Beresteishchyna
Beresteishchyna (; ) is a Ukrainian cultural and ethnic region in Western Polesie, in what is primarily the modern Brest Region of Belarus. Located along the western Bug, Beresteishchyna is one of three ethnically-Ukrainian territories in Belarus, alongside and . Name Other names for Beresteishchyna include Brest Land, Brest Volost, Berestiyshchyna, Brestshchyna, Brest Krai, and Polissia. History Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth During the time of the Union of Lublin, representatives from Beresteishchyna and Volhynia spoke in favour of unification with the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, alongside other Ukrainian lands. Later, the Ukrainians of Beresteishchyna became involved in Cossack uprisings. During the Khmelnytsky Uprising, there was a pro-Khmelnytsky uprising in Brest, which lasted for over three months, from September 1648 to January 1649, before being crushed by the forces of Janusz Radziwiłł. Another uprising occurred in 1649, leading to the deaths of approximately 2,000 of the city's residents. Other, more minor uprisings took place in Turov, Ivanava, and Kobryn. Russian Empire Following the partitions of Poland, Beresteishchyna became part of the Russian Empire. In the 1860s, Ukrainian ethnographer Pavlo Chubynsky made two visits to the region. Twenty years later, Ukrainian theatre began to organise in the