Brześć nad Bugiem

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Brześć nad Bugiem is a historic city on the Bug River, now known as Brest in Belarus, long serving as an important regional and military center in Eastern Europe.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Brześć nad Bugiem canonical 3
Brześć Litewski 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
associatedWithWar World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Belarus ⓘ
crossesBorderTraffic major rail border crossing with Poland ⓘ
major road border crossing with Poland ⓘ
currentName Brest ⓘ
linked to: Brest (Belarus)
event Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918) ⓘ
formerName Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
Brześć Litewski ⓘ
linked to: Brest (Belarus)
hasEconomicActivity light industry ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport and logistics ⓘ
hasFortification Brest Fortress ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center of Brest District ⓘ
administrative center of Brest Region ⓘ
hasLandmark Brest Hero-Fortress memorial complex ⓘ
Brest railway station ⓘ
Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross ⓘ
Holy Cross Exaltation Church ⓘ
St. Nicholas Church in Brest Fortress ⓘ
historicalAffiliation Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
historicalEvent siege of Brest Fortress in 1941 ⓘ
historicalRegion Kresy ⓘ
Polesia ⓘ
languageVariantName Brest ⓘ
linked to: Brest (Belarus)

Брест ⓘ
linked to: Brest (Belarus)

Брэст ⓘ
linked to: Brest (Belarus)
locatedIn Brest Region ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+3 ⓘ
locatedNearBorderWith Poland ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
locatedOn European route E30 ⓘ
railway corridor between Warsaw and Moscow ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Bug River ⓘ
riverConfluence near confluence of Bug and Mukhavets rivers ⓘ
role military center ⓘ
regional center ⓘ
siteOf Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty negotiations ⓘ
linked to: Brest-Litovsk
strategicLocation border fortress ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polesie Voivodeship → capital → Brześć nad Bugiem ⓘ
Polesie Voivodeship → administrativeCenter → Brześć nad Bugiem ⓘ
Kresy → containsCity → Brześć nad Bugiem ⓘ
Brest-Litovsk → alsoKnownAs → Brześć Litewski ⓘ
linked to: Brześć nad Bugiem