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 Govezna

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Govezna Bel. Minsk Slutsk Govezno, Vishnevets 52°57'36"/29°06'55"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Brozha Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Broja 0.00 52°57'36"/29°06'55"
Gorbatsevichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Dvor-Gorbatsevichi 10.72 53°03'17"/29°05'01"
Domanovo Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Domanovo [Rus] 12.85 53°02'06"/29°15'42"
Kozlovichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Staro Celo, Kozlovichi Pervyye (Jewish agri col. 1847) 14.78 52°57'55"/28°53'41"
Kovchitsy Vtoryye Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Kovchitsy Vtoryye [Rus], Kovchitsy, Kovchitsy II, Kowczyce [Pol] (Jewish agri col. 1847) 15.10 52°49'57"/29°11'34"
Koroleva Sloboda Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Korolevskaya Sloboda Vtoraya, Korolëva Sloboda Vtoraya 15.20 52°55'49"/29°20'12"
Babruysk Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Babruysk [Bel], Bobruysk [Rus], Bobroisk [Yid], Bobrujsk [Pol], Bobruisk, Babrujsk, Babruisk 21.58 53°08'47"/29°12'20"
Romanishchi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Romanishche 24.61 52°44'25"/29°09'33"
Gorodok Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 25.12 53°02'55"/28°46'12"
Glusha Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 25.13 53°05'58"/28°49'10"
Itel Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Seliba 26.38 52°54'05"/29°29'48"
Parichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Parichi [Rus], Poritch [Yid], Paryčy [Bel], Parycze [Pol], Parychy 26.68 52°48'15"/29°25'03"
Hlusk Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Hlusk [Bel], Glusk [Rus, Yid], Hłusk [Pol], Glussk, Halusk 29.68 52°54'07"/28°40'59"
Demenka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 30.12 53°10'52"/28°51'16"
Sekerichi Bel. Minsk Mozyr Sekirichi 30.14 52°41'53"/29°13'48"
Shchadryn Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Shchadryn [Bel], Shchedrin [Rus, Yid], Szczedryno [Pol], Szczedryn, Ščadryn, Schedrin, Chedrin 30.56 52°53'22"/29°33'21"
Yurzdyka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Novyy Gorodok 32.93 53°07'00"/29°31'60"
Noviki Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 32.93 53°07'00"/29°31'60"
Turki Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 33.96 53°02'25"/29°36'18"
Stepy Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Novyye Stepy 34.40 52°55'35"/29°37'32"
Bortniki Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Vyalikiya Bortniki, Bol'shiye Bortniki 34.67 53°06'44"/29°34'04"
Yasen' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Yasyen' 34.91 53°15'12"/28°55'44"
Tatarka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 38.04 53°15'20"/28°49'42"
Aktsyabrski Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Karpilovka, Oktyabr'skiy 38.31 52°38'53"/28°52'25"
Omel'no Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Omelnya, Dubrova (Jewish agri col. 1850.) 38.35 53°01'20"/29°40'44"
Zdudichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Zdudzichy, Zdudzicze 39.55 52°44'23"/29°34'40"