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A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. It describes towns and villages; townships and counties; provinces; sizes of population; and rivers, mountains, and other geographical features. Gazetteers usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. The place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary.

Use a gazetteer to find the places where your family lived and to determine the civil jurisdictions over those places.

The definition of the term gazetteer, when used in a geographical sense, is a "geographical index or dictionary." When used in atlases or map indexes, gazetteers are simply assemblages of alphabetically-ordered listings of places or physical/cultural features. More extensive gazetteers include brief descriptions along with the listings. The comprehensive gazetteer, however, is an encyclopedia of geographical places and features''. The Columbia Gazetteer of the World'' is such an encyclopedia.


 * http://www.columbiagazetteer.org/

Spiski naselennykh mest Rossiiski Imperii
v. 1 Arkhangel'sk no. 1-5 v. 2 Astrakhan no. 6-8 v. 3 Bessarabia no. 9-12 v. 6 Vladimir no. 13-26 v. 7 Vologda no. 27-41 v. 9 Voronezh no. 42-49 v. 10 Vyatka no. 50-79 v. 12 Zemlya Voyska Donskago no. 80-85 v. 13 Yekaterinoslav no. 86-91 v. 14 Kazan no. 92-100 v. 15 Kaluga no. 101-109 v. 18 Kostroma no. 110-128 v. 20 Kursk no. 129-136v. 24 Moskva no. 137-144 v. 25 Nizhniy Novgorod no. 145-152 v. 27 Olonets no. 153-162 v. 28 Orenburg no. 163-168 v. 29 Orel no. 169-179 v. 30 Penza no. 180-184 v. 31 Perm no. 185-208 v. 33 Poltava no. 209-216 v. 34 Pskov no. 217-237 v. 35 Ryazan no. 238-243 v. 36 Samara no. 244-248 v. 37 Sanktpeterburg no. 249-258 v. 38 Saratov no. 259-263 v. 39 Simbirsk no. 264-268 v. 40 Smolensk no. 269-289 v. 41 Tavrida no. 290-299 v. 42 Tambov no. 300-307 v. 43 Tver no. 308-321 v. 44 Tula no. 322-327 v. 45 Ufa no. 328-339 v. 46 Khar'kov no. 348-356 v. 47 Kherson no. 340-347 v. 48 Chernigov no. 357-367 v. 50 Yaroslav no. 368-383 v. 51 Yeniseysk no. 384-388 v. 60 Tobol'sk no. 389-401 v. 60a Tomsk no. 402-411 v. 65 Baku no. 412-419 v. 3 Bessarabia index (1 fiche GS 6001781)