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 Zvirgzdene

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Zvirgzdene Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Znirgzdene 56°34'24"/27°40'57"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Ludza Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Ludza [Latv], Liutzin [Rus], Ludsen [Ger], Lutsin [Yid], Lutsi [Est], Lyutsin, Ludze, Lucyn, Luchin, Ludzen, Liutsin, Liutchin 4.37 56°32'23"/27°43'08"
Rozenovo Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Rozhanovo (Opened to Jews in 1903 by exemption of the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 9.29 56°34'47"/27°50'01"
Bėrzgale Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Bensegallen, Bieržgals, Bērzgale 12.02 56°37'49"/27°30'55"
Eversmuiža Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Cibla, Tsibla 12.61 56°32'59"/27°53'01"
Mērdzene Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Mērdzine, Mērzdene 12.96 56°41'03"/27°44'56"
Rozelmuiza Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Rezna, Rosenowski 18.46 56°26'33"/27°29'51"
Pilda Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Pilda Bielomoikas 19.07 56°24'20"/27°44'48"
Rezekne Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Rēzekne [Latv], Rositten [Ger], Rezhitsa [Rus], Rezhitse [Yid], Rzeżyca [Pol], Rėzeknė [Lith], Räisaku [Est], Režica, Ryezhitsa (Opened to Jews after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 22.13 56°30'37"/27°20'24"
Ivgolova Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Makasan, Makaséni, Ivgolova, Yugolova, Jugolova, Jegulava 22.37 56°35'06"/27°19'04"
Karsava Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Kārsava [Latv], Korsovka [Rus], Korsove [Yid], Karsau [Ger], Karsava [Lith], Korsówka [Pol] (Opened to Jews in 1903 after the exemption from the “Temporary Rules” of 1882) 23.80 56°47'15"/27°40'24"
Rajpol Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Not in Dvinsk dist. as reported in EEBE. (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption to "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 25.86 56°22'13"/27°53'16"
Kaunata Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Kaunata [Latv], Kovnat [Yid], Kownat [Ger], Kownata [Pol] 28.13 56°19'55"/27°32'43"
Dricėni Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Dricēni, Dritseni, Dricēni Bijušās Muižas Centrs 31.60 56°38'57"/27°11'05"
Rundēni Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Rundāne, Rundāni 34.07 56°16'38"/27°49'25"
Zilupe Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Zilupe [Latv], Rosenhof [Ger], Rozinovsk [Yid], Rozenovskoe [Rus], Zilupė [Lith], Rozenovski, Rosenowsk, Rozenovskoje, Ziluppe, Zilupes, Rosenau 34.09 56°23'10"/28°07'18"
Zirgi Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa 35.78 56°15'26"/27°47'29"
Mortiņi Lat. Vitebsk Rezhitsa Mortani 38.53 56°13'38"/27°39'33"
Istra Lat. Vitebsk Liutzin Istras 39.86 56°15'06"/27°58'04"