zgaritza [Yid], Kolonie Zgurica, Zgurit, Zgura | 48°07'11"/28°00'52" |
| Nearby Towns | Modern Country |
Pale Province |
Provincial District |
Alt. Names | Distance (km) | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popestii de Sus | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Popeshti de Sus, Popesti de Sus, Verkhniye Popeshty | 3.62 | 48°05'17"/28°01'32" |
| Cotova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kotova, Kotovsk, Kotovo | 6.57 | 48°09'40"/27°57'04" |
| Badiceni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Bădiceni [Rom], Badichany [Rus], Bodichany, Badichen', Badichani | 9.72 | 48°12'12"/28°03'09" |
| Bulboci | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Bolbochi, Bolbocii Vechi | 10.05 | 48°02'30"/28°04'57" |
| Chetrosu | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Chetrosu [Rom], Ketrosy [Rus], Kitros [Yid], Ketros, Verkhniy Ketros, Ketrosu, Ketrosa, Chetrosul | 10.06 | 48°04'26"/27°53'52" |
| Şuri | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Shury, Shurel', Shureli | 12.01 | 48°05'43"/27°51'25" |
| Şuri | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Shury, Shureli, Shurel' | 12.01 | 48°05'43"/27°51'25" |
| Dărcăuţi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Darkauts, Derkautsy | 12.06 | 48°13'35"/27°59'00" |
| Baroncea | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Barancha | 12.11 | 48°02'01"/27°54'53" |
| Hristici | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Khristichi | 12.15 | 48°07'07"/28°10'41" |
| Livezi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Lisaveta | 13.12 | 48°14'08"/28°02'56" |
| Gribova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Nadushita, Nadusita, Boyanka | 13.28 | 48°00'50"/27°55'54" |
| Căinarii Vechi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kaynariy Vek, Kaymari-Vak, | 14.95 | 48°00'21"/28°07'16" |
| Drochia | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | 15.19 | 48°06'51"/27°48'36" | |
| Visoca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Vysoka | 15.55 | 48°14'44"/27°55'21" |
| Rublenita | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Rublenitsa | 15.62 | 48°10'11"/28°12'41" |
| Mîndîc | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Mândâc, Myndyk | 16.48 | 48°08'51"/27°47'47" |
| Cureşniţa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | General Poetas, Kureshnitsa | 16.96 | 48°13'43"/28°10'30" |
| Dumbrăveni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Dumbrăveni [Rom], Dumbraveny [Rus], Dombrove, [Yid], Dumbrăvani, Dambravani, Dombroveni | 17.37 | 48°03'08"/28°13'31" |
| Drochia | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Drochia Gara, Drokiya | 17.67 | 48°02'08"/27°48'46" |
| Holoşniţa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Goloshnitsa | 18.61 | 48°14'52"/28°10'35" |
| Dominteni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Dominteny | 18.81 | 47°57'20"/27°57'13" |
| Oclanda | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Oclanda [Rom], Oklanda [Rus], Oklando | 19.13 | 48°17'21"/28°03'30" |
| Frumusica | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Frumuşica [Rom], Frumushika [Rus] | 19.38 | 47°57'36"/28°07'06" |
| Vădeni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Vaden, Vadeni Soroca, Vodyany | 19.71 | 48°00'42"/28°13'29" |
| Petreni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Petreny | 19.93 | 47°56'42"/27°57'16" |
| Crişcăuţi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Khotin | Krishkautsy | 20.12 | 48°15'59"/27°51'20" |
| Ţarigrad | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Glavan, Tsar'grad | 20.27 | 48°02'47"/27°45'53" |
| Voloave | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Voloavele, Volovy | 20.47 | 48°05'36"/28°17'14" |
| Soroca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Soroca [Rom, Mold], Soroki [Rus, Pol], Soroke [Yid], Soroky [Ukr], Soroka | 20.48 | 48°09'24"/28°17'06" |
| Trifăneşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Trifaneshty | 21.39 | 47°56'38"/28°07'52" |
| Sofia | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Sofiya, Anfisovka | 22.42 | 47°56'41"/27°51'53" |
| Hăsnăşenii Mari | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Bol'shiye Asnashany, Khesnesheni | 22.53 | 47°55'05"/27°59'17" |
| Tsekynivka | Ukr. | Podolia | Yampol | Malaya Tsekinovka, Tsekinovka | 22.77 | 48°09'12"/28°19'02" |
| Cosauti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Cosăuţi [Rom], Kosoutsy [Rus], Koseuts, Kosauts' | 23.02 | 48°13'36"/28°16'49" |
| Yaruga | Ukr. | Podolia | Yampol | Yaruha [Ukr], Yaruga [Rus], Yara [Yid], Iaruga [Rom], Jaruga [Pol], Jaruha, Iaruha, Yarugha, Yare | 23.55 | 48°19'50"/28°02'44" |
| Sevirova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Sevirovo | 23.76 | 47°55'35"/28°09'03" |
| Fîntîniţa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Fintinitsa, Fyntynitsa | 23.86 | 48°06'36"/27°41'36" |
| Rădulenii Vechi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Staryye Radulyany, Radulyany, Raduleni-Vek', Radulyani, Reduleni, Raduleni-Veki, Rădulenii | 23.86 | 47°59'05"/28°15'51" |
| Yampol' | Ukr. | Podolia | Yampol | Yampil' [Ukr], Yampol' [Rus], Yampol [Yid], Iampol [Rom], Jampol [Pol], Iampil | 24.00 | 48°14'29"/28°16'55" |
| Rudi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Rudi [Rom], Rud' [Rus] | 24.97 | 48°19'51"/27°53'57" |
| Moara de Piatră | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Moara De Pyatre (not apparent on hist. maps) | 25.38 | 47°53'30"/28°00'06" |
| Ivanovca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Ivaneshti, Ivanesti (found on maps from 1940's) | 25.81 | 47°54'27"/28°09'19" |
| Busha | Ukr. | Podolia | Mogilev-Podo'lskiy | 26.08 | 48°20'36"/28°07'18" | |
| Tarnova Hotin | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Tîrnova, Târnova, Tarnova Soroca, Tyrnovo | 26.69 | 48°09'58"/27°39'41" |
| Sudarca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Sudarka | 26.75 | 48°18'19"/27°47'06" |
| Taul | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Tsaul' | 26.77 | 48°12'45"/27°40'53" |
| Briceva | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Briceva [Mold], Bricheva [Rus], Briciova [Rom], Britcheva [Yid], Brichevo [Rus, until 1918] | 27.11 | 48°06'51"/27°38'58" |
| Plop | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Plopi, Plopy | 27.41 | 48°15'15"/27°42'16" |
| Cubolta | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Kubolta | 27.52 | 47°52'21"/28°01'56" |
| Stoicani | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Stoicani [Rom], Stoykany [Rus], Stoykan' | 27.81 | 48°01'35"/28°21'42" |
| Ochiul Alb | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Okiul-Alb, Okyul Alb, Okyu-Alb | 27.84 | 48°01'07"/27°40'18" |
| Nicoreni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Nikoreny, Nikoreni, Nagoryany, Nigoren' | 28.23 | 47°58'13"/27°42'27" |
| Racovăt | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Rakovets, Rakowiec | 29.18 | 48°04'44"/28°24'09" |
| Baraboi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Baraboy | 29.55 | 48°05'04"/27°37'12" |
| Pelinia | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Peleniya | 30.34 | 47°52'33"/27°49'54" |
| Cepăria | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Chepariya | 30.50 | 47°55'57"/27°42'54" |
| Arionesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Arianeshty, Arioneshty | 30.57 | 48°22'19"/27°51'01" |
| Mihăileni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Mikhayleny, Mikheylen', Mikhaylyany | 30.84 | 48°02'25"/27°37'00" |
| Gura Căinarului | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gura Cainari, Gura-Kaynary | 31.17 | 47°51'48"/28°10'59" |
| Ciripcău | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Chiriykeu, Cherepkov, Chiripkeu, Ciripeău | 31.26 | 47°59'03"/28°22'58" |
| Grinăuţi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Granaut, Granauti, Grinauts, Grinautsy | 31.62 | 47°52'54"/27°46'54" |
| Velikaya Kosnitsa | Ukr. | Podolia | Yampol | Velikaya Kosnitsa [Rus], Velyka Kisnytsya [Ukr], Kośnica Wielka [Pol], Koshnitsha Velikaya, Kosnitsa-Velikaya | 31.87 | 48°08'07"/28°26'36" |
| Soloneţ | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Solonets | 31.96 | 47°59'56"/28°24'17" |
| Putineşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Putineshty | 32.51 | 47°50'09"/28°07'07" |
| Marculesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Mărculeşti [Rom], Markuleshty [Rus], Markuleshti [Yid], Markulesty, Markulisti, Mărculeşti-Colonie, Markuleshty-Kolon, Markulesht'-Kolon, Markuleshti-Kolon, Merkelesht | 32.59 | 47°52'08"/28°14'28" |
| Donduseni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Donduşeni [Rom], Dondyushany [Rus], Dondushen' [Mold], Donduşăni | 33.11 | 48°14'22"/27°36'20" |
| Rămăzan | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Ramazany | 33.16 | 47°59'10"/27°36'57" |
| Bahrinesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Bagrineshti, Bagrineshty, Bagrinesti | 33.90 | 47°51'24"/28°14'39" |
| Floresti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Floreshty, Floresti Noui, Floresti Sat | 33.95 | 47°53'09"/28°18'27" |
| Prajila | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Prazhilo | 34.18 | 47°50'27"/28°12'25" |
| Slobozia-Vânăncău | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Slobodzeya-Voronkovo, Slobozia Vorancau | 34.19 | 48°04'07"/28°28'06" |
| Ţipleşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Tsypleshty | 34.24 | 47°49'29"/28°08'46" |
| Gvozdova | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gvozdovo | 34.60 | 47°54'16"/28°21'01" |
| Corlăteni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Lyadoveny [Rus], Strymba, Strâmba [Mold] | 34.76 | 47°49'43"/27°50'41" |
| Vărvăreuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Varvareni, Varvarovka, Vorvorovka, Warwarowka | 34.79 | 47°52'47"/28°18'52" |
| Dzygovka | Ukr. | Podolia | Yampol | Dzyhivka [Ukr], Dzygovka [Rus], Zegifke [Yid], Dzygówka [Pol], Dzygivka, Dzhhivka | 34.86 | 48°21'32"/28°19'07" |
| Singureni | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Syngureny | 34.96 | 47°49'27"/27°51'16" |
| Alexandreni I | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Alexăndreni [Rom], Aleksandreny [Rus], Leksndre, [Yid], Alexandreni Târg, Aleksandrovsk, Aleksandreni-Tyrg (A Jewish agri col. founded in 1837) | 35.08 | 47°48'26"/28°04'40" |
| Babchintsy | Ukr. | Podolia | Yampol | Babchyntsi [Ukr], Бабчинці [Ukr], Babchintsy [Rus], Bobchintsy [Rus], Babtschinzy | 35.51 | 48°25'20"/28°10'06" |
| Gura Camencii | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gura Camenca, Gura-Kamenka | 35.89 | 47°53'28"/28°21'17" |
| Climăuţi | Mold. | Bessarabia | Khotin | Klimautsy, Klimautsi | 36.51 | 48°18'45"/27°36'57" |
| Bobulesti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Bobuleshty | 36.51 | 47°52'51"/28°21'04" |
| Recea | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Recha | 36.68 | 47°52'50"/27°40'30" |
| Vărăncău | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Verenkeu, Vorancau, Voronkovo | 37.45 | 48°04'02"/28°30'45" |
| Slobodzeya Beltsy | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Slobodziya Belts, Slobozia Balti, Bălţi-Slobozia | 37.57 | 47°47'14"/27°55'32" |
| Răcăria | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Rakariya, Yegorovka | 37.84 | 47°54'38"/27°36'48" |
| Cernita | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Ciornita | 37.86 | 47°57'51"/28°28'03" |
| Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy | Ukr. | Podolia | Mogilev-Podo'lskiy | Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy [Ukr], Mogilëv-Podol'skiy [Rus], Mohilev Podolsk [Yid], Moghilǎu [Rom], Mogilów [Pol], Mogilev, Mohylów Podolski, Mogilov Podolski, Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Mogilev-na-Dniestr | 37.94 | 48°26'04"/27°48'58" |
| Otaci | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Otaci [Mold], Ataki [Rus], Otaci-Târg [Rom], Otik [Yid], Atachi, Otach Tyrg, Otaci Sat, Otaci Targ, Otyk Molov, Ataky | 38.28 | 48°25'58"/27°47'57" |
| Shtubiyeny | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Stiubieni, Ştiubeieni | 38.44 | 48°01'51"/27°30'52" |
| Heciul Nou | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Heciu Nou, Novyye Gechi, Gechiu-Nou | 38.46 | 47°46'31"/28°03'34" |
| Nimereuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Nimereuca [Mold, Rom], Nemirovka [Rus], Lublin, Liublin Colony, Nimireuka, Nemyerovka | 38.54 | 48°06'47"/28°32'01" |
| Rîşcani | Mold. | Bessarabia | Bieltsy | Rîşcani [Mold], Râşcani [Rom], Ryshkany [Rus], Rishkani [Yid], Rishkan, Ryskany, Ryshkanovka, Rashkan' Tyrg, Rashkani-Tyrg, Râşcani Târg, Kopachanka | 38.58 | 47°56'52"/27°33'50" |
| Rediul Mare | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Rediu Mare, Redyu-Mare | 38.67 | 48°13'56"/27°31'15" |
| Coşerniţa | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Cosarnita, Koshernitsa | 39.07 | 47°56'23"/28°27'56" |
| Cernoleuca | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Chernolévka | 39.65 | 48°18'44"/27°33'50" |
| Ghindeşti | Mold. | Bessarabia | Soroki | Gandesti, Gindeshty | 39.94 | 47°51'17"/28°22'36" |
