Russian Empire. The Pale of Settlement. Lysychansk, Ukraine Antique cabinet photo of a Jewish woman, signed: S. Lurye, early 20th cen.
Jewish Photograph S. Lurye.
Size: 16 x 10.5 cm. (6.3 x 4.1 inches)
Lysychansk was in The Pale of Settlement of Jews.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city was the site of major fighting during the Battle of Lysychansk, which ended with the capture of the city by Russian forces on 2 July.
Lysychansk (Ukrainian: ЛиÑичаÌнÑьк [lɪsɪˈtʃɑnʲsʲk]; Russian: ЛиÑичаÌнÑк [lʲɪsʲɪˈtÉ•ansk]) is a city in the Sievierodonetsk Raion of the Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. Prior to 2020 municipal classification reforms, it was incorporated as a city of oblast significance. It is located on the high right bank of the Donets river, approximately 115 km from the oblast capital, Luhansk. It faces Sievierodonetsk across the river. Its population is approximately 95,031 (2021 est.).[2] Lysychansk is currently controlled by Russia and the Luhansk People's Republic.
The Pale of Settlement (Russian: Ð§ÐµÑ€Ñ‚Ð°Ì Ð¾ÑеÌдлоÑти, chertá osédlosti; Yiddish: דער תּחו×-המושבֿ, der tchum-ha-moyshev; Hebrew: ×ªÖ°Ö¼×—×•Ö¼× ×”Ö·×žÖ¼×•Ö¹×©Ö¸×‘, t'ẖum hammosháv) was a western region of the Russian Empire with varying borders that existed from 1791 to 1917 in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish residency, permanent or temporary, [1] was mostly forbidden. Most Jews were still excluded from residency in a number of cities within the Pale as well. A few Jews were allowed to live outside the area, including those with university education, the ennobled, members of the most affluent of the merchant guilds and particular artisans, some military personnel and some services associated with them, including their families, and sometimes their servants. The archaic English term pale is derived from the Latin word palus, a stake, extended to mean the area enclosed by a fence or boundary.