Brest, Belarus
In 1795, Brest, together with the western part of the Brest Voivodeship, became part of the Russian Empire. Originally part of the Lithuanian province. In 1801, it became a county town of the Grodno province and officially became known as Brest-Litovsk. In 1802, a fire broke out in Brest, destroying 160 houses. During the Franco-Russian War of 1812, a series of battles took place near Brest and Kobrin. In 1822 and 1828, two more fires broke out in the city, the first of which burned down the commercial part of Brest, and during the fire of 1828 - 220 houses, including the Greek Catholic Church, the Brigitte Monastery, 150 slaughterhouses and 5 Jewish schools.