Berestia
| Berestia Ukrainian: Берестейщина |
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| Province of Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | |||||
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| Capital | Berestia | ||||
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| • | Established | 1080 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1320 | |||
Berestia (Ukrainian: Берестейщина - Belarusian: Бярэсцейшчына), or Land of Berestia is the part of Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Polish ethnic territory, bounded by the Bug River, Pripyat River, Yaselda River, and Narew (Narva) River.
Its main cities were Berestia, Bilsk, Dorohychyn, Kobryn, Kamyanyets and Vizna.
Princes of Berestia (Brest)
The city was founded by the Slavs. As a town, Brest – Berestye in Kievan Rus – was first mentioned in the Primary Chronicle in 1019. It became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was laid waste by the Mongols in 1241 (see: Mongol invasion of Europe), and was not rebuilt until 1275.
In the second part of the 12th century Berestia became the center of the small feudal duchy called Land of Berestia which was part of Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. In 1164 the Lithuanian Duke Skirmunt took Berestia but did not own it for a long time. Attempts in 1179 and 1182 by the Polish High Duke (or King) Kazimierz II to join Berestia to Poland were unsuccessful.
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