• On April 26, 1842, the Brest Fortress replenished the system of first-class citadels guarding the western borders of the Russian Empire.
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  • The water supply system, warehouses were destroyed, communication was interrupted. The surviving defenders of the Brest Fortress died, suffering from...
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  • The stern face of a Red Army soldier frowns down at the ruins of Brest Fortress, shattered by the Nazis' surprise attack in 1941.
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  • A guide to visiting Brest Fortress, a 19th-century Russian citadel, with imposing Soviet-era architecture, monuments and statues and an ancient fort.
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  • Monument to the Liberation of Brest. A concrete and granite stele is located on Freedom Square in the center of Brest. The monument is about 9 meters high.
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  • In the chaos of the first months of the war, no-one in the Soviet Union was aware of the heroism of the defenders of the Brest Fortress.
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  • The main part of the memorial is the Square of Ceremonies, leading to the Museum of the Defence of Brest fortress and the ruins of the White Palace.
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  • The last known defender of the Brest Fortress Major P.Gavrilov was taken prisoner of war on July 23, 1941 - on the 32nd day of the war.
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  • History of Brest Fortress Brest Fortress was built in the 1830s-early 1840s at the meeting-point of the rivers Bug and Mukhavyets.
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