About the Complex

Nowadays many people know about heroic defenders of Brest Fortress, about defense of Grodna at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. But only few people know about the role of defense of Polotsk at the beginning of the war, importance for German troops to capture the city. Few people know about Polotsk Fortified District, whose defenders didn’t let the enemy capture the city for twenty days. With the purpose to uncover this page of military history of Belarus Historical and Cultural Complex “The Field of Glory” was created. It’s dedicated to the history of Polotsk Fortified District as a part of a system of fortified districts known as “Stalin-Line”. Polotsk FD is one of few FDs that fulfilled its military task at the beginning of the war.

In the complex you can visit the real bulker with the horrifying marks of the past war, blindage, to walk along the trenches and try to imagine, how this place was looking in the war times. You’ll get to know about people who despite everything held back the superior forces of the enemy, thus making a contribution to the approximation of Victory.