The Dnieper–Bug Canal flows east from Brest in southwestern Belarus, just over the border from Poland and less than 50 km north of Ukraine, through Kobryn, to The Pina (river). In Pinsk, The Pina runs into the Prypiat (river). The Prypiat starts at the northwestern corner of Ukraine, crosses north over the border into Belarus near Pinsk, flows east across Belarus, crosses south back into Ukraine near (the city of) Pripyat, past Chernobyl, into the Dnieper (river) at the northern end of the Kiev Reservoir. (Kiev sits at the southern end of the reservoir.)
The Pinsk Marshes (also called the Pripet Marshes) is a wetlands region over 100,000 square miles in size. The region runs along the Prypiat (river) and its tributaries extending to Brest, Mogilev, and Kiev. The city of Pripyat is 221 miles east-southeast of the center of the Pinsk Marshes.
Pripiac, Pripiat, Prypiat.


Kiev Reservoir – formed 1960 – 1966. Other names: Kyiv Cistern, Kyiv Sea, Kiewer Meer.
Chernobyl – Chronobyl.
Town | District | Province | Country | |
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Before WWI (c. 1900): | Glusha | Kovel | Volhynia | Russian Empire |
Between the wars (c. 1930): | Wielka Hłusza | Kamień Koszyrski | Polesie | Poland |
After WWII (c. 1950): | Velikaya Glusha | Soviet Union | ||
Today (c. 2000): | Velyka Hlusha | Ukraine |
Town | District | Province | Country | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Before WWI (c. 1900): | Kobrin | Kobrin | Grodno | Russian Empire |
Between the wars (c. 1930): | Kobryń | Kobryń | Polesie | Poland |
After WWII (c. 1950): | Kobrin | Soviet Union | ||
Today (c. 2000): | Kobryn | Belarus |
Town | District | Province | Country | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Before WWI (c. 1900): | Divin | Kobrin | Grodno | Russian Empire |
Between the wars (c. 1930): | Dywin | Kobryń | Polesie | Poland |
After WWII (c. 1950): | Divin | Soviet Union | ||
Today (c. 2000): | Divin | Belarus |
Town | District | Province | Country | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Before WWI (c. 1900): | Chernobyl | Radomysl | Kiev | Russian Empire |
Between the wars (c. 1930): | Chernobyl | Kiev | Ukraine SSR | Soviet Union |
After WWII (c. 1950): | Chernobyl’ | Soviet Union | ||
Today (c. 2000): | Chornobyl’ | Ukraine |

Pskov Oblast – on the Western border of Russia in 2020.


