Brestský rajón

Historické památky v Brestském rajónu

Historical Monuments & Forts

This collection spans the military and religious history of the Brest region, centered on the 19th-century Brest-Litovsk fortress system. It features various defensive structures, including the Eastern Fort museum and several outlying fortifications like Graf Berg and Fort IV. The list also highlights significant religious heritage, such as the unique Neo-Uniate church in Kostomłoty and the 17th-century Basilica of St. Anne in Kodeń. Numerous war memorials and ruins, like the White Palace and Molotov Line bunkers, commemorate the region's complex 20th-century history.

Historical Monuments & Forts – Mapa

Christian Ganzer / CC-BY-SA-3.0

A

Brest Fortress

Brest Fortress, formerly known as Brest-Litoŭsk Fortress, is a 19th-century fortress in Brest, Belarus.

B

MEMORIAL COMPLEK «BREST NERO-FORTRESS EXHIBITION DEFENCE OF EASTERN FORT»

Located within the Brest Fortress, this museum focuses on the defense of the Eastern Fort during June 1941, featuring historical artifacts and reconstructed defensive positions.

Lollencja / CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

C

Kościół pw. Świętej Anny

A 17th-century Baroque basilica in Kodeń, known for housing the painting of Our Lady of Kodeń and serving as a major regional pilgrimage site.

JoannaPyka / CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

D

Cerkiew katolicka, neounicka obrządku bizantyjsko-słowiańskiego pw. św. Nikity Męczennika w Kostomłotach

A 17th-century wooden church in Kostomłoty, it is the only remaining Neo-Uniate parish of the Byzantine-Slavic rite in the world.

О. Полищук. / CC BY-SA 4.0

E

Fort <<Graf Berg>>

Built in 1869 based on designs by General Eduard Totleben, this structure served as a key defensive point in the Brest-Litovsk fortress system.

Кислотный / CC BY-SA 3.0

F

ruins of the White Palace

Ruins of a 17th-century Basilian monastery and church, later converted into a secular building where the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed in 1918.

Alex Milekhin / CC-BY-SA

G

N.V. Gogol

A bronze monument dedicated to the writer Nikolai Gogol, located on a street featuring numerous thematic wrought-iron sculptures.

H

Schron L. Mołotowa

Concrete bunker ruins belonging to the Molotov Line, a system of border fortifications built by the Soviet Union between 1940 and 1941.

невядомы / Public domain

I

Mesto Vostocnyh vorot

Site of the former Eastern Gates of the Brest Fortress, now preserved as ruins within the memorial complex.

Unknown / Public domain

J

Ruiny Inzenernogo upravlenia

The structural remains of the Engineering Department building within the Brest Fortress, destroyed during the siege of 1941.

K

Fort lit. Z

An auxiliary defensive fortification belonging to the outer ring of the Brest-Litovsk fortress system.

L

Fort IV

A late 19th-century defensive structure that formed part of the first inner line of the Brest-Litovsk fortress.

M

Fort Z "Dubinniki"

Ruins of a 19th-century fort, part of the defensive network surrounding Brest, located near the village of Dubinniki.

N

Fort No 8 (B)

A defensive fortification of the Brest-Litovsk fortress, constructed during the late 19th-century expansion of the city's defenses.

O

Fort 1

One of the primary defensive forts of the Brest fortress system, built to protect the northern approaches to the city.

P

Mogiła zbiorowa powstańców styczniowych

A mass grave and monument commemorating the Polish insurgents who fought in the January Uprising of 1863.

Q

Pomnik ku pamięci Żołnierzy II wojny światowej

A commemorative monument dedicated to the soldiers who served and fell during the Second World War.

R

Voinam-zemlakam

A local memorial dedicated to residents of the area who fought and died in the Great Patriotic War.

S

Pamatnik pogibsim odnoselcanam

A war memorial honoring fellow villagers who perished during the conflicts of the 20th century.

T

Rasstrelannym mirnym zitelam

A memorial marking the site where local civilians were executed during the German occupation in World War II.