Berestia
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Berestia (Belarusian: Берасцейшчына; Ukrainian: Берестейщина,Lithuanian: Berestje), is the part of Belarusian, Ukrainian, and 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.
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[edit]- (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.
