Our history

[1917-2024]
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In 1907, I. Y. Basevich purchased the building on Bolshaya Kievskaya Street, now Lenina Street.
Pinsk's first hotel opened around the same time.
Basevich's house was a two-storey brick building with two additional two-storey brick wings in the courtyard. The owner's family lived in the building. The ground-floor premises were rented out, while a hotel occupied the floor above.
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Everything changed in 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War.
As the first wounded soldiers arrived from the front, rooms were set aside for their care. Basevich's hotel became a temporary hospital. Under enemy pressure, the Russian army retreated, and German imperial troops occupied the city on 15 September 1915.


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The year 1921 brought tragedy to the Basevich family. On 7 August, a fire centred on Pinsk's historic quarter destroyed a third of the town. The family's brick buildings were reduced to damaged walls, while the wooden buildings burned down completely.
By 1926, the building and its courtyard outbuildings had been fully restored.
In 1935, the upper floor was leased to a museum. By 1939, its collection contained 7,760 items, and its library held 736 books. That year, museum staff also provided theoretical and practical support for the World's Fair in New York.
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During the Second World War, the building suffered 40% damage. From autumn 1946, the museum resumed work here, with its collection expanded by wartime exhibits.
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Repairs in the 1950s significantly altered the main façade. Only one entrance remained, framed together with two windows by pilasters decorated with faceted squares and a classical cornice. This architectural treatment survives today.
Grand Pinsk Hotel — a place steeped in history.