after a citywide fire on 7 September 1921. The population of the city grew rapidly in interwar Poland from 23,497 in 1921 to 33,500 in 1931. City limits were expanded in 1929 and 1939. Pinsk became a bustling commercial centre, and 70% of the population was Jewish, in spite of considerable migration.

Second World War

Following the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, Pinsk and the surrounding area was annexed to the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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