Brest voblast is one of the administrative regions in the Republic of Belarus located in the south-west of Belarus bordering on Poland and Ukraine. Brest, which is located on the Western Bug River, is the capital of this administrative region (voblast). Brest is the Western gate to Belarus linking an isolated, post Soviet dictatorship — known as the "last dictatorship in Europe" — to the European Union. At the higher administrative level, Belarus is divided into 6 voblasts and one municipality (horad, i. ... Belarus (Belarusian: Белару́сь or Biełaruś, Russian: Белару́сь (formerly: Белору́ссия), Polish: Białoruś) is a landlocked nation of Eastern Europe with the capital Minsk. ... Belarus (Belarusian: Белару́сь or Biełaruś, Russian: Белару́сь (formerly: Белору́ссия), Polish: Białoruś) is a landlocked nation of Eastern Europe with the capital Minsk. ... The Republic of Poland, a democratic country with a population of 38,626,349 and area of 312,685 km², is located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and... Ukraine (Україна, Ukrayina in Ukrainian; Украина in Russian) is a republic in eastern Europe which borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and the Black Sea to the south. ... For a city in France, see Brest, France. ... Bug at Wlodawa One of the two rivers called Bug (pronounced Boog), the Western Bug, or Buh (Belarusian: Захо́дні Буг; Russian: За́падный Буг; Ukrainian: Західний Буг, Zakhidnyi Buh), flows from central Ukraine to the west, forming part of the boundary between that nation and Poland, passes along the Polish-Belarusian... At the higher administrative level, Belarus is divided into 6 voblasts and one municipality (horad, i. ... For a city in France, see Brest, France. ... Belarus (Belarusian: Белару́сь or Biełaruś, Russian: Белару́сь (formerly: Белору́ссия), Polish: Białoruś) is a landlocked nation of Eastern Europe with the capital Minsk. ... The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (СССР)  listen?; tr. ... Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler were two of the 20th centurys most notorious dictators. ... The European Union or EU is an intergovernmental organisation of European countries, which currently has 25 member states. ...

The sixteen districts of the Brest voblast are: District of Brest, District of Kamenets, District of Malaryta, District of Zhabinka, District of Pruzhany, District of Kobrin, District of Drahichyn, District of Biaroza, District of Ivatsevichy, District of Ivanava, District of Baranavichy, District of Liakhavichy, District of Hantsavichy, District of Luninets, District of Pinsk, and District of Stolin. Kobrin (Belarusian: Ко́брынь, Ко́брын; Polish: Kobryń; Russian: Ко́брин) is a city in the Brest voblast of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn District. ... Biaroza (also Bereza, Polish Bereza Kartuska) is a town of 31 000 inhabitants (1995) in Western Belarus in Brest voblast. ... (text in Polish) History of Baranovichi Baranowicze Radio Station (text in Polish) Categories: Towns in Belarus ... Pinsk (Belarusian: Пінск), a town in Belarus, in the province of Palesse, travesed by the river Pripet, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. ... Stolin (Belarusian: Сто́лін; Russian: Сто́лин) is an old city, that grew up at the heart of Palesse on the river Horyn (Goryn), at the intersection of three roads, one leading northwards to Pinsk, two others eastwards to Davyd-Gorodok and Turaw, that are now in Belarus, southwards to Sarny and...

It is bordered on the west by Poland, on the south by Ukraine, to the north by the Hrodna voblast, Minsk voblast, and to the east by the Homyel voblast. The Republic of Poland, a democratic country with a population of 38,626,349 and area of 312,685 km², is located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and... Ukraine (Україна, Ukrayina in Ukrainian; Украина in Russian) is a republic in eastern Europe which borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and the Black Sea to the south. ... Categories: Belarus-related stubs | Regions of Belarus ... Categories: Stub | Regions of Belarus ... Homyel voblast is an administrative region of Belarus with a center in Homyel. This and Mahilyow voblasts severely suffered after the Chornobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe. ...

Brest voblast belongs to the area known as Polesie. Polesie (Polish spelling; Polissya, Полісся in Ukrainian, Polesye, Полесье in Russian, Palyessye or Palesse, Пале́сьсе in Belarusian) is one of the largest European swampy areas, located in the South-Western part of the Eastern-European Lowland, within the territories of Belarus, Ukraine and Poland. ...

Area: 32.7 thousand sq. km. Population: about 1.5 million (2002).

See also

• Nowogródek Voivodship

External link

• Brest Regional Executive Committee (http://www.brest-region.by/?lang=2)