Brest outline
Streets and Squares
Brest, Belarus

Mayakovsky Street

This 0.7 km. long street runs west-east, from Karl Marx Street to Cosmonauts Boulevard

The previous names:

Russian period

Moskovskaya ulitsa

Polish period

ulica Sienkiewicza (Sienkiewicz Street) named after Henryk Sienkiewicz.

Soviet period

Mayakovskaya ulitsa named after Vladimir Mayakovsky.

Glimpses of the street

Brest, Mayakovsky Str.  Brest, Mayakovsky Str.

The street meets here Karl Marx Street, by the palace-like structure with columns.

Brest, Mayakovsky Str.

a prewar house.

sumac in Brest, Belarus sumac

The stretch of the street between K.Marx Str. and Komsomolskaya Str. is lined with sumacs, quite a rare species for the country.

Brest, Mayakovsky Str. Brest, Mayakovsky Str.

A new building at the corner of Komsomolskaya Street

Brest, Mayakovsky Str.

A former school.


The street was the northern border of the ghetto in the Nazi occupied Brest in 1941 - 1942.

Brest, Mayakovsky Str.  Brest, Mayakovsky Str.


This house on the southern side of the street at the corner of Karbyshev Street was inside the ghetto during the Nazi occupation.

Brest, Mayakovsky Str.

Brest, Mayakovsky Str.   Brest, Mayakovsky Str.

The old houses on the northern side (right) were outside the ghetto.