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 Smosh

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Smosh Ukr. Poltava Priluki 50°40'25"/32°32'39"

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Valki Ukr. Poltava Priluki Valky, Volki 4.60 50°38'19"/32°30'34"
Manzhosivka Ukr. Poltava Priluki Manzhosovka 9.26 50°36'40"/32°27'27"
Perevolochna Ukr. Poltava Priluki Perevolochnoye, Perevolochnaya 9.54 50°38'15"/32°40'02"
Polova Ukr. Poltava Priluki 10.95 50°40'32"/32°23'20"
Kolesniki Ukr. Poltava Priluki Kolisnyky 12.85 50°42'15"/32°22'06"
Pryluky Ukr. Poltava Priluki Pryluky [Ukr], Priluki [Rus, Yid], Pryłuki [Pol], Priluk, Przyluka 14.22 50°35'36"/32°23'15"
Kalyuzhintsy Ukr. Poltava Priluki Kaliuzhyntsi, Kalyuzhintsy, Kalyuzhyntsi 14.30 50°41'60"/32°44'35"
Ivanitsa Ukr. Poltava Priluki Ivanytsia, Ivanytsya (Pogrom Nov. 1917) 14.34 50°47'20"/32°38'07"
Ladan Ukr. Poltava Priluki Ladin 17.33 50°31'11"/32°34'54"
Malkovka Ukr. Poltava Priluki Malkivka 20.91 50°31'45"/32°21'16"
Irzhavets Ukr. Poltava Priluki Irzhavets' 21.23 50°51'52"/32°33'18"
Radcovka Ukr. Poltava Priluki Radkivka, Rad'kovka, Rad'kivka 21.40 50°42'16"/32°14'40"
Varva Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa 23.40 50°29'42"/32°43'11"
Voronovka Ukr. Poltava Priluki Voronivka 23.50 50°48'23"/32°17'03"
Ichnya Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Ichnia [Ukr], Ichnya [Rus], Itchnia [Yid], Itschnja [Ger], Itshnye, Icnja, Ichen, Malaya Ichnya (Opened to Jewish settlement by exemption of the Temporary Rules of 1882) 23.51 50°51'45"/32°23'39"
Parafiivka Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Parafeyevka, Parafiyivka, Parafiyevka 23.75 50°52'38"/32°38'46"
Obychiv Ukr. Poltava Priluki Obychev 24.21 50°43'37"/32°12'40"
Lynovytsya Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Linovitsy, Lynovytsya, Linovitsa, Linovish 25.43 50°28'02"/32°23'21"
Kalinovitsa Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Kalynovytsya, Kalynovytsia 25.94 50°30'02"/32°47'27"
Sribne Ukr. Poltava Priluki Srebnoye, Sribnoye 26.41 50°39'50"/32°55'07"
Malaya Devitsa Ukr. Poltava Priluki Mala Divytsia, Malaya Dewiza, Mala Divytsya 26.45 50°41'11"/32°10'10"
Savintsy Ukr. Poltava Priluki Savyntsi 28.09 50°34'39"/32°54'45"
Nova Hreblia Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Nova Hreblya, Novaya Greblya 29.46 50°24'44"/32°28'39"
Mokliaky Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Moklyaki, Moklyaky 30.13 50°24'27"/32°27'48"
Monastyryshche Ukr. Chernigov Niezhin Monastyrishche 31.34 50°48'51"/32°09'29"
Mazki Ukr. Poltava Priluki Mazky 32.10 50°36'08"/32°06'12"
Ozeryany Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Ozeriany, Ozeryane, Ozeryany 32.16 50°30'01"/32°54'32"
Kroty Ukr. Poltava Piryatin 32.54 50°23'06"/32°28'05"
Lebedyntsy Ukr. Poltava Priluki Lebedintsy 35.79 50°34'20"/33°01'33"
Ostapivka Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Ostapovka 36.29 50°24'22"/32°50'19"
Rubanka Ukr. Chernigov Konotop 36.47 50°57'16"/32°48'44"
Lolyaki Ukr. Poltava Piryatin Lelyaki, Lelyaki 38.85 50°19'32"/32°29'41"
Lelyaki Ukr. Poltava Piryatyn Lelyaky, Leliaky 38.85 50°19'32"/32°29'41"
Obukhove Ukr. Poltava Priluki Obukhovo 38.89 50°50'49"/33°01'28"
Osnyag Ukr. Poltava Lokhvitsa Osniah, Osnyagi, Osnyag, Osnyaki, Osnyah 39.75 50°24'58"/32°56'04"