Before World War I, Brześć (then known as Brest-Litovsk) was controlled by the Russian Empire for a hundred years following the partitions of Poland, and all commercial activity was largely neglected.
瓜分波兰之后到第一次世界大战之前，布热西奇（当时称为布列斯特-利托夫斯克）被俄罗斯帝国控制了一百年，所有商业活动在很大程度上遭到了忽视。