Shtetl Routes. Vestiges of Jewish cultural heritage in cross-border tourism in borderland of Poland, Belarus and Ukraine
Shtetl Routes. Vestiges of Jewish cultural heritage in cross-border tourism in borderland of Poland, Belarus and Ukraine
Pol. Pińsk, Bel. Пiнск, Yid. פּינסק
It seems Jews are everywhere in Pinsk. Not only the whole town but also the trade of the whole country is thriving thanks to their activity. Craftsmen, merchants, hackney drivers – all of them are Jews, and nothing can happen here without a Jew.
Pinsk Sefer Edut ve-Zikaron le-Kehilat Pinsk-Karlin, Pinsk Historical Volume: History of the Jews of Pinsk, 1506-1941, Editors: Dr. Wolf Zeev Rabinowitsch, Nachman Tamir (Mirski), Former residents of Pinsk-Karlin in Israel, 1966-1977, Volume 1, 2 (H, Y, E)
Pinsk is a town, a district center in Brest region. It is situated on the bank of Pina River (the left tributary of Pripyat) 186 km to the east from Brest, 304 km to south-west from Minsk. It has a railway station on the line Brest-Homel.
