Karlin is the name of a suburb of the city of Pinsk

Pinsk

Pinsk , a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed by the river Pripyat, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk. It is a fertile agricultural center. It lies south-west of Minsk. The population is about 130,000...

, Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

. It was originally founded as an independent town in 1690 and was named after the village's founder, Jan Karol Dolski

Jan Karol Dolski

Jan Karol Dolski of Kościesza was a member of the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Throughout his life he held a number of posts, including the post of Grand Marshal of Lithuania, Court Marshal of Lithuania and Cup-bearer...

. By 1695 Dolski had built a church (currently a concert hall) and a fortified manor on the spot. He also allowed Jews to settle in the area.

Subsequently, the mighty Wiśniowiecki

Wisniowiecki

Wiśniowiecki is the name of a family notable in the history of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. They were powerful magnates in Ruthenia of Rurikid or Gediminids descent. The family traditions traces their descend to Gediminids, but modern historians believe there is more evidence for the Rurikid...

 family took control of the village and extended the castle. In 1706, however, the village was captured by the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 forces and burnt. Following the destruction of Pinsk many locals moved to the partially-restored village, which with time became a notable suburb. In 1786 a new church of the Bernardines was built there (currently an orthodox church devoted to St. Barbara). In the second partition of Poland in 1793, Karlin was part of the region ceded to Russia

Russia

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. In 1799 the Russian authorities incorporated Karolin into Pinsk.