Kosava, Belarus

Kosava
Косава (Belarusian)
Pusłowski palace
Kosava
Coordinates: 52°45′N 25°09′E / 52.750°N 25.150°E / 52.750; 25.150
CountryBelarus
RegionBrest Region
DistrictIvatsevichy District
Mentioned1494
Population
 (2025)
  Total
1,837
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
225262
Area code+375 1645
License plate1

Kosava or Kossovo (Belarusian: Косава; Russian: Коссово; Yiddish: קאסעוו, romanized: Kosev), formerly known as Kosava-Palyeskaye, is a town in Ivatsevichy District, Brest Region, in western Belarus. As of 2025, it has a population of 1,837.

The nearby village of Merechevschina is the birthplace of Tadeusz Kościuszko, with Kosava being the place of his baptism. Kosava is the birthplace of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz. Nearby is the ruined Kosava Castle, built by the Pusłowski family in 1830, and a replica of Tadeusz Kościuszko's house in Mereczowszczyzna.