Called the "pearl of the Polésie", this city is located at the confluence of the rivers Pripyat and Pina whose name it draws. Pinsk was first mentioned in the Chronicles in 1097 as property of Sviatopolk Izyaslav, Prince of Kiev. Around 1316, the city is attached to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Thanks to the Queen Bona Sforza, who reigned in Pinsk from 1523 to 1556, and her economic and administrative reforms, the city flourished. In 1581, King Stefan Batorij granted the city the right of Magdeburg. In the early th century, a large Jewish community in Belarus settled in Pinsk. Shortly before the Second World War, the population of Pinsk had 75% Jews. Despite numerous invasions and destruction, Pinsk has been able to save a considerable part of its architectural heritage protected by the impenetrable wetlands surrounding it. Wrapped in the fog of the Polésie, this charming city is now the capital of the region. It has 125 000 inhabitants. Stretched along the river Pina, the town centre of Pinsk enjoys a green and peaceful setting.

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