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Towns and Gubernias

1914 map of the Ukraine, showng gubernias

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These are roughly the areas Ukraine-SIG represents.  The borders of the Ukraine are different today than they were in the past. Other regions have been part of the Ukraine at one time or another, but those have their own groups, or are part of JRI-Poland, etc.

 

Towns in their Gubernias

This is by no means a comprehensive list. You are highly encouraged to use the JewishGen ShtetlSeeker, which will give you lots of information on your town. This list is a shortcut, if you're not sure which gubernia your town or shtetl belongs.

 

Bukovina

Chernivtsi

 

Chernigov

Stardub Priluki Gorodnja / Horodnia
Borsna   Nizhen   Novhorod Siverskyi

 

Ekaterinoslav

Ekaterinoslav City Alexandrovsk Bachmut
Lugansk Mariupol Novomoskovsk
Pavlograd   Stavanoserbsk   Taganrog

 

Kharkov

Kharkov   Bogoduchov   Walki
    Starobilesk  

 

Kherson

Elisabethgrad   Odessa   Kherson City
Kirovgrad   Nikolaev   Otschakow

 

Kiev

Cherkassy Pavoloch Zlatopol

Makhnovka

Boguslav Dashev
Gorodische   Kiev City   Smela
Uman   Zhivitov   Berdichev
Stavishtshe        

 

Podolia

Zhvanets Chmelnitsky Dinovets
Balta Czernowitz Kamanets Podolski
Kitaigorod   Kosiv   Kryzhopol
Nova Ushitsa   Pishonka   Proskurov

 

Poltava

Zolotonosha Lubny Kremenchug
Mirgorod   Romny   Pereyaslavl

 

Taurida

Bakhchisaray Berdansk Eupatoria
Feodosiya Kerch Perekop
Sevastopol   Balaklava   Simferopol

 

Volhynia

Emilchino Kipil Kremenetz
Lutsk Ostrog Zhitomir
Lyubar   Stobykhva   Kolki
Kovel   Polonnoye   Rovno
Shumsk   Staraya-Rafalovka   Sudlikov
Tuchin   Trochenbrod   Zhvil
Vishnevets   Kamen Kashirsky   Volochisk
Poninka   Kashoffka (Kashivka)    

 

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Towns and Families

Fellow researchers have submitted some of their family names and the towns they are linked to. This spreadsheet/table is based on each town.

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