Luninyets

Luninyets or Luninets (Belarusian: Лунінец, romanized: Luniniec; Russian: Лунинец;[2] Polish: Łuniniec; Yiddish: לונינייץ, romanized: Luninitz) is a town in Brest Region, Belarus.

In 1888, while under Russian sovereignty, a railway junction was built in Luninyets, linking it by rail to Warsaw, Rivne, Vilna and Gomel, and a proper railroad station was added in 1905.

Łuniniec became part of the Second Polish Republic in 1921 following the Polish-Soviet War.

[citation needed] During World War II, Łuniniec was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR.

In 1884–1886, train traffic was opened to Gomel, Rovno, Vilna and Brest, a large railway junction with a depot, workshops and other buildings was built near the village, a railway station was built.

Łuniniec in the 1930s