Pinsk

Pinsk is a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed via the river Pina, on the confluence of the Pina and Pripyat rivers. The place was referred to as the Marsh of Pinsk. It lies south-west of Minsk. The populace is ready 138,202. The historic town has a restored city centre complete of two-story homes relationship from the 19th century and the start of the 20 th century. The city centre has come to be an lively area for young people of all ages with summer time theme parks and a newly built affiliation soccer stadium that houses the city's football crew, FC Volna Pinsk.

Pinsk is first noted within the chronicles of 1097 as Pinesk, a metropolis belonging to Sviatopolk of Turov. The call is derived from the river Pina. Pinsk's early history is carefully connected with the history of Turov. Until the mid-12th century Pinsk changed into the seat of Sviatopolk's descendants, but a cadet line of the equal circle of relatives set up their personal seat at Pinsk after the Mongol invasion of Rus in 1239.