![The Kholm Gate](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F55%2F28%2F552899_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGV5IEJ1c2hraW4gIzU1Mjg5OQ%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-552899-preview_584dfc0945836a5e2a2c4f086cdb235c.jpg)
![The Kholm Gate](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F55%2F28%2F552899_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGV5IEJ1c2hraW4gIzU1Mjg5OQ%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-552899-preview_584dfc0945836a5e2a2c4f086cdb235c.jpg)
The Kholm Gate of the Brest Fortress in western Belarus that was heroically defended by Soviet forces in the summer of 1941 when Nazi Germany attacked the USSR.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Brest, Belarus
- Event date: 01.07.1975
- Date published: 21.01.2010
- Author: Alexey Bushkin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: D75-267, 6x9 slide
- Media: JPEG, 3544x5433px, 5.7Mb