Brest in Belarus
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Monument of Courage in Brest Fortress © Alexxx Malev/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk, is a city (population 350,600 in 2019) in
Belarus at the border with
Poland opposite the Polish city of
Terespol , where the
Bug and
Mukhavets rivers meet, making it a
border town . It is the capital city of the
Brest Region .
Brest is a historical site for many cultures, as it hosted important historical events, such as the Union of Brest and Treaty of Brest-Litovsk . Furthermore, the Brest Fortress was recognized by the Soviet Union as a Hero Fortress in honour of the defense of Brest Fortress in June 1941.
Monument of Courage in Brest Fortress © Alexxx Malev/cc-by-sa-4.0
From
Late Middle Ages to 1795, the city was part of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania , which later became a part of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569. In 1795, it was incorporated into the
Russian Empire with the
Third Partition of Poland . After
World War I , the city became part of by the
Second Polish Republic . In 1939, during the
Invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, the city was first captured by the
Wehrmacht and soon passed on to the USSR per the
German–Soviet Frontier Treaty . In 1941, it was retaken by the Germans during
Operation Barbarossa . In 1944, it was taken by the Soviet Red Army during the
Lublin–Brest offensive . The city was in the
Belarusian SSR until the
breakup of the USSR in 1991. Since then, Brest has been part of
Belarus .
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