Brest Fortress (Brest)
Belarus /
Brest /
Brest
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, 5 km from center (Брест, Брэст)
World / Belarus / Brest
place with historical importance, invisible, listed building / architectural heritage, war memorial, star fort, hero city - Soviet honorary title, Great Patriotic War
Brest Fortress (Belarusian: Брэсцкая крэпасць, Brestskaya krepasts' ; Russian: Брестская крепость, Brestskaya krepost' ; Polish: Twierdza brzeska), formerly known as Brest-Litovsk Fortress (the Polish name of the city was Brześć Litewski), is a 19th century Russian fortress in Brest, Belarus. It is one of the most important Soviet World War II war monuments commemorating the Soviet resistance against the German invasion on June 22, 1941 (Operation Barbarossa). Following the war, in 1965 the title Hero-Fortress was given to the Fortress to commemorate the heroic defence of the frontier stronghold during the very first weeks of the German-Soviet War. It was then part of the Byelorussian SSR. The title Hero-Fortress corresponds to the title Hero City, that has been awarded to the total of twelve Soviet cities.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brest_Fortress
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°4'55"N 23°39'14"E
- Former Brest Castle 0.2 km
- Remains of the Ring Barracks 0.2 km
- Citadel of the Brest Fortress 0.6 km
- East Fort 0.8 km
- West Fort 0.9 km
- Count Berg Fort 2 km
- the area of the Jewish ghetto during Nazi occupation in 1941-1942 3 km
- Свято-Афанасьевский мужской монастырь 4 km
- fortress lebiedziew 7.8 km
- Park 13 km
- Former Brest Castle 0.2 km
- 6th Bastion 0.6 km
- Volynskoye Fortification 0.6 km
- Kobrin Fortification 0.6 km
- Fifth Bastion of the Kobrin Fortification 0.7 km
- 1st Bastion 0.9 km
- Belarusian Army unit 2187 1.1 km
- Military cemetery 1.1 km
- Brest Central Railway Station 2 km
- Brest District 19 km