Brest Fortress 22 June action plan. Program of the 5th International Reconstruction Festival “June 22

June 22 is the day of memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War, the day of mourning. "Garrison-A" met this day at the reconstruction in Brest Fortress. Anatoly Myasnikov commanded the frontier post, Boris Krasnov, as part of the consolidated frontier regiment, restored the frontier sign with him. Victoria Smirnova, as part of the women and wives of the command staff, was withdrawn from the defending Brest fortress. Timur Cherepnin commanded an infantry unit that defended the locals and a counterattack. Vyacheslav Ivanov (Beria) took command of the combined regiment and the people's commissariat of internal affairs. All his life, dreaming of celebrating his birthday in the Brest Fortress, Andrei Nazarenko defended the fortress with his son and other Red Army soldiers: this is how the innermost desires of simple reenactors are embodied. Congratulations to our friends and colleagues from the organization Garrison (Brest), who were involved in this event. The next one under their auspices will be the liberation of the Brest Fortress in Skoky, which will reconstruct the events of the end of the war. See you again.

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The public association "Belarusian Republican Youth Union", the military - historical club "Garrison" with the support of the Brest regional and city executive committees, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, the 38th separate guards Vienna Red Banner air assault brigade, 111th Guards Königsberg Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov II degree artillery brigade organizes VII international military-historical festival “June 22, 1941. Brest Fortress" dedicated heroic defense Brest fortress. The festival program includes: participation in city events dedicated to the Day of National Memory of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War, dramatization of episodes of the defense of the Brest Fortress.
Date of the event: June 21-22, 2017
Venue of the event: Kobrin fortification of the Brest Fortress.
Accommodation of festival participants on the territory of the Brest Fortress in a tent camp from June 20.

The first blow of the enemy on June 22, 1941 was taken over by the Brest Fortress. The Nazis planned to conquer it in a few hours. But soviet soldiers, being completely surrounded, without water and food, without communications, with an acute shortage of ammunition and medicines, fought for almost a month. Today in Brest are commemorative events.

1418 candles - exactly the number of days and nights of the war. Each lamp is a day of heavy fighting Soviet people on the fronts and overwork in the rear. Kilometer alley from the main entrance to Eternal fire turned into a path of memory. Exactly 76 years ago, German artillery hit the fortress. Thus the war began. At 4:15, thousands of people fall silent in memory of those killed. How soldiers died here, Peter Kotelnikov, one of the youngest defenders of the fortress, saw with his own eyes. He was 12 years old.

“Replacing that tired soldier who hadn’t closed his eyes for several days. And when he fell down, we came up and helped. We took a rifle and looked. for the most part they woke him up, he shot,” he recalls.

There are many guests from Russia at the ceremony, among them cadets Ryazan school Airborne. For the first time they celebrate the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in the fortress, and they say that the spirit really stops here.

“I feel a sense of pride that the people who fought here went to the end, no matter what, and our generation preserves this memory and is proud of it,” says a graduate of the Ryazan Higher Airborne command school named after Army General V.F. Margelov Tatyana Sarazova.

From Moscow to Brest in armored vehicles. The march of the participants of the "Road of Courage" run - 2300 kilometers in five days. We did not sleep at night, we were in a hurry to be in time. All armored vehicles are from the 50s of the last century, enthusiasts of the military-technical society restored them with their own hands.

To get here today, Vitaly Pasenko also traveled a long way - he came by bicycle from Voronezh. His uncle has gone missing. The last letter from him came on June 23, 1941 from Brest.

“I know that it’s already difficult to establish something, but I want to take some land from the Brest Fortress and sprinkle it from his mother – my grandmother – on the grave and say: “Here I brought you in memory of your son,” he says.

The relatives of Private Bisultan Esmurziev living in Ingushetia now know for sure that he died defending the Brest Fortress. Private Esmurziev was drafted into the Red Army in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1939. Search engines from Chechnya have been painstakingly working through Russian, Belarusian and even German archives for many years to find priceless evidence. Many years after the war, two surviving brother-soldiers of Bisultan confirmed that he was killed on the first day of the defense of the fortress.

"Beitemirov's memoirs indicate that Esmurziev Bisultan, a shooter of the 125th battalion, was killed in front of Alukhaev Usman on June 22 with the first shells," says the chairman of the council. regional office Russian search movement in Chechen Republic Isa Sardalov.

If it is definitely proved that the fighter was among the defenders of the fortress, his name appears on the memorial plates above mass grave. Under these slabs are the remains of more than a thousand Red Army soldiers. This is a big event for the fortress when it is possible to learn new names. Today, there are two fewer signs with the words "Unknown" here. The names of privates Bisultan Esmurziev and Nurmaganbet Ulykbaev are immortalized.

Every year on June 22, events are held in the Brest Fortress in memory of the events of the summer of 1941. This is the defense of the fortress.

at 10.00 - the opening of a memorial sign dedicated to "Ryazan - the defenders of the Brest Fortress".
at 17.00 - 17.30 - Procession of Zubacheva St. - Gogol St. - to Sovetskaya St.
at 17.30 - March of reenactors - to the movie theater "Belarus".
at 18.00 - 19.20 - “Pre-war Brest. The Last Day of Peace” – a concert with the participation of the city brass band (the steps of the Exhibition Hall).
at 16.00 – on the Square of Ceremonials the ceremony of reburial of the remains of the two dead, found in the area of ​​the Eastern ramparts of the Kobrin fortification of the Brest Fortress, will take place. Perpetuation of the name of the Red Army soldier Zinchenko G.S. on the slabs of the memorial (his remains were found in the fall of 2011).

3.45. Meeting of memory at the Terespol Gates of the Brest Fortress.
Starting from 3.00 from the Main Entrance along the Road of Memory, episodes of pre-war life and frames from feature films will be broadcast on 5 screens.

At the end of the rally, a military-historical reconstruction of the "Citadel" on the Kobrin fortification of the fortress. The Museum of the Defense of the Brest Fortress will be open to visitors on the night of June 21-22.

It is known that about 500 people from 8 countries will take part in the military-historical reconstruction of the defense of the Brest Fortress, which will take place on June 22.

On the eve of the 72nd anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War, reenactors from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Bulgaria, and England will arrive in the border town. Even a group of fans of historical reconstruction from Japan is expected in the amount of 4 people. In general, as the interlocutor noted, applications from potential participants this year came in 2 times more than the organizers can accept.

Large-scale action within the framework of events, dedicated to the Day national memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War, will be held for the third time. Compared to the first year, the number of participants has doubled. The initiative of youth activists is being implemented with the active support of the Brest mountains and regional executive committees, the Belarusfilm film studio, and the Ministry of Defense. Servicemen of the Brest garrison will help the reenactors with military property, as well as imitation of military operations.

Spectacular performance with sound and visual effects traditionally attracts many spectators. Thus, last year more than 5,000 people watched the dramatic events on the rampart near the Western Fort. Not less spectators are expected this year. About 2,000 people will come to Brest as part of delegations from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Cherepovets and other cities of Russia alone.

In addition to the battle in the fortress, the program of the event also includes an exit of reenactors to the city, where the atmosphere of pre-war Brest will be recreated. Anyone can become a participant in this equally exciting action.

According to the decision of the City Executive Committee No. 1142 dated 06/12/2013, the Brest fleet No. 1 for the delivery of residents and guests of the city to the fortress was instructed to ensure the release of rolling stock (three units each) on the following routes on the night of June 21-22:

No. 1: Central city hospital - Grodno - Orlovskaya - Partizansky avenue - Moscow - Masherov avenue - fortress;

No. 2: Central City Hospital - Stafeeva - Moscow - Gavrilova - Leningradskaya - Partizansky Prospekt - Ya.

No. 3: Central City Hospital - Stafeeva - Moscow - Republic Avenue - Suvorova - Volgogradskaya - Lutskaya - July 28 - Suvorov - Yuzhny - Syabrovskaya - Krasnoznamennaya - Warsaw highway - Shevchenko Boulevard - Masherova Avenue - fortress;

No. 4: Dubrovskaya - Belorusskaya - Lieutenant Ryabtsev - Brest Divisions - Lenin - Masherov Avenue - fortress;

No. 5: Agrotrans - Smirnova - Akimochkina - Adamkovskaya - Brest Divisions - Lenin - Masherov Avenue - fortress;

No. 6: Wagon preparation point - Krasnogvardeyskaya - Republican - Lenin - Mitskevich - Komsomolskaya - September 17 - Masherov Avenue - fortress.

Departure of buses from the final points at 2.30, 2.40 and 2.50, from the fortress - at the end of the events.

P.S. Memo for city guests -.
Follow the links below to see how the commemorative events were held in the fortress in previous years.

In the early morning of June 22, several thousand people gathered on the territory memorial complex"Brest Fortress-Hero", to watch the theatrical performance, during which an attempt was made to reconstruct the events that took place in the fortress on that day in 1941.

The prelude to the "military-historical festival" itself, as the organizers called it, was the "march of re-enactments" along the central streets of Brest on the evening of June 21. At the same time, on the main pedestrian street of Brest - Sovetskaya - they tried to recreate the atmosphere of the last peaceful evening of 1941. With posters of those times, household items of the pre-war city, photographs. Some cafes and restaurants offered special menus based on pre-war recipes.

"War- no reason for publicity

Locals have mixed feelings about the trend recent years, in which the mournful anniversary becomes an occasion for theatrical performances. Doctor of Sciences Irina Lavrovskaya says that she was born in a family of front-line soldiers. "I was brought up in respect and sympathy for those who went through the horrors of the war, so I am sure that the memory of it is unacceptable to use for entertainment, political PR or justification low level life 70 years after the end of hostilities," she says.

Lavrovskaya defended her dissertation on the architecture of old Brest. In her opinion, if earlier "reconstructions" on the eve of June 22 caused only irritation, now they are simply dangerous, since they involve, among other things, representatives of Russian "military-historical clubs" who actively participated in hostilities in the Donbass.

A similar point of view is shared by pensioner Stanislava Kucherova, who is surprised that now Memorial Day in Brest annually turns into a kind of holiday, "when they dance and sing, instead of going to church and lighting candles for those who died in that war and from its consequences."

Not a show but" awakening interest"

The organizers of the "military-historical reconstruction" do not put on a show, but simply try to convey the idea of ​​the inadmissibility of the repetition of those events, says the secretary of the city committee of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union Piotr Pitsko. "In our production, there is no euphoria from victory and beautiful captures of enemy positions, rejoicing over the defeated enemy," says Pitsko. "Probably, the historical reconstruction in the Brest Fortress is the only one where this is not."

As arguments in favor of the event, officially called a "military-historical festival," the city authorities cite other arguments, including "awakening interest in historical events" among young people and an attempt to attract tourists to Brest. According to Oleg Grebennikov, a representative of the Garrison military-historical club, every year the interest in the event is growing and the geography of participants is expanding. "This time, about 500 people from thirteen countries took part in the reenactment of the events of June 1941," Grebennikov specified, adding that much more applications were received, but the organizers had to limit the number of participants.

Requiem in the Shadow of Reconstruction

A similar simulation has been held in the Brest Fortress for the sixth year in a row. Prior to this, the main, and sometimes the only event in memory of the tragic date was a meeting-requiem in the memorial complex. The official mourning ceremony is still being held, but it gathers much less people. It is attended by veterans, local officials and foreign delegations, as well as representatives of labor collectives of Brest, who are sent to the event "on order".

Context

Unlike the meeting-requiem, residents and guests of Brest city come to the theatrical performance willingly. This is facilitated by the fact that on the night of June 22 local authorities Participants and spectators are transported by bus free of charge.

The people didn't splurge

Transportation costs are by no means the only item of budgetary expenses for holding an event. However, the Brest city executive committee did not make public the amount it costs.

In 2017, the initiators unsuccessfully tried to raise funds on one of the crowdfunding Internet sites. Of the declared 5,000 Belarusian rubles (in terms of about 2,380 euros), only 430 rubles, or 9 percent of the required amount, were received. As a result, as it became known to DW, the authorities of Brest appealed to the heads of enterprises and organizations of the city with an insistent request to act as sponsors of the event.

As for the festival program itself, the authorities said they were ready to discuss its format with local residents and consider their wishes. For example, fireworks at dawn on June 22 have already been abandoned.

See also:

• Memorial sites in Germany

  Memorials and monuments

  January 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. This day is now celebrated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day - six million Jews killed, and in Germany also - Day of Remembrance for all victims of National Socialism who died in concentration and labor camps, prisons, involuntary labor and in killing centers.



Memorial sites in Germany

Berlin

The central memorial to the Jews of Europe killed during the Nazi era is located in Berlin near the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate. It was opened in 2005. The documentation center is located in its underground part. Some of the documents of his exposition in Russian are materials collected after the war during the investigation of crimes committed in the "Third Reich".



Memorial sites in Germany

"Crystal Night"

During the Jewish pogroms on the so-called "Kristallnacht" on November 9-10, 1938, more than 1,400 synagogues and prayer houses were destroyed on the territory of Nazi Germany and in some parts of Austria. One of the synagogues was located on the Kazernenstrasse in Düsseldorf. After the war, here and in many other such places, monuments or memorial plaques.



Memorial sites in Germany

Dachau

41,500 people died in the Dachau concentration camp. It was created in 1933 near Munich for political prisoners. Later, Jews, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses and representatives of other groups persecuted by the Nazis began to be sent to Dachau. All other concentration camps of the "Third Reich" were organized according to his model.



Memorial sites in Germany

Buchenwald

One of the largest camps was located in Thuringia near Weimar. From 1937 to 1945, about 250 thousand people were imprisoned in Buchenwald. 56 thousand prisoners died. Among them were also several hundred deserters and those who refused to serve in the Wehrmacht. After the war, they continued to be considered "traitors" and "cowards" in Germany for a long time, and the first memorial stone was installed in Buchenwald only in 2001.



Memorial sites in Germany

Gypsy genocide

This monument, erected in Buchenwald in 1995 on the territory of the former block number 14, is dedicated to the gypsies who died here - European Roma and Sinti. The names of all the camps of the "Third Reich" to which they were sent are engraved on the stones. Total number victims of the Roma genocide in Europe is still unknown. According to various sources, it can range from 150 thousand to 500 thousand people.



Memorial sites in Germany

Langenstein-Zwieberg death camp

Buchenwald had over 60 so-called outer camps. One of them is "Malachite" in Langenstein-Zwieberg near Halberstadt. Its prisoners were building an underground plant for the Junkers. Two thousand prisoners died from disease and exhaustion, were victims of torture and execution. Another 2,500 died or were killed during the death march, when the camp was evacuated due to the approach of the front.



Memorial sites in Germany

Dora-Mittelbau

Another outer camp of Buchenwald was formed in 1943 near the city of Nordhausen in Thuringia to organize production at the underground Mittelwerk plant, where V-2 rockets and other weapons were assembled. For a year and a half, 60 thousand people passed through the Dora-Mittelbau camp. Most of the prisoners were from Soviet Union, Poland and France. Every third of them died.



Memorial sites in Germany

Bergen-Belsen

Memorial on the territory of the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Lower Saxony. In total, about 50 thousand people died in this camp, among them 20 thousand prisoners of war. In April 1945, 15-year-old Anne Frank died here - the author of the famous diary denouncing Nazism and translated into many languages ​​of the world.



Memorial sites in Germany

Sachsenhausen

"Work makes you free" - this sign on German over the gates of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Brandenburg became a household name. In total, over 100 thousand people were killed or died in this camp, including from 13 to 18 thousand Soviet prisoners of war. Among them is Stalin's eldest son Yakov Dzhugashvili. The national memorial, established by the government of the GDR, was opened here in 1961.



Memorial sites in Germany

Flossenbürg

"I have heard of Dachau and Auschwitz, but never of Flossenbürg" - such a quote greets visitors in a former concentration camp in Bavaria. 30,000 people died in this camp. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a well-known German pastor, theologian and participant in the conspiracy against Hitler, was his prisoner, and among the Soviet prisoners of war was his father former president Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko Andrey.



Memorial sites in Germany

Barrack No. 13

In the Berlin district of Schöneweide was one of the many camps for forced laborers driven from other countries for forced labor in Germany. Their total number during the years of the "Third Reich" amounted to several million people. The exposition of the documentation center in one of the surviving barracks of this camp is devoted to the fate of forced laborers.



Memorial sites in Germany

Ravensbrück

Sculpture of a mother with a child on the lake in Ravensbrück, the largest women's concentration camp in the "Third Reich". It was established in 1939, 90 kilometers north of Berlin. The number of prisoners during its existence amounted to more than 130 thousand people - about 40 nationalities. 28 thousand prisoners died. Medical experiments were also carried out in the camp.



Memorial sites in Germany

"Siemens barracks" in Ravensbrück

The prisoners of Ravensbrück and its numerous subcamps were used for forced labor. In 1940, textile production was established here, and in 1942, the electrical engineering concern Siemens & Halske AG built 20 industrial barracks. According to the testimonies of the surviving prisoners, at the end of 1944 up to 3,000 women and children worked here daily for this company.



Memorial sites in Germany

Stoves for Auschwitz

Former Topf & Söhne factory in Erfurt. Here, by order of the National Socialists, furnaces were produced in which people who died in Auschwitz and others were burned. concentration camps. On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2011, a documentation center was opened in the former factory building.



Memorial sites in Germany

"Stumbling Stones"

Such metal signs embedded in the sidewalks can be seen in many cities in Germany. "Stumbling Stones" - Stolpersteine. The first one was installed by the German artist Gunther Demnig in Cologne in 1995. Stones commemorate the victims of National Socialism near the houses in which they lived. There are already more than 45 thousand of them in 800 German settlements and 200 outside of Germany.



Memorial sites in Germany

Gestapo

Numerous documentation centers are also involved in the study of the crimes of Nazism in Germany. In Cologne, such a center and museum are located in the former Gestapo building - EL-DE-Haus. In its basement there were cells for prisoners, on the walls of which there were inscriptions, including in Russian.

Author's tour

Heroic Defense Brest Fortress became one of the brightest pages in the history of the Great Patriotic War. As a result of a surprise attack Nazi German troops the fortress garrison was cut off from the main units of the Red Army. German command planned to capture it on the very first day by 12 o'clock, because the direct assault on the fortress was entrusted to the assault detachments of the 45th division, formed in the mountains of Upper Austria, in Hitler's homeland, and therefore distinguished by special devotion to the Fuhrer. For the assault, the division was reinforced with three artillery regiments, and an additional nine mortars, heavy mortar batteries and heavy-duty siege weapons"Karl" and "Thor". However, the advancing German troops met the desperate resistance of Soviet soldiers and officers, who remained faithful to their military duty to the end.

“We will die, but we will not leave the fortress”, "I'm dying, but I'm not giving up! Farewell, Motherland"- these phrases left on the walls of the Brest Fortress have become symbols of stamina and courage shown Soviet soldiers during the first, most terrible months of the war.

June, 22- one of the most tragic dates in the history of our country. This is the day when hearts stop and memories of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War awaken. The war, during which millions of Soviet citizens died, which left behind hundreds of thousands of broken and crippled destinies.

We invite you during our new excursion tour to Belarus to visit Brest fortress- the place where fascist Germany dealt its first, most terrible blow to our Motherland. On June 22, we will pay tribute to the feat of the soldiers who gave their lives for the future of their descendants.

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Tour program:

Departure from St. Petersburg

• the day before by train number 051B.

Departure from Moscow

• the day before by train No. 007M or by any other train with arrival in Brest before 12:00.

• 1 day - 06/20/2019
• Arrival in Brest.
• Meeting with the guide at the station at 12:00.
• Transfer to the hotel, accommodation.
• Lunch (optional).
• Sightseeing tour of the historical center of Brest with a tour of the main attractions.
  Brest - old City located on the border of Belarus and Poland. The city of Brest (annalistic names - Berestye, Brest-Litovsk, Brest - over the Bug) has an ancient and not simple history. Berestye was first mentioned in The Tale of Bygone Years under 1019 in connection with the struggle of the prince of Turov and the great Kyiv Svyatopolk Vladimirovich with his brother, at that time prince of novgorod Yaroslav Vladimirovich (Yaroslav the Wise) for the grand throne of Kyiv. The inhabitants of the city were called Berestyans. The name comes, most likely, from the word "birch bark" (a type of elm) or from "birch bark" (the outer layer of birch bark).
  The city more than once became a place historical events.
  During the First World War, Brest-Litovsk was occupied by German troops. On March 3, 1918, on the territory of the Brest Fortress, in the building of the White Palace, a peace treaty was signed between Germany and Russia, known as Brest Peace. Under this agreement, Russia lost a significant part of its territories, and Belarus was occupied by the Kaiser's troops.
  In 1921, under the terms of the Riga Peace Agreement, the city was ceded to Poland, became the center of the Polesye Voivodeship and was renamed Brest-nad-Bug. In September 1939 there was a reunion western regions Belarus from the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic, and from December 4, Brest became regional center BSSR.
  On June 22, 1941, Brest and the fortress were among the first to take the blow. Nazi Germany. At the walls of the fortress, the Nazis met resistance of the Soviet soldiers, unprecedented in perseverance and stamina, who stood up to defend their homeland, fighting until the end of July 1941.
  During the tour we will see the cultural heritage of Brest, its ancient and modern monuments.
  We will walk along Sovetskaya Street, which is often called "Brestskiy Arbat", we will see an alley of forged lanterns, where there are lamps in the form of a clock, a loom, a symbolic figure of a clown, an angel, a treble clef. Let's examine the monument of the Millennium of Brest, which is a model of Brest, reflected in historical images the princes who once ruled here and ordinary residents. Above them is the figure of a guardian angel. In 2011, a high relief was added to the monument, which displays milestones urban history, as well as a bizarre Art Nouveau fence that harmoniously complemented the architectural composition.
  We will see the most important city temples: St. Nicholas brotherly church- one of the most beautiful churches in Brest, located on Sovetskaya Street. It was erected in 1904 at the expense of the Synod and donations from the sailors and officers who participated Russo-Japanese War. In architectural terms, the building is a cross-domed church in the Russian-Byzantine style with clearly expressed elements of Moscow architecture of the middle of the 17th century.
  St. Simeonovsky Cathedral - Temple of the 19th century, an architectural monument of the Russian-Byzantine church style. The building is a five-domed church.
  Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross- The current Catholic church, built in mid-nineteenth century. It is here that one of the main shrines is located. Belarusian land- Icon of Our Lady of Brest.
  Let's visit Museum "Saved Artistic Values", the only museum in Belarus that exhibits works of art and antiques confiscated by Brest customs officers in an attempt to illegally export them abroad.
• Free time.
• Day 2 - 06/21/2019
• Breakfast in the hotel
• Brest Fortress
• Brest Fortress- a unique fortification in Belarus,
  the most important monument of the Second World War, a symbol of the heroic resistance and courage of its defenders.
  On June 22, 1941, Brest was among the first to take the blow of the Nazi aggressors. For a long time (from June 22 to the end of July 1941), the garrison of the Brest Fortress, with unparalleled courage and heroism, resisted the enemy, who greatly outnumbered him in quantitative terms. German troops hoped to capture the fortress with a swift blow. The Nazis managed to capture the bridges across the Western Bug River, break into the city of Brest and come close to the walls of the fortress. However, the attempt of the Nazis to take the fortress on the move was repulsed by its defenders. The small garrison of the fortress entered into an unequal struggle with superior enemy forces. The fighters and commanders, true to their military oath, turned a small piece of land into a large center of resistance. The defense of the Brest Fortress was forever included in military history as a prime example courage and heroism of Soviet soldiers and commanders. The defenders of the fortress - warriors of more than 30 nationalities of the USSR - fulfilled their duty to the Motherland to the end, committed one of the greatest feats Soviet people in the history of the Great Patriotic War. City streets are named after the leaders and heroes of the fortress defense - Gavrilov, Naganov, Fomin, Zubachev, Kizhevatov. On May 8, 1965, the fortress was assigned honorary title"Fortress-Hero" with the award of the Order of Lenin and the medal " Golden Star”, and in 1971 the memorial complex “Brest Hero Fortress” was opened.
• Visit to the Museum of the Defense of the Brest Fortress.
  Museum of the Defense of the Brest Fortress opened in November 1956. It is located on the central island of the Citadel in the Engineering Barracks - the only surviving part of the northeastern bypass of the Citadel.
  In the museum, real historical finds of wartime items are side by side with mannequins in military uniform, items of peaceful pre-war life and posters from the war. All materials are assembled in such a way that the effect of presence is created. It seems that air bombs hanging from the ceiling of the hall are falling from the sky on the heads of visitors, and the guitar left on the chair sounded a minute ago. The current exposition is located in 10 halls of the second floor, in the foyer, the entrance hall of the 1st floor, as well as in the premises at the Kholmsky Gate of the Citadel, artillery and armored vehicles sites on the territory of the memorial and its branch - the 5th fort. The main theme of the museum's exposition is always the defense of the Brest Fortress in June-July 1941. It occupies more than 30 percent of the exposition area.
  During the tour, we will see the expositions of the fortress defense museum, as well as see the fortifications and walls of the Fortress, which have witnessed terrible days the beginning of the war, we will visit the surviving fortifications, sculptural compositions and monuments to the defenders of the citadel, we will honor the memory of the soldiers buried on the territory of the memorial complex.
  Together with a guide we will visit events dedicated to beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The program of events includes reconstructions dedicated to the last day of peace and the first hours of the outbreak of war on the territory of the Brest Fortress, field camps of reenactors, mourning events in memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War.
• Day 3 - 06/22/2019
• Breakfast in the hotel.
• Visiting Fort No. 5.
  Fort No. 5 of the Brest Fortress is a wonderful example of fortification and military engineering of the late 19th - early 20th centuries.
  Since April 1941, the 3rd battalion of the 44th rifle regiment 42nd rifle division. On June 22, 1941, during a fierce battle, the fort was captured by units of the 34th Wehrmacht infantry division. Part of the battalion's fighters tried to break into the Brest Fortress, and then fought back to the east. In July 1944, the fort was liberated by soldiers of the 1295th Infantry Regiment of the 160th Infantry Division of the 70th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front under the command of Marshal K.K. Rokossovsky.
  In 1995, the fort was included in the list of historical and cultural values ​​of the Republic of Belarus.
  The power of concrete fortifications, underground galleries and casemates will not leave indifferent all those interested in military history.
• Free time.
• For those who wish, visiting military-historical reconstructions.
• Day 4 - 06/23/2019
• Breakfast in the hotel
• Visit to the Museum of Railway Engineering.
  Museum exhibits provide an opportunity to feel the power and beauty, uniqueness and significance of many ideas implemented during the creation railways. Currently, the museum exhibits more than 50 pieces of equipment, including: steam locomotives of the pre-war, military and post-war generations, diesel locomotives, wagons, snow removal equipment. The oldest steam locomotives of the EU series produced in 1929 in the collection will soon turn 90 years old. The museum's exposition also includes captured steam locomotives of the TE series from the time of the Great Patriotic War, manufactured by factories in Europe. The collection of passenger cars is represented by 2-axle and 4-axle cars produced in 1903-1940. The museum has two unique railway steam cranes. Also on the territory of the museum there is a locomotive hydrocolumn, a station electric clock, a railway station bell.
• Transfer to the station.
• Departure to St. Petersburg: by train No. 052B
• Departure to Moscow: by train number 004B

Attention:

• To participate in this tour, you must have a valid visa and medical insurance.
• To participate in tours to the Republic of Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Turkey, a visa is not required.
• The tour program does not include visits to water parks, shopping malls and fish shops.
• Late autumn, winter, early spring, due to short daylight hours, visits to some of the objects declared in the program may take place in dark time days.
• The Organizer is not responsible for queues at border points, delays on the way due to customs, border and other official formalities, weather conditions, as well as traffic jams.
• If weather on the route may threaten the safety of tourists (heavy snowfalls, low / high air temperatures, mudflows, showers, floods, forest fires, smog, etc.), the organizer reserves the right to unilaterally change the tour program: to replace one object with another, and if replacement is impossible, exclude objects from the program.
• Seats on the bus are distributed by the organizer as the group is recruited.

Additional charges (prices are indicative):

• J.D. tickets to Brest and back;
• Entrance fees to objects according to the program;
• Lunch on the first day (optional).

The cost of the tour with the hotel:

12800 rub. "Bug", 2-seater DBL

12800 rub. "Bug", 2-seater TWIN

12800 rub. "Bug", 3-seater

14900 rub. "Bug", 1-seater

Additional services *:

470 rub. Lunch according to the program

* Optional, additionally paid at the office.

We can organize this tour especially for you, taking into account your wishes for the program, time and place of departure!

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