Hero-Fortress
Hero-Fortress (
крепость-герой - krepost'-geroy) is the honorary title awarded to the Soviet fortress now located in
Brest, Belarus (then part of the
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) in
1965 for the heroic defence of the frontier stronghold during the very first weeks of the
Great Patriotic War of
1941 to
1945. The title Hero-Fortress corresponds to the title
Hero City, that was awarded to the total of twelve Soviet cities.