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    formerly known as Brest-Litovsk Fortress, is a 19th-century fortress in Brest, Belarus. In 1965, the title Hero Fortress was given to the fortress to commemorate...
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    The defense of Brest Fortress was the first battle of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union launched on 22 June 1941. The German...
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    as the Union of Brest and Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Furthermore, the Brest Fortress was recognized by the Soviet Union as a Hero Fortress in honour of the...
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  • Fortress of War (festival title: The Brest Fortress; Russian: Брестская крепость, romanized: Brestskaya krepost) is a 2010 Russian-Belarusian war film...
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  • Brest Fortress Leningrad Stalingrad Odessa Sevastopol Moscow Kiev Novorossiysk Kerch Minsk Tula Murmansk Smolensk Hero City (Belarusian: горад-герой, Łacinka:...
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  • Brest Region Brest Airport Brest Fortress Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria Brest, Croatia Břest, Czech Republic France: Arrondissement of Brest Brest...
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    political commissar. He is known for his part in the 1941 Defense of Brest Fortress, during which the German Army captured and immediately executed him...
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  • of Brest, Brest being the name of two important fortress towns in France and Belarus, respectively, and a small town in Croatia. The Battle of Brest (1592)...
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    the leaders of the Defense of Brest Fortress during Operation Barbarossa, head of the 9th frontier post of the 17th Brest border detachment of the People’s...
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    Brest Region, also known as Brest Oblast, Brest Voblasts or Brestchyna, is one of the six regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Brest. Other...
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    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary...
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  • Pyotr Gavrilov (category Brest (Belarus) in World War II)
    January 1979) was a Soviet officer known as the hero of the Defense of Brest Fortress. Pyotr Gavrilov was an ethnic Kryashen and a major in command of the...
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    крепость" (tr. "Brest Fortress") Минск, 2004 (in Russian) ISBN 985-01-0428-7 Суворов А.М. "Брестская крепость на ветрах истории" (tr. "Brest fortress on the winds...
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    1898–1944) was a Soviet officer known for the defense of the Citadel of Brest Fortress. Born on February 28, 1898, in the village of Podlesnaya Sloboda, Zaraysky...
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  • war film about a famous episode of the Eastern Front, the Defense of Brest Fortress, it is based on the novel His Name Is Not in the List by Boris Vasilyev...
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    Litewski (now Brest, Belarus). After three days of heavy fights for the stronghold in the town of Brześć, the Germans captured the fortress and the Poles...
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    War. On the war's 80th anniversary, a commemorative ceremony at the Brest Fortress was held with the participation of the Belarusian military and the Ryazan...
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    then sent to Brest-Litovsk as commander of a sapper company, and participated in the construction of fortifications for the Brest Fortress. At the start...
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    The German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk (German: Deutsch-sowjetische Siegesparade in Brest-Litowsk, Russian: Парад вермахта перед частями РККА...
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  • Retrieved 3 June 2024. "Memorials to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War: Brest Fortress and Mamayev Kurgan (Belarus)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 30 May...
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    found in Birgu main ditch Fort Manoel Fort Ricasoli Boden Fortress in Sweden Brest-Litovsk fortress, Camden Fort Meagher, Crosshaven, Cork Harbour, Ireland...
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  • electrical power, and the Brest Fortress lost its water supply. From about 5 am on 22 June fierce fighting began around the Brest fortress, but the seven battalions...
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    Kholm Gate (category Buildings and structures in Brest, Belarus)
    ворота, Belarusian: Холмская брама) is a gate of the citadel of Brest Fortress in Brest, Belarus. Originally built in the 19th century during Russian rule...
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    Independent Battalion of the Convoy Troops of the NKVD joined the defence of Brest Fortress, losing its standard in the process. Raising of new NKVD forces for...
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    Korfanty) were imprisoned in the Brest Fortress, where their trial took place (thus the popular name for the election: the 'Brest election'). A number of less...
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    free Donetsk, where he and other Russian actors presented film "The Brest Fortress". Итоги конкурса ФСБ России за 2013 год Андрей Мерзликин нашёл настоящую...
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  • misnomer for the Tower of Kamyenyets Babruysk fortress Brest Fortress, also known as Brest-Litovsk fortress Hajciunishki Halshany Castle Hieraniony Castle...
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  • to counter the assault with a string of hasty operations, while the Brest Fortress is desperately defended. The Soviets manages to recapture Yelnya but...
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    of Aeronautics of the Brest-Litovsk Fortress". Database Heritage of the Brest Fortress. Brest Fortress Development Fund fortresses. Archived from the original...
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    began Operation Barbarossa by starting the 9-day long siege of the Brest Fortress. In March 1942 the Red Army defeated the division at Livny, Russia and...
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