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Something about of sculptural composition and 5th Fort of Brest Forttress which is on my postcard...
On June 22, 2011, the sculptural composition «To the Heroes of the Border, Women and Children, who Stepped into Immortality with Courage» at Brest Fortress was solemnly unveiled. The sculptural composition represents an image of three soldiers, carrying out an attack, the officer's wife with children, a wounded border-guard, whom a woman gives water to drink. In the centre there is a frontier pole with the USSR emblem and a memorial plaque on it. The main concept of the composition: a determined fight for the Fatherland as a symbol of national unity...
The 5th Fort was one of the fortifications on the first line of forts around the Brest-Litovsk Fortress. It was built in 1878-1888, modernized in 1908-1911. It is situated at a distance of four kilometres from the Brest Fortress. It has an area of 790 square metres...