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Russian Empire. Bar, Ukraine. Pale of Settlement. Birth Certificate of a Jewish Girl Brana Fridman, Signed by Rabbi, in Russian, 1910. - Russian Empire. Bar, Ukraine. Pale of Settlement. Birth Certificate of a Jewish Girl Brana Fridman, Signed by Rabbi, in Russian, 1910. The daughter was born in 1895 Her parents: Father – Gert Leibovich Fridman, Mother – Sura With signature and cachet of a public rabbi of Bar Cachet and signatures of members of the city administration, from 1910 Size: 35 x 22 cm. (13.7 x 8.6 inches) Light wear, repair strips to reverse side Bar is a city located on the Riv River in Vinnytsia Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located in the historic region of Podolia. It served as the administrative center of the former Bar Raion until 2020. The city's estimated population is 13,202 (2023). The Pale of Settlement[a] 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, [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. Pale is an archaic term meaning an enclosed area. Jews were also allowed to settle in colonies outside of the Pale, such as in Siberia.