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Pinsk Region
Pinsk Region (Pinsk Voblasts, , ) was a territorial unit in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic created after the Soviet annexation of Western Belorussia in November 1939. The administrative centre of the province was the city of Pinsk, the oblast was founded on 4 December 1939 with 16.3 thousand square km and 533.6 thousand people. The Region consisted of 11 raions: * Hantsavitski *Davyd-Haradotski * Drahichynski *Zhabchytski * Ivanauski *Lahishynski *Lyeninski * Luninyetski *Pinski *Stolinski *Cyelyekhanski With four cities: Pinsk, Davyd-Haradok, Luninyets and Stolin Stolin is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Stolin District, the largest district in the region. Stolin is located from the Belarus–Ukraine border. As of 2025, it has a population of 14,034. Stolin i ... On 8 January 1954, due to the administrative reform of the BSSR the Oblast was completely incorporated into the modern Brest Region. External linksAdminis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, Byelorussian SSR or Byelorussia; ; ), also known as Soviet Belarus or simply Belarus, was a Republics of the Soviet Union, republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). It existed between 1920 and 1922 as an independent state, and afterwards as one of Republics of the Soviet Union, fifteen constituent republics of the USSR from 1922 to 1991, with its own legislation from 1990 to 1991. The republic was ruled by the Communist Party of Byelorussia. It was also known as the ''White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic''. Following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, which ended Russia's involvement in World War I, the Belarusian Democratic Republic (BDR) was proclaimed under German occupation; however, as German troops left, the Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia was established in its place by the Bolsheviks in December, and it was later merged with the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1919), Lithuanian Soviet Socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Annexation Of Western Belorussia
On the basis of a secret clause of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union invaded Poland on September 17, 1939, capturing the eastern provinces of the Second Polish Republic. The eastern provinces of interwar Poland were inhabited by an ethnically mixed population, with ethnic Poles as well as Polish Jews dominant in the cities. These lands now form the backbone of modern Western Ukraine and Western Belarus.Norman Davies, '' God's Playground'' (Polish edition), second tome, p.512-513. The annexation of the Polish territories, which were added to Soviet Byelorussia, and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic alone, resulted in the Soviet state gaining , and increasing its population by over seven million people. Annexation of eastern half of interwar Poland On September 17, 1939 the Red Army entered Polish territory, acting on the basis of a secret clause of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Soviet Union later denied the exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinsk
Pinsk (; , ; ; ; ) is a city in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Pinsk District, though it is administratively separated from the district. It is located in the historical region of Polesia, at the confluence of the Pina (river), Pina River and the Pripyat (river), Pripyat River. The region was known as the Pripet Marshes, Pinsk Marshes and is southwest of Minsk. As of 2025, it has a population of 124,008. 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 an association football stadium, which houses the city's football club, FC Volna Pinsk. History Timeline up to WWI *1097 – the first mention of Pinsk * 1241 – transfer of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox diocese from Turov, Belarus, Turov * 1316 – after this date, Pinsk was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania * 1396 – a Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is commonly translated as ' district' in English. A raion is a standardized administrative entity across most of the former Soviet Union and is usually a subdivision two steps below the national level, such as a subdivision of an oblast. However, in smaller USSR republics, it could be the primary level of administrative division. After the fall of the Soviet Union, some of the republics kept the ''raion'' (e.g. Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) while others dropped it (e.g. Georgia, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Latvia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). In Bulgaria, it refers to an internal administrative subdivision of a city not related to the administrative division of the country as a whole, or, in the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivanava District
Ivanava district (; ) is a district (raion) of Brest region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Ivanava. As of 2024, it has a population of 35,097. Demographics At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Ivanava district had a population of 43,586. Of these, 95.5% declared Belarusian, 2.2% Ukrainian and 1.8% Russian. 80.9% spoke Belarusian and 17.0% Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 36,701. Settlements *Moładava Notable residents * Napoleon Orda (1807-1883), artist known for numerous sketches of historical sites of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luninets District
Luninyets district or Luniniec district (; ) is a districts of Belarus, district (raion) of Brest region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Luninyets. As of 2024, it has a population of 61,728. Demographics At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Luninets district had a population of 73,200. Of these, 96.2% were of Belarusians, Belarusian, 2.5% Russians, Russian and 0.8% Ukrainians, Ukrainian ethnicity. 76.8% spoke Belarusian language, Belarusian and 21.9% Russian language, Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 62,544. Notable residents * Anton Sokał-Kutyłoŭski (1892 (Pieravaloki-Darahišča (renamed Čyrvonaja Horka)) - 1983), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement, a military leader of Slutsk uprising, anti-Soviet resistance in the early 20th century and a Gulag prisoner. * Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (b.1982, Mikashevichy), Belarusian human rights activist and politician [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinsk District
Pinsk district (; ) is a districts of Belarus, district (raion) of Brest region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Pinsk, which is administratively separated from the district. As of 2024, it has a population of 40,741. Demographics At the time of the 2009 Belarusian census, Pinsk district had a population of 51,997. Of these, 92.2% were of Belarusians, Belarusian, 2.6% Russians, Russian, 2.6% Ukrainians, Ukrainian and 1.6% Polish people, Polish ethnicity. 70.7% spoke Belarusian language, Belarusian and 26.0% Russian language, Russian as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 41,168. Pinsk district in literature Pinskaja Šliachta [Pinsk Nobility] by Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich (1866) Notable residents * Raman Skirmunt (1868, Parečča village – 1939), politician, supporter of the Belarusian independence movement References External links Photos on Radzima.org Pinsk district, {{Belarus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davyd-Haradok
Davyd-Haradok or David-Gorodok is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. As of 2025, it has a population of 5,658. History Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Davyd-Haradok was part of Brest Litovsk Voivodeship. In 1793, Davyd-Haradok was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Second Partition of Poland. The 18 March 1921 Peace of Riga between Second Polish Republic, Poland on one side and Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukraine on the other defined Davyd-Haradok (Dawidgródek) as part of Poland in the interwar period. It was administratively located in the Polesie Voivodeship. Following the invasion of Poland in September 1939 at the start of World War II, the village was Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941. In 1940, more than a third of the total population was Jewish, 4,350 Jews. The town was under German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
