Town

Brest

Brest Region

1,217 files in the archives name Brest. Among them: courts, investigations — 38, revision lists — 24, nobility, service records — 19.

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Names

Belarusian: Брэст; Берасце; Брэст-Літоўск
Belarusian (Taraškievica): Берасьце
Russian: Брест; Брест; Брест-Литовск
Polish: Brześć; Brześć Litewski; Brześć nad Bugiem
Lithuanian: Brestas; Brasta
Ukrainian: Берестя; Берасьце; Бересть; Брест; Брест-Литовськ
Yiddish: בריסק; Brisk
English: Brest; Bieraście; Brest-Litovsk; Brest-on-the-Bug; Brisk; Byerastsye; Litovsk
German: Brest; Brest-Litowsk; Brisk; Litauisch-Brest

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Old maps of this place — Russian 3-verst map, WIG 1:100,000 (1924–1939), German maps of 1914–1918 (Mapster)

Now: Brest Region

Affiliation by years

Parish, volost, district and estate as different sources give them, one source a row. Each source speaks of its own year and they may disagree.

Years	Volost; district	Source
…–1565	Berestia	Wikidata
1565–1795	Brest-Litovsky povet, Brest Litovsk Voivodeship	Wikidata
1795–1921	Brest County, Lithuania Governorate	Wikidata
1921–1939	Polesie Voivodeship	Wikidata

Indexes of metric books

Baptisms, marriages and deaths transcribed by volunteers (Geneteka of the Polish Genealogical Society), with the years transcribed. Search by surname on their site.

Geneteka: Brześćbaptisms 1802-1850 marriages 1802-1872 deaths 1802-1868

Extraordinary State Commission files, 1944–1945

Files of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission on the occupiers' crimes: witness interviews, lists of the killed and of those deported to Germany (NARB fond 1569, digital copies from GARF, scans online). The 1944 district is the one with the nearest district seat, so near a district border look at the neighbouring one too.

About this place

Брестский район (1944)

Документы по установлению и расследованию злодеяний, совершенных немецко-фашистскими захватчиками и их сообщниками на территории Брестского района (акты, протоколы опросов свидетелей, поименные списки, схемы, фотографии) (29.12.1944 - 01.04.1945)

Files on the whole region — Брестская область (1)

Доклад Брестской областной комиссии содействия в работе ЧГК СССР об установлении и расследовании злодеяний и учете ущерба, причиненного немецко-фашистскими захватчиками народному хозяйству Брестской области, приложения к нему (1945)

Places nearby

Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego

Polish geographical dictionary of 1880–1902: gmina, parish, number of households, owners. The link opens the page scan.

Where it is mentioned

Fonds, inventories and files whose titles contain the place name. Several places may share a name — check the uezd and volost.

All records mentioning it: 1217in the search, with filters by archive, kind of document and years

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Links

Place data from Wikidata (CC0 licence), where it can also be corrected.