Brest Oblast

Brest region, also known as Brest oblast or Brest voblasts, is one of the six regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is . Other major cities in the region include and . As of 2024, it has a population of 1,308,569.
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is a border town in the south-west corner of , near Terespol in . is a city closely linked to the history of Central and Eastern Europe and the ever-changing borders.

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is a city in in Brest Oblast located at the confluence of the Pina and Prypiat rivers. First mentioned in 1097, it enjoyed reasonable local importance for centuries, being at different times a seat of Orthodox bishops, a location of a big Jesuit college, and home for a thriving Jewish community.

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or Kossovo is at town in Brest Oblast, , known mostly for the fine castle-palace and the museum at the birthplace of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, both in the former manor of Mereczowszczyzna at the outskirts of the town.

Brest Oblast

  • Type: State with 1,380,000 residents
  • Description: administrative divison in Belarus
  • Also known as: “Bresckaja voblasc”, “Bresckaja vobłasć”, “Brest”, “Brest Oblast (Belarus)”, “Brest region”, “Brest Voblast”, “Brestskaja oblast”, “Brestskaja Oblast”, “Brestskaja voblasts”, “Brestskaya Oblast”, “Brestskaya Voblasts’”, “Brestskaya Voblastsʼ”, “Byeras’tseyskaya Voblasts’”, “província de Brest”, “Voblasc‘ di Brėst”, “voblast de Brest”, “Βόμπλαστ του Μπρεστ”, “Брэсцкая вобласьць”, “أوبلاست بوبريسك”, “بریسٹ ریجن”, “بوبريسك”, and “بوبريسك أوبلاست”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and
  • Categories: region of Belarus and locality
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
52.4122° or 52° 24′ 44″ north
Longitude of center
25.2548° or 25° 15′ 17″ east
Population
1,380,000
Elevation
139 metres (456 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 566296860
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
629631
Wiki­data ID
Q173822
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yakut—“Brest Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ብረስት”
  • Arabic: “بريست أوبلاست”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بريست”
  • Armenian: “Բրեստի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Brest”
  • Azerbaijani: “Brest vilayəti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Brest”
  • Bashkir: “Брест өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Bresteko oblasta”
  • Belarusian: “Берасьцейская вобласьць”
  • Belarusian: “Брэстская Вобластсь”
  • Belarusian: “Брэсцкая вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Брэсцкая Вобласць”
  • Bengali: “ব্রেস্ট অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “ব্রেস্ট”
  • Bosnian: “Brestska oblast”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Brest”
  • Bulgarian: “Брестка област”
  • Catalan: “província de Biérastse”
  • Catalan: “Província de Biérastse”
  • Cebuano: “Bresckaja Voblasć”
  • Cebuano: “Brest Oblast”
  • Chechen: “Брестан область”
  • Chinese: “布列斯特州”
  • Church Slavic: “Бєрєстєиска ѡбласть”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Brest vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Brestska oblast”
  • Czech: “Brestská oblast”
  • Danish: “Brest oblast”
  • Danish: “Brest voblast”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Brest”
  • Eastern Mari: “Брест вел”
  • Erzya: “Брестэнь ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Bresta regiono”
  • Estonian: “Bresti oblast”
  • Finnish: “Brestin alue”
  • French: “Brest”
  • French: “Voblast de Brest”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Brest”
  • Georgian: “ბრესტის ოლქი”
  • German: “Brest”
  • German: “Breszkaja Woblasz”
  • German: “Woblast Brest”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Μπρεστ”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રેસ્ટ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Brest”
  • Hebrew: “ברסט”
  • Hindi: “ब्रेस्ट प्रदेश”
  • Hungarian: “Breszti terület”
  • Icelandic: “Brest-fylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Brest”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Brest”
  • Italian: “Regione di Brėst”
  • Japanese: “ブレスト”
  • Japanese: “ブレスト州”
  • Javanese: “Brest”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರೆಸ್ಟ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Брест”
  • Kirghiz: “Брест”
  • Korean: “브레스트주”
  • Latin: “Regio Brestensis”
  • Latvian: “Brestas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Bresto sritis”
  • Macedonian: “Брестска Област”
  • Malay: “Brest Region”
  • Malay: “Brest”
  • Marathi: “ब्रेस्ट प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Brest Chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “Region Brest”
  • Mingrelian: “ბრესტიშ ოლქი”
  • Moksha: “Брестсонь аймак”
  • Moksha: “Брэстсонь аймак”
  • Northern Frisian: “Brest”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brest voblasts”
  • Norwegian: “Brest voblasts”
  • Oromo: “Brest”
  • Ossetian: “Бресты облæст”
  • Panjabi: “ਬ੍ਰੇਸਟ”
  • Persian: “برست”
  • Persian: “منطقه بریست”
  • Polish: “obwód brzeski”
  • Polish: “Obwód brzeski”
  • Portuguese: “Brest”
  • Pushto: “برست”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Brest”
  • Russian: “Brestskaya Oblast’”
  • Russian: “Брестская Oбласть”
  • Russian: “Брестская область”
  • Russian: “Брестская Область”
  • Rusyn: “Брестська область”
  • Rusyn: “Брестьска область”
  • Samogitian: “Bresta srėtės”
  • Scots: “Brest Region”
  • Serbian: “Брестска област”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රෙස්ට් කලාපය, බෙලරුස්”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රෙස්ට් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Brestská oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Brestovska oblast”
  • Somali: “Brest”
  • Spanish: “Brest”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Brest”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Brest”
  • Swahili: “Brest”
  • Swedish: “Brest voblast”
  • Swedish: “Brests voblast”
  • Tajik: “Брест”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Брест”
  • Tamil: “பர்ஸ்ட் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Брест өлкәсе”
  • Tatar: “Брест”
  • Telugu: “బ్రెస్ట్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขคเบรสต์”
  • Thai: “แคว้นแบรสต์”
  • Turkish: “Brest”
  • Turkish: “Byerastsye Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Берестейська область”
  • Urdu: “بریسٹ علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Brest viloyati”
  • Uzbek: “Brest”
  • Vietnamese: “Brest”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Brest”
  • Western Panjabi: “بریست اوبلاست”
  • Wu Chinese: “布列斯特州”
  • Yakut: “Брэст уобалаһа”
  • “Bresckaja voblasć”

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