Berestia

For the village in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine, see Berestia, Chernivtsi Oblast.

In 1019 Brest was first mentioned in chronicles as Berestye

Berestia (Belarusian: Берасцейшчына; Ukrainian: Берестейщина, Polish: Bieraście, Lithuanian: Berestje), is the part of Belarusian, Ukrainian, and Polish ethnic territory, bounded by the Bug River, Pripyat River, Yaselda River, and Narew (Narva) River, and a borderland between historical Podlachia (Polish: Podlasie) and the Land of Brest-Litovsk (Polish: ziemia brzeskolitewska) part of Polesia (Polish: Polesie).

Its main cities were Berestia, Bielsk, Drohiczyn, Kobryn and Kamyanyets.

See also

• Shvarn

References

• (in Ukrainian) Довідник з історії України.За ред. І.Підкови та Р.Шуста.- К.: Генеза, 1993 Том 1_б Archived 2006-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia / Ed. М. preferable; 2nd edition. — К., 1974-1985. - K., 1974-1985.