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 Pisky

Matching Town Modern
Country
Pale
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District
Alt. Names Coordinates
Pisky Ukr. Chernigov Konotop Piski, Pesky 51°08'49"/32°39'57"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Pale
Province
Provincial
District
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Kuren Ukr. Chernigov Konotop Kurin', Kurin' 7.73 51°09'06"/32°46'35"
Bakhmach Ukr. Chernigov Konotop Bakhmach [Ukr, Rus], Bachmatch [Yid], Bachmatsch [Ger], Bachmacz [Pol], Bachmac 9.67 51°12'03"/32°46'28"
Shapovalivka Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Shapovalovka 15.31 51°16'15"/32°34'11"
Pliski Ukr. Chernigov Borsna Plysky 16.49 51°07'05"/32°26'02"
Palchiki Ukr. Chernigov Borsna Palchyky, Pal'chyky, Pal'chiki 19.19 51°18'27"/32°45'58"
Ivangorod Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Ivanhorod 19.28 51°01'51"/32°27'40"
Borzna Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Borzna [Ukr, Rus, Yid, Pol], Borsna [Ger], Borzne 20.51 51°15'17"/32°25'37"
Vysoke Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Vysokye 21.72 51°19'47"/32°33'23"
Rubanka Ukr. Chernigov Konotop 23.72 50°57'16"/32°48'44"
Holoven'ky Ukr. Chernigov Borsna Goloven'ki, Holovenky 25.94 51°22'49"/32°40'05"
Baturin Ukr. Chernigov Konotop Baturyn [Ukr, Pol], Baturin [Rus, Yid] 26.58 51°20'45"/32°52'40"
Alënovka Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Olenivka, Olenovka 27.64 51°15'00"/32°18'18"
Olenivka Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Alënovka, Olenovka 27.64 51°15'00"/32°18'18"
Parafiivka Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Parafeyevka, Parafiyivka, Parafiyevka 30.01 50°52'38"/32°38'46"
Dmytrivka Ukr. Chernigov Konotop Dmytrivka [Ukr], Dmitrovka [Rus, Yid], Dmitrowka [Pol], Dmitriyevka, Dmitrevka 30.56 50°56'12"/32°56'51"
Novi Mlyny Ukr. Chernigov Sosnitsa Novyye Mlyny, Novyye Mliny 30.65 51°25'19"/32°41'48"
Irzhavets Ukr. Poltava Priluki Irzhavets' 32.35 50°51'52"/32°33'18"
Prokhory Ukr. Chernigov Borzna 33.47 51°09'24"/32°11'10"
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) 36.88 50°51'45"/32°23'39"
Melnya Ukr. Chernigov Konotop Mel'na, Mel'nya, Melnia 37.53 51°21'00"/33°05'47"
Kholmy Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Khovmy 37.96 51°21'27"/32°14'11"
Komarovka Ukr. Chernigov Borzna Komarivka 38.14 51°14'13"/32°08'16"
Konotop Ukr. Chernigov Konotop Konotop [Rus, Ukr, Pol, Yid, Ger] 38.82 51°14'25"/33°12'09"
Ivanitsa Ukr. Poltava Priluki Ivanytsia, Ivanytsya (Pogrom Nov. 1917) 39.85 50°47'20"/32°38'07"