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Russian Empire Novocherkassk, Pale of Settlement. 3 Art Nouveau Cabinet Photographs of Jewish People, 1907, 1913 - Russian Empire Novocherkassk Pale of Settlement. 3 Art Nouveau Cabinet Photographs of Jewish People, 1907, 1913 Size ca.: 16.5 x 10.8 cm. (6.5 x 4.2 inches) Light wear The Pale of Settlement was a western region of the Russian Empire with varying borders that existed from 1791 to 1917 (de facto until 1915) in which permanent residency by Jews was allowed and beyond which Jewish residency, permanent or temporary, was mostly forbidden.