Brest
City in Belarus
Brest is a city in southwest Belarus on the Polish border. The 19th-century Brest Hero Fortress is a celebrated site of Soviet resistance during WWII. The fortress complex includes a museum, bullet-riddled Kholmsk Gate and the huge Thirst...
Population: 343,985 (2017)
Area code: +375 (0)162
Elevation: 280.4 m (919.9 ft)
First mentioned: 1017
Postal code: 224000
Region: Brest Region
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Brest Oblast is the heart of Belarusian Polesye. Europe's largest open lowland swamps and heavily watered floodplains of lowland rivers have been preserved in ...
For centuries Brest, which is called the western gateway to Belarus, has been part of different states, destroyed and rebuilt again. Hence its numerous features ...