Brest-Litovsk

Variant of Brest

  1. seaport in W France, on the Atlantic: pop. 148,000
  2. city in SW Belarus, on the Bug River: pop. 277,000: site of the signing of a separate peace treaty (March, 1918) between Russia & the Central Powers
    formerly called Brest-Litovsk
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