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Go to [[Jewish Genealogy Research|Jewish Genealogy Research Main Page]]<br>Go to [[Belarus|Belarus Main Page]]  
Go to [[Jewish Genealogy Research|Jewish Genealogy Research Main Page]]<br>Go to [[Belarus|Belarus Main Page]]  


=== Maps of Belarus ===
=== Maps of Cuba ===


*To view present-day Belarus at Google Maps, click [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=belarus&hl=en&ll=53.709714,27.949219&spn=11.721718,33.815918&sll=40.379214,-111.733668&sspn=0.11769,0.264187&hnear=Belarus&t=m&z=6 here].
*To view present-day Cuba at Google Maps, click [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cuba/@21.5414305,-81.7858071,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x88cd49070f7a4cb5:0x798cf7529110a41a here].  
*For a map of Cuba at Wikipedia.org click [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba#/media/File:Cuba_rel94.jpg here].
*For a map of Cuba at Wikipedia.org click [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba#/media/File:Cuba_rel94.jpg here].
*To view an additional historical map showing the historical percentage of Jews in governments, click [http://books.google.com/books?id=sr85AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&dq=%22percentage+of+jews+in+governments%22+map&source=bl&ots=BK42kcedcz&sig=Eb1EvyRT9xaaOxNAlNit1-q2_yU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PcwMU5-xMcGBogTyqYKABg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22percentage%20of%20jews%20in%20governments%22%20map&f=false here].<br>Definition of "Pale of Settlement" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Settlement Wikipedia.org]:<br>The Pale of Settlement (Russian: Черта́ осе́длости, chertá osédlosti, Yiddish: דער תּחום-המושבֿ, der tkhum-ha-moyshəv, Hebrew: תְּחוּם הַמּוֹשָב, tḥùm ha-mosháv‎) was the term given to a region of Imperial Russia in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish permanent residency was generally prohibited. It extended from the eastern pale, or demarcation line, to the western Russian border with the Kingdom of Prussia (later the German Empire) and with Austria-Hungary. The English term "pale" is derived from the Latin word "palus", a stake, extended to mean the area enclosed by a fence or boundary.


=== Gazetteer of Belarus  ===
<!--*To view an additional historical map showing the historical percentage of Jews in governments, click [http://books.google.com/books?id=sr85AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&dq=%22percentage+of+jews+in+governments%22+map&source=bl&ots=BK42kcedcz&sig=Eb1EvyRT9xaaOxNAlNit1-q2_yU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PcwMU5-xMcGBogTyqYKABg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22percentage%20of%20jews%20in%20governments%22%20map&f=false here]<br>Definition of "Pale of Settlement" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Settlement Wikipedia.org]:<br>The Pale of Settlement (Russian: Черта́ осе́длости, chertá osédlosti, Yiddish: דער תּחום-המושבֿ, der tkhum-ha-moyshəv, Hebrew: תְּחוּם הַמּוֹשָב, tḥùm ha-mosháv‎) was the term given to a region of Imperial Russia in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish permanent residency was generally prohibited. It extended from the eastern pale, or demarcation line, to the western Russian border with the Kingdom of Prussia (later the German Empire) and with Austria-Hungary. The English term "pale" is derived from the Latin word "palus", a stake, extended to mean the area enclosed by a fence or boundary.--> <!--=== Gazetteer of Belarus  ===


Use the JewishGen Communities Database by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp here].  
Use the JewishGen Communities Database by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp here].-->


=== Jewish History in Belarus  ===
=== Jewish History in Belarus  ===
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*The JewishGen Belarus Special Interest Group (SIG) includes links, helps, and other resources. Visit this page by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/resources.htm#top here].
*The JewishGen Belarus Special Interest Group (SIG) includes links, helps, and other resources. Visit this page by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/resources.htm#top here].
 
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