Kobrin

Kobrin is located in the western part of Belarus in the Brest region on the flat banks of the Mukhavets River at its junction with the Dnieper-Bug Canal. For the first time the city of Kobrin (Kobryn) is mentioned in 1287 in the spiritual charter of the Volyn prince Vladimir Vasilkovich, in which he bequeathed the city to his wife Olga Romanovna. The Military History Museum named after Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov is located in Kobrin. The population of the city was 52 thousand inhabitants.