Lenin Street

The beginning of construction dates back to the late 1830s. From that period, the former building of the barracks (now a residential building) and two beautiful two-storey mansions, built according to the projects of the architect Julian Lisetsky, have been preserved. One of them now houses the museum “Saved Art Values”.

In the late fifties of the XIX century on Lenin Street, a cathedral called the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was built. In 1948, it was closed and rebuilt, after which the city museum of local lore was placed in it. In 1990, the building was transferred to the Catholic Church. It was restored to its original form and name.

Lenin Street has repeatedly changed its name. At various times it was called Boulevard Avenue (until 1913), Romanovsky Prospekt (1913-1921), Unia Lubelskaya Street 1921-1939), and the Avenue named after September 17 (until 1941). In Brest and now there is a street named after September 17. On this day in 1939, Soviet troops crossed the Polish border and occupied Western Belarus, including Brest, after which the whole area became part of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. During the German occupation, the street was called Strasse des 45 Division, then Deutschstrasse. In 1944, it was renamed again on September 17. It became Lenin Street in 1948 and never changed its name.

After the end of the war, a square with the same name was allocated on an impressive stretch of Lenin Street. In 1958, a monument to Lenin was erected on the square, which still stands there.