Pinsk ( be, Пі́нск; russian: Пи́нск ;
Polish
Polish may refer to:
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* Polish language
* Poles
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: 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 ...
of
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 R ...
, 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. The average gradient of Pina ...
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 and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
. 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
association football
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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 l ...
.
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
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diocese from
Turov
* 1316 – after this date, Pinsk was incorporated into the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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* 1396 – a
Catholic
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church and a
Franciscan
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monastery were erected
* 1523 – Pinsk becomes a
royal city
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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
city rights
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* 1642–1646 - Saint
Andrew Bobola
Andrew Bobola, SJ ( pl, Andrzej Bobola; 1591 – 16 May 1657) was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the Apostle of Lithuania and the "hunter of souls". He was beaten and tortured to death during the Khmelnytsky Up ...
stayed in the
Jesuit
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monastery in Pinsk and nearby, conducting
evangelistic activity
* 1648 – rebellion of the city and admission of
Cossack
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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 language, Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніц ...
, Pinsk had about 10,000 inhabitants)
* 1655 –
Russians
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and
Cossacks
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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
Prince Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki ( lt, Mykolas Servacijus Višnioveckis; 13 May 1680 – 18 September 1744) was a Lithuanian nobleman, magnate, politician, diplomat, general, a successful military commander and the last male representative ...
* 1706 – from May 5 to June 3. The capture of Pinsk by King of Sweden
Charles XII
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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
Carmelite
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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
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
.
* 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
Uniate
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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
candle
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A person who makes candles i ...
and
soap
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factory
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was established
* 1882 – a
railway
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line was brought from
Żabinka and a
match
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factory was opened
* 1885 – construction of a river
shipyard
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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 one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. 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
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. 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
Poland
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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
The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897 (Russian alphabet#Letters eliminated in 1917–18, pre-reform Russian: ) was the first and only nation-wide census performed in the Russian Empire (the Grand Duchy of Fi ...
, 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
Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
. 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
Versailles Conference
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.
[''Best of the memory books'', Marcin Wodzinski, '']Haaretz
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'', Books, February 2009, pp. 28–30
Interwar period
Pińsk was the initial capital of the
Polesie Voivodeship
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, but it moved to Brześć-nad-Bugiem (now
Brest, Belarus) 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
Jewish
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, in spite of considerable migration.
[
]
Second World War
Following the
Soviet invasion of Poland
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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
Operation Barbarossa
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, Germany
occupied Pinsk from 4 July 1941 to 14 July 1944, as part of the
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
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. Most Jews were killed in late October 1942 during the liquidation of the
Pińsk Ghetto by the German ''
Ordnungspolizei
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'' and the
Byelorussian Auxiliary Police
The Belarusian Auxiliary Police ( be, Беларуская дапаможная паліцыя, Biełaruskaja dapamožnaja palicyja; german: Weißruthenische Schutzmannschaften, or Hilfspolizei) was a collaborationist paramilitary force establis ...
,
[ 10,000 being murdered in one day. In 1945, after postwar border adjustments of Poland, Pinsk again became part of 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 ...
.
Post-WWII: USSR; Belarus state
In 1954 it became part of the Brest Voblast
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 cent ...
.
Pinsk has formed part of the Republic of Belarus since Belarusian independence from the Soviet Union
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in 1991.
Landmarks
Three main sights of the town are lined along the river: the Assumption Cathedral of the Monastery of the Greyfriars (1712–1730), with a campanile from 1817, the Jesuit collegium (1635–1648); a large Mannerist complex, whose cathedral was demolished after World War II
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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
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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
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(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 activis ...
, (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
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* William Moses Feldman (1880–1939), child physiologist, born in Pinsk
* Semyon Furman
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(1920–1978), Chess grandmaster and trainer of World Champion Anatoly Karpov
* Olga Govortsova
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, (1988–) Belarusian tennis player
* Chaim Kanievsky
Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky ( he, שמריהו יוסף חיים קַניֶבסקִי; January 8, 1928 – March 18, 2022) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi and '' posek''. He was a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society on legal and ethical ...
(1928–2022), prominent Rabbi
* Ryszard Kapuściński
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(1932–2007), Polish writer and reporter
* Igor Kolb
Igor Kolb (born June 6, 1977 in Pinsk, Belarus) is a principal dancer of Mariinsky Ballet. He graduated Byelorussia State Ballet School, and joined Mariinsky ballet in 1996. He became a soloist in 1998, and promoted to principal dancer in 2003.
He ...
(1977–), principal dancer of Mariinsky Ballet
* Andrzej Kondratiuk
Andrzej Lech Kondratiuk (20 July 1936 – 22 June 2016) was a Polish film director, screenwriter, actor, and cinematographer.
Biography
Kondratiuk graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 1963.
Andrzej Kondratiuk created low-budget ...
(1936–2016), Polish film director, screenwriter, actor, and cinematographer
* Simon Kuznets (1901–1985), 1971 Nobel laureate in economics
* parents of Ralph Lauren, 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 1 ...
(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
Narimantas or Narymunt (baptized ''Gleb''; 1277 or just before 1300 (according to Wasilewski 1992) – 2 February 1348) was the second eldest son of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania. During various periods of his life, he ruled Pinsk and Polats ...
, (1277–1348), Prince of Pinsk
* Theodore Odrach (1912–1964), Ukrainian and Polesian writer of novels, short stories and memoirs
* Napoleon Orda
Napoleon Mateusz Tadeusz Orda ( be, Напалеон Орда; lt, Napoleonas Orda; 11 February 1807 – 26 April 1883) was a Polish-Lithuanian musician, pianist, composer and artist, best known for numerous sketches of historical sites of the ...
(1807–1883), Polish-Lithuanian musician, pianist, composer and artist
* Sławomir Rawicz (1915–2004), Polish Army lieutenant, claimed to have walked from Siberia to India during World War II
* Bona Sforza, (1494–1557), Queen consort of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania, Princess of Pinsk
* Yauhen Shatokhin
Yauhen Shatokhin ( be, Яўген Шатохін, French transliteration: Iaouguene Chatokhine; February 25, 1947 in Pinsk – January 22, 2012 in Pinsk) was a Belarusian painter and political activist.
Shatokhin graduated from the Pedagogic ...
(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
Raman (Roman) Skirmunt ( be, Раман Скірмунт; 7 May 1868 – 7 October 1939) was a Belarusian and Polesian statesman, aristocrat and landlord. Patron, significant landowner, vice-chairman (1907-1917, 1918-?) of the Minsk Agricultu ...
(1868–1939), Belarusian and Polesian statesman, aristocrat and landlord
* Kazimierz Świątek
Kazimierz Cardinal Świątek ( be, Казімір Свёнтак, translit=Kazimir Sviontak; 21 October 1914 – 21 July 2011) was a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was most known for his resistance to Cold ...
(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 Israe ...
(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
Lev Mordukhovich Tseitlin (russian: Лев Цейтлин, yi, לייב צייטלין "Leyb Tseytlin", born 1884, in Pinsk – July 8, 1930, in New York City), known as Leo Zeitlin, was a Russian-Jewish composer. In 1923, he emigrated to the ...
(1884–1930), composer, born in Pinsk before studying in Odessa and later moving to the U.S.A.
* Ivan Zholtovsky (1867–1959), Soviet architect and educator
References
Further reading
* Mordechai Nadav (2008) ''The Jews of Pinsk, 1506–1880''; edited by Mark Jay Mirsky and Moshe Rosman; translated by Moshe Rosman and Faigie Tropper. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press
Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University. It is one of the oldest academic presses in the United States and the first university press to be established on the West Coast. It was among the presses officially ...
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* (In Belarusian, Russian and English) T. A. Khvagina (2007) ''Pinsk and Its Surroundings'', Minsk Vysheysha shkola
Vysheysha shkola ( be, Вышэйшая школа) is a state-owned publishing house in Minsk, Belarus, specialized in publishing academic books.
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* (In Belarusian, Russian and English) T. A. Khvagina (2004) ''Pinsk: A Fairy Tale of Polessye'', Minsk Vysheysha shkola
Vysheysha shkola ( be, Вышэйшая школа) is a state-owned publishing house in Minsk, Belarus, specialized in publishing academic books.
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website of the publishing house
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* (In Belarusian, Russian and English) T. A. Khvagina (2005) ''POLESYE from the Bug to the Ubort'', Minsk Vysheysha shkola
Vysheysha shkola ( be, Вышэйшая школа) is a state-owned publishing house in Minsk, Belarus, specialized in publishing academic books.
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Companies with year of establishment missing
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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
* ttp://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=338&letter=P&search=Pinsk "Pinsk" ''Jewish Encyclopedia
''The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day'' is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on th ...
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Images of the Assumption Cathedral
News from Pinsk
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