• Brest Fortress, formerly known as Brest-Litoŭsk Fortress, is a 19th-century fortress in Brest, Belarus. In 1965, the title Hero Fortress was given to the fortress...
  • On April 26, 1842, the Brest Fortress replenished the system of first-class citadels guarding the western borders of the Russian Empire.
  • The defense of the Brest Fortress became one of the most glorious pages in the history of the Red Army. However, it was only years later that the...
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    • Brest Fortress in peacetime
    • Equipment of the fortress on the eve of World War I
  • Brest fortress, fort number 5. ... And I decided to start with a wonderful monument to Russian engineering work - the fifth fort of the Brest fortress.
  • In modern times, his work was already continued at a new serious level by the historian Rostislav Aliyev, a researcher of the defense of the Brest Fortress.
  • Brest Fortress' front gate today. In 1830 Russian general K.I. Opperman designed the fort's first four-square-kilometer iteration, which was built from 1836 to 1842.
  • The Brest Fortress is strongly associated with the World war II: its beginning, the defense of the fortress, old writings on the walls and the huge monument.
  • The Brest Fortress in Belarus became a symbol of fortitude of Soviet soldiers during the Great Patriotic War.
  • Tap on the map to travel. Fort I, Brest Fortress Map. ... Brest-Pawnochny is a railway station situated 2 km southeast of Fort I, Brest Fortress.
  • The Brest Fortress - - originally conceived and built in the 1830's - - by 1941 an outmoded and archaic anachronism. A citadel surrounded by three other forts...
  • Brest Hero Fortress. The military-political situation in Europe remained restless for a long time, so the fortress was modernized several times.
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  • ...was the second modernization of the Brest Fortress (1911-1914), as a result of which it was planned to put forward a second line of forts 6-7 km from the fortress.