Gogol Street

The construction of the street began in the middle of the XIX century. The total length is 2000 metros. The first name is Medium. The name Gogol Street was given in 1909. During the time of belonging of Western Belarus to Poland, from 1921 to 1939, the street bore the name of the Polish national hero Kosciuszko.

During the war, Brest was occupied by German fascist troops, and during this period, from 1941 to 1944, the current street of Gogol was called Mittenalle. After 1944, when Brest was liberated from the occupation, it was given its modern name – Gogol Street. However, it was badly damaged by the bombing, but thanks to the efforts of the builders, it was completely restored in a short time.

In 1962, the 110th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian writer Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol was celebrated. In connection with this event, on the street. Gogol in the area of its intersection with the street. Lenin was installed a bust of the writer, cast in bronze by the sculptor A. Shmakov.

In addition to residential buildings, educational institutions and institutions of various types, on Gogol Street there is a sports complex "Brest" - the former stadium "Dynamo". On this site, the stadium was built “under the Poles” in 1937. The author of the project is engineer Bidas. Today, the stadium sparkles with new paths and seats, but under the football field and now used drainage system developed by Bidas.