Brest Брэст | |
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Coordinates: 52°08′N 23°40′E / 52.133°N 23.667°ECoordinates: 52°08′N 23°40′E / 52.133°N 23.667°E | |
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Region | Brest Region |
Destricts | Brest Destrict |
First mention (Primar Chronicle) | 1019 |
First mention (Novgorod First Chronicle) | 1017 |
Govrenment | |
• Chairman o the Brest Ceety Executive Committee | Aleksandr Rogachuk |
• Chairman o the Brest Ceety Cooncil o Deputes | Nikolai Krasovsky |
Area | |
• Total | 145 km2 (56 sq mi) |
Elevation | 280.4 m (919.9 ft) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 347,576 |
• Density | 2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi) |
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Time zone | UTC+3 (FET) |
Postal code | 224000 |
Area code(s) | +375 (0)162 |
License plate | 1 |
Website | Executive committee |
Brest (Belaroushie: Брэст; Roushie: Брест; see an aa alternative names), an aa Brest-on-the-Bug ("Brześć nad Bugiem" in Pols) an Brest-Litovsk ("Brześć Litewski" in Pols), is a ceety (population 310,800 in 2010) in Belaroushie at the mairch wi Poland opposite the ceety o Terespol, whaur the Wastren Bug an Mukhavets rivers meet. It is the caipital ceety o the Brest Voblast.
Bein situatit on the main railwey line connectin Berlin an Moscow, an an intercontinental hieway (the European route E30), Brest became a principal mairch crossin syne Warld War II in Soviet times. The day it links the European Union an the Commonweel o Independent States.
Acause o the break-o-gauge at Brest, whaur the Roushie braid gauge meets the European staundart gauge, aw passenger trains, comin frae Poland, must hae thair bogies replaced here, for tae traivel on athort Belaroushie, an the fraucht must be translaidit frae caurs o ane gauge tae caurs o anither. Some o the laund in the Brest rail yairds remains contaminatit as a result o the transshipment o radioactive materials here syne Soviet days awtho cleanup operations hae been takin place.
Thare are several theories o the ceety name oreegin. The maist common are as follaes,
Ance a centre o Jewish scholarship, the ceety's name in Yiddish, is בריסק ("Brisk"), hence the term "Brisker" uised tae describe followers o the influential Soloveitchik faimily o rabbis.
The coat o arms features an arrow pyntit upwards and a bow on a sky blue shield.
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