together with petya kotelnikov, they fled from the camp in belopodlyask, then hid in the villages; inn to forced labor in germany. after the war worked in the energy networks of the city of shakhty, rostov region. the last time he was in the fortress was in 2015, he died on january 2, 2021. and pyotr kotelnikov was drafted into the army after the war, a retired colonel, lived in brest for a long time, then moved to moscow with his wife, he died in april twenty-first. the last defender, who at the beginning of the war was an employee of the garrison, ryshat ismogilov, private of the 455th infantry regiment radio operator. he was called up for service in the fall of 1940. on the eve of the war, his unit was on training exercises, conditions. the conduct of these exercises were close to combat ones, and he returned from the exercises on june 20, and on june 21 he received a leave of absence to the city of brest, he himself recalled that from leave he returned to the fortress at about 9:00 pm, and june 21 is saturday , a day off, all the fighters were doing something, some were writing le

figure it out, at that moment, yes , pyotr kotelnikov remained alive, he is the youngest, still in russia, who is 100 years old, the defenders of those like petya as a twelve-year-old boy, are no longer there, unfortunately , there are children who survived the war, who met the war at a young age, but i must say that boris efimovich feerstein, who died in israel, is also a defender, but a defender of the fifth fort. another question is that sergei sergeevich smirnov, the museum staff of those years, yes, uh, thought defenders. the fortresses of the defenders of the fortress core of these four islands, and those who fought in the forts of the brest fortress, they were considered participants in the battles in the brest area, and defenders of brest, that’s why, on the one hand, yes, he was a participant in the battles, a hero, he ended up into captivity, went through all the horrors of captivity, like the jews, there are very tragic stories there, this is a separate topic of conversation, but in the very core of the fortress he did not fight then in the forty-first year, therefore part of the truth, as always, yes, part is a little exaggerated, b

time, yes, pyotr kotelnikov remained alive, he is the youngest, still in russia, who is 100 years old, today there are still defenders living, no, defenders from those who are like petyak, although he fought with a weapon in his hands as a twelve-year-old boy, no longer, unfortunately, there are children who survived the war, they met the war at a young age, but i must say that... sefimovich feyrenshtein, who died in israel, he too defender, but defender of the fifth fort. another question is that sergei sergeevich smirnov, the museum staff of those years, yes, considered the defenders of the fortress, namely the defenders of the fortress core of these four islands, and already those who fought in the forts of the brest fortress, they were considered participants in the battles in area of ​​brest, yes, by the defenders of brest, that ’s why, as if one... july of forty-one, that is, a month after the start of the war, he was captured, then much later after the war he became a hero of the soviet union, and was buried in brest. yes from krasnodar, yes, but is it true that even in august, before hitler and musaleni arrived at the fortress, the ruins were still being shot

at that moment, yes, pyotr kotelnikov remained alive, this is the youngest of the graves still in russia, who is 100 years old, no, the defenders are from those who, like petya kotelnik, although he fought with a weapon in his hands as a twelve-year-old boy , no longer, unfortunately, there are children who survived the war, they met the war at a young age, but i must say that boris efimovich feershtein, who died in israel, he... is also a defender, but a defender of the fifth fort, another question that sergei sergeevich smirnov, museum staff those years, yes, uh, they were considered the defenders of the fortress, namely the defenders of the fortress core of these four islands, and already those who fought in the forts of the brest fortress, they were, as it were, considered participants in the battles in the brest area, yes, the defenders of brest, that’s why , as it were on the one hand, yes, he was a participant in battles, a hero, was captured, went through all the horrors of captivity. how the jews there have very tragic stories, this is a separate topic of conversation, but in the very core of the fortress he did not fight then in the forty -first ye

, pyotr kotelnikov remained alive, this is the youngest of the graves still in russia, who is 100 years old, today there are still living defenders, no, defenders from those who are like petyan in his hands i was upset, no longer, unfortunately, there are children who survived the war, they met the war at a young age, but i must say that boris efimovich feershtein, who died in israel, he is also a defender. but the defender of the fifth fort, another question is that sergei sergeevich smirnov, the museum staff of those years, yes, uh, considered the defenders of the fortress to be the defenders of the fortress core of these four islands, and already those who fought in the forts of the brest fortress, they were considered participants in the battles in the brest area, yes, defenders of brest, that’s why, on the one hand, yes, he was a participant in the battles, a hero, was captured, went through all the horrors of captivity, like the jews there are very tragic stories, this is a separate topic conversation, but in the very core of the fortress he did not fight then in the forty-first year, so part of the truth, as always, yes, part is a little exaggerated, but well, it is