Month: July 2014

Road to Polesia.  Дарога на Палесьсе. Rogue beavers at work, Sosny 2014.  Beavers can gnaw through trees like these in a couple of hours, in this case ruining part of a windbreak. Сляды баброў, Сосны 2014 г.

Road to Polesia.  Дарога на Палесьсе. After photographing the new church under construction in Khatljany, I went to Father Vital’s home to give him copies of photos I had taken of his former church in Slavjensk.  He was out on a pastoral round, so I left the photos and greetings with his son. A stork… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 21, 2014

Road to Polesia.  Дарога на Палесьсе. Even after 75 round trips during the past eight years from Mjensk to Polesia, the road through Slutsk and Ljuban’ reveals itself to the photographer in new and wondrous ways each time.  See, for instance, the photos of the day for February 11-13, 16 and 19, 2013. The photos… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 20, 2014

The roots of the Belarusian nation:  photo excursion to ethnonyms of the Valozhyn District (Vjalikaja Dajnava and Zhomajdz’).  Карані беларускай нацыі:  вандроўка па этнонімах Валожыншчыны (Вялікая Дайнава й Жомайдзь). Zhomajdz’ (Valozhyn District) 2014.  Жомайдзь (Валожынскі раён) 2014 г.

The roots of the Belarusian nation:  photo excursion to ethnonyms of the Valozhyn District (Vjalikaja Dajnava and Zhomajdz’).  Карані беларускай нацыі:  вандроўка па этнонімах Валожыншчыны (Вялікая Дайнава й Жомайдзь). View of Zhomajdz’ (Valozhyn District) from Kharytony 2014.  Від на Жомайдзь (Валожынскі раён) з Харытонаў 2014 г.  

The roots of the Belarusian nation:  photo excursion to ethnonyms of the Valozhyn District (Vjalikaja Dajnava and Zhomajdz’).  Карані беларускай нацыі:  вандроўка па этнонімах Валожыншчыны (Вялікая Дайнава й Жомайдзь). Zhomajdz’ in Valozhyn District is one of two so-named villages in Belarus; the photo of the day for July 1 was from the other Zhomajdz’, in… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 17, 2014

Churches of Belarus (part LXIX):  Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, Slavjensk 2014.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка LXIX):  царква Сьвятога Мікалая, Славенск 2014 г. View of the Slavjensk church from across the Western Bjarezina River.  Від на царкву з другога берагу Заходняй Барэзіны.

The roots of the Belarusian nation:  photo excursion to ethnonyms of the Valozhyn District.  Карані беларускай нацыі:  вандроўка па этнонімах Валожыншчыны. Having spent more time than planned in Vjalikaja Dajnava and neighboring Uzbalats’, I decided to forego the second village in the cluster of ethnonyms, Malaja Dajnouka (Малая Дайноўка), and to head toward Zhomajdz’. The… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 15, 2014

The roots of the Belarusian nation:  photo excursion to ethnonyms of the Valozhyn District (Vjalikaja Dajnava and Zhomajdz’).  Карані беларускай нацыі:  вандроўка па этнонімах Валожыншчыны (Вялікая Дайнава й Жомайдзь).   Vjalikaja Dajnava 2014.  Вялікая Дайнава 2014 г.   Cat meets irritated grass snake.  Коцік і раздражнёны вужычок.       Cobblestone pavement laid down during… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 14, 2014

The roots of the Belarusian nation:  photo excursion to ethnonyms of the Valozhyn District (Vjalikaja Dajnava and Zhomajdz’).  Карані беларускай нацыі:  вандроўка па этнонімах Валожыншчыны (Вялікая Дайнава й Жомайдзь). The Valozhyn District on the west-northwestern edge of Mjensk Region contains two clusters of ethnonyms (place-names of ethnic identity) plus a third area with a scattering… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 13, 2014