Brest Oblast

The Brest oblast – the center of Belarusian Polesye

BREST IS THE WESTERN GATE TO BELARUS
AND THE COMMON ECONOMIC SPACE OF BELARUS, RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN

Administrative center: the city of Brest(309,8 thousand people)
Population: 1 401,2 thousand people
Territory: 32,8 thousand sq.km.
Major cities: Baranovichi, Ivanovo, Kamenets, Kobrin, Pinsk, Pruzhany and Stolin

Major Sights
The "Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Białowieża Forest)" National Park, "Brest Hero Fortress" memorial complex, the 13th century tower in Kamenets, the 17th century Franciscans monastery in Pinsk, the 18th century St. Nicholas' Church in Kobrin, the 19th century St. Nicholas' Cathedral in Brest, the 19th century the Puslovskys family palace in Kossovo, the 16th-18th century palace ensemble in Pruzhany, the 19th century palace and park ensemble in Vysokoye, the "Pruzhanski Palacyk" manor museum in Pruzhany, and an ostrich farm in Kobrin district.

The Brest oblast lies in the south-west of Belarus. The region borders with Poland in the west and Ukraine in the south. It includes 16 administrative districts (raions).

The region is the center of Belarusian Polesye. Here the unique nature combine forests and swamp landscapes.