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Belin

Belin was first mentioned as part of the estate of the Pinsk princess Maria Hasztold at the end of the 15th century. In 1522 there is a mention of Prince Fedor Ivanovich Yaroslavich of Pinsk to the Cathedral of St. Dmitry in Pinsk (tribute and payments to him from the “Bolince”). In 1555 it was mentioned in the letter of Queen Bona Sforza to Matej Vojtechovich, a village in the Pinsk starostvo.

Bezdziez

Bezdež is mentioned in the 15th century as “Bezdež Parish”, as part of the Zdítov Parish. In 1409 Grand Duke Witowt gave Bezdeż parish to the Church of the Mother of God in Troki. In 1495 Bezdeż is mentioned in the gift harmony of the Minsk princess Maria Semyonova Aleksandrovna (widow of Prince Simeon Alelkovich) and her son Prince Vasily Semeonovich to the Pinsk viceroy Furs Ivanovich. In documents from 1517 to the 18th century, the Bezdež estate, which was owned by the canons of the church in Troki, its borders and lands previously owned by the Pinsk princes, are mentioned.

General Jewish Labour Bund

BUND (General Jewish Workers Union in Lithuania, Poland and Russia) (Yiddish בונד Bund - “union”, the full name is אַלגעמיינער ייִדישער אַרבעטערסבונד אין ליטע, פּוילן און רוסלאַנד (Algemeiner Jiddischer Arbeter Bund in Lite, Poiln un Russland) was a Jewish socialist party active in Eastern Europe from the 1990s to the 1940s. The Bund considered itself the sole representative of the interests of the Jewish working class, which was quite numerous in these lands.