Bayonet obelisk - the main monument memorial complex Brest Fortress. The obelisk was designed by the Belarusian branch of the Central Research Institute "Proektstalkonstruktsiya" and set July 5, 1971.

Obelisk - a complex engineering structure height of 104 5 meters and weighing 620 tons. Size of the base 5, 5 meters, at the tip 2, 6 0 x 45 meters. The monument is visible from any point of the Brest Fortress, and far beyond its borders. It is a legendary bayonet rifles Mosin "Trehlineyki" standing in the war years in the Soviet Army, and symbolizes the victory of the Soviet people over the Nazi invaders, the eternal glory of the heroes of the Brest Fortress.

Bayonet is divided into ten sections with a steel frame, coated with titanium sheets. Fabricated sections of the monument at the plant of metal constructions Minmontazhstroya USSR in Molodechno and transported to Brest on the specially prepared trucks. The final assembly of the obelisk made already at the installation site in the memorial complex Brest Fortress. Fully assembled bayonet raised in two stages: first to the level of 45 degrees, the second - to the vertical position. The total installation time was 5 hours 30 minutes.

Despite the fact that the experience of the construction of such facilities in the Soviet Union was the first to design Bayonet all stood the test of years. The obelisk was restored three times: in 1998, replaced the damper device in 2000 was built around a platform lined with granite obelisk in 2008-2009 was carried out repair frame obelisk Bayonet.