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During the Livonian War, Sharashova was a gathering point for Polish–Lithuanian troops in 1578 against Ivan IV of Russia after he had occupied Livonia. [4] In the 1790s, Sharashova had an estimated population of 3,360. [5] At the 1897 census of the Russian Empire, the settlement had a population of 5,079. [5]
Myerachowshchyna (Belarusian: Мерачоўшчына, romanized: Mieračoŭščyna; Russian: Меречёвщина, romanized: Merechyovshchina; Polish: Mereczowszczyzna) is a former manor near Kosava in Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, Belarus. It is best known as the birthplace of Tadeusz Kościuszko. [1]
In 1795, Zhabinka was acquired by the Russian Empire as a result of the Third Partition of Poland. The name of the place was first mentioned in Russian official papers in 1817. In 1882, a railway station was built here on the railway line that connected Warsaw, Brest and Moscow. It gave a powerful impetus to the development of the place.
Lyeninski (Belarusian: Ленінскі, romanized: Lieninski; Russian: Ленинский, romanized: Leninsky; Polish: Leninski) is an agrotown in Zhabinka District, Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Leninski rural council . [1] [2] It is located close to the border with Poland.
Antopal or Antopol (Belarusian: Антопаль; Russian: Антополь; Yiddish: אנטיפאליע, romanized: Antipolie; Polish: Antopol; Hebrew: אנטופול) is an urban-type settlement in Drahichyn District, Brest Region, Belarus. [1] It is located near the towns of Kobryn and Brest. As of 2024, it has a population of 1,428. [1]
Russian dominion over the area lasted until the end of the First World War, when the region was briefly ceded to the German Empire under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. After the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-21, Lakhva once again fell under Polish control, and was incorporated into the Polesie Voivodship of the Second Polish Republic .
The Brest region has a population of 1,380,391, [7] about 14,7% of the national total. About 47.2% of the region's population are men, and the remaining 52.8% are women. Number of inhabitants per 1 km2 is 43. [4] Share of urban population is increasing continuously since the 1950s (17.1% in 1950, 70.5% in 2017). [8]
In 1795, Damachava was acquired by the Russian Empire as a result of the Third Partition of Poland. From 1921 until 1939, Damachava ( Domaczewo ) was part of the Second Polish Republic . In September 1939, Damachava was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR .