Brest (
or traditionally Берасце,
Bieraście; ; ; ,
traditionally Берестя
Berestia;
Brisk), formerly also
Brest-on-the-Bug and
Brest-Litovsk ("Брэст-Лiтоўск" in Belarusian), is a city (population 310,800 in 2010) in
Belarus at the border with
Poland opposite the Polish city of
Terespol, where the
Bug River and
Mukhavets rivers meet. It is the capital city of the
Brest voblast.