Kosmonavtov Boulevard

The street is 1,6 km. long, running north to south, from Ordzhonikidze Street to Masherov Avenue

The previous names:

Russian period

Slobodskaya ulitsa, Shirokaya ulitsa (Broad Street)

Polish period

ulica Sobieskiego (Sobieski Street)

Soviet period

Shevchenko Boulevard. Since 1979, the bigger northern part of the Boulevard has been renamed into Kosmonavtov Boulevard (Boulevard of Cosmonauts) to commemorate the Soviet cosmonauts. Pyotr Klimuk was one of them. Klimuk made three flights into space: in 1973, 1975 and 1978.

Glimpses of the street

Here is the boulevard's south end. The boulevard is starting from Masherov Avenue. The smaller part of the boulevard behind us is Shevchenko Boulevard, that was earlier the extension of Shirokaya ulitsa (Broad Street)

Brest, Kosmonavtov Boulevard, Klimuk bust

The first Belarusian cosmonaut Pyotr Klimuk is remembered by a bust. Hence the name of the boulevard. The bust was unveiled in 1978 after Pyotr Klimuk participated the second space flight.

Kosmos supermarket. The name is in the spirit of space exploration.

The eastern side is lined on with the residential high-rises of the 1970s.

Brest, Kosmonavtov Boulevard, Vladimir Karvat bust

At the intersection of Gogol Street and this Boulevard

The monument to the first Hero of Belarus, air-force pilot Vladimir Karvat. In 1996, during a training flight his jet fighter was falling rapidly due to a malfunction onto a village. He decided not to catapult and did everything to lead his 25 ton plane away from the village. Thus at the cost of his life the village was rescued. Lieutenant colonel Karvat was awarded the title of the Hero of Belarus posthumously.

The eastern side is seen to the left. (February 2005)

(February 2005) Here the eastern side is to the right. New buildings prevail in the skyline of the boulevard today. In winter it seems much broader. Further on the left-hand side the Brest University is seen.

Brest, Kosmonavtov Boulevard, Brest A.S.Pushkin University

The new buildings close to the north end of the boulevard are home to the Brest A.S.Pushkin University.