Brest, Belarus

Streets and Squares

Dzerzhynsky Street


The street is about 1 km long, running west to east, between Lenin Street to Kosmonavtov Boulevard, it crosses K.Marx Street, Sovietskikh Pogranichnikov Street, 17th September Street, Sovietskaya Street, Kuybyshev Street, Karbyshev Street

The previous names:

Russian period
Krivaya ulitsa, (crooked street as it is not quite direct)

 

    Polish period
ulica Krzywa, Pierackiego ( Pieracki Street)

 

    Soviet period
  •       Budyonnogo ulitsa (Budyonny Street)
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    Glimpses of the street
     
     
     
    at the corner of Lenin Street the street starts. That is the western end of the street
     
     
    a shop at the north-western corner in the old house

     

     
     

       

    The brickwork of the former school at the north-eastern corner of K.Marx St.  attracts attention at once

     
      
     
    at the north-western corner of Pogranichnikov Street the modern house of culture that was built by the Brest's biggest building company
     
     
    at the north-eastern corner of Pogranichnikov Street
     
     
          
    the southern side has several old nice houses

     

    the northern side has a brickwork house

    in the yard  of the house above

       

    the north-western corner of Dzerzhinsky Street and 17th September Street today  

     

                       The same corner in 1916. One storey was built after WW2

     

     

    the south-eastern corner of Dzerzhinsky Street and 17th September Street

    the sports hall for future Olympics athletes (former Green Shul) was about to collapse, the wall cracked and it was decided to pull down the house and build a new structure in the similar shape.

    after the structure was pulled down

    The construction started in 2008.

    The building was finished in 2010.

          

      northern side

     

    southern side near Sovietskaya Street

         

    at the south-western corner of Dzerzhynsky Street and Sovietskaya Street

    the view during the reconstruction. The old plaster was removed and the name of the shop, written in Polish was seen

     

     

    the house after the reconstruction

        

    at the north-eastern corner of Dzerzhynsky Street and Sovietskaya Street during the resonstruction

    the view after the reconstruction

    The building of the Sports Complex "Olympus" on the northern side between Sovietskaya Street and Kuibyshev Street

     
     
    Holocaust Memorial at the corner of Kuybyshev Street
     
     
     
        

    the memorial in winter

     

    the eastern end of the street is quite near

     

     
     
           
     
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