A town called Belev

[Lois Sernoff]

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I am researching a very large family PUDLIN. On several of the records of the
original immigrants, they have place of origin listed as Moscow, Russia. This
led to some skepticism on my part. However, others give place of origin as
Belioff - with various spellings.

I have found a town called Belev, in "Where Once We Walked" and the Jewishgen
Communities Database, which is located 146 miles SSW of Moscow and 133 km NE of
Bryansk.

Is this place within the Pale of Settlement? If not, how likely
was it to have Jewish occupants?

Lois Sernoff (suburban Phila, PA)
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[Alexander Sharon]

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Post by Lois Sernoff
I am researching a very large family PUDLIN. On several of the records of
the original immigrants, they have place of origin listed as Moscow, Russia.
This led to some skepticism on my part. However, others give place of origin
as Belioff - with various spellings.
I have found a town called Belev, in "Where Once We Walked" and the
Jewishgen Communities Database, which is located 146 miles SSW of Moscow and
133 km NE of Bryansk.
Is this place within the Pale of Settlement? If not, how likely was it to
have Jewish occupants?

Belev is located in Tula region.

According to Russian Jewish Encyclopedia town's Jewish population was as
follows:

Year 1863 - 46 Jewish residents
1910 - 87
1923 - 203 (1.9%)
1926 - 238 (1.8%)
1939 - 154

In 1910 town had synagogue and Jewish cemetery

Best,

Alexander Sharon
Calgary, AB
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