The decision to visit Brest came once in the evening, after watching one of the movies about the war. Suddenly it became ashamed that my husband and I still did not visit this place. Three weeks later, they tried on the road on their car from St. Petersburg. Driving for 1.5 days 1300 km, we have reached the goal.
The main task was to visit the hero fortress. And now we are already standing in front of the entrance. Surprised free entrance to the territory of the complex. The Brest Fortress is open to everyone who is not indifferent to history. We walked along the alley, because of the trees slowly floated the main monument and the bayonet-obelisk. At that moment I experienced a real thrill, so they were majestic and huge. They seen the snow-white holy Nikolaev garrison temple.
The territory was located on the Museum of Defense, in which many personal belongings and stories were collected. In the halls hang photos and descriptions of the life of defenders of the fortress and their family members. Cards are placed on a black background, if a person died. On white there are pictures of survivors.
Having come across the museum after visiting the museum, the holm gates went to watch. The walls were all covered with traces from bullets, loopholes resembled a funnel. We walked along the coast of the river. It was very warm, the sun shone, the calendar showed June 26, 2009. The bag lay a passport with Schengen visas, opening our way to the shore, where the war came 68 years ago.
This trip was needed, but very heavy. We traveled a big way and left with feeling that something important did something.
