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 Cheres

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Cheres Bel. Vilna Disna Czeress, Charasy, Czeress, Cheress, Cheresy 55°37'23"/27°42'35"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Miyory Bel. Vilna Disna Miyory, Miory [Rus], Mior [Yid], Myory [Bel], Mery 5.13 55°37'20"/27°37'41"
Stashule Bel. Vilna Disna Staszule 14.17 55°44'39"/27°38'20"
Perebrod'ye Bel. Vilna Disna Pyerabroddzye, Pshebrodze, Przebrodzie 19.86 55°37'34"/27°23'37"
Leonpol' Bel. Vilna Disna Leonpol' [Rus], Leonpol [Pol], Lavonpal [Bel], Levinpol [Yid], Ljavonpal' 20.29 55°48'01"/27°47'15"
Borsuchizna Bel. Vilna Disna Borsuczyzna 20.39 55°26'59"/27°36'17"
Novy Pahost Bel. Vilna Disna Novy Pahost [Bel], Pohost Nowy [Pol], Novyy Pogost [Rus], Nei-Pohost [Yid], Pogost Novy, Pogost, Nowy Pohost, Novo-Pogost, Pohost Nova (Opened to Jewish settlement in 1903 after exemption of the Temporary Rules of 1882) 20.39 55°29'40"/27°28'44"
Drissa Lat. Vitebsk Drissa Vyerkhnyadzvinsk [Bel], Verkhnedvinsk [Rus, since 1962], Drissa [Rus, pre-1962], Drisa [Yid], Dryssa [Pol], Werchnedwinsk [Ger], Dryassa, Drysa, Vierchniadźvinsk, Verchnjadzvinsk 22.25 55°46'35"/27°56'16"
Germanovichi Bel. Vilna Disna Germanovichi [Rus], Hermanowicze [Pol], Hermanavichy [Bel], Armanavičiai [Lith], Germanoviche 23.41 55°24'47"/27°44'07"
Druya Bel. Vilna Disna Druya [Rus], Druja [Pol, Bel, Lith], Droye [Yid], Druha, Sapieżyn 24.71 55°47'26"/27°27'02"
Piedruja Lat. Vitebsk Drissa Piedruja [Latv], Fridroisk [Yid], Pridruiska [Rus], Pridruisk, Piyedruya, Piedrujas, Daugaviyeshi, Daugavieši 25.34 55°47'50"/27°26'56"
Bil'dyugi Bel. Vilna Disna Bildugi, Bildzhugi, Bildzhugis, Bildzhuis, Bildziugi, Bildziuki 25.49 55°29'14"/27°23'00"
Ikazn' Bel. Vilna Disna Ikazan 28.37 55°37'26"/27°15'28"
Shkuntiki Bel. Vilna Disna Shkuntsiki, Szkunciki (Opened to Jews after the exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 28.50 55°22'04"/27°40'20"
Bubny Bel. Vitebsk Drissa Jewish agri colony 1858. 28.89 55°44'35"/28°07'07"
Druysk Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Druysk [Rus], Drujsk [Pol], Droisk [Yid] 29.36 55°43'41"/27°16'48"
Indra Lat. Vitebsk Drissa Bolbinovo, Balbinova 30.26 55°52'37"/27°32'08"
Snegi Bel. Vilna Disna Šniegi 31.36 55°27'05"/27°18'51"
Volyntsy Bel. Vitebsk Drissa Volyntsy [Rus], Volintza [Yid], Vałyncy [Bel], Wołyńce [Pol], Volynets, Valintsy, Wolynez, Wołyniec 31.38 55°42'32"/28°11'11"
Luzhki Bel. Vilna Disna Luzhki [Rus, Yid], Łużki [Pol], Łužki [Bel], Luzki 31.83 55°21'09"/27°52'30"
Disna Bel. Vilna Disna Disna [Rus], Disne [Yid], Dzisna [Pol, Bel], Dysna [Ger], Disneg 31.88 55°34'03"/28°12'27"
Sarkowshchyna Bel. Vilna Disna Sharkowshchyna [Bel], Sharkovshchina [Rus], Szarkowszczyzna [Pol], Sharkovshtchina [Yid], Šarkaŭščyna, Sharkaŭshchyna, Sakovchizna, Sarkeyschina, Sarkeystsene, Sharkotsina, Sharkoyshchina, Sharkeyshtshine 32.14 55°22'05"/27°28'11"
Rositsa Bel. Vitebsk Drissa Rositsa [Rus, Bel], Rositza [Yid], Rosica [Pol] 33.07 55°55'08"/27°45'46"
Slobodka Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Slobodka [Rus], Słobódka [Pol], Slabodke [Yid], Słabodka [Bel], Slobodki, Slobudka 33.87 55°41'15"/27°10'56"
Iody Bel. Vilna Disna Iody [Rus], Jody [Pol], Yod [Yid], Ioda, Jod, Yodi (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption from the Temporary Rules of 1882) 35.71 55°27'06"/27°13'47"
Jejse Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Jejse [Pol], Yeysi, Jaisa, Jaisi, Jajsi, Ya'isi 35.90 55°37'15"/27°08'17"
Kislavshchyna Bel. Vilna Disna Kislavshchyna [Bel], Kislovshchina [Rus], Kisłowszczyzna [Pol], Kislaŭščyna [Bel], Kozlovshchyzna, Kislowszczizna, Kislovshtsiznah, Kislovshchitzna (Jewish agri col. 1854, only found on hist maps) 36.61 55°30'28"/27°09'52"
Kovalishki Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Kowaliszki 36.98 55°45'40"/27°10'23"
Akhrémovtsy Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Akhremawtsy [Bel], Akhrëmovtsy [Rus], Ахрёмовцы [Rus], Ахрэмаўцы [Bel], Achremowce 37.47 55°35'02"/27°07'02"
Shemeli Bel. Kovno Novo-Aleksandrovsk Szemiele, Shemele 37.95 55°47'49"/27°11'19"
Kokhanovichi Bel. Vitebsk Drissa Kochanovitch, Kakhanavichy 38.07 55°52'11"/28°07'53"
Borkovichi Bel. Vitebsk Drissa Borkavichy 38.99 55°40'15"/28°19'31"
Robežnieki Lat. Vitebsk Drissa Robezhniyeki, Pustiņa, Pustynya, Pustiņas 39.60 55°58'27"/27°36'12"
Bushyki Bel. Vilna Disna Buszyki, Bushiki 39.81 55°15'55"/27°41'04"
Pligavki Bel. Vilna Disna Plihawki 39.89 55°25'16"/28°14'01"