What is Brest, Belarus?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Brest | native_name = Брэст<br />Брест | image_skyline = Brest Montage (2017).jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_flag = Berastre stiag.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Brest, Belarus.svg | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Belarus | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Belarus]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Voblast]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Brest Voblast]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Raion]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Brest Raion]] | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = [[Alexander Palishenkow]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1019 | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 145 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2024 | population_note = | population_total = 344,470 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = 2143 | timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|52|08||N|23|40||E|region:BY|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 280.4 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 224000 | area_code = +375 (0)162 | blank_name = License plate | blank_info = 1 | website = [http://www.brest.gov.by/ www.brest.gov.by] | footnotes = }} '''Brest''' is a city in [[Belarus]]. It is at the border with [[Poland]] opposite the city of [[Terespol]], where the [[Bug River]] and [[Mukhavets River|Mukhavets]] rivers meet. It is the capital city of the [[Brest Region]]. There are two universities in Brest: [[A.S.Pushkin State University]] and [[Brest State Technical University]]. There are some newspapers in Brest: [[Brestskaya Gazeta]], Brestskiy Kurier, Brestskiy Vestnik, Vecherniy Brest, Zarya. == History == Brest is one of the oldest cities of the [[Galicia-Volyn]] principality. It was fi