President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Russia Dmirty Medvedev (l) visit Brest Fortress . Brest Fortress in Brest, Belarus, formerly known as Brest-Litovsk Fortress (the Polish name of the city was Brześć Litewski), is one of the most important Soviet World War II war monuments commemorating Soviet resistance against the German invasion on June 22, 1941