Pinsk
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Pinsk (Belarusian: , Russian: ), a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, travesed by the river Prypiać, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. The region is known as the Marsh of Pinsk. It is a fertile agricultural center. It lies south-west of Minsk. Population 128,300. The city is a small industrial center producing ships sailing the local rivers.
History
Pinsk (Pinesk) is first mentioned in 1097 as a town belonging to Sviatopolk, prince of Kyiv. In 1132 it formed part of the Minsk principality. After the Mongol invasion of 1239 it became the chief town of a separate principality, and continued to be so until the end of the 13th century. In 1320 it was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; and in 1569, after the union of Lithuania with the Crown of the Polish Kingdom, it was chief town of the province of Brest. During the rebellion of chieftain Bohdan Chmielnicki (1640), it was captured by Cossacks who carried out a pogrom against the city's Jewish population; the Poles retook it by assault, killing 24,000 persons and burning 5,000 houses. Eight years later the town was burned by the Russians. Charles XII took it in 1706, and burned the town with its suburbs. Pinsk fell to Russia in 1793 in the Third Partition of Poland, became part of Poland in 1920 after the Polish-Soviet War and was incorporated into Soviet Union in 1939. From 1941 to 1944 it was occupied by Nazi Germany. As of 1991 Pinsk has belonged to the Republic of Belarus.Famous people
- Matusz Butrymowicz, local judge
- Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish writer and reporter
- Golda Meir (1898–1978), fourth Prime Minister of Israel
- Adam Naruszewicz (1733–1796), polish poet, historian, bishop
- Chaim Weizmann (1874–1952), first president of Israel
- Karol Wyrwicz (1717–1793), historian
See also
External links
- () [Ryszard Kapuscinski about Pińsk]
- () [Photos Pińsk]
- [Pinsk Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy]
- [Photos on Radzima.org]
- [Pre-war aerial photo of Pinsk]
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| Subdivisions of Brest Voblast, Belarus |
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Baranavichy City | Baranavichy Raion | Byaroza City | Biaroza Raion | Brest City | Brest Raion | Drahichyn Raion | Hancavichy Raion | Ivanava Raion | Ivasevichy Raion | Kamenets Raion | Kobryn City | Kobryn Raion | Lachavichy Raion | Luninets Raion | Malaryta Raion | Pinsk City | Pinsk Raion | Pruzhany Raion | Stolin Raion | Zhabinka Raion
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| Cities: | Brest | Baranavichy | Pinsk | Kobryn | Byaroza | Ivasevichy | Luninets | Pruzhany | Ivanava | Drahichyn | Hancavichy | Mikachevitchy | Belaazyorsk | Zhabinka | Stolin | Lyahavichy | Malaryta | Kamenets | Davyd-Haradak | Vysokaye | Kosova | ||
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