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 Cherkasy

Matching Town Modern
Country
Pale
Province
Provincial
District
Alt. Names Coordinates
Cherkasy Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Cherkasy [Ukr], Cherkassy [Rus], Cherkoss [Yid], Tscherkassy [Ger], Czerkasy [Pol], Cherkassi, Cerkasy (Pogroms: 5-16 to 5-21-1919) 49°25'27"/32°03'47"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country
Pale
Province
Provincial
District
Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Russkaya Polyana Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Ruska Poliana, Rus'ka Polyana 10.50 49°25'05"/31°55'06"
Lesky Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Les'ki, Les'ky 15.58 49°19'48"/32°13'20"
Dubievka Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Dubiivka 15.90 49°21'06"/31°52'25"
Belozór'ye Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Belozera, Bilazor, Biloziria 18.31 49°18'33"/31°52'55"
Krutky Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krut'ki, Krut'ky 19.31 49°33'53"/32°13'13"
Khudyaki Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Khudyaky [Ukr], Khudyaki [Rus], Chudiaki [Pol], Chudyaki 20.45 49°18'30"/32°16'55"
Irkliiv Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Irkleyev, Irkliyiv, Irkliyev 22.27 49°31'07"/32°20'05"
Korobivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Korobovka 22.69 49°36'59"/31°57'27"
Pleskachevka Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Pliskachovka, Pliskachevka, Pleskachivka 24.64 49°12'29"/32°08'14"
Pleskachivka Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Pliskachevka, Pliskachovka 24.64 49°12'29"/32°08'14"
Moshny Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Moshny [Rus, Ukr], Moshne [Yid], Mosny, Dudnitskoye 25.70 49°31'27"/31°44'32"
Smela Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Smila [Ukr], Smela [Rus, Yid], Smiła [Pol], Smiela (Pogrom: 5-14, 5-15-1919) 26.93 49°12'55"/31°52'31"
Zolotonosha Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Zolotonosha [Ukr, Rus, Yid], Zołotonsza [Pol] 27.18 49°40'06"/32°02'26"
Likholity Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha 27.91 49°33'26"/32°23'27"
Gretchkovka Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy 28.15 49°11'29"/31°54'40"
Budky Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy 28.50 49°13'53"/31°48'14"
Revbintsy Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Revbyntsi 29.11 49°34'53"/32°23'08"
Beybusy Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Baibusy 29.31 49°28'19"/31°39'51"
Nova Dmytrivka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Novo-Dmitrovka, Novaya Dmitrovka 29.90 49°41'28"/32°00'37"
Mali Kanivtsi Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Malyye Kanevtsy 30.11 49°37'38"/32°20'21"
Zhabotyn Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Zhabotyn [Ukr], Zhabotin [Rus], Żabotyn [Pol] 30.49 49°09'23"/32°09'09"
Yablonovka Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Yablunivka 30.63 49°09'50"/31°55'31"
Konstantinovka Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Konstantynivka 31.74 49°13'25"/31°45'05"
Malaya Smilyanka Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Mala Smilyanka 32.23 49°09'45"/31°52'22"
Moskalenky Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Moskalenki 32.65 49°26'56"/32°30'46"
Balakliya Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy 32.80 49°13'48"/31°43'21"
Krups'ke Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Krupske, Krupskoe 32.86 49°42'12"/32°12'48"
Balakleya Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Balakliya (not listed by BGN) 33.18 49°13'36"/31°43'12"
Bereznyaky Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Berezniaky 33.60 49°07'49"/31°57'23"
Starocele Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Starosillia, Starosel'ye 33.80 49°24'21"/31°35'48"
Medvedevka Ukr. Kiev Chigrin Medvedivka [Ukr], Medvedovka [Rus, Yid], Medwedówka [Pol], Medvedevka, Medwediwka, Danielgród 36.16 49°10'22"/32°22'44"
Raihorod Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Raygorod 37.12 49°05'47"/31°58'00"
Senkivtsi Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Sen'kovtsy, Sen'kivtsi 37.98 49°45'56"/32°02'28"
Veremiyevka Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Jeremjejewka, Yarmievka (Opened to Jews in 1903 by exemption of the "Temporary Rules" of 1882.) 38.28 49°23'57"/32°35'27"
Mliiv Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Mleyevo, Mleyev 38.87 49°20'45"/31°32'23"
Peschanoye Ukr. Poltava Zolotonosha Pishchane (Opened to Jewish settlement after exemption of the Temporary Rules of 1882) 39.20 49°44'50"/31°50'40"
Rotmistrovka Ukr. Kiev Cherkassy Rotmistrivka [Ukr], Rotmistrovka [Rus], Rakhmestrifke [Yid], Rotmistrzówka [Pol], Rachmistrivka, Rotmistriwka (Pogrom: 5-13, 5-14-1919) 39.69 49°08'59"/31°42'48"