Streets and Squares
Brest, Belarus

Ordzhonikidze Street

The street is 1.1km long, parallel to the Warsaw - Moscow railroad, runs from Lenin street eastwards to Kosmonavtov Boulevard

The previous names:

Russian period

Sadovaya ulitsa (Garden Street)

Polish period

ulica Sadowa (Garden Street)

Soviet period

Ordzhonikidze Street

The main attractions in the street



Bug hotel at the corner of Ordzhonikidze Street and Lenin Street was built in 1958 and named after the Bug River. Therefore, it has nothing to do with bugs!

Bus station, Brest

The new bus station near the railway station


Further eastwards along the street

Brest, railway foot-bridge

Visitors who come to Brest by rail, walk along the footbridge and go downstairs to the fountain at the corner of Ordzhonikidze Street and Komsomolskaya Street
The information board (right) lists the sights of interest in the city.


Brest, fountain by the railway station 

The fountain by the footbridge

 Store house

The store house with a wavy roof was built in the 1990s.

Brest vodka distillery  Brest vodka distillery

The Brest vodka distillery offers the local sorts of vodka, recognized as the best in Belarus.

Brest philharmonic society

Another nice old house opposite the distillery. Today it is home to the local philharmonic society.

Sovietskaya Street

At the northern end of Sovietskaya Street

an old house

The old brick house that was painted pink

Gefest in Brest

The big plant of the Russo-Belarusian Joint Venture Gefest produces gas and electric stoves that are sold in Belarus and Russia.

Here Ordzhonikidze Street meets Kosmonavtov Boulevard