Pinsk district (; ) is a
district
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(
raion
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) of
Brest region in
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
. Its administrative center is
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 t ...
, 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
Belarusian, 2.6%
Russian
Russian(s) may refer to:
*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
, 2.6%
Ukrainian and 1.6%
Polish ethnicity. 70.7% spoke
Belarusian and 26.0%
Russian
Russian(s) may refer to:
*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
as their native language. In 2023, it had a population of 41,168.
Pinsk district in literature
Pinskaja Šliachta insk Nobilityby
Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich (1866)
Notable residents
*
Raman Skirmunt (1868, Parečča village – 1939), politician, supporter of the Belarusian independence movement
Skirmunt Raman
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References
External links
Photos on Radzima.org
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