Baranovichi

Baranavichy (/bəˈrɑːnəvɪtʃiː/ ( listen); Belarusian: Бара́навічы [baˈranavʲitʂɨ], Łacinka: Baranavičy, Baranavichy; Russian: Бара́новичи, Polish: Baranowicz, Lithuanian: Baranovičiai, Yiddish: באראנאוויטש‎, Baranovich) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus with a population (as of 1995) of 173,000. It is a significant railway junction and home to Baranavichy State University. It was also the center of the Baranavichy Voblast between 1939-1941 and again between 1944-1954.