Ognisko Pinsk
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Ognisko Pińsk was a Polish
football team, located in Pińsk
, Poland
(now Belarus
), on the historic territory of Kresy Wschodnie (Polish Eastern Borderlands).
The club was founded in an unknown year and most of its history remains unknown either. In eary summer of 1939 Ognisko won championships of the Polesie Voivodeship
, but it lost qualifiers to the Polish Football League, Pinsk’s side was beat both by Śmigły Wilno and WKS Grodno
. The club ceased to exist after the Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
football team, located in Pińsk
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...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(now 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 ,...
), on the historic territory of Kresy Wschodnie (Polish Eastern Borderlands).
The club was founded in an unknown year and most of its history remains unknown either. In eary summer of 1939 Ognisko won championships of the Polesie Voivodeship
Polesie Voivodeship
Polesie Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . It ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland .-Population:...
, but it lost qualifiers to the Polish Football League, Pinsk’s side was beat both by Śmigły Wilno and WKS Grodno
WKS Grodno
Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Grodno was a Polish football team, located in Grodno, Poland , on the historic territory of Kresy Wschodnie ....
. The club ceased to exist after the Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)
Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)
The 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland was a Soviet military operation that started without a formal declaration of war on 17 September 1939, during the early stages of World War II. Sixteen days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west, the Soviet Union did so from the east...
.