Field of the Battle of Berestechko

It is a shame that a few people visit this place. It is a memorial of a battle for the freedom of Ukrainian people, which we lost. The remnants of cossacs, which have been found, are buried under the church and guides tell the story of heroic deeds of those who lost their lives on that field.

An amazing historical place with museum and ancient underground burial cave. Must see and feel the energy of the biggest battle of the Middle Ages.

An immensely cool experience and great for those interested in Ukrainian culture and history, though unlikely to be interesting to foreigners

Beautiful

The National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Battlefield of Brest" was founded in 1912 on the site where in 1651 the biggest battle of the Liberation War took place under the leadership of Hetman B. Khmelnytsky (sometimes incorrectly called "Battle of Brest"). A 100,000-strong Cossack army with the support of 30,000 Tatars of Khan Islam III Girey entered the battle of Berestechko with the 300,000-strong Polish army of King Jan Casimir II. Due to the betrayal of the Tatars, the Cossacks were defeated, losing, according to various estimates, from 10 to 30 thousand killed. As a result of the defeat in the Battle of Brest, Khmelnytsky was forced to conclude an unfavorable Peace of Bila Tserkva with Jan Kazimir. In 1912, in memory of the tragic battle of Fr. Zhuravlykha was moved to the wooden St. Michael's Church (XVII century), in which Khmelnytsky prayed before the battle. According to the project of arch. V. Maksimov and A. Shchusev built a magnificent church-monument of St. George in the style of Cossack churches with nine heads and an iconostasis (artist I. Izhakevich). On the second floor is the so-called "Balcony" church of Boris and Gleb. An underground passage connects St. Michael's Church with the underground chapel-tomb of Paraskeva Pyatnytsia near St. George's Church, where the remains of the dead Cossacks are buried (in particular, they filled the hollow central pillar). In 1966 the museum-reserve "Cossack graves" was created. Now it is the National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Field of the Battle of Brest". The museum of the complex presents the findings made by archaeologists on the battlefield. In 1991 a monument to the Cossacks and peasant insurgents was unveiled (sculptor A. Kushch). St. George's Monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church operates here.