Berestia
Sign in to savethumb|upright|In 1019 Brest was first mentioned in chronicles as Berestye Berestia (; ,), is the part of Belarusian, and Ukrainian ethnic territory, bounded by the Bug River, Pripyat River, Yaselda River, and Narew (Narva) River, and a borderland between historical Podlachia () and the Land of Brest-Litovsk () part of Polesia ().
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- Instance of
- historical region
- Located in
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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- inception
- 1080-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1320-00-00
- replaces
- Principality of Turov and Pinsk
- replaced by
- Trakai Voivodeship
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thumb|upright|In 1019 Brest was first mentioned in chronicles as Berestye Berestia (; ,), is the part of Belarusian, and Ukrainian ethnic territory, bounded by the Bug River, Pripyat River, Yaselda River, and Narew (Narva) River, and a borderland between historical Podlachia () and the Land of Brest-Litovsk () part of Polesia ().
Its main cities were Berestia, Bielsk, Drohiczyn, Kobryn and Kamyanyets.
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