| Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa | |
| Settlement Type: | Urban-type settlement |
| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Grodno Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Byerastavitsa District |
| Coordinates: | 53.1956°N 24.0208°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Elevation M: | 161 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 5,728 |
| Area Code: | +375 1511 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 231778 |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa (Belarusian: Вялікая Бераставіца|Vialikaja Bierastavica; Russian: Большая Берестовица|Bolshaya Berestovitsa; Polish: Brzostowica Wielka; Yiddish: וויאַליקייַאַ ביעראַסטאַוויצאַ) is an urban-type settlement in Grodno Region, Belarus.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Byerastavitsa District.[1] It is located near the city of Grodno. As of 2024, it has a population of 5,728.[1]
It was granted by King Alexander Jagiellon to the Chodkiewicz family. It was a private town of the Chodkiewicz, Mniszech, Potocki and Kossakowski families, administratively located in the Grodno County in the Troki Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In the interwar period, Brzostowica Wielka, as it was known in Polish, was administratively located in the Grodno County in the Białystok Voivodeship of Poland. In the 1921 census, 51.4% people declared Jewish nationality, 43.5% declared Polish nationality and 5.1% declared Belarusian nationality.[2]
During World War II, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Nazi Germany until 1944, and re-occupied by the Soviet Union afterwards.