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In March 1918, in the Brest Fortress at the confluence of the Bug and Mukhavets rivers on the city' western outskirts, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed, ending the war between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers and transferring the city and its surrounding region to the sphere of influence of the German Empire.
Byaroza District or Biaroza District [3] (Belarusian: Бярозаўскі раён; Russian: Берёзовский район) is a district of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Byaroza. [2] The district is located in the northwest of the historical region of Polesia. As of 2024, it has a population of 57,767. [2]
Byaroza (Belarusian: Бяроза, romanized: Biaroza; [a] Russian: Берёза, romanized: Beryoza; also spelled Bereza), [2] formerly Byaroza-Kartuzskaya, [b] is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Byaroza District. [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 28,376. [1]
Baranavichy (/ b ə ˈ r ɑː n ə v ɪ tʃ i / bə-RAH-nə-vitch-ee; Belarusian: Баранавічы, IPA: [baˈranavʲitʂɨ] ⓘ; Russian: Барановичи, romanized: Baranovichi [bɐˈranəvʲɪtɕɪ]; Yiddish: באַראַנאָוויטש; Polish: Baranowicze) is a city in Brest Region, western Belarus. [2]
Pruzhany District or Pružany District [5] (Belarusian: Пружанскі раён, romanized: Pružanski rajon; Russian: Пружанский район, romanized: Pruzhansky rayon) is district of Brest Region in Belarus. [3] Its administrative center is Pruzhany. [6] [3] As of 2024, it has a population of 41,603. [3]
Brest District (Belarusian: Брэсцкі раён; Russian: Брестский район) is a district of Brest Region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Brest, which is administratively separated from the district. [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 45,658. [1]
Kobryn (Belarusian: Кобрын; Polish: Kobryń; Ukrainian: Кобринь; Yiddish: קאָברין) or Kobrin (Russian: Кобрин), is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Kobryn District. [1] It is located in the southwestern corner of Belarus, where the Mukhavets river and Dnieper–Bug Canal meet.
However, relations between Russia and the Allied Powers were also bad due to the Allied Powers' intervention in the Russian Civil War against the Soviet government of Russia and its allies. The fate of the region, and the location of the eventual western border of the Soviet Union, was settled in violent and chaotic struggles over the course of ...