Brest outline
Streets and Squares
Brest, Belarus

Karbyshev Street

The street is 2 km. long, running north to south, from Ordzhonikidze Street to Internatsionalnaya Str.

The previous names:

Russian period

Petrovskaya ulitsa, (Peter the Great Street)

Polish period

ulica Stefana Batorego (Stefan Batory Street)

Soviet period

ulitsa 1 Maya (1st May Street)

since 1964 ulitsa Karbysheva (Karbyshev Street). It was named after the Hero of the Soviet Union General Dmitry Karbyshev who was tormented to death by Nazis at the concentration camp in Mauthausen (Austria) in February 1945.

Glimpses of the street


Brest, Karbyshev Str.

Here is the street's north end. It is starting from Ordzhonikidze Street.

Brest, Karbyshev Str.

An old house of red brick.

Brest, Karbyshev Str.

The windows saw 2 world wars.

Brest, Karbyshev Str. market place

The eastern entrance to the market.

Brest, Karbyshev Str. school

Brest, Karbyshev Str. school

A high school at the corner of Budyonny Street and Karbyshev Street with a nice garden for kids.

Brest, Karbyshev Str.

An old house at the southern end of the street, western side.

The roof was built after the war.



Brest, Karbyshev Str.

The old houses stand in solitude among new high rises on the eastern side in the southern end of the street. They look like an island of rural life with traditional gardens among the modern structures.

Brest, Karbyshev Str.

The last old house on the eastern side at the southern end of the street.

Brest, Karbyshev Str.

A kindergarten at the south end of the street.