Balta

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1900s Name: Balta
1900s District: Balta
1900s Province: Podolia
1900s Country: Russian Empire

Modern: Balta, Ukraine
Modern Ukrainian: Балта
Modern Russian: Балта

1930s: Balta, , ,
1950s: Balta, Soviet Union

Other names: Balta [Ukr, Rus], Balte [Yid], Balta [Pol]

Coordinates: 47°56'N 29°37'E Mapquest Google Maps

Projects

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Revision list translation and indexing, Balta and vicinity, 1875

Yoni Kupchik

In progress

Obtained (August 2013) 1875 Revision Lists for Balta and vicinity, including Balta, Khmelnitsky, Krivoye Ozero, Golovanevsk, Bogachevska, agricultural colonies, and many others. 7838 pages received.
Fond 226, Opis 80, Sp 1171, 1172, 1175, 1176.

Synagogue Information for Multiple Cities, 1867-1868

Phyllis Gold Berenson

In progress

Information on prayer houses, on the condition of private Jewish schools and cheders in Kamenets-Podolskiy, Litin, Mogilev-Podolskiy, Novo-Ushitsa, Proskurov districts and the cities of Balta and Letichev. The file contains lists of melameds and students.

HM2/9380.7

Teachers in Multiple Cities, 1867

Phyllis Gold Berenson

In progress

Information about melameds and landlors of cheders in Kamenets-Podolskiy, Litin, Mogilev-Podolskiy, Novo-Ushitsa, Proskurov districts and the cities of Balta and Letichev. The file contains lists of melameds and students.

HM2/9381.1

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Document and Dataset Collections

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History, Balta

1500s-present

Balta, Ukraine Wikipedia entry - overview of history, people, and places. Accessible directly or through a link on the KehilaLinks website.

Names List, Balta

1914-1960

Arnold Chamove has 11 lists:

List of Jewish businessmen in Balta for 1914. (First name, last name and their business)- about 170 names.
List of Jews sufferers from the pogrom of 1919 ( first name, patronymic, last name)- 160 names.
List of Jews prisoners of Balta Ghetto - 18 names
List of Jews workers of the felt boots factory. - 16 names
Salary roll - 9 names
List of women who worked at public jobs in 1943 - 9 names
List of Jews who sent parcels to Balta Ghetto - 8 names
List of partisans killed in Balta Ghetto
List of former prisoners of Balta Ghetto living in NY now - 48 names
List of former prisoners of Balta Ghetto living in Balta - 22 names
List of former prisoners of Balta Ghetto living in Odessa - 45 names

Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), Balta

2001

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Master Name Index for Balta

AIKENVALD, CHIRNOMAS, DORFMAN, HARRIS, KLEIMAN, KLEIMAN NISSENSON *, NISSENSON, POZNANSKIJ / PAZNANSKI, SCHWARTZBARD, SHEINKIN, SKHIZH / SCHIZ, TEPLITSKI
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Articles

Title	Type	Author	View
Journey to Balta	Travel Reports	Arnold Chamove

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