Very many people of the former Soviet Union andof the whole world admire the unprecedented heroism of the defenders of the Brest Fortress during the invasion of the Nazis into the territory of the Soviet Union. However, the Brest region is famous not only for the memorial complex dedicated to the heroes. There are a lot of unique nature reserves and reserves, monuments of history, architecture and culture, many other interesting tourist sites.
The Brest region is located in the southwestern part of the state of Belarus. In the south it divides the border with Ukraine, and in the west with Poland.
Brest region was once called Beresteiskaya, presumably from the word "birch bark". In the X century, it was part of the ancient Russian principality of Turov, ruled by the descendants of Vladimir the Baptist of Russia.
The administrative center and the most visitedthe tourist site of the area is the heroic Brest. By area, Brest district occupies the 12th place in the region. The main part of its territory is located in Polesie, on the Pribugskaya Plain. Brest district (Brest region) includes many villages, several urban-type settlements and farms. Some of them are objects of health, fishing and eco-tourism, others attract with their monuments. So, in the village of White Lake, located on the shores of the reservoir of the same name, there are several recreation centers, a recreational complex, built according to the European standards of Greenwood chalet. Nearby is another lake - Rogoznyanskoe. On its shore the sanatorium "Berestye" functions. There is also an excellent recreation center near the village of Znamenka, located on the Western Bug. And in the village of Medno opened an ethnographic museum. Tourists are also interested in the village of Chernavchitsy, where the Holy Trinity Church, a unique monument of architecture, is located, the village of Terebun with the Grabowski manor and the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord of the beginning of the XVII century.
There are settlements with such a name in Germany, Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, even in France. Brest (Brest region) in Belarus is located at the confluence of the Mukhavets river into the Western Bug.
Many cities of the Brest region are famous for theirhistory. The large regional center Pinsk is one of them. It lies on the banks of the beautiful Pina River. For the first time, “The Tale of Bygone Years” speaks about Pinsk. This city is the second in Belarus and the first in the Brest region in terms of the number of architectural monuments available here. Unfortunately, most of them were destroyed during the long history of Pinsk. Of the remaining ones, the most popular are the Jesuit College, the churches of St. Stanislav, Our Lady and Karl Baramey, Butrimovich Palace, many other buildings built in the XVII-XIX centuries, an ancient cemetery on Tranquil Street. From the modern can be called embrasures of bunkers, the ship "BK-92", memorials and monuments to Soviet soldiers, a beautiful embankment on the Pina River.
This city is the administrative center.Baranavichy district also keeps its glorious history. In the 17th century, the Jesuit Mission was here. The location on a straight line between Brest and Minsk was the result of the fact that railway appeared here already in the 70s of the XIX century. station and its locomotive depot. In Baranavichy there is even a Railway Museum, in which there are about 400 exhibits. Like other areas of the Brest region, Baranavichy has many historical and architectural monuments and unique natural sites. Particularly distinguished settlement Gorodishche, founded in the early XV century. 33% of the territory is occupied by forests, there are two picturesque lakes - Domashevichskoye and Koldashevskoye - the large reservoir Gat. For the protection of natural resources created two reserves: Baranovichi and Stronga.
For many tourists it will be interesting to visit this one.a small town that locals call Janowo. He began his existence as a village Porkhovo. But at the beginning of the 15th century, it was presented to the Lutsk Catholic Church, in which Jan Laskovich was a bishop. In honor of him and renamed the village. It is famous for the fact that Andrei Bobola preached here - the patron of all Belarusian lands. He, who was already in years, was captured by Ukrainian Cossacks in Yanovo and executed after inhuman torture. There is a memorial sign at the place of execution in the city, and in the place where the saint was seized there were two memorable crosses. Bobol was buried in Pinsk, and after about forty years he was exhumed. The body of the priest was incorruptible. In 1938, he was canonized. Ivanovo (Brest region) is the administrative center of the Ivanovo district.
In the Brest region is the most famousWorld Reserve - Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Almost all of its territory is covered with ancient forests, in which more than a thousand relict trees grow. By the number of animals, birds and plants, the reserve has no equal in Europe. Many representatives of flora and fauna, including the famous bison, are listed in the Red Book. But not only our smaller brothers are interested in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. There are also historical monuments here, such as the Tyszkiewicz manor, the Viskuli residence, the Belaya Vezha watchtower, and even the residence of Santa Claus. Brest region takes care of its nature with care, therefore several reserves were created on its territory: “Pribuzhskoye Polesye”, “Brest”, “Bugsky” and “Barbastella”, in which the largest colony of bats was taken under protection.
