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 populated by 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.
        Localities listed in parentheses are included from the Poll Tax list of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1784, sourced from LitvakSIG.org. These pre-date the advent of Pale period by about a decade.
 
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Results for Vomel'na

Matching Town Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Coordinates
Vomel'na Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Omel'no, Omelnya 53°21'50"/28°02'13"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country		 Pale
Province		 Provincial
District		 Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Porech'ye Bel. Minsk Igumen Zavody-Porech'ye (Opened to Jews in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules" of 1882) 9.51 53°19'40"/27°54'26"
Mar'ina Horka Bel. Minsk Igumen Mar'ina Gorka 17.70 53°30'32"/28°08'49"
Tal'ka Bel. Minsk Igumen Tol'ka 20.30 53°22'09"/28°20'34"
Rusakovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 21.34 53°31'02"/27°50'37"
Oreshkovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Areshkavichy 22.40 53°23'45"/28°22'13"
Pukhovichi Bel. Minsk Igumen Pukhavichy [Bel], Pukhovichi [Rus], Puchovitch [Yid], Puchavičy [Bel], Puchowicze [Pol], Puchowitschi [Ger], Pukhevitsh 23.08 53°31'47"/28°14'48"
Shatsk Bel. Minsk Igumen Shatsk [Bel, Rus], Shatzk [Yid], Szack [Pol], Šack, Šacak 23.84 53°25'51"/27°41'43"
Sergeevichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 23.90 53°29'47"/27°45'10"
Ostrov Bel. Minsk Igumen Vostraw, Ostrow 27.98 53°36'14"/27°54'34"
Rudensk Bel. Minsk Igumen Rudensk [Rus], Rudzensk [Bel], Rudzieńsk [Pol] 28.52 53°35'54"/27°51'44"
Falichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk (Opened to Jews for settlement in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules of 1882) 33.06 53°07'18"/28°19'30"
Lapichy Bel. Minsk Igumen Lapichy [Bel], Lapichi [Rus], Lapitch [Yid], Łapicze [Pol], Lapitschi [Ger], Łapièy 34.13 53°26'07"/28°32'15"
Pas'kova Gorka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Pas'kovy Gorki, Pasekovaya Gorka 34.60 53°03'10"/28°01'51"
Dudichi Bel. Minsk Igumen 35.40 53°35'24"/27°39'37"
Dukora Bel. Minsk Igumen Dukora [Rus, Bel, Pol], Dukor [Yid] 35.58 53°40'43"/27°56'24"
Vysokaya Starona Bel. Minsk Igumen Vysokaya Starina (Jewish agri col.) 35.73 53°30'45"/28°30'55"
Uzlyany Bel. Minsk Igumen Uzlyany [Rus], Uzlion [Yid], Uźlany [Pol], Vuzliany [Bel], Vuzlany, Vuzljany, Uzlian, Ozlyiany 35.89 53°37'26"/27°42'55"
Darahanava Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Darahanava [Bel], Daraganovo [Rus] (Opened to Jewish settlement in 1903 after exemption from the Temporary Rules of 1882; Pogrom: Nov. 1905) 37.07 53°10'29"/28°29'45"
Staryya Darohi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Staryya Darohi [Bel], Staryye Dorogi [Rus], Staraya Dorogi [Yid], Stare Drogi [Pol], Starye Dorogi, Starjya Darohi 39.12 53°02'25"/28°16'01"
Pronishche Bel. Minsk Igumen Prasnishche 39.60 53°37'31"/28°26'37"
Luchnoye Bel. Minsk Igumen Luchnoe (Jewish agri col. 1847) 39.73 53°38'34"/28°24'46"
Asipovichy Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Asipovichy [Bel], Osipovichi [Rus, Yid], Osipowicze [Pol], Ossipowitschi [Ger], Asipovièy, Ospipovichi, Sipovichi 39.81 53°18'21"/28°37'43"