Expedition to the concentration of ethnotoponyms (ethnically-, tribally- or geographically-related toponyms) around the district center of Ljakhavichy (Ляхавічы) in western Belarus (part ІХ): Mazurki (Мазуркі). In the evening light Aljena and S’tsjepan talked to me about their village and its Polish-origin name, associated with the former, long destroyed estate of the Krahel’ski family. They noted… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 2, 2014
Month: July 2014
Photo of the Day for July 1, 2014
Expedition to the concentration of ethnotoponyms (ethnically-, tribally- or geographically-related toponyms) around the district center of Ljakhavichy (Ляхавічы) in western Belarus (part VIII): Zhomajdz’ (Жомайдзь, Клецкі раён). Zhomajdz’ in Kljetsk District is one of two so-named villages in Belarus; there is also a Zhomajdzi. The modern-day descendants of the Baltic tribe of the Zhamojty (Zhemajty,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 1, 2014