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City in Brest Region, Belarus
Place in Brest Region, Belarus
Top:Polessky State University, Paliessie Drama Theater, Palace of Butrimpvich, Center:Pinsk Blessed Virgin Mary's Cathedral, Bottom:Pinsk Saint Barbara Church, Pinsky Jesuit Collegium (all item from left to right)
The historic city has a restored city centre, with two-story buildings from the 19th century and the early 20th century. The centre has become an active place for youths of all ages with summer theme parks and a new association football stadium, which houses the city's football club, FC Volna Pinsk.
Timeline up to WWI
In the 9th and 10th centuries, the town of Pinsk was majority Lithuanian
1648 - rebellion of the city and admission of Cossack forces under the command of Colonel Maxim H?adki. The slaughter of burghers not of the Orthodox religion. The assault of Janusz Radziwi'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, Pinsk had about 10,000 inhabitants)
1885 - construction of a river shipyard 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 Russians, 7 Poles, 2 Jews and 1 representative of other nationalities were elected to the city council
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 Bolsheviks. The incident, known as the Pinsk massacre, created a diplomatic crisis noted at the Versailles Conference.
Pi?sk was the initial capital of the Polesie Voivodeship, but it moved to Brze-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. Pi?sk became a bustling commercial centre, and 70% of the population was Jewish, in spite of considerable migration.
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 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 buildings is the black-domed Orthodox Cathedral of St. Theodore.
Old Market Square
Cathedral of St. Stanislaus and church of St. Dominic