Garrison Cemetery

Garrison Cemetery is a cemetery in Brest Oblast, Belarus. Garrison Cemetery is situated near the church Храм у гонар святых воінаў прападобных Аляксандра Перасвета і Андрэя Аслябы Раданежскіх, as well as near the grassland Сквер 70 годдзя Кастрычніка.

Photo: Stauffenberg, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Cemetery
Description: cultural heritage site of category 3 (regional significance), code 113Д000008
Also known as: “Мемарыяльны ансамбль”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Mukhavets and North gate.

Mukhavets

River

Photo: Lite, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Mukhavets is a river in western Belarus. A tributary of the Bug River, the Mukhavets rises in Pruzhany, Belarus, where the Mukha river and the Vyets canal converge, flows through south-western Belarus and merges with the Bug River in Brest.

North gate

Photo: Вячеслав Ребров, CC BY 3.0.

North gate is situated 600 metres east of Garrison Cemetery.

Berestye Archeological Museum

Museum

Photo: Чаховіч Уладзіслаў, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Berestye Archeological Museum, located in the city of Brest, Belarus, is a museum centered around an archaeological site displaying an authentic East Slavic wooden town dating back to the 13th century. Berestye Archeological Museum is situated 1¼ km south of Garrison Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brest Fortress Citadel and Brest Fortress.

Brest Fortress Citadel

Neighborhood

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Brest Fortress Citadel is a neighborhood.

Brest Fortress

Suburb

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Brest Fortress 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 the defence of the frontier stronghold during the first week of Operation Barbarossa, when Axis forces invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941.