Kobryn

Kobryn or Kobrin is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Kobryn District. Later, the area was part of the Kievan Rus' and the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. In Kobryń was held the county Sejmik of the Mozyrz County during the Russian occupation of Mozyrz in 1659. In the years 1774–1784 a canal was built connecting the Mukhavets River with the Pina River, named the Royal Canal after Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski, who opened it, and as a result a water route was created connecting the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. four months after the reestablishment of independent Poland.

In 1944, the town was captured by the Red Army. Since 1991, it is a part of the Republic of Belarus.

Notable people

Gedaliah Alon (1901–1950), Israeli historian
Aharon Becker (1905–1995), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset
Samuel Epstein (1919–2001), Polish-Canadian-American geo-chemist
Enrique Oltuski (1930–2012), Cuban revolutionary and politician
Oscar Zariski (1899–1986), American mathematician.

Sights

Among the historical monuments of the city are the Catholic Church of the Dormition, Baroque Monastery of the Transfiguration, a park founded by Antoni Tyzenhauz in 1768, the Orthodox church of St. Alexander Nevsky, the building of the pre-war Polish Maria Rodziewiczówna State Gymnasium, the building of the pre-war town hall and the Catholic cemetery, where the family of the Polish national poet Adam Mickiewicz is buried.

File:Kobryn-kostel-uspenia.jpg|Church of the Dormition

File:Монастырь Святого Спаса.JPG|Monastery of the Transfiguration

File:Собор Ал. Невского.jpg|Church of St. Alexander Nevsky

File:Sovetskaya st 94. School n 1.jpg|Maria Rodziewiczówna State Gymnasium building

File:Кобрын. (01).jpg|Former town hall

File:Кобрын. Надмагілле ля царквы.jpg|Grave of the Mickiewicz family at the Catholic cemetery

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Notable people

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