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| City/Town/Shtetl |
Current Location |
Earlier Location |
Region |
Volost |
Approximate |
Population (year) |
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City Founding |
Notes |
| City/Town/Shtetl |
Country/Oblast*/Raion** as of date shown in
parentheses |
Country/Gubernia*/Uyezd** as of date shown
in parentheses |
(Rayon) |
(Volost) |
Coordinates - latitude, longitude |
Total |
Jewish |
Date |
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| Baladina |
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Berdichev
Berdychiv |
Ukraine/Zhitomir/? (2004) |
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49.88°N, 28.53°E |
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Berdyansk
Bardiansk
Bardyansk |
Ukraine/Crimea?/? |
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46.75°N, 36.78°E |
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| Berlin |
Germany |
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52.52°N, 13,47°E |
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Bobryisk
Bobruisk
Babruysk |
Belarus/Minsk/Bobruisk |
Belarus/Minsk/Bobruisk (1899) |
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53.12°N, 29.22°E |
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Bregin
Brehi
Brahin
Bragin |
Belarus/Minsk/Rechitsa? (1985) |
Belarus/Minsk/Rechitsa (1899) |
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51.85°N, 30.25°E |
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Said to be 5 mi. from Chernobyl. |
Bryansk
Debryansk
Bryn
Brinyu |
Russia/Bryansk/Bryansk (2005) |
Russia/Chernigov/Bryansk? (13th-14th
centuries)
Russia/Orlov/? (1778-1920)
Russia/Bryansk/Bryansk (1920-present) |
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53.15°N, 34.22°E |
454700 (2001) |
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Before 985. |
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Cherkasy
Cherkassy |
Ukraine/Cherkasy/Cherkasy? (2005) |
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49.43°N, 32.05°E |
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| Dmitrovsk-Orlovsky |
Russia/Orel/? |
Russia/?/? |
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52.50°N, 35.17°E |
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Dnepropetrovsk - formerly
Yekaterinaslav (until 1926) |
Ukraine/Dnepropetrovsk/? |
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Ekaterinaslav |
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48.25°N, 34.13°E |
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Area east of Kherson, south of Poltava and
Kharkov, and north of Crymea |
| Donetsk |
Ukraine/Donetsk/? |
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48.00°N, 37.58°E |
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Also spelled Doneck; formerly called Yuzovka
and Stalino |
| Dyatlovo |
Belarus/Grodno/? (1985) |
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53.50°N, 25.40°E |
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| Ekaterinoslav |
See Dnepropetrovsk |
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48.25°N, 34.13°E |
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Gomel
Homel' |
Belarus/Mogilev/Gomel |
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52.33°N, 31.05°E |
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Grodno
Hrodna |
Belarus/Grodno/Grodno |
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53.67°N, 23.82°E |
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| Kanichi |
Belarus |
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| Kapitonovka |
Russia |
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| Kherson |
Ukraine/Kherson/? |
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56.63°N, 32.57°E |
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| Kholmech |
Belarus/Minsk/Rechitsa |
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Kiev
Kijew |
Ukraine/Kiev/Kiev? |
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50.45°N, 30.50°E |
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8th century |
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| Komarin |
Belarus/Minsk/Rechitsa |
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51.50°N, 30.50°E |
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| Korma |
Belarus/Gomel/? (2005) |
Belarus/Mogilyov/Rogachev |
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Kossova
Kossovo |
Belarus/Grodno/? (1985) |
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52.85°N, 25.12°E |
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| Krakow |
Poland/?/? |
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50.08°N, 20.00E |
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Kremenchug
Kremenchuk |
Ukraine/?/? (2004) |
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49.07°N, 33.43°E |
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Krishchev
Krichev |
Belarus/Mogilov/? (1985) |
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53.70°N, 31.70°E |
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| Krolenientz |
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| Krosin |
Russia/?/? |
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| Leipzig |
Germany |
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51.33°N, 12.40°E |
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| Leningrad |
See St. Petersburg |
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59.95°N, 30.33°E |
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| Lodz |
Poland/?/? |
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51.77°N, 19.50°E |
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| Loev' |
Belarus/Minsk/Rechitsa |
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51.95°N, 30.80°E |
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| Michurinsk |
Russia/Tambov/? |
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51.88°N, 40.53°E |
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| Minsk |
Belarus/Minsk/Minsk |
Belarus/Minsk/Minsk (1899) |
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53.90°N, 27.58°E |
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Mogilev
Mahilyow |
Belarus/Mogilev/Mogilev (1985) |
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53.88°N, 30.25°E |
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| Moscow |
Russia/Moscow/Moscow? (2005) |
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55.75°N, 37.62°E |
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Mozyr
Mazyr
Mozyr' |
Belarus/Minsk/Mozyr (1985) |
Belarus/Minsk/Mozyr (1899) |
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52.05°N, 29.23°E |
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Mstislavl
Mstsislaw |
Belarus/Mogilev/Mstislavl |
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52.04°N, 31.70°E |
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| Novosibirsk |
Russia/Novosibirsk/Novosibirsk? (2005) |
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55.15°N, 82.97°E |
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Odessa
Odesa |
Ukraine |
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46.42°N, 30.73°E |
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Orel
Oryol
Orël |
Russia/Orel/? (2005) |
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52.98°N, 36.08°E |
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| Paris |
France |
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48.85°N, 2.33°E |
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Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky
Pereiaslav-Khmelnitsky
a.k.a Pereyaslav |
Ukraine/Kiev/? |
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50.08°N, 31.42°E |
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| Pinsk |
Belarus/Minsk/Mozyr |
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52.17°N, 26.08°E |
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| Podolsk |
Russia/Moscow/? |
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55.43°N, 37.55°E |
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Poltava
Poltavshchina |
Ukraine/Poltava/Poltava? |
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49.88°N, 32.97°E |
315000(1989), 313400 (2004) |
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Current name dates from 15th century;
earlier known as Ltava |
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| Pruzhany |
Belarus/Grodno?/Pruzhany? (1985) |
Belarus/Grodno/? (1834) |
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52.70°N, 24.40°E |
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Putyvl'
Potiwil
Putivl
Putyvel |
Ukraine/Sumy/Putyvl (2005) |
Russia/Kursk/? (1779-1925) |
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51.33°N, 33.87°E |
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Kursk Gubernia 1779-1925; now in Sumy Oblast |
Rechitsa
Rechytsa |
Belarus/Minsk/Rechitsa
Belarus/Vitebsk/Rechitsa |
Belarus/Rechitsa/? (1797)
Belarus/Minsk/Rechitsa (1899) |
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52.37°N, 30.40°E |
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Romny
Romni |
Ukraine/Sumy/Romny (1985) |
Russia/Poltava/Romny? (1878-1890) |
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50.77°N, 33.52°E |
57000 (1989) |
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Approx. 1200 (recently had 900th birthday) |
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| Rostov-on-Don |
Russia/Rostov/? |
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47.27°N, 39.78°E |
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Rozany
Ruzhany |
Belarus/Grodno/? |
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52.87°N, 24.88°E |
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| Sajalin |
Russia |
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| Saratov |
Russia/Saratov |
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51.50°N, 45.50°E |
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| Serpukhov |
Russia/Moscow/? |
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54.88°N, 37.45°E |
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Shklov
Shklow |
Belarus/?/? (2005) |
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54.18°N, 30.38°E |
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Skidel
Skidel' |
Belarus/Grodno/Grodno |
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53.70°N, 24.20°E |
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| Slonim |
Belarus/Grodno/? (1985) |
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53.10°N, 25.20°E |
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| Slutsk |
Belarus/Minsk/Slutsk |
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53.03°N, 27.57°E |
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<1116 |
Earlier part of Lithuania, Poland, and
Russia |
| Smolensk |
Russia/Smolensk/? |
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54.77°N, 32.05°E |
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May have been in Mogilev at one time |
| Smorgon |
Belarus/Vilna-Grodno/Oshmiany |
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| Sochi |
Russia/?/? |
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43.58°N, 39.83°E |
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| St. Petersburg |
Russia/?/? |
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59.95°N, 30.33°E |
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| Tatarsk |
Russia/Smolensk/? (2005) |
Belarus/Mogilyov/Mstislavl |
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Trovgorod
Turovgrad
Turovgorod |
Ukraine? |
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| Uzda |
Belarus/Minsk/Igumen |
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53.50°N, 27.20°E |
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NNW of Slutsk |
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?/Kurland & Lifland/? |
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Now in Latvia? |
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?/Tavrich/? |
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?/Vilensk/? |
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Moldova/?/? |
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Largely current Moldova |
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Poland/?/? |
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Ukraine/Podolsk/? |
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Lithuania/Kovno/? |
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Northerly region of Pale of Settlement;
mostly in modern Lithuania |
Vitebsk
Vitsyebsk |
Belarus/Vitebsk/Vitsyebsk |
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55.20°N, 30.27°E |
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974 by Princess Olga of Kiev |
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| Yekaterinoslav |
See Dnepropetrovsk |
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48.25°N, 34.13°E |
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