Photo of the Day for December 21, 2011

Memorial to victims of Stalin and Stalinism, Vynja 2007.  Помнік ахвярам Сталіна й сталінізму, Выня 2007 год. The monument to local victims of Stalin and Stalinism in Vynja shows the three types of cross one finds in Belarus, from left to right Orthodox, Roman Catholic/Protestant, and Greek Catholic.

Václav Havel / Вацлаў Гавэл

In memory of Václav Havel:  Playwright, Dissident, Political Prisoner, Patriot, President.   На ўспамін Вацлава Гавэла:  драматург, іншадумец, палітычны зьняволены, патрыёт, прэзыдэнт.  Na památku Václava Havla. A view toward Prague Castle, where Václav Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia (1989-92) and first president of the Czech Republic (1993-2003).  Від на Праскі Замак, дзе Вацлав… Continue reading Václav Havel / Вацлаў Гавэл

Photo of the Day for December 12, 2011: Belarus in Faces XX / Беларусь у тварах ХХ

Belarus in Faces (part XX).  Беларусь у тварах (частка ХХ). Nina Shydlouskaja, Chairman of the Board, World Association of Belarusians “Bats’kaushchyna” (Бацькаўшчына).  Bats’kaushchyna also runs the cultural enterprise “Budz’ma Belarusami!” (Будзьма беларусамі!), which coordinates lectures on Belarusian culture and history, historical-cultural excursions, concerts, and poetry readings throughout Belarus.  See also http://zbsb.org/index.php Ніна Шыдлоўская, старшыня Рады,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 12, 2011: Belarus in Faces XX / Беларусь у тварах ХХ