the last time he was in the fortress was in 2015, he died on january 2. 2021, and pyotr kotelnikov waso the army after the war, a retired colonel, lived in brest for a long time, then moved to moscow with his wife, he passed away in april. the last defender, who was an employee at the start of the war garrison, reshat from mogilov, private 45th rifle regiment, radio operator. he was called up for service in the fall of 1940. on the eve of the war, his unit was on exercises, the conditions of these exercises were close to combat ones, and he returned from the exercises on june 20, and on june 21 he received leave to go to the city. june 21 is saturday, a day off, all the fighters were doing something, some were writing letters, some were shaving, later they watched two screenings of films, and went to bed very late, around 2:00 am. the unit from mogilov was in defensive barracks on the central island of the fortress, he woke up from shell explosions, dozens of fellow soldiers died in the first minutes. we didn’t even have time to get dressed, ran out into the street, met several fighter

fortress, and in israel, by the way, you tried to sort out this confusion, but at that time pyotr kotelnikov years old, today there are still defenders, no, defenders from those who, like petya kotelnik, even though he was a twelve-year-old boy. in hand 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 fairstein, 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, 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 the brest area, yes, defenders of brest, that’s why as if on the one hand, yes, he is 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 of conversation, but in the most dangerous core h

prototypes of the bronze figures were three friends: ravin, pyotr malinsky, mula said hashim mirtaibov and an orthodox priest, nikolai kotelnikovterethnic and interreligious unity of the republic. we have become even more friendly, we have become together, this misfortune has united us all, since time immemorial, our city. very ancient, it is famous for its friendliness, it is impossible to do anything to separate us. and this is exactly what the terrorists were counting on. purpose orthodox churches and local synagogues were attacked. in makhachkala, another group, armed with grenades and american assault rifles, fired at a police patrol on ermoshkin street, set fire to a police car, and then broke into the territory of the assumption cathedral, where at that moment the evening service had just ended. father sergei, alone. shootout, the first thing that came to mind was to close all the doors, when i ran to this door, i saw one of the attackers, with god's help i closed the last door, no one was hurt, including thanks to this man was repelled by the attackers by security guard mikhail vavilin, armed with a gas pistol, he was a