Spasm Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Gents For those fortunate amongst us that can read Cyrillic, can you tell me what this actually says. I have the translation from the Brest Fortress website but I don't think it is the literal translation as it seems much shorter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Greetings, Even though I do not speak Russian (unfortunately) - I can read it: Я умираю, но не сдаюсь! Прощай, Родина "I shall die before I surrender! Farewell Homeland" is perhaps better translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spasm Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 Paja Thanks very much. Makes much more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paja Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Don't mention it. Best regards, P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Another great piece of work! I have seen images of that engraving. It is very powerful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spasm Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) A great piece of history, nearly forgotten due to the lack of survivors and lost in the mountain of heroic deeds during 1941, but now rightly honoured by being a Hero Fortress City, awarded on the 20th anniversary of the German surrender 8th May 1965 Here's the inscription from the museum Edited May 4, 2014 by Spasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spasm Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 Here's the film based on the book by Sergei Smirnov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CefR_OEgeY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Here you will find better photos and some additional info http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/59517-awards-for-the-defense-of-brest-fortress/?hl=%2Bbrest+%2Bfortress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spasm Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 See, always worth doing a search before you go blundering in, cheers JapanX Could've done with all that before I painted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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