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 Glusha

Matching Town Modern
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Alt. Names Coordinates
Glusha Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 53°05'58"/28°49'10"

Nearby Towns Modern
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Gorodok Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 6.56 53°02'55"/28°46'12"
Demenka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 9.36 53°10'52"/28°51'16"
Kozlovichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Staro Celo, Kozlovichi Pervyye (Jewish agri col. 1847) 15.75 52°57'55"/28°53'41"
Tatarka Bel. Minsk Bobruysk 17.37 53°15'20"/28°49'42"
Gorbatsevichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Dvor-Gorbatsevichi 18.34 53°03'17"/29°05'01"
Yasen' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Yasyen' 18.60 53°15'12"/28°55'44"
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) 23.15 53°10'29"/28°29'45"
Hlusk Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Hlusk [Bel], Glusk [Rus, Yid], Hłusk [Pol], Glussk, Halusk 23.78 52°54'07"/28°40'59"
Govezna Bel. Minsk Slutsk Govezno, Vishnevets 25.13 52°57'36"/29°06'55"
Brozha Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Broja 25.13 52°57'36"/29°06'55"
Asipovichy Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Asipovichy [Bel], Osipovichi [Rus, Yid], Osipowicze [Pol], Ossipowitschi [Ger], Asipovièy, Ospipovichi, Sipovichi 26.23 53°18'21"/28°37'43"
Babruysk Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Babruysk [Bel], Bobruysk [Rus], Bobroisk [Yid], Bobrujsk [Pol], Bobruisk, Babrujsk, Babruisk 26.28 53°08'47"/29°12'20"
Novyya Darohi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Novyye Dorogi, Novi Dorogi 28.50 53°03'07"/28°24'01"
Domanovo Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Domanovo [Rus] 30.41 53°02'06"/29°15'42"
Falichi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk (Opened to Jews for settlement in 1903 after exemption from the "Temporary Rules of 1882) 33.10 53°07'18"/28°19'30"
Lipen' Bel. Minsk Igumen Lipyen', Lipien ("Kholui" on historical maps) 34.89 53°24'48"/28°49'21"
Staryya Darohi Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Staryya Darohi [Bel], Staryye Dorogi [Rus], Staraya Dorogi [Yid], Stare Drogi [Pol], Starye Dorogi, Starjya Darohi 37.50 53°02'25"/28°16'01"
Kovchitsy Vtoryye Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Kovchitsy Vtoryye [Rus], Kovchitsy, Kovchitsy II, Kowczyce [Pol] (Jewish agri col. 1847) 38.80 52°49'57"/29°11'34"
Svisloch' Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Svislach [Bel], Svisloch' [Rus], Svislovitch [Yid], Svislotch, Swislotsch 38.89 53°26'15"/28°58'12"
Koroleva Sloboda Bel. Minsk Bobruysk Korolevskaya Sloboda Vtoraya, Korolëva Sloboda Vtoraya 39.38 52°55'49"/29°20'12"