Russian city in the government of Minsk, Russia. Rebellion was in the air, and with the other Jewish communities in Lithuania that of Pinsk felt the cruelties of the advancing Cossacks, who killed in great numbers the poorer Jews who were not able to escape. After the First World War, the town was part of Poland, while from September 1939 on, it became part of Soviet territory. These men attacked the works, damaging the premises, driving off the laborers, and committing many thefts.By a decree promulgated May 2, 1561, King Sigismund August appointed Stanislav Dovorino as superior judge of Pinsk and Kobrin, and placed all the Jews of Pinsk and of the neighboring villages under his jurisdiction, and their associates were ordered to turn over the magazines and stores to the magistrate and burghers of Pinsk. In 1662 the Jews of Pinsk were relieved by John Casimir of the headtax, which they were unable to pay on account of their impoverished condition. (1633), and John Casimir (1650).In spite of the growing competition of the Christian merchants, the Jews must have carried on a considerable import and export trade, as is shown by the custom-house records of Brest-Litovsk.
On Aug. 9 of that year the owner of Pinsk, Prince Feodor Ivanovich Yaroslavich, in his own name and in that of his wife, Princess Yelena, granted to the Jewish community of Pinsk, at the request of Yesko Meycrovich, Pesakh Yesofovich, and Abram Ryzhkevich, and of other Jews of Pinsk, two parcels of land for a house of prayer and a cemetery, and confirmed all the rights and privileges given to the Jews of Lithuania by King Alexander Jagellon. A few centuries later, Polotsk (or northern Belarus) emerged as the dominant center of power on Belarusian territory, with a lesser role played by the southern reaches of the territory. He was a favorite of Prince Feodor Yaroslavich, who presented him with the estate in question with all its dependencies and serfs. 366 Asnes,Ciper Minsk, Russia 1902 45 . In the 19th century, Pinsk turned into one of the main Belorussian centres of metal and timber processing and the production of phosphor matches.
In her memoirs she remembers the city of her childhood. His successors were: R. Naphtali, son of R. Isaac Katz (removed to Lublin; d. 1650); R. Moses, son of R. Israel Jacob (Among those members of the community of Pinsk who achieved distinction were the following: R. Elijah, son of R. Moses ("Ḳiryah Ne'emanah," p. 125); R. Moses Goldes, grandson of the author of "Tola'at Ya'aḳob"; R. Kalonymus Kalman Ginzburg (president of the community); R. Jonathan ("Dibre Rab Meshallem"); R. Solomon Bachrach, son of R. Samuel Bachrach ("Pinḳas Tiktin"); R. Ḥayyim of Karlin ("'Ir Wilna," p. 31); R. Solomon, son of R. Asher ("Geburath He-Or"); R. Joseph Janower ("Zeker Yehosef," Warsaw, 1860); R. Samuel, son of Moses Levin ("Ba'al Ḳedoshim," p. 210); R. Asher, son of R. Kalonymus Kalman Ginzburg ("Ḳiryah Ne'emanah," p. 185); R. Gad Asher, son of R. Joshua Rokeaḥ ("Anshe Shem," p. 63); R. Joshua Ezekiel (The writers of Pinsk include: R. Moses Aaron Schatzkes (author of "Mafteaḥ"), R. Ẓebi Hirsch, Shereshevski, A.
Pinsk was first mentioned in 1097 and was the seat of a Russian princedom. Moreover, Pinsk hotel map is available where all hotels in Pinsk are marked. Check out Britannica's new site for parents! The Pesakhovich family evidently refused to recognize the validity of this privilege and endeavored to collect the taxes. It passed successively under Lithuanian (13th–16th century), Polish (1569–1793), Russian (1793–World War I), Polish (1920–39), and then Soviet rule (with German occupation during 1941–44). Poland had used the Gregorian calender for a long time but, under Russian rule, were obligated to use the Julian calender of Russia. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Early Jewish Settlers. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Significant Hasidic dynasties came from Pinsk, and in its time the town was also a Haskalah centre. Among those who exported goods from Pinsk to Lublin in 1583 Levko Bendetovich is mentioned (wax and skins), and among the importers was one Ḥayyim Itzkhakovich (steel, cloth, iron, scythes, prunes, onion-seed, and girdles). Pinsk, city, southwestern Belarus, situated at the confluence of the Pina and Pripet rivers.