Town Names
Hebrew and Russian and their Transliterations
from the Kremenets Vital
Records
Dr. Ronald D. Doctor, Co-Coordinator, Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP
rondoctor@earthlink.net
11 November 2003
Town names in English follow the JewishGen ShtetlSeeker “Conventional” form, if available, or the “Native” form in the absence of a Conventional form. The Conventional form is the form “approved by the US Board of Geographical Names (BGN) for use with or instead of the local native name. These names are normally the common English name for a town.” The Native form is the “local official name form approved for use within the US Government by the BGN”. These forms usually differ from the form that appears in the vital records.
Occasionally the BGN forms are so different from the name in the vital records that the two cannot be recognized as the same town. In this case, the form as it appears in the vital records is in parentheses following the BGN form. In some cases, there are many towns with similar names and it is difficult to identify the town to which the vital record refers. We usually have selected the town geographically closest to Kremenets. If significant doubt remains, we have indicated that doubt with a question mark following the BGN name. Note that the Hebrew image sometimes has the Hebrew letter /mem/ as the first letter. This is not part of the name. It is a Hebrew prefix meaning from. The Town Name column also shows geographical coordinates and distance from Kremenets. The list currently contains 83 different town names.
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Baremel 50 28/25 12, 34.1 mi NW |
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Bazaliya (Bazilya) 4943 2628, 42.6 mi SE |
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Belogor’ye 5000 2625, 31.8 mi ESE |
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Belozerka 49 46/26 11, 31.0 mi SE |
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Berdychiv (Berdichev) 4954 2835, 128 mi E |
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Berestechko 5021 2507, 31.6 mi WNW |
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Berezets 49 36/23 41, 96.9 mi WSW |
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Bila Tserkova (Biale
Tserkov) 49 47/30 07, 196.7 mi E |
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Bresli ? |
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5206 2342, 163.4 mi
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Brody 5005 2509, 25.1 mi W |
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Chervonoarmeysk
(Radzivilov) 5008 2515, 20.8 mi W |
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Demidovka 5025 2520, 27.6 mi NW |
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Dubno 5025 2545, 21.9 mi N |
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Dubrovitsa (Dishbrovits,
Dobrovits) 4958 2950, 84 mi W |
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Fel'shtin (Gvardeyskoye) 4919 2643, 70.1 mi SE |
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5053 2402, 91.6 mi NW |
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See Podluzhe |
Kamenitsa |
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Kashivka (Kashovka) 5110 2521, 75.4 mi NNW |
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Katerinovka (Katerburg) 5000 2553, 10.1 mi SE (Hebrew abbreviation) |
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Khodorov 4924 2419, 79 mi SW |
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Kletsk ( 5304 2638, 208.6 mi N |
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Klevan’ 5045 2559, 46.4 mi NNE |
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Konstantynuvka
(Konstantinopol, Konstantinova) 50 12/24 18, 63.1 mi W |
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Korets 50 37/27 10, 73.2 mi ENE |
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Kornitsa (Korenyts) 5003 2632, 36.4 mi E |
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Kovale 5010 2345, 87.2 mi W |
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Kozin 5016 2528, 16 mi NW |
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Kremenets 50 06/25 43 |
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Krupets (Kruptsa/Krupits) 5009 2519, 18
mi W |
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Kul’chin (Kaltshin) 50 49/25 19, 52.5 mi NNW |
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Kulikov ? 5019 2449, 42.5 WNW |
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Kunev (Kinev) 5015 2622, 30.6 mi ENE |
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Lanovtsy (Lanovets) 4952 2605, 22.9 mi SE |
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Laszczow (Loshtchov), 5032 2344, 92.4 mi WNW |
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Lemberg (see L’viv) |
