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Kobrin )) is a city in the Brest voblast of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn District. The city is located in the southweatern corner of Belarus where the Mukhavets River and Dnepr-Bug Canal meet. The city lies about 52 km east of the city of Brest. As of 1995, the population was around 51,500.

History

At various times, the city previously belonged to Lithuanian and Polish states, to Imperial Russia, and to the Byelorussian SSR.

During the Polish Defence War of 1939 the town was the scene of heavy fighting between the Polish 60th Infantry Division of Colonel Adam Epler and the German XIX Panzer Corps of General Heinz Guderian. After three days of fighting the Poles withdrew southwards.

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