Kosava, Belarus

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Kosava (Belarusian: Косава; Russian: Коссово; also known as Polish: Kossów and Kossów Poleski) is a small town in the Ivasevichy Raion in the Brest Province of Belarus, located at 52°45′N, 25°09′E. It is the birth place of Tadeusz Kościuszko and Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz. Nearby are the spectacular (but ruined) Kosava castle, built by the Puslowski family in 1830, and a replica of Tadeusz Kościuszko's house.

[edit] External links

• Photos on Radzima.org
• Webpage about Kosava Castle

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