Dzerzhynsky Street
The street is about 1 km long, running west to east, from Lenin Street to Kosmonavtov Boulevard, it crosses K.Marx Street, Sovietskikh Pogranichnikov Street, 17th September Street, Sovietskaya Street, Kuybyshev Street, Karbyshev StreetThe previous names:
Russian period
Krivaya ulitsa, that means a crooked street as it is not quite straight.
Polish period
(before 1934) ulica Krzywa,(after 1934) Pierackiego (Pieracki Street) was named after the Polish minister of internal affairs Bronisław Pieracki who was assassinated on 15 June 1934.
Soviet period
Dzerzhynskogo ulitsa (Dzerzhynsky Street) was named after Felix Dzerzhinsky.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 an old house.
The brickwork of the former school at the north-eastern corner of K.Marx St. attracts attention at once.
The old two-storied house looks nice after refurbishment.
at the north-western corner of Pogranichnikov Street
a mural right on the corner
at the north-eastern corner of Pogranichnikov Street.
The southern side has several old nice houses.
A joke about a lover for a change, as one of the houses is associated with a such adventure. A girl asked her grandmother, "Granny, what is a lover?" "Let me think" - the grandmother said. "Lov... Lover..." She rushed to the wall, pulled aside the hanging rug, revealing a hidden closet door. She unlocked the door, and a skeleton of a young man fell out from the closet.
In this house, a similar incident occurred in the 1930s involving a lover caught by the husband. On the first floor lived a beautiful lady named Waclawa and her husband, Captain Andrzej Wujczyk. She was secretly visited by her lover, George. One day, George was caught by the husband. In a state of sheer terror, George rushed to the window, climbed through it, and found himself standing outside on a narrow ledge beneath the window. The ledge was so narrow it could barely hold a teacup, but it was his only escape. He scrambled out, flattened himself against the wall, and precariously balanced there. The scene is depicted on the house wall. Tragically, the jealous husband shot the lover, and Waclawa, overcome with despair, took poison and died.
Right: you can still see George standing on the ledge on the first floor.
Left: the road sign "Place for Kisses" by the house is a good tourist attraction reminding of the pre-war Brest.
The old red-brick house across the street was built before WW1.
In the backyard of the house above.
The north-western corner of Dzerzhinsky Street and 17th September Street today.
The same corner in 1916. A third storey was added to the building after WW2.
More about the house.
On the northern side
Left: The old house has two stool-like seating areas on either side of the entrance. Their original purpose is now unknown.
Right: the entrance.
The 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 revealed.
The house after the reconstruction.
At the north-eastern corner of Dzerzhynsky Street and Sovietskaya Street during the reconstruction
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.
More to read about Holocaust Memorial in Bronna Gora and to see the video published on YouTube. The English translation of the footage.