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 Dobrush

Matching Town Modern
Country
Pale
Province
Provincial
District
Alt. Names Coordinates
Dobrush Bel. Mogilev Gomel Dobrush [Rus], Dobruš [Bel], Dobruż [Pol] 52°24'53"/31°18'51"

Nearby Towns Modern
Country
Pale
Province
Provincial
District
Alt. Names Distance (km) Coordinates
Nosovichi Bel. Mogilev Gomel Nosovichi [Rus], Nasovičy [Bel], Nosevitsh [Yid], Nosowicze [Pol], Nasovichy 15.40 52°16'45"/31°16'03"
Vyetka Bel. Mogilev Gomel Vyetka [Bel], Vetka [Rus], Viatka [Yid], Wietka [Pol], Vietka 17.97 52°33'15"/31°10'51"
Ogorodnya-Gomel'skaya Bel. Mogilev Gomel Ogorodnya Gomelskaya 19.27 52°19'17"/31°33'13"
Novobelitsa Bel. Mogilev Gomel 20.07 52°22'26"/31°01'34"
Prudok Bel. Mogilev Gomel Now a suburb of Gomel 21.01 52°28'27"/31°01'12"
Pokoliubichi Bel. Mogilev Gomel Pakalyubichy, Pokolyubichi 21.19 52°30'13"/31°02'15"
Pesochnaya Buda Bel. Mogilev Gomel 22.08 52°14'39"/31°08'53"
Babuzhe Bel. Mogilev Gomel Bobuzhe (Jewish agri col. 1864; today called Pobuzh'e) 22.79 52°37'03"/31°15'56"
Homyel' Bel. Mogilev Gomel Homyel' [Bel], Gomel' [Rus], Homl [Yid], Homel [Pol, Ger], Gomelis [Lith], Homlye, Homiel (Pogroms 9-10-1903; 2-15-1905) 23.09 52°26'04"/30°58'31"
Raduga Bel. Mogilev Gomel Raduha, Radugi 24.22 52°35'03"/31°05'22"
Byki Bel. Mogilev Gomel Znamya [Rus], Знамя [Rus], Dyubovka, Byki 26.48 52°14'54"/31°35'35"
Zlynka Russ. Chernigov Novozybkov Zlynka [Rus], Złynka [Pol], Slynka 28.80 52°25'36"/31°44'19"
Novyya Hramyki Bel. Mogilev Gomel Novyye Gromyki 30.17 52°41'02"/31°22'14"
Svyatsk Russ. Chernigov Surazh Svyatsk [Rus], Sviatsk, Svyatskiy, Sviatskaya 32.78 52°40'13"/31°33'19"
Zhelezniki Bel. Mogilev Rogachev Zhalyezniki, Zhelezchiki (Jewish agri col.) 38.13 52°45'27"/31°19'39"
Poddobryanka Bel. Mogilev Gomel Poddobryanka [Rus], Padabranka [Bel], Poddobrianka [Pol], Podobranka 38.69 52°04'38"/31°10'34"
Dobryanka Ukr. Chernigov Horodnia Dobryanka [Ukr, Rus], Dobranke [Yid], Dobrianka, Dobrjanka 39.71 52°04'00"/31°10'60"