Also known as Bieraście, Brest-on-the-Bug, Litovsk

Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk (1600s–1923) and Brest-on-the-Bug (1923–1939), is a city in south-western Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the Polish town of Terespol, where the Bug and Mukhavets rivers meet, making it a border town. It serves as the administrative center of Brest Region and Brest District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2026, it has a population of 347,138.

Country: Belarus, Soviet Union, Reichskommissariat Ukraine, Soviet Union
Inception: 1017
Website: https://city-brest.gov.by/

Alexander Rahachukhead of government Syarhiey Labadzinskihead of government Belaruscountry Soviet Unioncountry Reichskommissariat Ukrainecountry Second Polish Republiccountry Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republiccountry Belarusian People's Republiccountry Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republiccountry Russian Republiccountry Russian Empirecountry Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealthcountry

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Also known as Bieraście, Brest-on-the-Bug, Litovsk

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“He is not the Duke of Brittany who is not the Lord of Brest.”
— Unknown, Brest, France

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