Pinsk ( be, Пі́нск; russian: Пи́нск ; Polish: Pińsk; ) is a city located in the

Brest Region Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cen ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

, in the

Polesia Polesia, Polesie, or Polesye, uk, Полісся (Polissia), pl, Polesie, russian: Полесье (Polesye) is a natural and historical region that starts from the farthest edge of Central Europe and encompasses Eastern Europe, including East ...

region, at the confluence of the

Pina River The Pina ( be, Піна, russian: Пи́на) is a river in Ivanava and Pinsk Raions in Belarus. The length of the river is 40 kilometers. The river flows into the city of Pinsk and is a left tributary of the Pripyat Pripyat ( ; russian: Пр ...

and the

Pripyat River The Pripyat or Prypiat ( , uk, Прип'ять, ; be, Прыпяць, translit=Prypiać}, ; pl, Prypeć, ; russian: Припять, ) is a river in Eastern Europe, approximately long. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine ag ...

. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk and is southwest of

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

. The population is 138,415. The historic city has a restored city centre, with two-storey buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The centre has become an active place for youths of all ages with summer theme parks and a new

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stadium, which houses the city's football club,

FC Volna Pinsk FC Volna Pinsk is a Belarusian football club based in Pinsk, Brest Oblast. The club plays in the Belarusian First League. History The club was established in 1987 as Kommunalnik Pinsk. The club spent all its seasons after 1992 at the 2nd of 3rd ...

History

Timeline up to WWI

*In the 9th and 10th centuries, the town of Pinsk was majority Lithuanian *1097 – the first mention of Pinsk * 1241 – transfer of the Orthodox diocese from Turov * 1316 – after this date, Pinsk was incorporated into the

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* 1396 – a

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church and a

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monastery were erected * 1523 – Pinsk becomes a

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, first owned by Queen Bona * 1569 – Pinsk becomes a seat of the poviat * 1581 – king

Stephen Báthory Stephen Báthory ( hu, Báthory István; pl, Stefan Batory; ; 27 September 1533 – 12 December 1586) was Voivode of Transylvania (1571–1576), Prince of Transylvania (1576–1586), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586) ...

grants Pinsk

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* 1642–1646 - Saint

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stayed in the

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monastery in Pinsk and nearby, conducting evangelistic activity * 1648 – rebellion of the city and admission of

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forces under the command of Colonel Maxim Hładki. The slaughter of burghers not of the Orthodox religion. The assault of Janusz Radziwiłł's troops on the city, under the command of the hetman Hrehory Mirski of about 1200–1300 people, ended with the capture of the city. The city was burned to the ground and about 1/3 – 1/2 of the inhabitants were killed (it is estimated that on the eve of the

Khmelnytsky Uprising The Khmelnytsky Uprising,; in Ukraine known as Khmelʹnychchyna or uk, повстання Богдана Хмельницького; lt, Chmelnickio sukilimas; Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніцкага; russian: � ...

, Pinsk had about 10,000 inhabitants) * 1655 –

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and

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attacked the city and murdered many inhabitants. * 1657 – in mid-May Zdanowicz's cossacks (about 2,000) destroyed the city and murdered many Roman Catholics. Jesuits, incl. Fr. Simon Maffon and Saint Andrew Bobola * 1660 – Cossacks attacked Pinsk, robbed a Jesuit college and church, and murdered, among others Fr. Eustachy Piliński * 1662 – return of the Jesuits to Pinsk, fire of the monastery after a year * 1666 – foundation of the Dominican monastery * 1690 – foundation of the Karolin settlement by Jan Karol Dolski * 1695 – construction of a church and castle in Carolina by Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki * 1706 – from May 5 to June 3. The capture of Pinsk by King of Sweden

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. Blowing up the castle of Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki * 1707 – the occupation of Pinsk by the army of General Halast and General Hołowina * 1709–1710 and in 1716: a great epidemic with thousands of victims * 1717 – construction of the Bernardine monastery * 1734 – construction of a

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monastery * 1756 – construction of the Mariavite Order emonastery * 1767 – construction of the Ogiński Channel * 1775 – construction of the Royal Canal * 1793 – the Second Partition of the Commonwealth. Pinsk now belongs to

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. * 1795 – establishment of the Catholic diocese of Pinsk (previously Pinsk was in the diocese of

Lutsk Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Lu ...

) * 1799 – the incorporation of Karolina into Pinsk * 1796 – the liquidation of the

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diocese of Pinsk * 1799 – liquidation of the Pinsk Catholic diocese (it was moved to Minsk) * 1812 – in July, Pinsk was taken by Napoleon's army * 1850 – a

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and

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was established * 1882 – a

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a p ...

line was brought from Żabinka and a

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factory was opened * 1885 – construction of a river

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in Leszcze * 1907–1909: a provincial circle of the Polish Education Association in Minsk operated in the city, which organized lectures on Polish literature and vocabulary, which, according to a report by the Russian police, "increased Polish national consciousness". * 1909 – during the local elections 22 Belarusians (orthodox), 7 Poles (catholics), 2 Jews and 1 representative of other nationalities were elected to the city council * 1915 – Russian authorities abandon the city escaping from advancing German forces

WWI and Polish–Soviet War

Pinsk was occupied by the

German Empire The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...

on 15 September 1915, during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

. After the German defeat, Pinsk became the subject of dispute between the

Belarusian People's Republic The Belarusian People's Republic (BNR; be, Беларуская Народная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Narodnaja Respublika, ), or Belarusian Democratic Republic, was a state proclaimed by the Council of the Belarusian Democratic R ...

and the

Ukrainian People's Republic The Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR), or Ukrainian National Republic (UNR), was a country in Eastern Europe that existed between 1917 and 1920. It was declared following the February Revolution in Russia by the First Universal. In March 1 ...

, both short-lived. Pinsk was taken by the advancing Red Army on 25 January 1919, during the

Soviet westward offensive of 1918–19 The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. It was retaken by Polish troops on 5 March 1919 during the

Polish–Soviet War The Polish–Soviet War (Polish–Bolshevik War, Polish–Soviet War, Polish–Russian War 1919–1921) * russian: Советско-польская война (''Sovetsko-polskaya voyna'', Soviet-Polish War), Польский фронт (' ...

but was retaken by the Red Army on 23 July 1920 and finally retaken by the Polish on 26 September 1920. Pińsk became part of the reborn

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in 1920 when the Polish-Soviet War ended with the

Peace of Riga The Peace of Riga, also known as the Treaty of Riga ( pl, Traktat Ryski), was signed in Riga on 18 March 1921, among Poland, Soviet Russia (acting also on behalf of Soviet Belarus) and Soviet Ukraine. The treaty ended the Polish–Soviet Wa ...

, signed in March 1921. Like many other cities in Eastern Europe, Pinsk had a significant Jewish population before World War II. According to the Russian census of 1897, out of the total number of 28,400 inhabitants, Jews were approximately 74% of the population (21,100 persons), making it one of the most Jewish cities under tsarist rule. During the Polish-Soviet War, 35 Jewish civilians from Pinsk were executed by the Polish Army in April 1919 after being accused of collaborating with Russian

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. The incident, known as the

Pinsk massacre The Pinsk massacre was the mass execution of thirty-five Jewish residents of Pinsk on April 5, 1919, by the Polish Army. The Polish commander "sought to terrorize the Jewish population" after claiming to being warned by two Jewish soldiers about ...

, created a diplomatic crisis noted at the

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.''Best of the memory books'', Marcin Wodzinski, ''

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'', Books, February 2009, pp. 28–30

Interwar period

Pińsk was the initial capital of the Polesie Voivodeship, but it moved to Brześć-nad-Bugiem (now

Brest, Belarus Brest ( be, Брэст / Берасьце, Bieraście, ; russian: Брест, ; uk, Берестя, Berestia; lt, Brasta; pl, Brześć; yi, בריסק, Brisk), formerly Brest-Litovsk (russian: Брест-Литовск, lit=Lithuanian Br ...

) after a citywide fire on 7 September 1921. The population of the city grew rapidly in interwar Poland from 23,497 in 1921 to 33,500 in 1931. Pińsk became a bustling commercial centre, and 70% of the population was

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, in spite of considerable migration.

Second World War

Following the

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in 1939, Pinsk and the surrounding area was annexed to the

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

. It was the seat of the Pinsk Oblast from 1940. After

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, Germany occupied Pinsk from 4 July 1941 to 14 July 1944, as part of the

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. Most Jews were killed in late October 1942 during the liquidation of the Pińsk Ghetto by the German ''

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'' and the Byelorussian Auxiliary Police, 10,000 being murdered in one day. In 1945, after postwar border adjustments of Poland, Pinsk again became part of the

Post-WWII: USSR; Belarus state

In 1954 it became part of the Brest Voblast. Pinsk has formed part of the Republic of Belarus since Belarusian independence from the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

in 1991.

Landmarks

Three main sights of the town are lined along the river: the Assumption Cathedral of the Monastery of the

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(1712–1730), with a campanile from 1817, the Jesuit collegium (1635–1648); a large Mannerist complex, whose cathedral was demolished after

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by communists; and the Butrymowicz Palace (1784–1790), built for Mateusz Butrymowicz, an important political and economical figure of Pinsk and Polesie. The Church of St. Charles Borromeo (1770—1782) and St. Barbara Cathedral of the Monastery of the St. Bernard Order (1786–1787) are placed near historic centre in the former Karolin suburb, which is now part of Pinsk. The foremost modern building is the black-domed Orthodox Cathedral of St. Theodore. File:Pinsk-Rynak.jpg, Old Market Square File:Pinsk, Nabiarežnaja-Rynak. Пінск, Набярэжная-Рынак (1920).jpg, Cathedral of St. Stanislaus and church of St. Dominic File:%D0%9Fi%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA,%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%91%D0%BB.JPG, Cathedral of Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary File:%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA._%D0%91%D1%8B%D0%B2%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8C_%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2..JPG, Monastery of the Greyfriars File:Цэнтр Пінска 12.jpg, Jesuit collegium File:Church_of_St._Charles_Borromeo,_Pinsk.JPG, Church of St. Charles Borromeo File:%D0%9Fi%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA,%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0.JPG, St. Barbara Cathedral File:Pinsk Saint-Feodor-Cathedral.jpg, St. Theodore Cathedral File:Synagogue_in_Pinsk.jpg, Old Synagogue File:%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%86_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B0_3.jpg, Butrymowicz Palace

Climate

Notable residents

* Aaron of Pinsk (died 1841), rabbi * Matheus Butrymowicz (1745–1814), Polish-Lithuanian statesman, reformer of Polesye * Vladimir Chub (1948–), governor of Rostov Oblast in Russia *

Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich Vintsent Dunin-Marcinkievič ( be, Вінцэнт (Вінцук) Дунін-Марцінкевіч; pl, Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz; February 8, 1808 – December 21, 1884) was a Polish-Belarusian writer, poet, dramatist and social activist ...

, (1808–1884), Belarusian writer, poet, dramatist and social activist, author of the play ''Pinskaya shlyakhta' *

Baruch Epstein Baruch Epstein or Baruch ha-Levi Epstein (1860–1941) ( he, ברוך הלוי אפשטיין) was a Lithuanian Jewish rabbi, best known for his ''Torah Temimah'' commentary on the Torah. He was the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, rabb ...

(1860–1941), bookkeeper, rabbi and prolific Jewish scholar, best known for his Torah Temimah commentary on the

Torah The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the ...

* William Moses Feldman (1880–1939), child physiologist, born in Pinsk * Semyon Furman (1920–1978), Chess grandmaster and trainer of World Champion Anatoly Karpov *

Olga Govortsova Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( be, Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranki ...

, (1988–) Belarusian tennis player * Chaim Kanievsky (1928–2022), prominent Rabbi *

Ryszard Kapuściński Ryszard Kapuściński (; 4 March 1932 – 23 January 2007) was a Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author. He received many awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kapuściński's personal journals in bo ...

(1932–2007), Polish writer and reporter * Igor Kolb (1977–), principal dancer of Mariinsky Ballet * Andrzej Kondratiuk (1936–2016), Polish film director, screenwriter, actor, and cinematographer *

Simon Kuznets Simon Smith Kuznets (; rus, Семён Абра́мович Кузне́ц, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ kʊzʲˈnʲɛts; April 30, 1901 – July 8, 1985) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1971 Nobel Memorial Pr ...

(1901–1985), 1971 Nobel laureate in economics * parents of

Ralph Lauren Ralph Lauren, ( ; ; born October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for the Ralph Lauren Corporation, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He has become well known for his c ...

, American fashion designer lived in Pinsk before moving to the U.S.A *

Golda Meir Golda Meir, ; ar, جولدا مائير, Jūldā Māʾīr., group=nb (born Golda Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician, teacher, and '' kibbutznikit'' who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to ...

(1898–1978), fourth prime minister of Israel, born in Kiev, lived two years of her childhood in Pinsk * Shabsay Moshkovsky (1895–1982), noted physician, research scientist and malariologist *

Adam Naruszewicz Adam Stanisław Naruszewicz ( lt, Adomas Naruševičius; 20 October 1733 – 8 July 1796) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, poet, historian, dramatist, translator, publicist, Jesuit and Roman Catholic bishop. Born in a szlachta family, he wen ...

(1733–1796), Polish-Lithuanian poet, historian, bishop * Narymunt, (1277–1348), Prince of Pinsk *

Theodore Odrach Theodore Odrach (February 13, 1912 – October 7, 1964), born Theodore Sholomitsky, was a Ukrainian writer of novels, short stories and memoirs. He is generally known as the "writer of the Pinsk Marshes." Early life Odrach was born in Misiati ...

(1912–1964), Ukrainian and Polesian writer of novels, short stories and memoirs * Napoleon Orda (1807–1883), Polish-Lithuanian musician, pianist, composer and artist *

Sławomir Rawicz Sławomir Rawicz (; 1 September 1915 – 5 April 2004) was a Polish Army lieutenant who was imprisoned by the NKVD after the German-Soviet invasion of Poland. In a ghost-written book called ''The Long Walk'', he claimed that in 1941 he and six o ...

(1915–2004), Polish Army lieutenant, claimed to have walked from Siberia to India during World War II *

Bona Sforza Bona Sforza d'Aragona (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund I the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right. She was a surviving member of ...

, (1494–1557), Queen consort of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania, Princess of Pinsk * Yauhen Shatokhin (1947–2012), Belarusian painter and political activist * Izya Shlosberg (1950–), Jewish American artist, born in Pinsk and lived in Pinsk for 44 years * Sir

Isaac Shoenberg Sir Isaac Shoenberg (1 March 1880 – 25 January 1963) was a British electronic engineer born in Belarus who was best known for his role in the history of television. He was the head of the EMI research team that developed the 405-line (Marconi-EM ...

(1880–1963), electrical engineer born in Pinsk, principal inventor of the first high-definition television system, as used by the BBC * Helena Skirmunt (1827–1874), Polesian painter and sculptor * Raman Skirmunt (1868–1939), Belarusian and Polesian statesman, aristocrat and landlord * Kazimierz Świątek (1914–2011), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev and Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk *

Chaim Weizmann Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( he, חיים עזריאל ויצמן ', russian: Хаим Евзорович Вейцман, ''Khaim Evzorovich Veytsman''; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born biochemist, Zionist leader and Israel ...

(1874–1952), first president of Israel, born in Motal, near Pinsk and educated in Pinsk *

Tatiana Woollaston Tatiana Woollaston (born Tatiana Torchilo, alternative spelling Tatiana Tarchyla, be, Таццяна Тарчыла, 8 November 1986 in Pinsk, Soviet Union)

(1986–), professional snooker referee, born in Pinsk * Leo Zeitlin (1884–1930), composer, born in Pinsk before studying in Odessa and later moving to the U.S.A. *

Ivan Zholtovsky Ivan Vladislavovich Zholtovsky (russian: Иван Владиславович Жолтовский, be, Іван Уладзіслававіч Жалтоўскі; November 27, 1867 – July 16, 1959) was a Soviet and Russian architect and educator ...

(1867–1959), Soviet architect and educator

References

External links

Yad Yisroel - Pinsk

"The Jews of Pinsk"
by Jeremy Rosen. ''The Algemeiner'', July 28, 2013.
Jewish Community in Pinsk on Virtual Shtetl

Photos on Radzima.org

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