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 Solodka Balka

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Solodka Balka Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Sladkaya Balka 47°23'09"/35°47'16"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Tokmak Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Tokmak [Rus, Ukr, Yid], Bol'shoy Tokmak, Tokmak Bol′shoi, Tokmak Wielki, Velikiy Tokmak, Tomak 15.91 47°15'10"/35°42'35"
Verbovo Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Verbovoye 16.08 47°25'35"/35°59'34"
Ostrykivka Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Ostrokovka 16.88 47°15'13"/35°53'51"
Malaya Tokmachka Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Mala Tokmachka 18.75 47°32'08"/35°54'08"
Mala Tokmachka Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Malaya Tokmachka 18.75 47°32'08"/35°54'08"
Novoandreevka Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Novoandreyevka, Novaya Andreyevka, Novoandriyivka 19.29 47°32'55"/35°41'56"
Orikhiv Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Orikhiv [Ukr], Orekhov [Rus], Oriachov [Yid], Orichiw [Ger], Orechow [Pol], Orichiv, Orjechow, Orechowka, Orechoff 19.73 47°33'48"/35°47'09"
Shcherbaky Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Shcherbakovka, Shcherbaki 24.07 47°33'05"/35°34'54"
Petropavlovka Ukr. Taurida Berdiansk Petropavlivka, Petrovs'ke, Petrovske, Novo-Petrovskiy 27.52 47°19'08"/36°08'22"
Basan Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Basan' 28.75 47°23'14"/36°10'11"
Vasinovka Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Alexandrovsk Vasynivka 31.06 47°39'53"/35°48'45"
Zeleny Hay Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Zeleny Gay, Zelónyy Gay 31.87 47°23'30"/35°21'52"
Kam"yans'ke Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Kamenskoya, Yanchekrak, Kamenskoye 35.50 47°32'21"/35°22'25"
Yanchekrak Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Kamianske, Kamenskoye, Kam”yans'ke 35.50 47°32'21"/35°22'25"
Polohy Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Polohy [Ukr], Pologi [Rus], Chubarovka [Rus, 1928-37], Połohy [Pol], Tchubarovka (Opened to Jews after exemption of the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 37.15 47°28'42"/36°15'44"
Rozkishna Ukr. Ekaterinoslav Aleksandrovsk Roskoshnyy, Raskoshnaya, Roskoshno, Roskoshnoye 37.15 47°03'10"/35°44'54"
Pryshyb Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Pryshyb [Ukr], Prishib [Rus] 37.85 47°15'22"/35°19'25"
Chernigovka Ukr. Taurida Berdyansk Chernihivka, Tschernigowka (Opened for Jewish settlement after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 38.33 47°11'38"/36°12'36"
Vasylivka Ukr. Taurida Melitopol Vasylivka [Ukr], Vasilevka [Rus], Vasil'yevka 38.48 47°26'13"/35°16'55"
Khitrovka Ukr. Taurida Melitopol 39.82 47°42'00"/35°31'60"