Month: March 2014

Commemorative concert to mark the seventieth anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Belarusian ethnographer/photographer Mikhas’ Ramaniuk (1944-1997).  Mikhas’ son Dzjanis, also a leading photographer, ethnographer and publisher, is seated in the front.  Fourth from the right in the second row is the concert’s director-choreographer Larysa Simakovich. Спэктакль-гімн да 70-годдзя беларускага этнографа-фатографа Міхася Раманюка (1944-1997). … Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 31, 2014

Mrs. Grazhyna, caretaker of the Roman-Catholic church of Corpus Christi, Kroshyn 2014.  Mrs. Grazhyna recounted quietly how she and a determined group of parishioners waged an unremitting battle with local officials to regain control of the church, desecrated under the Soviets, after the fall of the Soviet regime. Пані Гражына, наглядчыца касьцёла Божага Цела, Крошын… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 30, 2014

Patrimony of Baranavichy District.  Спадчына Баранавіччыны. Roman-Catholic church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary (18th-century), Haradzishcha, January 2014.  In the Belarusian architectural tradition it is unusual for the bell tower to be attached to the apse. Касьцёл Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі Ружанцовай (18-ы стаг.), Гарадзішча, студзень 2014 года. This photo is from a day-long… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 29, 2014

Patrimony of Baranavichy District.  Спадчына Баранавіччыны. Surviving pre-war town fabric, Haradzishcha, January 2014.  The brick building on the left may have been a synagogue.  Старая местачковая структура, Гарадзішча, студзень 2014 года. This photo is from a mid-January, day-long survey of the patrimony of northern Baranavichy District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 28, 2014

Patrimony of Baranavichy District.  Спадчыны Баранавіччыны. World War I cemeteries (part I):  German World War I cemetery in fog, Haradzishcha, January 2014. Могілкі вайсковыя часоў Першай сусьветнай вайны (частка І):  Затуманеныя немецкія вайсковыя могілкі часоў 1-ай сусьветнай вайны, Гарадзішча, студзень 2014 г. This photo is from a day-long survey in mid-January of the patrimony of… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 27, 2014

Patrimony of Baranavichy District.  Спадчына Баранавіччыны. River Servach, Haradzishcha, January 2014.  Рака Сэрвач, Гарадзішча, студзень 2014 г. This photo is from a mid-winter, day-long survey of the patrimony of northern Baranavichy District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (БДТАПГК).  The 63-kilometer- (39-mile-) long Servach rises… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 26, 2014

Patrimony of Baranavichy District.  Спадчына Баранавіччыны. Churches of Belarus (part LIX):  Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity (built 1823 as a Greek-Catholic church; long in ruins; restored 2006-2009), Vjalikaja Svarotva, January 2014. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка LIX):  царква Сьвятой Тройцы (пабудаваная як грэка-каталіцкі храм у 1823 г., доўга ў руінах, рэстаўраваная ў 2006-2009 гг.), Вялікая Сваротва,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 25, 2014

Patrimony of Baranavichy District.  Спадчына Баранавіччыны. Belarus is being favored with a balmy early spring.  Thus the current view of the landscape in this photograph would look very different.  The photograph is from a mid-January, day-long survey of the patrimony of northern Baranavichy District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 24, 2014

Patrimony of Baranavichy District.  Спадчына Баранавіччыны. Churches of Belarus (part LVIII):  Orthodox Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul (1869-73), Mouchadz’ 2014.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка LVIII):  цэрка Апосталаў Пятра й Паўла (1869-73 гг.), Моўчадзь 2014 год. This photo is from a day-long survey in January of the patrimony of northern Baranavichy District with Anton Astapovich,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 23, 2014

Oak Trees of Belarus.  Oak Grove near Borki (Zhytkavichy District) 2014.  Дубы Беларусі.  Дуброўка ля в. Боркі (Жыткавіцкі раён) 2014 год. This line of trees forms a small part of a rare open oak grove.  The grove spreads out between the main channel of the Pripet (Prypjats’ – Прыпяць) and the left-bank tributary Skrypnitsa, some… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 22, 2014