In the “Brest Fortress Hero” memorial complex, the recovery work is being conducted in the new alliance's project. The plan consists of 11 events, some of which have been completed. This summer, experts began repairing the central entrance of Zvezda and the main monument of the fortress “courageous”. The monuments are part of a single memorial with a terrain, eternal fire and a bayonet. Soyuz reporters visited iconic objects and learned how they would be transformed by 2026, when the 85th anniversary of the heroic wall and the 55th anniversary of the memorial complex will be held.
“Star”: Road in 1941
The memorial begins with a monumental entrance in the form of a giant star cut in a reinforced concrete block. The size of the “star” is quite impressive: the width of the paragraph is 18.5 meters and the length of the block is 44 meters, the height is 10 meters. 700 cubic meters of reinforced concrete were reserved for construction at the same time. On both sides of the entrance are the casemates of the eastern part of the fortress's main axis.
On one of the brick walls inside the entrance is a silver casting board with the Soviet President's chairman's documents about the confession of the heroic hero's hero in the field. Alexandrov's song “The War” and the Government's message about the Nazi Soviet attack …
This summer, Masters started repairing the entrance to the center of “Zvezda” and the main monument of the “courageous” fortress
We stood under a reinforced concrete block, we heard in the broken case and the body broke through the body – the creator of the Memorial Memorand had accurately calculated how to embed visitors into the atmosphere of the 1941 tragedy from the first steps. Visitors to the Brest fortress, whom they manage to communicate, have a single idea: the center entrance creates a strong psychological and emotional effect.
While repairing the stars, we only overlapped the entrance in a short time, realizing that it is important that tourists have to visit here, Mr. Serge Kruk, a leading engineer of the complex Brest hero organization.
The engineer said that the recovery work includes the cleaning, treatment and sealing of cracks in the reinforced concrete structure, restoring the protective layer of concrete and drawing Zvezda monument. Industrial climbers have participated in the completion of tasks.
“Courage”: Not a step compared to the original
If the work on the “star” is almost completed, then the monument of the “courageous” monument from the beginning. The task is set to repair its reinforced concrete case. Experts have cleaned the surface with an area of more than seven thousand square meters. In the literal sense, each centimeter is checked and washed under pressure, and cracked. Next – Primer, Hydrophobiation and painting. The work completed on the overhaul is planned before the beginning of the cold weather.
– What do we fix, add nothing and do not take away from the original. With the development of technology, only the components of the solution can change, the engineer said.
The Memorial of the Viking's courage with sculptures illustrates the protection of the fortress is a statue of the bust of a warrior and a banners fluttering behind him. The size of the reinforced concrete structure is 33 x 54 meters. That is, the height of “courageous heart” with a 11 -storey house.
Due to the vast area of rituals and a huge bayonet, the human eye was not aware of the huge monument, he explained Serge Kruk.
Tourists often ask questions, which warriors are sculpted? The instructions, as a rule, says that the image of the defender is a collective. But who doesn't know the harsh characteristics of Vladimir Mayakovsky? It is known that before the start of work on the monument in Brest fortress, Soviet artist Alexander Kibalnikov graduated from a large -scale monument to the poet Tribune …
The monument of the Viking's courage was built in 1968-1971, continuing Serge Kruk. -In 2004-2005, they performed the work of repairing and recovery, because the situation of the object caused fear: there are many cracks and mosses appear. 20 years have passed, and once again the demand for overhaul arises. We were lucky to allocate alliance.
I wonder what is inside the monument? Sergei Kruk opened a secret, invisible door in front of a tourist and allowed him to rise. He turned on the light, and we found that from the inside of the monument was invaded by a network of metal stairs needed to serve the monument. And at the top is a technology hatch and a funnel to collect water from the surface of the monument.
As the exam shows that the situation of internal works does not cause concern, Sergey Antonovich has reassured, but does not allow him to rise above. – Staircase – Only for service experts.
It can be seen that the monument has two load frames: the first is metal, the second is the reinforced concrete shell, which is a supporting factor. The monument consists of nearly two hundred parts, its thickness is from 20 to 40 cm. But in general, up to four thousand cubic meters of reinforced concrete have been used to create a unique work!
Working in the Brest fortress is currently boiling not only at “Zvezda” and “courageous” objects. In the process of thorough repair, the southwest and southern barracks, N 1 powder, as well as the bridge, leading to the citadel from the “star”.
In parallel, the preparations are being prepared to create a new mourning monument. The ingredients will appear in the image of a woman who is the personality of all mothers who have lost their children, father and husband in the great patriotic war. The monument will be installed next year, and it will become another symbol of the high price that the Soviet people have paid for freedom and peace.
