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 Shabun'ki

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Shabun'ki Bel. Minsk Slutsk 52°54'14"/27°31'10"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Chepeli Bel. Minsk Slutsk 4.23 52°52'29"/27°28'45"
Pogost Pervyy Bel. Minsk Slutsk Pahost [Bel], Pogost [Rus], Pohost [Yid, Pol], Pogost (near Slutsk) 11.51 52°50'54"/27°39'50"
Slutsk Bel. Minsk Slutsk Slutsk [Bel, Rus], Słuck [Pol], Slutzk [Yid], Sluzk [Ger], Słucak 12.45 53°00'55"/27°32'30"
Mozoli Bel. Minsk Slutsk 17.38 52°53'09"/27°15'44"
Nevolozh Bel. Minsk Slutsk 19.82 52°50'06"/27°47'31"
Starobin Bel. Minsk Slutsk Starobin [Rus, Bel, Yid, Pol], Starobino 20.11 52°43'36"/27°27'38"
Zalaz'ye Bel. Minsk Slutsk Zalazie, Zaloz'ye 23.63 52°45'02"/27°16'34"
Chyrvonaya Slabada Bel. Minsk Slutsk Chyrvonaya Slabada [Bel], Krasnaya Sloboda [Rus, since 1917], Vyzna [Rus, before 1917], Vizna [Yid], Wyzna [Pol], Vizhnia, Krasnaja Sloboda, Èyrvonaja Słabada 24.16 52°51'08"/27°10'11"
Zakal'noe Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Zakol'noe, Zakalnichi 24.25 52°46'04"/27°48'05"
Urechcha Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Urechcha [Bel], Urech'ye [Rus], Uretcha [Yid], Urzecze [Pol], Ureèèa [Bel], Uretschje, Uretche, Uretshe 25.51 52°56'52"/27°53'35"
Zabolot' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Zabolot'ye 26.79 52°47'53"/27°52'40"
Rechen' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Rachen' 28.38 52°44'51"/27°51'11"
Buchatino Bel. Minsk Slutsk Buchatsina 29.23 52°54'43"/27°05'02"
Gresk Bel. Minsk Slutsk Gresk [Rus], Hresk [Bel, Pol], Gressk 29.28 53°10'00"/27°29'19"
Novyy Rozhan Bel. Minsk Slutsk Roza, Nowy 30.11 52°47'29"/27°06'42"
Yazyl' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 31.49 52°58'47"/27°58'20"
Grozovo Bel. Minsk Slutsk Grozovo [Rus, Yid], Hrozaŭ [Bel], Hrozów [Pol], Hrozava, Grozov 32.09 53°10'12"/27°19'58"
Lyuban' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Lyuban' [Bel, Rus], Liuban [Yid], Lubań [Pol], Ljuban' 34.63 52°47'55"/28°00'17"
Syemyezhava Bel. Minsk Slutsk Semezhevo 35.04 52°57'22"/27°00'14"
Leshnya Bel. Minsk Slutsk Leszna 36.50 53°00'28"/27°00'09"
Yas'kovichi Bel. Minsk Slutsk Jaśkowicze, Yaskavichy 36.80 52°34'23"/27°30'23"
Pas'kova Gorka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Pas'kovy Gorki, Pasekovaya Gorka 38.02 53°03'10"/28°01'51"
Kapyl' Bel. Minsk Slutsk Kapyl' [Bel], Kopyl' [Rus], Kopyl [Pol], Kapulye [Yid], Kapoli, Kapolia, Kapulia, Kopil, Kopyły 39.72 53°09'06"/27°05'29"
Timkovichi Bel. Minsk Slutsk Tsimkavichy [Bel], Timkovichi [Rus], Timkovitz [Yid], Cimkavičy [Bel], Cimkowicze [Pol], Tymkowicze [Pol], Cymkowicze 39.81 53°04'02"/26°59'25"