Pinsk

1097 – the first mention of Pinsk

1241 – transfer of the diocese from Turov

Orthodox

1316 – after this date, Pinsk was incorporated into the

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

1396 – a church and a Franciscan monastery were erected

Catholic

1492 – Pinsk becomes a , first owned by King Alexander

royal city

1569 – Pinsk becomes a seat of the

poviat

1581 – king grants Pinsk city rights

Stephen Báthory

1642–1646 - Saint stayed in the Jesuit monastery in Pinsk and nearby, conducting evangelistic activity

Andrew Bobola

1648 – rebellion of the city and admission of 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, Pinsk had about 10,000 inhabitants)

Cossack

1655 – and Cossacks attacked the city and murdered many inhabitants.

Russians

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 monastery

Dominican

1690 – foundation of the Karolin settlement by Jan Karol Dolski

1695 – construction of a church and castle in Carolina by

Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki

1706 – from May 5 to June 3. The capture of Pinsk by King of Sweden . Blowing up the castle of Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki

Charles XII

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 monastery

Bernardine

1734 – construction of a monastery

Carmelite

1756 – construction of the monastery

Mariavite Order [de]

1767 – construction of the Ogiński Channel

1775 – construction of the Royal Canal

1793 – the . Pinsk now belongs to Russian Empire.

Second Partition of the Commonwealth

1795 – establishment of the Catholic diocese of Pinsk (previously Pinsk was in the diocese of )

Lutsk

1799 – the incorporation of Karolina into Pinsk

1796 – the liquidation of the diocese of Pinsk

Uniate

1799 – liquidation of the Pinsk Catholic diocese (it was moved to Minsk)

1812 – in July, Pinsk

was taken by Napoleon's army

1850 – a and soap factory was established

candle

1882 – a line was brought from Żabinka and a match factory was opened

railway

1885 – construction of a river in Leszcze

shipyard

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

Old Market Square

Cathedral of St. Stanislaus and church of St. Dominic

Cathedral of Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Monastery of the Greyfriars

Jesuit collegium

Church of St. Charles Borromeo

St. Barbara Cathedral

St. Theodore Cathedral

Old Synagogue

Butrymowicz Palace

(died 1841), rabbi

Aaron of Pinsk

(1745–1814), Polish-Lithuanian statesman, reformer of Polesye

Matheus Butrymowicz

(1948–), governor of Rostov Oblast in Russia

Vladimir Chub

(1808–1884), Belarusian writer, poet, dramatist and social activist, author of the play Pinskaya shlyakhta

Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich

(1860–1941), bookkeeper, rabbi and prolific Jewish scholar, best known for his Torah Temimah commentary on the Torah

Baruch Epstein

(1880–1939), child physiologist, born in Pinsk

William Moses Feldman

(1920–1978), Chess grandmaster and trainer of World Champion Anatoly Karpov

Semyon Furman

(?– 1602), Orthodox and later an Uniate bishop

Jonah Gogol

(1988–) Belarusian tennis player

Olga Govortsova

(1928–2022), prominent Rabbi

Chaim Kanievsky

(1932–2007), Polish writer and reporter

Ryszard Kapuściński

(2003-), NHL prospect currently under contract with the Vancouver Canucks, and currently on the active roster for the AHL Abbotsford Canucks

Danila Klimovich

(1977–), principal dancer of Mariinsky Ballet

Igor Kolb

(1936–2016), Polish film director, screenwriter, actor, and cinematographer

Andrzej Kondratiuk

(1901–1985), 1971 Nobel laureate in economics

Simon Kuznets

parents of , American fashion designer lived in Pinsk before moving to the U.S.A

Ralph Lauren

(1898–1978), fourth prime minister of Israel, born in Kiev, lived two years of her childhood in Pinsk

Golda Meir

(1895–1982), noted physician, research scientist and malariologist

Shabsay Moshkovsky

(1733–1796), Polish-Lithuanian poet, historian, bishop

Adam Naruszewicz

(1277–1348), Prince of Pinsk

Narymunt

(1912–1964), Ukrainian and Polesian writer of novels, short stories and memoirs

Theodore Odrach

(1807–1883), Polish-Lithuanian musician, pianist, composer and artist

Napoleon Orda

(1915–2004), Polish Army lieutenant, claimed to have walked from Siberia to India during World War II

Sławomir Rawicz

(1494–1557), Queen consort of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania, Princess of Pinsk

Bona Sforza

(1947–2012), Belarusian painter and political activist

Yauhen Shatokhin

(1950–), Jewish American artist, born in Pinsk and lived in Pinsk for 44 years

Izya Shlosberg

Sir (1880–1963), electrical engineer born in Pinsk, principal inventor of the first high-definition television system, as used by the BBC

Isaac Shoenberg

(1827–1874), Polesian painter and sculptor

Helena Skirmunt

(1868–1939), Belarusian and Polesian statesman, aristocrat and landlord

Raman Skirmunt

(1914–2011), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev and Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk

Kazimierz Świątek

(1874–1952), first president of Israel, born in Motal, near Pinsk and educated in Pinsk

Chaim Weizmann

(1986–), professional snooker referee, born in Pinsk

Tatiana Woollaston

(1884–1930), composer, born in Pinsk before studying in Odessa and later moving to the U.S.A.

Leo Zeitlin

(1867–1959), Soviet architect and educator

Ivan Zholtovsky

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

(In , Russian and English) T. A. Khvagina (2007) Pinsk and Its Surroundings, Minsk Vysheysha shkola, ISBN 978-985-06-1419-3,

Belarusian

(In Belarusian, Russian and English) T. A. Khvagina (2004) Pinsk: A Fairy Tale of Polessye, Minsk , ISBN 985-06-0836-6,

Vysheysha shkola

(In Belarusian, Russian and English) T. A. Khvagina (2005) POLESYE from the Bug to the Ubort, Minsk , ISBN 985-06-1153-7.

Vysheysha shkola

Yad Yisroel - Pinsk

by Jeremy Rosen. The Algemeiner, July 28, 2013.

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"The city of Pinsk, Belarus" by Tatyana Khvagina and Oleg Babinets

Jewish Encyclopedia

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Virtual Guide to Belarus: Pinsk

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