Kobrin - Kobryń

Kobrin
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Information
CountryBelarus
RegionBrest region
Surface26 km²
Population52 843
Area code 375 1642
Postal Code225301–225306, 225860
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Kobrin - city in the western part Belarus, until 1945 in Poland, at the junction of the Dniepr-Bug Canal with the Muchawiec River.

Characteristic

Drive

By plane

The only airport in Belarus to which flights from Poland (Warsaw) are offered is the International Airport in Minsk.

By train

There is a railway station in Kobryn.

By car

Kobryn is located on the road connecting Warsaw with Minsk and Moscow and on the road to Gomel.

By bus

You can get to Kobryn by buses from various cities of Belarus.

Communication

Worth seeing

  • Catholic church, late classicist, built in 1843. Closed in 1962, given to the faithful in 1989.
  • Orthodox church, wooden, transferred to Kobryń in 1841 and situated in the present place. The church was closed in the 1960s and turned into a museum storehouse, it was given to the faithful in 1986. Next to the church there is a bell tower.
  • Orthodox church, erected in the years 1864–1868 on the grave of Russian soldiers who died in the battle with Napoleon's army in 1812. The temple commemorates the fallen and the abolition of serfdom. It was erected by the tsarist regime with the money from the confiscation of property after the January Uprising.
  • Transfiguration Monastery - the Orthodox monastery was founded in 1497, initially wooden, baroque brick buildings were built at the beginning of the 16th century. After the Union of Brest in 1596, the monastery was taken over by the Basilians. In 1626 a synod of Uniate bishops of the Republic of Poland was held here. After the union was abolished in 1839, the monastery housed an Orthodox religious school. The building was abandoned after a fire in the second half of the XIX century. After renovation in the interwar period, it was the seat of the court. Until 2010, it housed the police station, then it was handed over to the Orthodox eparchy. Currently, the Spassky female monastery is operating here.
  • A city manor called Suworow House, classicist, built in 1794, destroyed during World War II. Restored in the years 1948 and 1980. In the manor there is a military-historical museum. Aleksandra Suworowa, who lived there in 1797 and 1800. Romuald Traugutt stayed in this manor in 1860.
  • Synagogue from the second half of the 19th century (now in ruins)
  • multi-faith city cemeteries

Nearest neighborhood

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Shopping

Gastronomy

Parties

Accommodation

  • Bona Hotel
  • Apartments on Lenina
  • Apartments Morskaya Glad
  • Apartment Milky Way

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