Even those of the inhabitants who go to Pinsk to pay taxes never ask the names of those to whom they pay them, and wrapping their receipts carefully in their handkerchiefs, never dare to examine them closely, fearing lest this might cost them dear.
"Iermola"
Joseph Ignatius Kraszewksi
The portion of country of which we are speaking, whose geographical position it is not necessary more exactly to determine, is not so remote from Pinsk as Zarzecze, nor so near as Western Wolhynia; but it touches both of these regions, and thus occupies an intermediate position.
"Iermola"
Joseph Ignatius Kraszewksi
In Vilna, Grodno, Brest, Slutsk, Minsk, Pinsk, etc.
"The Haskalah Movement in Russia"
Jacob S. Raisin