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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]
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]
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.
Luninyets or Luninets (Belarusian: Лунінец, romanized: Luniniec; Russian: Лунинец; [2] Polish: Łuniniec; Yiddish: לונינייץ, romanized: Luninitz) is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Luninyets District. [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 23,592. [1] It is home to Luninets air base.
Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Davyd-Haradok was part of Brest Litovsk Voivodeship. In 1793, Davyd-Haradok was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Second Partition of Poland . The 18 March 1921 Peace of Riga between Poland on one side and Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine on the other defined Davyd-Haradok (Dawidgródek) as ...
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.
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]