Brest

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Brest (formerly Brest-Litovsk) City and port at the confluence of the Bug and Muchavec rivers, near the Polish border, w Belarus. It was the site of the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Industries: food processing, sawmilling, textiles. Pop. (1999) 300,400.

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