the architect A. Staubert in 1822. Tsar Alexander I himself and his brother arrived in Babruysk on September 24, 1825, at the completion of this building phase. In 1892 the 1st Brigade of the 40th Infantry Division of the Imperial Russian Army was stationed here. By 1900 the fortress lost its military significance and was converted into a jail. It was captured by the Polish I Corps in February 1918 and used by Polish forces during the Polish-Bolshevik War (1919—1920, about 1.000.000 deaths). During World War II, it was used as a concentration camp by German occupation forces (about 80,000 deaths). The Babruysk Fortress was registered as a national architectural monument of Belarus. References Forts in Belarus Landmarks in Belarus Buildings and structures in Mogilev Region Monuments and memorials in Belarus Babruysk