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 Chepeli

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Chepeli Bel. Minsk Slutsk 52°52'29"/27°28'45"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Pogost Pervyy Bel. Minsk Slutsk Pahost [Bel], Pogost [Rus], Pohost [Yid, Pol], Pogost (near Slutsk) 12.74 52°50'54"/27°39'50"
Mozoli Bel. Minsk Slutsk 14.62 52°53'09"/27°15'44"
Slutsk Bel. Minsk Slutsk Slutsk [Bel, Rus], Słuck [Pol], Slutzk [Yid], Sluzk [Ger], Słucak 16.17 53°00'55"/27°32'30"
Starobin Bel. Minsk Slutsk Starobin [Rus, Bel, Yid, Pol], Starobino 16.50 52°43'36"/27°27'38"
Zalaz'ye Bel. Minsk Slutsk Zalazie, Zaloz'ye 19.41 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 20.93 52°51'08"/27°10'11"
Nevolozh Bel. Minsk Slutsk 21.45 52°50'06"/27°47'31"
Zakal'noe Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Zakol'noe, Zakalnichi 24.69 52°46'04"/27°48'05"
Novyy Rozhan Bel. Minsk Slutsk Roza, Nowy 26.37 52°47'29"/27°06'42"
Buchatino Bel. Minsk Slutsk Buchatsina 26.85 52°54'43"/27°05'02"
Zabolot' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Zabolot'ye 28.09 52°47'53"/27°52'40"
Rechen' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Rachen' 28.83 52°44'51"/27°51'11"
Urechcha Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Urechcha [Bel], Urech'ye [Rus], Uretcha [Yid], Urzecze [Pol], Ureèèa [Bel], Uretschje, Uretche, Uretshe 28.91 52°56'52"/27°53'35"
Gresk Bel. Minsk Slutsk Gresk [Rus], Hresk [Bel, Pol], Gressk 32.47 53°10'00"/27°29'19"
Semezhevo Bel. Minsk Slutsk Syemyezhava 33.14 52°57'22"/27°00'14"
Syemyezhava Bel. Minsk Slutsk Semezhevo 33.14 52°57'22"/27°00'14"
Yas'kovichi Bel. Minsk Slutsk Jaśkowicze, Yaskavichy 33.59 52°34'23"/27°30'23"
Grozovo Bel. Minsk Slutsk Grozovo [Rus, Yid], Hrozaŭ [Bel], Hrozów [Pol], Hrozava, Grozov 34.26 53°10'12"/27°19'58"
Yazyl' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 35.05 52°58'47"/27°58'20"
Leshnya Bel. Minsk Slutsk Leszna 35.21 53°00'28"/27°00'09"
Lyuban' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Lyuban' [Bel, Rus], Liuban [Yid], Lubań [Pol], Ljuban' 36.30 52°47'55"/28°00'17"
Gavril'chitsy Bel. Minsk Slutsk Hawrylczyce, Hawryl'chytsy 37.15 52°38'24"/27°05'12"
Timkovichi Bel. Minsk Slutsk Tsimkavichy [Bel], Timkovichi [Rus], Timkovitz [Yid], Cimkavičy [Bel], Cimkowicze [Pol], Tymkowicze [Pol], Cymkowicze 39.13 53°04'02"/26°59'25"