Kobryn
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Kobryn Кобрын |
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Kobryn, centre of town
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 Kobryn
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| Coordinates: 52°13′0″N 24°22′0″E / 52.21667°N 24.36667°E | |||
| Country |
 Belarus
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| Region | Brest Region | ||
| District | Kobryn District | ||
| Founded | 1287 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Chairman | Aleksandr Zozulya | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 26 km2 (10 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 51,166 | ||
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 225301—225306, 225860 | ||
| Area code(s) | +375 1642 | ||
| License plate | 1 | ||
| Website | Official website (Russian) | ||
Kobryn (Belarusian: Ко́брын; Russian: Кобрин; Ukrainian: Кобринь; Polish: Kobryń; Yiddish: קאברין) is a city in the Brest Region of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn District. The city is located in the southwestern corner of Belarus where the Mukhavets River and Dnepr-Bug Canal meet. The city lies about 52 km east of the city of Brest. Kobryn is located at Latitude 52.12.58N and Longitude 24.21.59E. It is at an altitude of 485 feet. It is a station on the Brest – Homiel railway line. As of 1995, the population was around 51,500. Sometimes the name of the city is written as Kobrin which is a transliteration from Russian.
In prehistoric times it was inhabited by the ancient Baltic Yotvingian tribe. At various times, the city had belonged to Lithuania and Poland, Imperial Russia, and the Byelorussian SSR following World War II.
First mentioned in the 11th century, since the late 13th century the town was owned by the princes of Volhynian Vladimir. In the early 14th century the town formed part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. A seat of a powiat authorities, between 1589 and 1766 it was a free city of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, located on Magdeburg Law. This allowed for a large number of Jews to settle in the area following the 16th century. The Jewish population in 1900 was 6,738.
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