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The war brought people untold suffering, destroyed the peaceful way of life of millions of people, killed the dream of happiness... Already in the first days of the war, the Brest Fortress experienced all the horrors of war. Brest Fortress. On May 8, 1965, the Brest Fortress was awarded the title of Hero Fortress. Since 1971, it has been a memorial complex. The Brest Hero Fortress memorial was built according to the designs of sculptor Alexander Pavlovich Kibalnikov. The building of the Brest Fortress Defense Museum and the ruins of the White Palace adjoin the Ceremonial Square. The compositional center is the main monument "Courage", on its back there are relief compositions telling about individual episodes of the heroic defense of the fortress. The remains of 850 people are buried in a 3-tiered necropolis, compositionally connected with the monument. The Eternal Flame of Glory burns in front of the ruins of the former engineering department. The ruins of the barracks of the 333rd rifle regiment and other defensive and residential structures have been preserved on the observation platform. On May 9, 1972, the Young Army members first took up duty at Post No. 1 near the Eternal Flame of the Brest Fortress. On September 24, 1984, the Post No. 1 Museum "Boys of Immortal Brest" was opened. On February 23, 1992, the Museum of the "Military Glory of Aviators" was opened on the territory of the memorial.