a town of European Russia, in the government of Minsk, stands in an extensive marshy plain on the Pina, which here falls into the Pripyat, 148 miles S.S.W. of Minsk. It contains Greek and Roman Catholic churches, several convents, and a college formerly belonging to the Jesuits. Manufactures of Russia leather are carried on here; and there is a considerable trade. Annual markets are held at Pinsk. Many of the inhabitants are Jews or Tartars. Pop. (1851) 8716.