Now, every year, a ‘shot of memory’ will be heard in Minsk and at the Brest Fortress. The best minds of the state have ... This is no longer a tradition but a military honor. It is prescribed in the ...

The leaders discussed how important it is to honor the memory of the defenders of the city. "They stood to the death, just like the heroes of the Brest Fortress, the defense of Minsk, Leningrad, ...

The plot is dedicated to the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress in 1941. The main competition included ... It's very important to me, it's an honor. I really like festivals. I have such a sporting ...

“Step carefully, look around,” Sergei Kruk, the chief engineer who oversees major repairs at the Brest Hero-Fortress Memorial Complex ... by war service regulation, you will win honour and glory’. As ...

Along with Aliya Moldagulova and Manshuk Mametova, one of the most prominent women to join the frontlines was Khiuaz Dospanova, the first Kazakh female pilot to receive the country’s highest national ...

Tour guides will tell visitors about the activities of the partisan detachment named in honor of the writer ... melted bricks from the Brest Fortress, and weapons of Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail ...

The President of Belarus and I visited the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex to honour the memory of those who defended ... just as the heroes of the Brest Fortress, and the defenders of Minsk, ...

In honor of the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II ... The film follows young Lieutenant Kolya Pluzhnikov, who arrives at the Brest Fortress on June 21, 1941 - just one day before Nazi ...

On December 22nd, 1942, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued a Decree On Establishment of Medals ‘For the Defence of Leningrad ... On May 8th, 1965, the Brest Fortress received the ...

In a rare move for the U.S. military, Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer has re-enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve after 15 years out of uniform. Meyer says the decision comes from a ...

Ret. Army Captain William Swenson described what receiving the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, means to him on ‘The Story.’ "This medal doesn't represent me," Swenson ...