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Brest was the first city in the lands that now are Belarus to receive Magdeburg rights in 1390.

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Brest

Belarus

Country
Belarus
Population
350.0K
Coordinates
52.10, 23.69
593rd most populous city in the world

Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk (1600s–1923) and Brest-on-the-Bug (1923–1939), is a city in south-western Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the Polish town of Terespol, where the Bug and Mukhavets rivers meet, making it a border town.

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