Oster

Oster - XXI-9 (transliterated)

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Sources on communities in the JewishGen communities database in this section:

Остеръ Oster [Ukr, Ger], Ostër [Rus], Ostor [Yid], Ostr [Pol], Ostjor, Ostyor

Brockhaus-Efron Jewish Encyclopedia- In1801 Oster and its county had 39 Christian merchants, Jewish

merchants don't appear; Christian petty bourgeoises were 287; Jewish petty bourgeoises 38. In the 1847 audit of the

county there was one " Jewish society" with 633 souls. In the census of 1897 there were 150 thousand residents in the

county, from them 6,359 Jews. in Oster. there were 5,370 inhabitants, amongst which were 1,596 Jews.

Козелецъ Kozelets [Rus, Ukr], Kozeletz [Yid], Koselez [Ger], Kozielec [Pol], Kozelec

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Locations of Jewish life in this section from the Gazetteer of the Pale

Одинцы -Odintsy

Кривицкое - Kryvetske

Рудня - Rudnya

Моровск - Morovsk

Надиновка - Nadynovka

Крихаево - Krehaevo (Krekhaiv)

Олишевка - Olyshevka

Десна - Desna (not found on hist. map)