Białowieża Forest
The Białowieża Forest is named after the Polish village of Białowieża, which is located in the middle of the forest and was probably one of the first human settlements in the area. Białowieża means "White Tower" in Polish. The name stems from the white wooden hunting manor established in the village by Władysław II Jagiełło, the King of Poland who ruled the country from 1386 until his death in 1434 and enjoyed going on hunting trips in the forest. The modern Belarusian name for the forest is ' (), although both the Belarusian authorities and UNESCO use the official Russian name ' () from before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.&lt;ref name="list/33"&gt;"Belovezhskaya Pushcha/Białowieża Forest" at the UNESCO official webpage. Retrieved 28 November 2012.&lt;/ref&gt;