‘BELARUS? I WAS THINKING OF SPAIN OR GERMANY!’

BIG INTERVIEW: PETER LEVEN
By Chris Dunlavy

OLD DAYS: Peter Leven celebrates scoring for MK Dons and, inset, a map showing his new destination – Belarus
PICTURE: PA Images

PETER Leven is giving a history lesson on the siege of Brest, the Belarusian city he now calls home.
“The Fortress up there,” says the former Oxford, Chesterfield and MK Dons midfielder, “that’s a fascinating place. It was given Hero status from the Soviet Union – one of only 12 places in the world.
“It was the first place the Nazis attacked in W...

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