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Brest

city of Belarus, capital of Byerastsye Region
Place City of Oblast Subordinance Q140147

Facts

29 properties

Identity

Instance of
city of oblast subordinance, border city, big city[8][9]
Inception
1017[32]
Official website
city-brest.gov.by[33]
Native label
Брэст, Берасьце
Official name
Берасце, Брест-Литовск, Брест, Брест-над-Бугом, Берестье, Брест-Литовськ, Брест-Литовск

Location

Country
Belarus, Soviet Union, Reichskommissariat Ukraine, Soviet Union, Second Polish Republic, Soviet Union, Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Second Polish Republic, Soviet Union, Belarusian People's Republic, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian Republic, Russian Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Grand Duchy of Lithuania[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.085°, 23.657°
Located in or next to body of water
Mukhavets River, Western Bug[4][5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Berestia, Brest-Litovsky povet, Brest County, Polesie Voivodeship, Brest region[2]

Population and size

Area
+146.12
Elevation above sea level
+280
Population
347k (2.0k–347k, n=39)

Codes

Local dialing code
162[31]
Postal code
224000[30]
More facts +15
Award received
Order of Lenin[1]
Capital of
Brest region, Brest-Litovsky povet, Brest Litovsk Voivodeship, Brest district, Brześć District
Coat of arms
Herb Brześcia[29]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Ленинский район (Брест), Московский район (Брест)[12][13]
Described by source
Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The population as of January 1, 2016 and the average annual population for 2015 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities and urban-type settlements, The population as of January 1, 2017 and the average annual population for 2016 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities and urban-type settlements, The population as of January 1, 2018 and the average annual population for 2017 in the Republic of Belarus by regions, districts, cities and urban-type settlements, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Belarusian encyclopedia
Different from
Brest, Brest
Flag
flag of Brest[14]
Head of government
Aliaksandr Rahachuk, Syarhiey Labadzinski[6][7]
History of topic
History of Brest, Belarus
List of monuments
Cultural heritage monuments in Brest, Belarus
Official language
Belarusian, Russian[10][11]
Romanization of Belarusian (2007 system)
Brest / Bieraście
Social media followers
34k (14k–34k, n=7)
Time of earliest written record
1017
Twinned administrative body
Oryol, Dorogomilovo District, Baienfurt, Botoșani, Nizhny Tagil, Kovrov, Lutsk, Siedlce, Terespol, Coevorden, Xiaogan, Port-sur-Saône, Aleppo, Ryazan, Astrakhan, Ravensburg, Lublin, Ashdod, Baindt, Berg, Petrozavodsk, Weingarten, Biała Podlaska, Brest, Ludza, Maldon, Nakhchivan, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kaliningrad, Novorossiysk, Odesa, Pleven, Tyumen, Nevsky District, Moscow, Antalya, Batumi, Malgobek, Izhevsk, Baiyin, Subotica, Mittleres Schussental GVV, Vladivostok, Sertolovo[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bieraście en Litovsk en Byerastsye en Brisk en Brest-on-the-Bug en Brest-Litovsk en Brest ar برست (بيلاروس) cs Brisk cs Brest Litevský de Litauisch-Brest de Brisk de Brest-Litowsk el Μπρεστ-Λιτόφσκ el Μπρεστ es Brest-Litovsk fa برست، بلاروس fr Brest-Litovsk fr Brest-sur-le-Boug he בריסק
🔖 Identifiers · 66
VIAF cluster ID
128548246, 235498335
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81059006
GND ID
4090086-1, 4829902-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Brest, Sovětská ulice - panoramio.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
7668
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
brest-1
BBC Things ID
b9a88e49-d4db-417f-bff7-3c43b9e08540
BHCL UUID
9c721ee4-6657-4b74-88f7-933e5eded95d
Belarus in persons and events ID
145103
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12562687k
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
brzesc-nad-bugiem
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12012754
Show all 66 identifiers +54
Curlie ID
Regional/Europe/Belarus/Localities/Brest/
De Agostini ID
Brèst+(città+della+Bielorussia)
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4789
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
194742
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Brest-Belarus
Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID
3eb0
FAST ID
1213551
Facebook username
groups/brestgik
FactGrid item ID
Garelli
Filozofia jezuitów w Polsce w XX wieku ID
brzesc  nad  bugiem
Freebase ID
/m/015jsm
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1941830
GeoNames ID
629634
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7017021
GitHub topic
brest
Grand Duchy of Lithuania encyclopedia ID
345
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Brest_-_by_i_Belarus, Brest_-_by_i_Hviterussland
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1883297, 5618282
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
9425
IdRef ID
034926208
Instagram username
brest_gik
Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine ID
B\R\Brest
J9U entity ID
987007564585705171
Jewish Encyclopedia ID
3695
JewishGen Locality ID
1941830
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
5693
Larousse ID
ville/wd/110134
Lex ID
Brest_-_by_i_Hviderusland
Museum-digital place ID
2086
MusicBrainz area ID
f225d2bf-a62f-4497-8db8-1a68e3de4078
Münzkabinett ID
location/1912
NE.se ID
brest-(vitryssland)
NL CR AUT ID
ge138759
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4729766
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3881369
OpenStreetMap relation ID
72615
OpenWeatherMap city ID
629634
Page at website of Belarus Geocenter
viewate/2501
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
13531
Quora topic ID
Brest-Belarus
RKD thesaurus ID
2768
Radzima.org ID
gorad/brest
SOATO ID
1401000000
Telegram username
brestgik
Topic's main category
Category:Brest, Belarus
Tripadvisor ID
297308
UN/LOCODE
BYBQT
VK username
brest_gik
Who's on First ID
421195835
Wikimapia ID
2208530
YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ID
Brest
Yale LUX ID
place/b24192e4-273e-4760-9225-06f2023a4463
YouTube channel ID
UCfSdB9S2zRYJV1DemfaQ6xw
YouTube handle
TRK_Brest
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Located in time zoneP421
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
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🔗 Connections
People born here 128
Menachem Begin, Yulia Nestsiarenka, Nina Andrycz, Liubov Charkashyna, Aliaksandr Buikevich, Mikalay Signevich, Pavel Pernikaŭ, Vincuk Viačorka +120 more
Twinned administrative body 43
Moscow, Odesa, Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, Aleppo, Antalya, Astrakhan, Lublin +35 more
← Twinned administrative body 38
Odesa, Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, Aleppo, Antalya, Astrakhan, Batumi, Brest +30 more
Contained subdivisions 25
Brest Fortress, Brest Ghetto, Brest-Tsentralny railway station, Brest Castle, Brestskaya Gazeta, Brest State A.S. Pushkin University, trolleybuses in Brest, Brest Railway Museum +17 more
People who died here 22
Birutė, Yefim Fomin, Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk, Andrey Kizhevatov, Kazimierz Leon Sapieha, Saul Wahl, Oleksa Storozhenko, Yosef Dov Soloveitchik +14 more
Country 11
Belarus, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Second Polish Republic, Russian Republic, Belarusian People's Republic +3 more
Located in this place 10
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Brest Fortress, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk, Gestapo–NKVD conferences, Berestye Archeological Museum, Regional Sport Complex Brestsky, Battle of Brest (1792) +2 more
← Headquarters location 10
FC Dynamo Brest, FC Rukh Brest, HC Meshkov Brest, Vecherniy Brest, Brest State Technical University, Brest-Kobryn Eparchy, Brestskiy Kurier, Polish People's University in Brest +2 more
← Capital 7
Brest region, Brest district, Brest Litovsk Voivodeship, Polesie Voivodeship, Brest County, Brest-Litovsky povet, Brześć District
← Category combines topics 6
Category:People from Brest, Belarus, Category:Births in Brest (Belarus), Category:Sport in Brest, Belarus, Category:Buildings and structures in Brest, Belarus, Category:Cemeteries in Brest, Belarus, Category:Honorary citizens of Brest (Belarus)
Capital of 5
Brest region, Brest district, Brest Litovsk Voivodeship, Brest-Litovsky povet, Brześć District
Located in the administrative territorial entity 5
Brest region, Polesie Voivodeship, Brest County, Berestia, Brest-Litovsky povet
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
← Place of burial 3
Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk, John Sokol of Lamberg, Hieronim Chodkiewicz
Different from 2
Brest, Brest
Instance of 2
big city, border city
Located in or next to body of water 2
Western Bug, Mukhavets River
Named after 2
Beresteiska, Beresteiskyi Avenue, Kyiv‎
Official language 2
Russian, Belarusian
Residents 2
Pavel Pernikaŭ, Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk
← Different from 2
Brest, Brest
← Location of formation 2
Dai Darogu!, Spasenie
Award received 1
Order of Lenin
Category for honorary citizens of entity 1
Category:Honorary citizens of Brest (Belarus)
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Brest (Belarus)
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Brest, Belarus
FactGrid item ID 1
Garelli
Located in time zone 1
UTC+03:00
Topic's main category 1
Category:Brest, Belarus
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Brest, Belarus
← Connects with 1
European route E30
← Depicts 1
Template:Location map Belarus Brest
← Facet of 1
honorary citizen of Brest
← FactGrid item ID 1
Vuillafans
← Filming location 1
The Brest Fortress
← Place of publication 1
Brest Bible
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Brest include Beresteiska[34], a metro station[35], in Ukraine[36] and Beresteiskyi Avenue, Kyiv‎[37], a prospekt[38], in Ukraine[39].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Brest include Beresteiska[34], a metro station[35], in Ukraine[36] and Beresteiskyi Avenue, Kyiv‎[37], a prospekt[38], in Ukraine[39].

FAQs

What awards did Brest receive?

Honors received include Order of Lenin[1].

Related Entities

Aleppo Antalya Batumi Belarus Brest State A.S. Pushkin University Brest State Technical University Edward Nawarecki Lublin Menachem Begin Nakhchivan Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Polish People's University in Brest Russian Empire Russian Republic Second Polish Republic Siedlce Tadeusz Kosciuszko Polish Open University Vladivostok Western Bug Yulia Nestsiarenka

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [7] ↑ . blr.belta.by. blr.belta.by. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [32] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Volume 4, 1926. bigenc.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Population: 316,963"
  2. 2d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67140: Belarusian encyclopedia (pages 500+ letter б)"
  3. 3d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #66848: pages 101-300 (letter b)"
  4. 4d ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Population: 321,184"
  5. 6d ago · WąskaZimny · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [pl] description: miasto i stolica województw brzesko-litewskiego i poleskiego I i II RP, ob. na Białorusi"
  6. 22d ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → 2,000, 5,000, 11,000 +36
    "Changing order of values for P1082"
  7. 4w ago · Etažy · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #59499: Выпраўленне даных аб колькасці насельніцтва раёнаў і гарадскіх паселішчаў Брэсцкай вобласці ў 2010—2018"
  8. 4w ago · Etažy · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → 2,000, 5,000, 11,000 +36
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #59445: Колькасць насельніцтва Брэсцкай вобласці ў 2000 годзе ў разрэзе раёнаў і гарадскіх паселішчаў"
  9. 8w ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Berestia, Brest-Litovsky povet, Brest County +2
    "Changing order of values for P131"
  10. 11w ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vehicle registration plate code → —
    "Changed claim: Population: 339,519"
  11. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48043: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  12. 16w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://city-brest.gov.by/
    Jewish Encyclopedia ID → 3695
    "Created claim: Jewish Encyclopedia ID: 3695, Matched to BREST-LITOVSK (#167476468) in Jewish Encyclopedia"
  13. 17w ago · Siliyiw · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://city-brest.gov.by/
    "Created claim: Official website: https://city-brest.gov.by/"
  14. 23w ago · Red Winged Duck · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag → flag of Brest
    Capital of → Brest region, Brest-Litovsky povet, Brest Litovsk Voivodeship +1
    Coat of arms → Herb Brześcia
    Described by source → Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Population: 342,461"
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