Sights

There may not be much to see in the city besides the Brest Fortress(which is worth the visit), but a short distance outside of the city are beautiful forests and a variety of wildlife.

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Belovezhskaya Pushcha Nature Reserve

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Once the residence of Polish princes and Russian tsars, on December 8, 1991 the documents which sealed the end of the USSR and the creation of the CIS were signed here by Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine. Now, there are just plenty of roaming elk, lynx, beaver and bison. Yes, bison. If you can’t manage to find some animals to watch in the wild just visit the nature museum which houses the resident forest dwellers. To get here: Five busses run from Brest to Kamenets daily. If you decide to drive arrange your visit with the Brest Intourist people. You’ll need some paperwork in more..

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address:	60km north of Brest, north of the town of Kamenets.

Brest Fortress

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To get here from the centre: walk 20 minutes along Masherova street or take bus N°17 from the Hotel Intourist. The fortress is one of the most important Soviet WWII war monuments marking the heroic resistance of the Red Army against the surprise German attack on June 22, 1941. "We were three. It was difficult for us but we die as heroes", a soldier scibbled on the wall before his death. Walking around inside of the fortress it is easy to feel the desperation that must have faced the defenders as they were outnumbered and annihilated by the German forces.

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