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title: "Places"
url: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/
lang: en
work: "The Smud Family: A Jewish Family History from Ludza, Latvia to Entre Ríos, Argentina"
author: "Mateo Smud"
licence: CC0-1.0
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# Places

- **Andreyevka** (Andriivka, Андреевка, Андріївка), Ukraine — A locality in what was then Taurida province, in the south of present-day Ukraine. Khana Reizel died there in 1885, David in 1880 and their son Koppel around 1900. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/andreyevka/
- **Aranguren** (departamento Nogoyá), Argentina — A town in Nogoyá department, Entre Ríos. Marcos worked there in the Jozami brothers' general store and lived between Aranguren and Ramírez. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/aranguren/
- **Berdyansk** (Berdiansk, Бердянськ), Ukraine — A port on the Sea of Azov with an active Jewish community. Felix and Malke married there around 1896, the family lived there, and Alejandro and Aida were born there. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/berdyansk/
- **Bremen**, Germany — The German port from which the steamer sailed with Malke and the three children, in late October 1904. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/bremen/
- **Buenos Aires**, Argentina — The ship docked in the port of Buenos Aires in the early hours of 23 December 1904. The family lived first in the Immigrants' Hotel and then in a tenement house on Calle Azcuénaga. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/buenos-aires/
- **Ekaterinoslav** (Yekaterinoslav, hoy Dnipró), Ukraine — The Russian Empire province where the Jewish agricultural colonies in which the family settled were located. Its territory is now in Ukraine. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/ekaterinoslav/
- **Ludza** (Lutzin, Lucin, Люцин, Ludzas), Latvia — A town in the east of present-day Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. The family lived there until 1846, when David Zmud moved south. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/ludza/
- **Maciá** (departamento Rosario Tala), Argentina — A town in Rosario Tala department, Entre Ríos. Alejandro worked there in Elías Loyber's general store and later opened his own business, opposite the railway station. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/macia/
- **Mariupol** (Mariupol, Мариуполь, Маріуполь), Ukraine — A port city on the Sea of Azov. In its synagogue's register for 1899 the birth of Meyer —Marcos— Smud was recorded. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/mariupol/
- **Nogaysk** (hoy Prymorsk, Ногайск, Приморськ), Ukraine — A coastal town on the Sea of Azov, now Prymorsk. Falk, Koppel's brother and Felix's uncle, became a merchant there and died in 1904. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/nogaysk/
- **Novy Zlatopol** (Novyi Zlatopil, Новый Златополь), Ukraine — A Jewish agricultural colony in Ekaterinoslav province where the family settled around 1850. It is the source of the oldest document we have: the 1858 census. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/novy-zlatopol/
- **Paraná**, Argentina — Capital of Entre Ríos. Marcos Smud is buried there, and his gravestone —which names him Meir, son of Folke— is the piece that joined the two halves of this story. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/parana/
- **Žemaitija** (Samogitia, Żmudź, Жмудь), Lithuania — The region of western Lithuania from which the surname comes. The Slavic languages called it Żmudź, hence Zmud: “the one from Samogitia”. — https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/places/zemaitija/

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The Smud Family · genealogical research by Mateo Smud, published under CC0 1.0. Machine index: https://smud.mateosmud.xyz/en/llms.txt