Gogol Street
The street is about 2 km long. Running from the Brest Fortress eastwards, it crosses Lenin Street, K.Marx Street, Komsomolskaya Street, Sovietskaya Street, Kuybyshev Street, Karbyshev Street, Kosmonavtov BoulevardThe previous names:
Russian period
Sredniaya ulitsa (Middle Street), since 1909 ulitsa Gogola (Gogol Street), named after Nikolai Gogol, 1809-52, a famous Russian novelist and playwright.Polish period
ulica Kosciuszki (Kosciuszko Street)Soviet period
ulitsa Gogola (Gogol Street)The main attractions in the street
Brest Millennium Monument was opened on July 25, 2009 at the intersection with Sovietskaya Street.
A view in winter
Gogol Street is famous for an alley of sculptured streetlamps, that have been put here since 2013, celebrating the Millennium of the city. Officially, they are named the Alley of Forged Lanterns. The name however is not quite right. The alley presents real works of metal art, comprising sculptures, forged in iron, and glass lanterns, partly decorated in metal. Unlike the lanterns, the sculptures are the most meaningful part of the artistic works. Some of them are inspired by the fairy tales, legends and literature of N.Gogol. Hence another name the Alley of Literary lanterns. Today there are over 40 artistic works of this sort in the street. They were forged at the local blacksmith's workshops "Zhar-ptitsa" (Fire-Bird).
The bench for kisses.
A cupid over the bench
More pictures of the Alley.
a manhole cover in the street reminds of the Brest's millennium, featuring its historic coat of arms.
N.Gogol bust at the intersection of this street and Lenin Street.
At the intersection of Gogol Street and Kosmonavtov Boulevard is the monument to the first Hero of Belarus, military pilot Vladimir Karvat.
Glimpses of the street
The biggest outdoors stadium in Brest can hold over 10,000 spectators.
The City Center of Culture is a big venue for various cultural life and art amateur activities.
There are some rare species of trees in front of it: blue spruces, thuyas, box hedges.
Brest Music College is another culture venue nearby. It has a good concert hall. The building is between the stadium and the City Center of Culture.
School #9 is opposite the City Center of Culture at the corner of Naganov Street. Colorado spruces greet the schoolchildren, coming to the school.
Performers of the historical reenactment of the war outbreak of 1941 are marching across Lenin Street by Gogol bust.
The houses on the southern side between Lenin Street and K.Marx Street.
After the reconstruction in summer 2007
The trees in the middle of Gogol Street resemble a boulevard, they make the broad street look attractive for Bresters. It is a new shopping street.
Here Gogol Street crosses Komsomolskaya Street.
The northern side between Komsomolskaya St. and Sovietskaya Str.
The construction of a huge block of flats required more space and a tiny house (right) with an arch was pulled down in October 2008.
During the construction of the block of flats the black mark on the corner of the old house on the left reminds of the arch.
A humble replica of the arch is embedded in the facade of the new house today.
the building of the stomatological clinics at the corner of Kuybyshev and Gogol Street.