History of Kobryn in photos

A small historical reference

Geography: Kobryn is a city in the Brest Region of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn District. The city is located in the southwestern corner of Belarus, where the Mukhavets River and Dnepr-Bug Canal meet. The city lies about 52 km east of the city of Brest. It is a station on the Brest – Homiel railway line. Sometimes the name of the city is written as Kobrin which is a transliteration from Russian.

Date of foundation: 1287

History:

Population: 51 166

Sights:

3rd May Street

At harvest festival celebrations, 1934

At harvest festival celebrations in front of the town hall building, 1934

Barracks

Bobruyskaya street

Bobruyskaya street, view from the bridge to the barracks

Brestskaya street, 1916

Brestskaya street

Building

Congress of Justices of the Peace of Kobrino-Pruzhany District, 1904

Country cottage, motorcycle, 1928

District Court

Gubernskaya street, 1899	Holiday, 1920s	Holiday, 1920s	Hospital, 1915
Market, at right - Pinskaya Street, 1918	Market Square	Market Square	Market Square, 1918
Market Square, 1918	Market Square, 1918	Market Square, 1918	Market Square and Brestskaya Street, 1909

Market Square and Guests Row	Meshchanskaya street	Monastery Street	Monopoly warehouse
Monument to Kosciuszka	Mukhavets River, 1933	Mukhavets River	Municipal Court building, 1933
Pilsudski street	Pinskaya street, 1918	Pinskaya street	School name of Pilsudski

Ruins of the Spassky Monastery	Ruins of the Spassky Monastery, 1911	Ruins of the Spassky Monastery, 1911	Ruins of the Spassky Monastery, 1911
St Peter and Paul Church, 1899	St Peter and Paul Church, 1899	Suvorovskaya street	Suvorovskaya street
Synagogue, 1949	Town hall building (Magistrate)	Victoria street, 1918	View of the Cathedral from Sennaya Square