60 km north of Brest 1,300 sq km of protected ancient forest. Ones the residence of Polish princes and Russian tsars, on December 8, 1991 the document which sealed the end of USSR and the creation of the CIS were signed here by Belarus, Russia an the Ukraine. Now, there are just plenty of roaming elk, lynx, beaver and bison. Yes, bison. If you can't manage to find some animals to watch in the wild just visit the nature museum houses the resident forest dwellers.