Pushkin Street
The street is 2.7 km. long, runs from Lenin Street to Skripnikov StreetThe previous names:
Russian period
ulitsa Pushkinskaya west of the railway crossingulitsa Minskaya east of the railway crossing
Polish period
"ulica 3 Maja" (3d May Str) west of the railway crossing,"ulica 9 Lutego" (9th February) east of the crossing
A stretch of "ulica 3 Maja" between Steckiewicz St. and Dluga St. was a pedestrian precinct, that was called "Gaz". The origin of the name is not quite clear.
In the passage below from the Book "Brest Unforgettable Town" there is a suggestion that the youth were lured by the street. They used to rush to it after classes, saying "Step on the gas!". Hence the Polish name "gaz" (gas).
Brześć posiadał swoj deptak nazywany "Gazem", przypuszczalnie dlatego, że młodzież bardzo się nań spieszyła; był to odcinek 3 Maja, między ulicą Steckiewicza a Długą.Another version belongs to Moysey Sare, who suggests that the Polish name derived from the Yiddish word "gass" (street).
Soviet period
Pushkinskaya ulitsa
Glimpses of the street
Here by Lenin Square the street starts.
The house was built before WW2.Today it houses the Russian consulate.
"Mir" cinema
at the corner of Sovietskaya Street
The domed building of the market. It was built in the mid-1980s. A view on the market from the corner of Kuybyshev Street. (2006)
A view in September 2004
A view in November 2009