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Shtetl
A shtetl was typically a small town with a large Jewish population in Central and Eastern Europe until The Holocaust. Shtetls were mainly found in the areas which constituted the 19th century Pale of Settlement in the Russian Empire, the Congress Kingdom of Poland, Galicia and Romania...

s and shtots (Jew Towns) is organized by their country.

 Belarus

    • Antopol http://www.stevemorse.org/bereza-and-antopol/ant-hist0.htm
    • Berezino
      Berazino
      Berazino , or Berezino , also known as Biarezan , is a town on the River Berezina in the Minsk Province of Belarus. The population is 13,300 .-History:...

    • Chavusy
      Chavusy
      Chaussy, Chavusy or Chausy is a district town in the eastern Belarusian voblast of Mahilyow.It once was a substantial Jewish shtetl, which dated from the 17th century, as appears from a charter granted to the Jews January 11, 1667, by Michael Casimir Pacz, castellan of Vilna, and confirmed by King...

       (Chausy or Chaussy)
    • Davyd-Haradok
      Davyd-Haradok
      Davyd-Haradok is a city in the southwestern Belarusian voblast of Brest. It has 7,681 inhabitants .-External links:* *...

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    • Hrodna
      Hrodna
      Grodno or Hrodna , is a city in Belarus. It is located on the Neman River , close to the borders of Poland and Lithuania . It has 327,540 inhabitants...

    • Ivye
    • Lakhva
      Lakhva
      Lakhva is a small town in southern Belarus, with a population of approximately 2100. Lakhva is considered to have been the location of one of the first, and possibly the first, Jewish ghetto uprisings of the Second World War.-Geography:Lakhva is located in the Luninets district of the Brest...

    • Lyubavichi
      Lyubavichi
      Lyubavichi is a rural locality in Rudnyansky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia.-History:The village is known to have existed in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth since at least 1654 . In 1784 mentioned as a small town , then a possession of the magnate Lubomirski family...

    • Luniniec
      Luniniec
      Luninets is a town and administrative centre for the Luninets district in Brest Province, Belarus, before which it was in Poland and Russia and the Soviet Union . It has a population of some 24,000, and is immediately east of the Pinsk district within Brest...

       (Luninietz or Luniniets)
    • Motol
    • Obech, Belarus
      Obech, Belarus
      Obech is a village in Belarus in the district of Brest, located at , 157.0 miles SW of Minsk. It was formerly a Jewish shtetl....

    • Pinsk
      Pinsk
      Pinsk , a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed by the river Pripyat, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk. It is a fertile agricultural center. It lies south-west of Minsk. The population is about 130,000...

    • Polotsk
    • Shklov
    • Slonim
      Slonim
      Slonim is a city in Hrodna Voblast, Belarus, capital of the Slonim District. It is located at the junction of the Shchara and Isa rivers, 143 km southeast of Hrodna. The population in 2008 was 50,800.-Etymology and historical names:...

    • Slutsk
      Slutsk
      Slutsk is a town in Belarus, located on the Sluch River south of Minsk. As of 2010 its population is of 61,400).-Geography:The town is situated in the south-west of its Voblast, not too far from from the city of Soligorsk.-History:...

    • Stolin
      Stolin
      Stolin is a town in the Brest Voblast of Belarus. Nowadays, Stolin is the center of the largest district in Brest voblast. The population of Stolin is 12,500 people . The Belarusian-Ukrainian border is about away, so Stolin is now a border city that hosts many Ukrainians on the market days...


 Lithuania

    • Alytus (Olita)
    • Aniksht
      Anykšciai
      Anykščiai is a ski resort town in Lithuania, 20 miles west of Utena. The Roman Catholic Church of St. Matthias in Anykščiai is the tallest church in Lithuania, with spires measuring 79 meters in height.The city has a football club FK Anykščiai.-Name:...

    • Aukštoji Panemunė (Panemon, Poniemon Frentzela)
    • Balbirishok
    • Biržai (Birzh)
    • Butrimonys (Butrimoniai)
    • Dieveniskes (Divinishuk)
    • Eiseshok
    • Gorzhdi (Gorzd)
      Gargždai
      Gargždai is a city in western Lithuania located in Klaipėda County. The Minija River flows through the city. Gargždai Stadium is its main sports venue.Gargždai is the Lithuanian name of the city...

    • Jonava (Yaneve)
    • Joniskelis (Yonishkel)
    • Jasvoini (Yosvain)
      Josvainiai
      Josvainiai is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Šušvė River 10 km southwest from Kėdainiai. In the town there is a Catholic church, secondary school, post office and public library.- History :...

    • Jurborg (Yurburg)
      Jurbarkas
      Jurbarkas is a city in Tauragė County, Lithuania. It is on the right-hand shore of the Neman River at its confluence with the tributaries Mituva and Imsre...

    • Kaišiadorys (Koshedar)
    • Kalvarija
    • Kapciamiestis (Kopcheve)
    • Kaunas (Kovno)
    • Keidan
      Kedainiai
      Kėdainiai is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located on the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population as of 2008 was 30,214. Its old town dates to the 17th century....

    • Kelmė
    • Kelm (Kelem)
      Kelme
      Kelmė is a city in central Lithuania. It has a population of around 11,000 and is the administrative center of the Kelmė district municipality.-History:Prior to World War II, Kelmė was home to a famous Rabbinical College, the Kelm Talmud Torah....

    • Klaipėda (Memel)
    • Klykoliai (Klikol)
    • Kroki (Krok)
      Krakes
      Krakės is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Smilgaitis River. In the town there is a Catholic church, convent, secondary school and post office....

    • Krozhi (Krozh)
      Kražiai
      Kražiai is a town in Lithuania, located in the Kelmė district municipality, between Varniai and Raseiniai , on the Kražantė river. The old town of Kražiai is an archeological and urban monument....

    • Kretinga
    • Vladislavovsk (Kudirkos Naumiestis (Naishtot)
    • Kupishok
      Kupiškis
      Kupiškis is a city in north-eastern Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kupiškis district municipality. Kupiškis is situated on the Lėvuo and Kupa rivers. The name of the city originates from Kupa River. Gediminas bridge crosses river Kupa.-History:...

    • Kurkliai
    • Kvedarna (Chweidan)
    • Kibart
      Kybartai
      Kybartai is a city in the Marijampolė County, Lithuania. It is located west of Vilkaviškis and is on the border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia....

    • Lazdijai (Lazdei)
    • Leipalingis (Leipun, Lejpuny)
    • Lygumai
    • Mariampol
      Marijampole
      Marijampolė is an industrial city and the capital of the Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The population of Marijampolė is 48,700...

    • Mažeikiai (Mazheik)
    • Merkine (Meretch)
    • Obeliai
    • Pakruojis
    • Pandelys (Ponidel)
    • Ponevezh
      Panevežys
      Panevėžys see also other names, is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2008, it occupied 50 square kilometers with 113,653 inhabitants. The largest multifunctional arena in Panevėžys is the Cido Arena...

    • Pasvalys (Posvel, Posvohl)
    • Pilvishok
      Pilviškiai
      Pilviškiai is a village in Vilkaviškis district municipality, in Marijampolė County, central Lithuania. In the Jewish world, it was known historically for its learned population , served amongst others by Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg....

    • Plungė (Plungiany)
    • Prienai (Pren)
    • Ritavas (Ritove)
    • Rakishok (Rokishok)
      Rokiškis
      Rokiškis is a city in northeastern Lithuania with population of about 16,000.-History:The legend of the founding of Rokiškis tells about a hunter called Rokas who had been hunting for hares . However, cities ending in "-kiškis" are quite popular in the region. The city was first mentioned in 1499...

    • Rozalia
      Rozalimas
      Rozalimas is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. As of 2001 it had a population of 928.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia....

    • Rudamina
    • Rumshishok
      Rumšiškes
      Rumšiškės is a Lithuanian town , situated east of Kaunas on the northern bank of Kaunas Reservoir. Southern part of the town is now under the waters of the artificial lake. The 18th century St...

    • Shaki
      Šakiai
      Šakiai is a city in the Marijampolė County, Lithuania. It is located west of Kaunas. It is presumed that Šakiai first expanded from Šakaičai village. By 1719 a church in Šakiai was built. By the 19th century Šakiai already had city rights; it also had a school, Catholic and Lutheran churches, a...

    • Salantai (Salant)
    • Seduva
    • Seirijai (Serey)
    • Šiaulėnai (Shavlan)
    • Shavli (Shavel)
      Šiauliai
      Šiauliai , is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 133,900. It is the capital of Šiauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania.-Names:...

    • Simnas (Simno)
    • Skopishok
      Skapiškis
      Skapiškis is a town in the Kupiškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is situated on the shores of Lake Mituva and near the road and railway connecting Panevėžys with Daugavpils. According to the 2001 census, it had population of 496....

    • Skaudvile (Shkudvil)
    • Stakliskes (Stoklishok)
    • Sudargas (Sudarg)
    • Švencionys (Shvintzion)
    • Tavno
      Taujėnai
      Taujėnai is a town in Ukmergė district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 322 people. The town has a church of Catholics....

    • Tauragė (Tavrig)
    • Tauragnai (Toriguin)
    • Telz
      Telšiai
      Telšiai , is a city in Lithuania with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on Lake Mastis.-Names:...

    • Troskunai (Troshkun)
    • Tryškiai|Trishik]]
    • Ukmergė (Vilkomir)
    • Utyan (Utena)
    • Uzpaliai (Ushpol)
    • Varėna (Aran)
    • Varniai (Vorne)
    • Vasilishok
    • Vaškai (Vashki, Konstantinov)
    • Veisiejai (Vishey)
    • Slabodka
      Vilijampole
      Vilijampolė is an elderate in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, located on the right bank of the Neris River and the Nemunas River, near their confluence. The elderate covers 1,720 hectares and houses about 32,000 people....

    • Vilkovishk
      Vilkaviškis
      Vilkaviškis Until 1940 the city had a large Jewish Community which was annihilated by the Nazis and their local collaborators. The whole Jewish population was killed in a single day,, after the entry of the Germans into the city.-Names:...

    • Vilnius (Vilna)
    • Virbaln
      Virbalis
      Virbalis is a city in the Vilkaviškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located west of Vilkaviškis.As German Wirballen, Polish Wierzbołów, or Russian Verzhbolovo , it is frequently mentioned in historical as well in modern literature...

    • Vishtinetz
    • Žagarė (Zhager)
    • Zosli
      Žasliai
      Žasliai is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2001 it had a population of 818.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia....

    • Žeimelis (Zeimys)
    • Zelva (Pazelva
      Pazol
      Pazol is a surname. It is mostly attributed to a spelling variation of the shtetl, Pazelva near Želva in Lithuania, located at 55°13' / 25°06'. Named Pazelva in Yiddish, the common language of its residents, its name is Podzelva in Hebrew. Želva is 14 miles east of the city Ukmergė...

      )
    • Neishtot
      Žemaičių Naumiestis
      Žemaičių Naumiestis is a small town in Klaipėda County, in western Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 1,716 people....

    • Židikai (Zhidik, Židikų)

 Poland

Note: Towns formerly in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia are marked with "(G)". Towns in formerly Russian
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

 Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (Zaglembia) are marked with "(Z)".

    • Będzin
      Bedzin
      Będzin is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Czarna Przemsza river , the city borders the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metro area with a population of about 2 million.It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its...

       (Bendin) (Z)
    • Bełchatów
    • Białobrzegi
    • Bielsk-Podlaski (Bielsk-Podliask)
    • Bircza
      Bircza
      Bircza is a village in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bircza. It lies approximately south-west of Przemyśl and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów...

       (G)
    • Brody
      Brody
      Brody is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Brody Raion , and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv...

    • Brzeźnica
      Nowa Brzeznica
      Nowa Brzeźnica is a village in Pajęczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Nowa Brzeźnica. It lies approximately south-east of Pajęczno and south of the regional capital Łódź....

    • Brzozów
      Brzozów
      Brzozów is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 7,677 inhabitants . It is situated in Subcarpathian Voivodeship and is the seat of both Brzozów County and the smaller administrative district of Gmina Brzozów...

       (G)
    • Bukowsko
      Bukowsko
      Bukowsko is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. It's in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, parish in loco, located near the towns of Medzilaborce and Palota . During the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth it was in Lesser Poland prowincja.-Characteristics:Bukowsko is the...

       (G)
    • Bytom
      Bytom
      Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...

       (Beuthen)
    • Chełm
    • Chęciny
      Checiny
      Chęciny is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,252 inhabitants .The town is first mentioned in historical documents from 1275. It obtained its city charter in 1325. The most important sight in the town is the royal castle built in the late 13th or early 14th century...

       (Khentshin)
    • Chmielnik
      Chmielnik
      Chmielnik is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 4,005 . Town's name is derived from hop .- History :...

    • Ciechanów
      Ciechanów
      Ciechanów is a town in north-central Poland with 45,900 inhabitants . It is situated in Masovian Voivodeship . It was previously the capital of Ciechanów Voivodeship.-History:The grad numbered approximately 3,000 armed men....

    • Czeladź
      Czeladz
      Czeladź is a town in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river ....

       (Z)
    • Częstochowa
      Czestochowa
      Częstochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta River with 240,027 inhabitants . It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of Częstochowa Voivodeship...

       (Tshenstkhov)
    • Czyżewo
      Czyżewo
      Czyżewo may refer to the following places:*Czyżewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship *Czyżewo, Lubusz Voivodeship *Czyżewo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship...

    • Dąbrowa Tarnowska
      Dabrowa Tarnowska
      Dąbrowa Tarnowska is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about north of Tarnów. It is the capital of Dąbrowa County. Before reorganization Dąbrowa Tarnowska was part of Tarnów Voivodeship . Population is 11'402...

       (Dombrov) (G)
    • Dąbrowa Górnicza
      Dabrowa Górnicza
      Dąbrowa Górnicza is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland, nearby Katowice. The north-east district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of almost 3 millions...

       (Z)
    • Dębica
      Debica
      Dębica is a town in southeastern Poland with 46,693 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It is the capital of Dębica County. Since 1999 it has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it had previously been in the Tarnów Voivodeship .-Area:...

       (Dembits) (G)
    • Dukla
      Dukla
      Dukla ; , Duklya] is a town and an eponymous municipality in southeastern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodship. The town is populated by 2,127 people . while the total population of the commune containing the town and the villages surrounding it is 16,640...

       (G)
    • Dynów
      Dynów
      Dynów is a town in Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,058 .-Massacre during Second World War:...

       (G)
    • Eiseshok
    • Frysztak
      Frysztak
      Frysztak is a village in the Gmina Frysztak, Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, 17 km from Krosno. Frysztak lies in the historical region often referred to as Galicia. It is located on a hillock near the river Wisłok, on the road from Rzeszów to Krosno...

      (Fristik) (G)
    • Gąbin
      Gabin
      Gąbin is a small town in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,230 inhabitants . It is an ancient town, having been founded in the 13th century.-Current events:...

       (Gombin) (http://www.gombin.org/)
    • Głogów Małopolski (G)
    • Głowaczów
    • Głowno
    • Gorlice
      Gorlice
      Gorlice is a city and an urban municipality in south eastern Poland with around 29,500 inhabitants . It is situated south east of Kraków and south of Tarnów between Jasło and Nowy Sącz in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship...

       (G)
    • Gostynin
      Gostynin
      Gostynin is a town in Central Poland with 19,414 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship since 1999 and was previously in the Płock Voivodship from 1975 to 1998. It is the capital of Gostynin County.-External links:*...

    • Góra Kalwaria
      Góra Kalwaria
      Góra Kalwaria is a town on the Vistula River in the Mazovian Voivodship, Poland, about 25 km southeast of Warsaw. It has a population of about 11,000 . The town has significance for both Catholic Christians and Hasidic Jews...

       (Ger
      Góra Kalwaria
      Góra Kalwaria is a town on the Vistula River in the Mazovian Voivodship, Poland, about 25 km southeast of Warsaw. It has a population of about 11,000 . The town has significance for both Catholic Christians and Hasidic Jews...

      )
    • Grębów (G)
    • Grodzisk Mazowiecki
      Grodzisk Mazowiecki
      Grodzisk Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with 26,881 inhabitants in 2006. It is 30 km. southwest of Warsaw.Between 1975 and 1998 it was situated in the Warszawa Voivodeship but since 1999 it has been situated in the Masovian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Grodzisk Mazowiecki...

    • Hrubieszów
      Hrubieszów
      Hrubieszów is a town in southeastern Poland, with a population of 18,661 . It is the capital of Hrubieszów County. Since 1999 Hrubieszów has been part of Lublin Voivodeship . Earlier, 1975–98, it had been part of Zamość Province...

       (Rubieshov)
    • Iłża (Drildzh)
    • Inowłódz
    • Iwaniska
      Iwaniska
      Iwaniska is a village in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Iwaniska...

       (Ivansk)
    • Jabłonka
    • Jadów
      Jadów
      Jadów is a village in Wołomin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Jadów. It lies approximately north-east of Wołomin and north-east of Warsaw...

       (Yadov)
    • Janów Sokolski
    • Jarosław (G)
    • Jasło (Yaslo) (G)
    • Jedwabne
      Jedwabne
      Jedwabne is a town in Poland, in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, in Łomża County, with 1,942 inhabitants .- History :First mentioned in 1455, Jedwabne received city rights on July 17, 1736, from the Polish king August III, including the right to hold weekly markets on Sundays and five country fairs a...

    • Kamieńsk
      Kamiensk
      Kamieńsk is a town in Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, in Radomsko County. It has 2,832 inhabitants .There is an airport named Kamieńsk-Orla Góra in Kamieńsk mainly used for agricultural purposes. Soccer player Jacek Krzynówek was born in Kamieńsk....

       (Kaminsk)
    • Kańczuga
      Kanczuga
      Kańczuga is a town in Przeworsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 3,187 inhabitants . The town was an early centre of the Polish automobile industry. Buses based on Fiat 621R and used in Kraków had bodywork fitted in Kańczuga. Today the town is known for restoration...

       (G)
    • Kielce
      Kielce
      Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...

       (Kelts)
    • Kiernozia
      Kiernozia
      Kiernozia is a village in Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kiernozia...

    • Kleczew
      Kleczew
      Kleczew is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, western-central Poland.-External links:*...

       (Kletchoi)
    • Klimontów
      Klimontów
      Klimontów may refer to the following places in Poland:*Klimontów, Jędrzejów County in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship *Klimontów, Sandomierz County in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship...

    • Knyszyn
      Knyszyn
      Knyszyn is a town in north-eastern Poland, northwest of Białystok. It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship , and was formerly in the Białystok Voivodeship ....

    • Kock
      Kock
      Kock is a town in eastern Poland, about 45 km north of Lublin and 120 km south-east of Warsaw. It lies in Lublin Voivodeship, in Lubartów County. It is the capital of the Kock Commune.As of 2004, its population numbered 3,509.-History:...

      , north of Lublin
      Lublin
      Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

      , the town of the Rabbi Menahem Mendel (1787–1859) and the site of three battles
    • Kolbuszowa
      Kolbuszowa
      Kolbuszowa is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 9,190 inhabitants .Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship , it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County.-History:The name of the town comes from the land owner Kolbusz...

       (G)
    • Kolno
      Kolno
      Kolno is a town in northeastern Poland, located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, about 150 km northeast of Warsaw. It is the seat of Kolno County, and the seat of the smaller administrative district called Gmina Kolno, but it is not part of this district, as the town has gmina status in its own...

    • Konin
      Konin
      Konin is a city in central Poland.Konin may also refer to:*Emperor Kōnin , emperor of Japan who reigned 770–781**Kōnin , a Japanese era name for the years 810–824...

    • Korczyna (G)
    • Kozienice
      Kozienice
      Kozienice is a town in central Poland with 21,500 inhabitants . It is the capital of Kozienice County .-Description:...

    • Krasnosielc
      Krasnosielc
      Krasnosielc is a village in Maków County , on the river Orzyc, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Krasnosielc. It lies approximately north of Maków Mazowiecki and north of Warsaw. Previous names include: Sielc, Siedlec and in...

    • Krosno
      Krosno
      Krosno is a town and county in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland with 47,455 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009.Notably Krosno is the site of the first oil well in the world....

       (G)
    • Łańcut (G)
    • Łask
    • Lelów
      Lelów
      Lelów is a village in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Lelów...

    • Leżajsk
      Lezajsk
      Leżajsk is a town in southeastern Poland with 14,127 inhabitants . It has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship since 1999 and is the capital of Leżajsk County. Leżajsk is famed for its Bernadine basilica and monastery, built by the architect Antonio Pellacini...

       (Lizhensk) (G)
    • Łomża
    • Łosice
    • Lubaczów
      Lubaczów
      Lubaczów is a town in southeastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, with 12,405 inhabitants .Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship , it is the capital of Lubaczów County and is located 50 kilometers northeast of Przemyśl....

       (G)
    • Majdan Królewski
      Majdan Królewski
      Majdan Królewski is a village in Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Majdan Królewski. It lies approximately north of Kolbuszowa and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of...

       (G)
    • Międzyrzec Podlaski
      Miedzyrzec Podlaski
      Międzyrzec Podlaski is a city in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, with the population of 17,162 inhabitants as of 2006. The total area of the city is 20.03 km2...

       (Mezritsh)
    • Mielec
      Mielec
      Mielec is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 60,979 inhabitants, as of June 2009. It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Rzeszów Voivodeship...

       (Melits) (G)
    • Mińsk Mazowiecki
      Minsk Mazowiecki
      Mińsk Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with 38 181 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Siedlce Voivodeship...

       (Novominsk)
    • Mława
    • Mstów (Amstov)
    • Mszczonów
      Mszczonów
      Mszczonów is a town in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,310 inhabitants .The town had a Jewish community, and it was once the center of the Hasidic Amshinov dynasty...

       (Amshinov)
    • Niebylec (G)
    • Nowy Dwór
      Nowy Dwór
      Nowy Dwór means new manor in Polish. It appears in several Polish toponyms.There are two towns in Poland known as Nowy Dwór:* Nowy Dwór Gdański, in Pomeranian Voivodeship * Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, in Masovian Voivodeship...

    • Nowy Korczyn
      Nowy Korczyn
      Nowy Korczyn is a village in Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Nowy Korczyn. It lies approximately south of Busko-Zdrój and south of the regional capital Kielce. It is located close to the confluence of the Nida and...

       (Nayshtot)
    • Nowy Sącz
      Nowy Sacz
      Nowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...

       (Tsanz) (G)
    • Nur
      Nur, Poland
      Nur is a village in Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Nur. It lies approximately south-east of Ostrów Mazowiecka and north-east of Warsaw....

    • Olkusz
      Olkusz
      Olkusz is a town in south Poland with 37,696 inhabitants . Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Katowice Voivodeship , it is the capital of Olkusz County...

       (Elkish)
    • Opatów
      Opatów
      Opatów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Opatów County. Its population is 7,833 .Tourist attractions include a 12th century Collegiate Church of St...

       (Apt)
    • Opoczno
      Opoczno
      Opoczno is a town in south-central Poland, within the eastern part of Łódź Voivodeship , previously in Piotrków Trybunalski Voivodeship . Important communication routes run through the town, namely the central railway line, which connects Silesia with Warsaw, and road 12, which creates a...

    • Ostrołęka (Ostrolenka)
    • Ostrów Mazowiecka
      Ostrów Mazowiecka
      Ostrów Mazowiecka is a town in northeastern Poland with 23,486 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Ostroleka Voivodeship . It is the capital of Ostrów Mazowiecka County....

    • Ożarów
      Ozarów
      Ożarów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in Powiat of Opatów . It has 4,906 inhabitants and its largest employer is a large cement factory nearby. The cement factory was privatized in 1995 and a controlling stake in the company was purchased by Irish company CRH plc from HCP...

    • Pabianice
      Pabianice
      Pabianice is a town in central Poland with 69 648 inhabitants . Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the capital of Pabianice County...

       (Pabenits)
    • Pilica (Pilts)
    • Pilzno
      Pilzno
      Pilzno is a town in Poland, in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in Dębica County. It has 4,484 inhabitants . It is located at the junction of important roads - West-East European E40 Highway, and National Road 73 Pilzno is a town in Poland, in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in Dębica County. It has...

       (Pilsno) (G)
    • Piotrków Trybunalski
      Piotrków Trybunalski
      Piotrków Trybunalski is a city in central Poland with 80,738 inhabitants . It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , and previously was the capital of Piotrków Voivodeship...

       (Pyetrykov)
    • Płock
    • Połaniec (Plontch)
    • Przemyśl
      Przemysl
      Przemyśl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of June 2009. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship....

       (Pshemishyl) (G)
    • Przeworsk
      Przeworsk
      Przeworsk Ukrainian: Переворськ, is a town in south-eastern Poland with 15,675 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. Since 1999 it has been in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, and is the capital of Przeworsk County....

       (G)
    • Radom
      Radom
      Radom is a city in central Poland with 223,397 inhabitants . It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship ; 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...

       (Rudem)
    • Radomsko
      Radomsko
      Radomsko is a town in central Poland with 50,618 inhabitants . It is situated on the Radomka river in the Łódź Voivodeship , having previously been in Piotrków Trybunalski Voivodeship . It is the capital of Radomsko County....

       (Radomsk)
    • Radomyśl Wielki
      Radomysl Wielki
      Radomyśl Wielki is a town in Mielec County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 2,962 inhabitants .-External links:*...

       (G)
    • Radziłów (Radzilow)
    • Radzyń Podlaski
      Radzyn Podlaski
      Radzyń Podlaski is a town in eastern Poland, about 60 km north of Lublin, with 16,140 inhabitants . Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship , previously in Biała Podlaska Voivodeship . It is the capital of Radzyń Podlaski County.The town was founded in 1468. The most important landmark is the...

    • Ranizów
      Ranizów
      Raniżów is a village in Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Raniżów. It lies approximately east of Kolbuszowa and north of the regional capital Rzeszów....

       (G)
    • Ropczyce
      Ropczyce
      Ropczyce is a town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Valley the Wielopolka River and is inhabited by 15,098 people . It is the seat of Ropczyce-Sędziszów County.-Geography:...

       (Ropshits) (G)
    • Różan
      Rózan
      Różan is a town in Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland. It is located at around . Narew River flows through the town....

    • Rozwadów
      Rozwadów
      Rozwadów is a suburb of Stalowa Wola, Poland. Founded as a town in 1690, it was incorporated into Stalowa Wola in 1973. The Rozwadów suburb of Stalowa Wola included a thriving Jewish shtetl prior to World War II, closely associated with the Jewish communities of Tarnobrzeg and other nearby...

       (G)
    • Rymanów
      Rymanów
      Rymanów is a town of 3,585 inhabitants . in Poland's Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It is a capital of a separate commune within the powiat of Krosno...

       (G)
    • Rzeszów
      Rzeszów
      Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...

       (Reysha) (G)
    • Sanniki
      Sanniki
      Sanniki may refer to the following places:*Sanniki, Masovian Voivodeship *Sanniki, Białystok County in Podlaskie Voivodeship *Sanniki, Sokółka County in Podlaskie Voivodeship...

    • Sandomierz
      Sandomierz
      Sandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants . Situated in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship . It is the capital of Sandomierz County . Sandomierz is known for its Old Town, a major tourist attraction...

       (Tsohzmir)
    • Sanok
      Sanok
      Sanok is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It's the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the Lesser Poland province...

      (Sunek) (G)
    • Sędziszów Małopolski (G)
    • Sejny
      Sejny
      Sejny is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship, close to the border with Lithuania and Belarus. It is located in the eastern part of the Suwałki Lake Area , on the Marycha river, being a tributary of Czarna Hańcza...

       (Seini)
    • Sidra (Sidre)
    • Sławków (Z)
    • Sochocin
      Sochocin
      Sochocin is a village in Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Sochocin. It lies approximately north-east of Płońsk and north-west of Warsaw....

    • Sokołów Małopolski (G)
    • Sompolno
      Sompolno
      Sompolno is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,700 inhabitants ....

    • Sosnowiec
      Sosnowiec
      Sosnowiec is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a combined population of over two million people located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river .It is situated in...

       (Sosnovtse) (Z)
    • Staszów
      Staszów
      Staszów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodship, about 54 km southeast of Kielce. It is the capital of Staszów County. Population is 15,108 .- Demography :...

       (Stashov/סטשוב/סטאשעוו)
    • Strzyżów
      Strzyzów
      Strzyżów is a town in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland with 8,709 inhabitants . Strzyżów is one of the towns within the Strzyżowsko-Dynowskie Foothill, located 160 km south-east of Kraków. Its building arrangement extends in the river of Wisłok valley, chained together with...

       (Strizev) (G)
    • Supraśl
      Suprasl
      Supraśl is a town in north-eastern Poland. It is the home of the Supraśl Lavra, one of only six Eastern Orthodox monasteries for males in Poland. Situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship , previously in Białystok Voivodeship . It is located in Białystok County, about 15 km northeast of...

    • Suwałki (Suvalk)
    • Szczebrzeszyn
      Szczebrzeszyn
      Szczebrzeszyn is a city in southeastern Poland in Lublin Voivodeship, in Zamość County, about 20 km west of Zamość. From 1975–1999, it was part of the Zamość Voivodeship administrative district. The town serves as the seat to Gmina Szczebrzeszyn. A 2004 census counted 5,357 inhabitants...

    • Szczuczyn
      Szczuczyn
      Szczuczyn is a town in Podlaskie Voivodeship in north-eastern Poland.Szczuczyn may also refer to:* Szczuczyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Szczuczyn Litewski, Polish name for Shchuchyn in modern Belarus...

       (Stutshin)
    • Tarnobrzeg
      Tarnobrzeg
      Tarnobrzeg is a city in south-eastern Poland, on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,419 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship...

       (Dzhikev) (G)
    • Tarnogrod
      Tarnogród
      Tarnogród is a town in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 3,399 .The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages settlement, then known as Cierniogród...

    • Tarnów
      Tarnów
      Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...

       (Turne) (G)
    • Tyrawa Wołoska (G)
    • Tomaszów Mazowiecki
      Tomaszów Mazowiecki
      Tomaszów Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with 67,159 inhabitants . Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , it was previously part of Piotrków Trybunalski Voivodeship...

    • Trochenbrod
      Trochenbrod
      Trochenbrod or Trohinbrod in Russian was a Jewish shtetl with an area once located in western Ukraine, about 30 kilometers northeast of Lutsk, the nearest now existing villages are Яромель and Клубочин ....

    • Trzcianne
      Trzcianne
      Trzcianne is a village in Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Trzcianne. It lies approximately south-west of Mońki and north-west of the regional capital Białystok. It is close to Biebrza National Park...

    • Tuczyn
      Tuczyn
      Tuchyn is a village in the Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine. It is located in the Rivne Raion in the historic region of Volhynia, approximately 18 km east from the oblast capital, Rivne.-Tuchyn Diversity:...

       (G)
    • Tykocin
      Tykocin
      Tykocin is an old, smaller size town in north-eastern Poland, with 1,800 inhabitants , located on the Narew river. Tykocin has been situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship since 1999. Previously, it belonged to Białystok Voivodeship...

       (Tyktin)
    • Ulanów
      Ulanów
      Ulanów is a town in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,491 inhabitants .It has grammar and high schools along with 2 churches. One of the churches was set on fire in 2004, it was closed for a repairs and after about a year they opened the church again. Every year in June a...

       (G)
    • Warta
      Warta, Poland
      Warta is a town in Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,392 inhabitants . It is situated on the Warta River. The town had a number of Jewish inhabitants who were sent to the Ghettos and eventually to the concentration camps during World War II....

       (Dvoort)
    • Wielkie Oczy
      Wielkie Oczy
      Wielkie Oczy is a village in Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wielkie Oczy...

       (Vilkatch, Vilkatchi) (G)
    • Wizna
      Wizna
      Wizna is a village in Łomża County of Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. The Biebrza River flows through town. Wizna is also known for the battle of Wizna which took place in its vicinity during the 1939 Invasion of Poland. At present, farming and food production are the primary...

    • Włoszczowa
    • Wojsławice
    • Wysokie Mazowieckie
      Wysokie Mazowieckie
      Wysokie Mazowieckie is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Wysokie Mazowieckie County. Population is 10,034 .-Twin towns — Sister cities:Wysokie Mazowieckie is twinned with: Alpiarça, Portugal...

    • Wyszogród
      Wyszogród
      Wyszogród is a town in Poland, in Masovian Voivodship, in Płock County, by the Vistula River. The population of Wyszogród was 2,793 in 2004.-History:...

    • Zabłudów
    • Żabno
      Zabno
      Żabno is a town and municipality on the river Dunajec in southern Poland, 15 km north of Tarnów. Since Poland's administrative reorganization in 1999, Żabno has been a part of Tarnów powiat which belongs to Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Before administrative reorganization in 1999 it belonged...

    • Zakroczym
      Zakroczym
      Zakroczym is a small town in the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It is located at around . The Vistula River flows through the town....

    • Zambrów
      Zambrów
      Zambrów is a town in northeastern Poland with 22,933 inhabitants . It is the capital of Zambrów County. Situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship , previously in Łomża Voivodeship .-History:...

    • Zduńska Wola
      Zdunska Wola
      Zduńska Wola is a town in central Poland with 44,671 inhabitants .Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , previously in Sieradz Voivodeship . It is the seat of Zduńska Wola County.- Famous people from Zduńska Wola :...

    • Zelów
      Zelów
      Zelów is a town in Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,307 inhabitants .- Jews in Zelow :2,000 Jews lived in Zelow before the 2nd world war. Most of them were executed in Chełmno, and others were deported to Łódź Ghetto and from there to the death camps....

    • Zgierz
      Zgierz
      Zgierz is a town in central Poland, located just to the north of Łódź and part of the metropolitan area centered on that city. As of 2007, it had a population of 58,164....

       (Zgerzh)
    • Żmigród Nowy (G)
    • Żołynia (G)

 Ukraine

Note: Towns formerly in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia are marked with "(G)".
    • Ananiv
      Ananiv
      Ananiv is a town in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. It stands on the Tiligul River. Population is 8,723 . The town belonged to MASSR from 1924 to 1940....

    • Bar
      Bar, Ukraine
      Bar is a city located on the Rov River in the Vinnytsia Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Barskyi Raion , and is part of the historic region of Podolia. The current estimated population is 17,200 .-History:The city was a small trade outpost named Row...

    • Bibrka
      Bibrka
      Bibrka is a town in western Ukraine, located in the Lviv Oblast about 29 km southeast of Lviv on PI29.The town has been ruled at various points by the Kingdom of Poland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian empire, the Austro-Hungarian empire, the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,...

       (G)
    • Belz
      Belz
      Belz , a small city in the Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, is located between the Solokiya river and the Rzeczyca stream....

       (Belz
      Belz (Hasidic dynasty)
      Belz is a Hasidic dynasty named for the town of Belz in Western Ukraine, near the Polish border. The town has existed since at least the 10th century, with the Jewish community being established during the 14th century. The town became home to Hasidic Judaism in the early 19th century...

      ) (G)
    • Berdychiv
      Berdychiv
      Berdychiv is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Berdychiv Raion , the city itself is of direct oblast subordinance, and is located south of the oblast capital, Zhytomyr, at around .The current estimated population is around...

       (Berditchev
      Berditchev (Hasidic dynasty)
      Berditchev Hasidim, also known in Yiddish as Berditchiver Hasidim, originated in the town of Berdychiv, which over the years was under the control of Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine....

      ) (G)
    • Berehove
      Berehove
      Berehove is a city located in the Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine, near the border with Hungary.Serving as the administrative center of the Berehove Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...

    • Berezhany
      Berezhany
      Berezhany is a city located in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Berezhanskyi Raion , and rests about 100 km from Lviv and 50 km from the oblast capital, Ternopil. The city has a population of about 20,000, and is about 400 m above sea level...

       (G)
    • Bila Tserkva
      Bila Tserkva
      Bila Tserkva is a city located on the Ros' River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine, approximately south of the capital, Kiev. Population 203,300 Area 34 km².-Administrative status:...

    • Bolekhiv
      Bolekhiv
      Bolekhiv is a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. It is designated into a self-administrated city district of oblast subordination...

       (Bolechów) (G)
    • Boryslav
      Boryslav
      Boryslav is a city located on the Tysmenytsia River , in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. The city is designated as a separate raion within the oblast....

       (Borysław) (G)
    • Borzna
      Borzna
      Borzna , is a historic town in northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Borznyanskyi Raion in the Chernihiv Oblast. The estimated population of the town is around 10,640 .- Location :...

    • Boiany (Boyan
      Boyan (Hasidic dynasty)
      Boyan is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Boiany in the Ukraine. The Hasidut is presently headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel, with communities in Beitar Ilit, Bnei Brak, London, Antwerp, Brooklyn, and Monsey, New York.-First Boyaner Rebbe:...

      )
    • Brody
      Brody
      Brody is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Brody Raion , and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv...

       (G)
    • Bratslav
      Bratslav
      Bratslav |Breslov]] as the name of a Hasidic group, which originated from this town) is a townlet in Ukraine, located in the Nemyriv Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast, by the Southern Bug river. It is a medieval European city having dramatically lost its importance during 19th-20th centuries...

       (Breslov
      Breslov (Hasidic dynasty)
      Breslov is a branch of Hasidic Judaism founded by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism...

      )
    • Buchach
      Buchach
      Buchach is a small city located on the Strypa River in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine...

       (G)
    • Budaniv
      Budaniv
      Budaniv is a village in Ternopil Oblast, Western Ukraine, near Chortkiv, Buchach Raion. Population: 1,634 ....

       (G)
    • Bukachivtsi
      Bukachivtsi
      Bukachivtsi is an urbanized settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast near Rohatyn. Population: 1,504 .-External links:**Bukachevtsy ShtetLinks site on JewishGen -...

       (Bukaczowce)
    • Burshtyn
      Burshtyn
      Burshtyn is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine, to the north of Halych. It lies in the Halych Raion and is accessible by rail....

       (Burshtin) (G)
    • Chernihiv
      Chernihiv
      Chernihiv or Chernigov is a historic city in northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chernihiv Oblast , as well as of the surrounding Chernihivskyi Raion within the oblast...

    • Chernivtsi
      Chernivtsi
      Chernivtsi is the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. The city is situated on the upper course of the River Prut, a tributary of the Danube, in the northern part of the historic region of Bukovina, which is currently divided between Romania and Ukraine...

    • Chernobyl
      Chernobyl
      Chernobyl or Chornobyl is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city had been the administrative centre of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932....

       (Chernobyl
      Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)
      Chernobyl is a Hasidic dynasty that was founded by Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky, known by the name of his work as the "Meor Einayim Chernobyl is a Hasidic dynasty that was founded by Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky, known by the name of his work as the "Meor Einayim Chernobyl is a...

      )
    • Chortkiv
      Chortkiv
      Chortkiv is a city in the Ternopil oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion . Population: 29,057...

       (Chortkov
      Chortkov (Hasidic dynasty)
      Chortkov is a Hasidic dynasty that originated in Chortkov, present-day Ukraine. It had a large following before the Second World War, but most of its adherents perished in the Holocaust....

      ) (G)
    • Delatyn
      Delatyn
      Delatyn is a town in the Nadvirna Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. It is located 101 km west of Chernivtsi and 294.6 miles WSW of Kiev...

       (G)
    • Derazhnia
      Derazhnia
      Derazhnia is a city and railway station in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. Derazhnia is situated along the banks of the Vovk River , 42 km east from the regional center Khmelnytskyi. An important railway junction on the line Lviv-Khmelnytskyi-Zhmerynka. Derazhnia has 10,500...

    • Dolyna
      Dolyna
      Dolyna is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Dolyna Raion .The current estimated population is around 20,900.-History:...

       (G)
    • Drohobych
      Drohobych
      Drohobych is a city located at the confluence of the Tysmenytsia River and Seret, a tributary of the former, in the Lviv Oblast , in western Ukraine...

       (G)
    • Dunaivtsi
      Dunaivtsi
      Dunaivtsi is the capital city of Dunaivtsi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast , Ukraine. The city is located on the river Ternavka, 22 km away from the railway station Dunaivtsi and 68 km from the Khmelnytskyi. Population is 16,448...

    • Gorodenka (G)
    • Husiatyn
      Husiatyn
      Husiatyn is a town in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. Alternate spellings include Gusyatin, Husyatin, and Hsiatyn. Husiatyn is the administrative center of the Husiatyn Raion , and is located on the west bank of the Zbruch River...

       (Husiatyn
      Husiatyn (Hasidic dynasty)
      Husiatyn is the name of a Hasidic dynasty, whose founder was a scion of the Ruzhiner dynasty. Husiatyn is located in present-day Ukraine.It started with the Rebbe Rabbi Mordechai Shraga Feivish Friedman, the youngest son of Rabbi Israel Friedmann of Rizhin...

      ) (G)
    • Horodok
      Horodok, Lviv Oblast
      Horodok is a city in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. It is administrative center of the Horodok Raion. Population is 16,082 .This is the place where King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila died on 1 June 1434....

       (G)
    • Hornostaypil
      Hornostaypil
      Hornostaypil is a village in the Kiev Oblast located on the Teteriv River and the Kiev Reservoir.Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky was from Hornostaypil.-See also:* Hornsteipl...

    • Justingrad
      Justingrad
      Justingrad , Kiev, Russian Empire . The Justingrad shtetl was created after Jews were forced out of their homes in the village of Sokolivka...

    • Kalynivka
      Kalynivka
      Kalynivka is a city in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Population is 20,061 ....

    • Kalush
      Kalush, Ukraine
      -Notable residents:*Stepan Bandera*August Aleksander Czartoryski*Jakub Sobieski*Jan "Sobiepan" Zamoyski*Tomasz Zamoyski*Fedir Danylak-Twin towns — sister cities:Kalush, Ukraine is twinned with:- Location :Local orientationRegional orientation...

       (Kałusz) (G)
    • Kamianets-Podilskyi
      Kamianets-Podilskyi
      Kamyanets-Podilsky or Kamienets-Podolsky is a city located on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi...

       (Kamenets-Podolsk)
    • Khorostkiv
      Khorostkiv
      - Links :*...

       (Chorostków) (G)
    • Khotyn
      Khotyn
      Khotyn is a city in Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine, and is the administrative center of Khotyn Raion within the oblast, and is located south-west of Kamianets-Podilskyi. According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, it has a population of 11,124...

       (Hotin)
    • Kolky
    • Kolomyia
      Kolomyia
      Kolomyia or Kolomyya, formerly known as Kolomea , is a city located on the Prut River in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , in western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative centre of the Kolomyia Raion , the city is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...

       (G)
    • Korolevo
      Korolevo
      Korolevo is an urban type settlement on Tisza River in Zakarpattia Oblast, Vynohradiv Raion, Ukraine.- History :At the end of 12th century there existed a settlement of Slavs. On the hill was built a wooden royal hunting house, from which Koroleve got its name. In the 14th century at the site a...

    • Kopychintsy (Kopyczyńce) (G)
    • Kosiv
      Kosiv
      Kosiv is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kosivsky Raion ....

       (Kosov
      Kosov (Hasidic dynasty)
      Kosov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosiv, a town in Galicia, presently in Ukraine.The present Rebbe is Grand Rabbi Shraga Hager, who lives in Borough Park, Brooklyn, where most of his Hasidim also live. There is also a Kosover synagogue in Tzfas ,...

      ) (G)
    • Kovel
      Kovel
      Kovel is a city located in the Volyn Oblast , in northwestern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kovelskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. The current estimated population is around 65,777.Kovel gives its name to one of the...

    • Kremenets
      Kremenets
      Kremenets is a city in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kremenets Raion , and rests 18 km north-east of the great Pochayiv Monastery...

       (Krzemieniec)
    • Krasnostav, Slavuta Raion
    • Kupel
    • Lityn (Litin)
    • Letychiv
      Letychiv
      Letychiv is a town in the eastern part of Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. 51 km from Khmelnytskyi and 33 km from the railway station Derazhnya. Administrative center since Tsarist times, formerly in Podolia Province. Population: 11,081 inhabitants . There are brickworks, dairy,...

    • Liuboml
      Liuboml
      Liuboml is a city located in the Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine, close to the border with Poland. It has an estimated population of around 10,300 and is the administrative center of the Lyubomlskyi Raion .Liuboml is situated two hundred miles southeast of Warsaw, Poland, in a region known as...

       (Luboml or Libivne)
    • Lozisht
      Lozisht
      Lozisht was a Jewish shtetl located in what is now western Ukraine but which used to be a part of Poland and was called then Ignatowka....

       (Ignatowka)
    • Lvovе
    • Lutsk
      Lutsk
      Lutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...

    • Lyubar
    • Machnіvka (Machnovka
      Machnovka
      Machnovka is a Hasidic dynasty and part of the Chernobyl dynastic group of families.It takes its name from the village Makhnivke in the Ukraine, where its founder lived. Machnovka is an extant Hasidic group which survived the Holocaust. Its Hasidic court is now located in Bnei Brak,...

      )
    • Makariv
      Makariv
      Makariv is an urban-type settlement in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. It's the administrative center of Makarivskyi Raion. Population is 12,042 ....

       (Makarov
      Makarov (Hasidic dynasty)
      Makarov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by the Rebbe Menachem Nochum Twerski of the Chernobyl dynasty. Makarov is the Yiddish name of Makariv, a town in present-day Ukraine.- Lineage :...

      )
    • Medzhybizh
      Medzhybizh
      Medzhybizh, previously known as Mezhybozhe, population 1731, is a town in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is located in the Letychivsky Raion , 25 kilometres from the Khmelnytskyi on the main highway between Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia at the confluence of the Southern Buh and...

       (Mezhbizh
      Mezhbizh (Hasidic dynasty)
      Mezhbizh is the name of the town of Medzhybizh in the present Ukraine which is significant as both the source of a Hasidic dynasty that bears its name and as a symbolic name for the roots of Hasidism.The Mezhbizh dynasty served as the earliest "trunk" of...

      )
    • Mel'nitsa-Podol'skaya (Mielnica) (G)
    • Mikulints (Mikulińce) (G)
    • Mukachevo (Munkacs)
    • Murafa
    • Nadvirna
      Nadvirna
      Nadvirna is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Nadvirna Raion.Until World War I, Nadvirna was integrated into the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the province of Galicia. In the inter-war years, the borders changed and it was annexed...

       (Nadvorna
      Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)
      Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvorna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna...

      ) (G)
    • Nemyriv
      Nemyriv
      Nemyriv is a historic city in the Vinnytsia Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Nemyriv Raion . Nemyriv is one of the eldest cities in Vinnytska oblast, Ukraine...

    • Nizhyn
      Nizhyn
      Nizhyn is a city located in the Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine, along the Oster River, north-east of the nation's capital, Kiev. It is the administrative center of the Nizhynsky Raion, though the city itself is also designated as a district in the oblast...

    • Novohrad-Volynskyi
      Novohrad-Volynskyi
      Novohrad-Volynskyi is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine...

       (Zhvil)
    • Olhopil
      Olhopil, Vinnytsia Oblast
      Olhopil is a village in Chechelnytskyi Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine.First known since 1780 as Rohuzka Chechelnytska it was a border town between Rzeczpospolita and Budjak Horde. In 1795 it was renamed Olgopol by Ekaterina II in the name of her granddaughter, Olga Pavlovna...

    • Oles'ko (Alesk)
    • Ottynia (G)
    • Ozeryany (Jezierzany) (G)
    • Pavoloch (Pavolitch)
    • Pliskov
    • Podgaytsy (Podhajce) (G)
    • Podkamen (Podkamień) (G)
    • Pohrebysche
      Pohrebysche
      Pohrebysche is a town in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Pohrebyschensky Raion in western Ukraine. Pohrebysche is situated near the sources of the Ros River.-Names:Pohrebysche is also known as , , -History:...

    • Polonne
      Polonne
      Polonne is a city on the Khomora River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Polonskyi Raion , and is located at around .The current estimated population is around 23,211 ....

    • Poninka
    • Priluki
    • Probezhna
      Probezhna
      Probezhna is a town near Chortkiv and Husiatyn in Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine....

       (Probużna) (G)
    • Proskurov
    • Rachmastrivka
    • Rava-Ruska
      Rava-Ruska
      Rava-Ruska is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine.It is located near the border with Poland, opposite the town of Hrebenne. It is located in the Zhovkva Raion at around . The current estimated population is 8,100 ....

       (G)
    • Rohatyn
      Rohatyn
      Rohatyn is a city located on the Hnyla Lypa River in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rohatyn Raion .The current estimated population is around 8,800 .-History:...

       (G)
    • Rivne
      Rivne
      Rivne or Rovno is a historic city in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rivne Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Rivne Raion within the oblast...

       (Równo)
    • Romney
      Romney
      -British Commonwealth:*Cyril Romney , Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands from 1983 to 1986*The Earl of Romney, an English title*Francis Romney , English cricketer...

    • Rozdol (G)
    • Rozhnyatov (Rożniatów) (G)
    • Ruzhyn ((Ruzhin
      Ruzhin (Hasidic dynasty)
      The Ruzhin Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhyn, . Today, Ruzhyn is an urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Rav Yisroel's father was the Rebbe Sholom Shachne of Prhobisht, who was a son of Rabbi Avrohom "HaMalach"...

      )
    • Sadagóra (Sadigura
      Sadigura (Hasidic dynasty)
      Sadigura is a Hasidic dynasty, one of the branches of the Ruzhiner dynasty.The dynasty began with Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura now located in Ukraine, who was a son of Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin, the founder of the Ruzhiner dynasty....

      )
    • Sambir
      Sambir
      Sambir is a city in the Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Sambir Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It is located at around , close to the border with Poland.-History:...

       (Sambor) (G)
    • Savran
      Savran
      Savran is a town in the Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. It is located 26 miles NE of Balta.Until World War II it had a sizeable Jewish community, which numbered 3198 in 1900...

       (Savran
      Savran (Hasidic dynasty)
      Savran is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Moshe Zvi Giterman. Savran is a town in present-day Ukraine.- Lineage :* Rebbe Moshe Zvi Giterman of Savran** Rebbe Shlomo Giterman of Savran – son of Rebbe Moshe Zvi...

      )
    • Seletin
    • Shargorod
    • Shchirets (Szczerzec) (G)
    • Shepetivka
      Shepetivka
      Shepetivka is a town located on the Huska River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of Western Ukraine. The city's population is 48,212 . Shepetivka is a town of oblast subordinance, and the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion .Shepetivka is an important railway junction with five intersecting...

    • Shpola
      Shpola
      Shpola is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Shpoliansky Raion , and is situated at . As of 2004 the estimated population is 18,400.-History:...

    • Shpykiv
      Shpykiv
      Shpykiv is an Urban Type Settlement in the Tulchynskyy Raion Shpykiv is an Urban Type Settlement in the Tulchynskyy Raion Shpykiv is an Urban Type Settlement in the Tulchynskyy Raion (a district in Vinnytsia Oblast or province, in central Ukraine, 231 miles south west of Kiev. It is 15 miles NW...

    • Shumskoye (Shumsk)
    • Skala-Podol'skaya (Skala) (G)
    • Skalat
      Skalat
      Skalat is a small city in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is located in the Pidvolochysk Raion , at around .-External links:* - Transcripts of eyewitness testimonies...

       (G)
    • Skvyra
      Skvyra
      Skvyra is a town in the Kiev Oblast of central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Skvyra Raion , and is currently a municipality of raion subordinance. Skvyra currently has a population of about 18,009 and an area of ....

       (Skver)
    • Slavuta
      Slavuta
      Slavuta is a city in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine, located on the Horyn River. Serving as the administrative center of the Slavutsky Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located approximately 80 km from the oblast capital,...

    • Snyatyn (Śniatyn) (G)
    • Snitkov
    • Sosnovoye (Selisht or Ludvipol)
    • Starokostiantyniv
      Starokostiantyniv
      Starokostiantyniv is a city in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Starokostiantynivsky Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...

    • Stepan
    • Storozhynets (Storojinet)
    • Stryi
      Stryi
      Stryi is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine . Serving as the administrative center of the Stryi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. Thus, the city has two administrations - the city and the raion...

       (Stryj) (G)
    • Sukhostav (Suchostaw) (G)
    • Tarashcha
    • Teofipol (Tschon) (G)
    • Tetiev
    • Terebovlia
      Terebovlia
      Terebovlia is a small city in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine, and the administrative center of the Terebovlya Raion . In modern medieval English history texts it is usually written Terebovl....

       (Trembowla) (G)
    • Tlumach
      Tlumach
      Tlumach is a small city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Tlumach Raion .The current estimated population is around 8,800 .-History:...

       (Tłumacz) (G)
    • Tluste
      Tluste
      Tłuste is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Mazowiecki, within Grodzisk Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Grodzisk Mazowiecki and west of Warsaw.-References:...

       (Tovste) (G)
    • Trostyanets (Trościaniec) (G)
    • Trochinbrod
    • Tuchin
      Tuchín
      Tuchín is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia....

    • Ulashkovtse (Ułaszkowce) (G)
    • Uman
      Uman
      Uman is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. The city rests on the banks of the Umanka River at around , and serves as the self-governing administrative center of the Umanskyi Raion ....

    • Uzhgorod (Ungvár)
    • Verkhniy Bystryy
    • Vyshnivets
      Vyshnivets
      Vyshnivets is a small town in the Zbarazkyi Raion of the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. The town is located on the Horyn River, a right tributary of the Prypiat. The population of the town is 3,469...

    • Volochysk
      Volochysk
      Volochysk is a town located on the left bank of the Zbruch River in Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volochyskyi Raion .The current estimated population is 20 958 ....

    • Voynilov (G)
    • Vyzhnytsia
      Vyzhnytsia
      Vyzhnytsia is a town located on the Cheremosh River in the Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Vyzhnytsia Raion.-Notable People from Vyzhnytsia:* Gerard Ciołek, architect* Menachem Mendel Hager, first Vizhnitser Rebbe...

       (Vizhnitz)
    • Yavoriv
      Yavoriv
      Yavoriv is a city located in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Yavoriv Raion and rests approximately 50 km west of the oblast capital, Lviv....

       (G)
    • Yablanov (Jabłonów) (G)
    • Yagelnitsa (Jagielnica) (G)
    • Yazlovets
      Yazlovets
      Yazlovets is a village in the Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine and a Roman Catholic pilgrimage center of local significance. It's located at around , 16km south of Buchach and presently has around 600 inhabitants....

       (Jazłowiec) (G)
    • Zabolotiv
      Zabolotiv
      Zabolotiv is a town in the Sniatynskyi Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Western Ukraine. The population is 4,129 .- History :Starting from 1790, there was growing Jewish community which had managed to become important part of local life. Later on, there was anti-Semitic unrest in the beginning...

       (Zabłotów) (G)
    • Zbarazh
      Zbarazh
      Zbarazh is a city in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zbarazh Raion , and is located in the historic region of Galicia....

       (G)
    • Zalishchyky (Zaleszczyki) (G)
    • Zhmerynka
      Zhmerynka
      Zhmerynka [ʒ’mærınkɑ:] is a town in the Vinnytska Oblast of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Zhmerynsky Raion , the town itself is also designated as a separate community within the oblast, and is located at around .The current estimated population is around 37.000...

    • Zhovkva
      Zhovkva
      Zhovkva is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, north of Lviv. It is the administrative center of the Zhovkivskyi Raion . The current estimated population is 13,500.-History:...

       (G)
    • Zhydachiv
      Zhydachiv
      Zhydachiv is a city in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhydachivskyi Raion , and is located at around ....

       (Zidichov) (G)
    • Zinkiv
      Zinkiv
      Zinkiv is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. The population is 10,577 ....

       (Zinkov)
    • Zlatopol
      Zlatopol
      Zlatopol is a small city in Ukraine, located about 80 km northwest to Kirovohrad, near Kiev.- History :Before the Holocaust, Zlatopol was a prosperous very rich Jewish Shtetl. There was also a gymnasium for rich people in Zlatopol...

    • Zolochiv
      Zolochiv
      Zolochiv is a town located in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zolochiv Raion ....

       (Zlotshov
      Zlotshov (Hasidic dynasty)
      Zlotshov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yechiel Michel . Zlotshov is the Yiddish name of Zolochiv, a town in present-day Ukraine...

      ) (G)

Others

} Sátoraljaújhely
Sátoraljaújhely
Sátoraljaújhely or אוהעלי ) is a town located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northern Hungary near the Slovak border. It is east from the county capital Miskolc.- History :...

, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...


} Zguriţa
Zgurita
Zguriţa , pronunciation Zguritsa, is a commune in Drochia district, in the north of Moldova. It is composed of a single village, Zguriţa...

, Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...


} Gura Humorului
Gura Humorului
Gura Humorului is a town located in northern Romania, Suceava County in southern Bukovina. Until 1918 it was in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and formed a shtetl...

, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


} Radevits
Radauti
Rădăuţi is a municipality in Suceava County, Romania with a population of 27,759 inhabitants.-Geography and demographics:Rădăuţi is situated in Bucovina, northern Moldavia, on a plain between the Suceava and Suceviţa rivers, north from Suceava, at 375 m altitude...

, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...


} Bardejov
Bardejov
Bardejov is a town in North-Eastern Slovakia. It is situated in the Šariš region and has about 33,000 inhabitants. The spa town, mentioned for the first time in 1241, exhibits numerous cultural monuments in its completely intact medieval town center...

, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...


Shtots

Present-day countryCity/townYiddish nameRomanized formPre–World War II Jewish population
 Austria Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=76&letter=V&search=Vienna
װין Vin 166,000
 Belarus Bobruisk http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1212&letter=B&search=bobruisk באַברויסק Babruisk 21,558
 Belarus Brest
Brest, Belarus
Brest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet...

 http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1460&letter=B
בריסק Brisk 30,000
 Belarus Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

 http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=643&letter=M&search=minsk
מינסק Minsk 90,000
 Belarus Pinsk
Pinsk
Pinsk , a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed by the river Pripyat, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk. It is a fertile agricultural center. It lies south-west of Minsk. The population is about 130,000...

 http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=338&letter=P&search=Pinsk
פינסק Pinsk 20,200
 Belarus Vitebsk
Vitebsk
Vitebsk, also known as Viciebsk or Vitsyebsk , is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia. The capital of the Vitebsk Oblast, in 2004 it had 342,381 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth largest city...

 http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=94&letter=V&search=Vitebsk
וויטעבסק Vitebsk 34,400
 Czech Republic Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

 http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=494&letter=P&search=Prague
פּראָג Prog 56,000
 Hungary Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

 http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1561&letter=B&search=budapest
בודאפעסט Budapest 184,000
 Latvia Daugavpils
Daugavpils
Daugavpils is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Daugava Castle". With a population of over 100,000, it is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some...

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דענענבורג Denenburg 11,106
 Latvia Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

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ריגע Rige 43,672
 Lithuania Kaunas
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...

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קאָװנע Kovne 38,000
 Lithuania Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

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װילנע Vilne 55,000
 Moldova Chişinău
Chisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...

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קעשענעװ Keshenev 70,000
 Poland Białystok http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=55&letter=D&search=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1636&letter=B&search=Byelostok ביאַליסטאָק Byalistok 40,000
 Poland Gdańsk
Gdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

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דאַנציג Dantsig
 Poland Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

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קראָקע Kroke 60,000
 Poland Łódź http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=514&letter=L&search=lodz לאָדז Lodzh 223,000
 Poland Lublin
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

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לובלין Lublin 40,000
 Poland Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

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פּױזן Poyzn
 Poland Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

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װאַרשע Varshe 400,000
 Poland Wrocław http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=712&letter=S ברעסלוי Breslau 10,309
 Kingdom of Romania Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

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בוקארעשט Bukaresht 100,000
 Kingdom of Romania Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...

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קלויזענבורג Klozenberg 16,763
 Kingdom of Romania Iaşi
Iasi
Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...

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יאַס Yas 51,000
 Russia Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...

 
קעניגסבערג Kenigsberg
 Slovakia Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

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פרעשבורג Pressburg 14,882
 Ukraine Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi is the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. The city is situated on the upper course of the River Prut, a tributary of the Danube, in the northern part of the historic region of Bukovina, which is currently divided between Romania and Ukraine...

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טשערנאָוויץ Chernowitz 50,000
 Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...

 
קאַטערינעסלאַוו Katerineslav 100,000
 Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....

 
סטאַניסלאװ Stanislav 30,000
 Ukraine Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

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קיִעװ Kiev 175,000
 Ukraine Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...

 
כאַרקעוו Kharkev 130,200
 Ukraine Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Khmelnytskyi is a city in Ukraine in the region of Podillia. It is located on the Southern Buh River and about from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The town's original name was Płoskirów, later Proskurov, but in 1954 was renamed Khmelnytskyi. It is the center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western...

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פּראָסקערעוו Proskerev 13,500
 Ukraine L'viv http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=175&letter=L&search=lemberg לעמבערג Lemberg 150,000
 Ukraine Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

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אַדעס Ades 180,000
 Ukraine Ternopil
Ternopil
Ternopil , is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical region of Galicia...

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טאַרנעפּאל Tarnepol 18,000
 Ukraine Vinnitsa http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=82&letter=V&search=vinnitsa וויניצע Vinitse 21,812
 Ukraine Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr is a city in the North of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhytomyr Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion...

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זשיטאָמיר Zhitomir 30,000
 Germany Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

Frankfurt 26,158
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