Millennium Monument of Brest

Brest Millennium Monument (Belarusian: Помнік Тысячагоддзя Брэста) was designed by the Belarusian architect Alexei Andreyuk and sculptor Alexei Pavluchuk to commemorate the millennium of Brest, Belarus. It was erected in 2009 at the intersection of Sovietskaya Street and Gogol Street in Brest. The project was financed by the state budget and public donations.

Brest Millennium Monument

52.0927°N 23.6931°E / 52.0927; 23.6931
Location	Brest, Belarus
Designer	Alexei Andreyuk and Alexei Pavluchuk
Material	granite and bronze
Height	15.1 metres (50 ft)
Beginning date	2009
Completion date	2011
Opening date	July 2009
Dedicated to	Millennium of the city

The monument presents a group of bronze statues. The angel of mercy with a cross is standing at the top of a granite column. 3 statues remember the remarkable historic personalities that are associated with Brest: Vladimir Vasilkovich, who put up a tower in the castle of the town in the 13th century, Vytautas the grand duke of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł in whose printing shop the first Belarusian book was printed, 3 more statues represent abstract images: warrior, mother, chronicler (who wrote apparently the Primary Chronicle). The total height is 15.1 m, the height of the angel is 3.8 m, the height of the 6 statues is 3 m. the diameter of the base is 8.6 m. In April 2011 a belt of high reliefs appeared around the monument. It depicts history-making episodes of Brest.[1]