Month: October 2016

Photos of the Day for October 31, 2016

Autumn roads of Belarus 2015:  Jabravichy and Kushljany.  Восеньскія дарогі Беларусі 2015 г.:  Ябравічы й Кушляны.   Jabravichy.  Classic solid wooden houses on a classic village main street. Ябравічы.     Kushljany.  This village is known for its splendid museum dedicated to the outstanding 19th-century Belarusian writer, patriot and national revivalist Frantsishak Bahushjevich and located… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 31, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 30, 2016

Autumn roads of Belarus:  Ordzjevichy (Ardzjevichy) 2015.  Does the toponym Ordzjevichy (Ardzjevichy) suggest a Tatar origin (from the Tatar/Turkic word ordu, meaning army, i.e., referring to Tatar soldiers invited by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to guard its eastern flanks)?  Like so many other villages in northern Belarus, Ardzjevichy has lost most of its population… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 30, 2016

Photo of the Day for October 29, 2016

Mahiljou 2016 (IV/IV):  embroiderer Valjantsina Nikitsina and her husband Vasil’.  The Nikitsins live in the small district center of Klichau, 55 miles (95 kilometers) southwest of Mahiljou and travel to Mahiljou to sell Mrs. Nikitsin’s embroidered shirts, dresses, tablecloths and runners. Магілёў 2016 г. (IV/IV):  вышывальніца Валянціна Нікіціна з мужам Васілем ездзяць з Клічава ў… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 29, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 28, 2016

Mahiljou 2016 (III/IV):  architecture of former Luteranskaja Street, now Mihaja.  The street was named Luteranskaja when Russian empress Catherine II, who controlled the eastern Belarusian lands as a result of the first partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772,  granted the local German community permission to build a church there in 1780. Магілёў 2016 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 28, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 27, 2016

Mahiljou 2016 (II/IV):  buildings along the middle portion of Vjalikaja Sadovaja (Vjetranaja) Street, now called Leninskaja. Магілёў 2016 г. (II/IV):  дойлідства ўздоўж сярэдняй часткі вул. Вялікая Садовая (Ветраная), зараз Ленінская.   Former Hotel Paris, formerly Vjalikaja Sadovaja Street (Vjetranaja), now Leninskaja 21. Былы гатэль Парыж, былая вуд. Вялікая Садовая (Ветраная), зараз Ленінская 21.    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 27, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 26, 2016

Mahiljou 2016 (I/IV). Despite destruction of major architectural monuments by the late Russian imperial and Soviet regimes, Mahiljou retains a worthy architectural patrimony.  A short, late-August visit in search of hand-embroidered fabrics provided the opportunity for a photo survey of buildings on the middle stretch of Vjalikaja Sadovaja (Vjetranaja) Street, currently known as Leninskaja (see… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 26, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 25, 2016

Architectural patrimony of Pinsk 2016.  It is always a pleasure to visit Pinsk.  Below are more examples of the wide variety of styles which one may still find in the city despite decades of depredation.  See also photos of the day for July 21, 2016 and April 24, 2016. Некалькі ўзораў з  архітэктурнай спадчыны Пінску… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 25, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 22, 2016

Polesia in faces:  Mikhail and Maryna with their daughter Dar’ja.  It was a great pleasure to photograph Dar’ja’s christening at Trinitytide in June (photos of the day for August 14, 2016) and to see how much she had grown two months later. Палесься ў тварах:  Міхаіл і Марына з дачкой Дашачкай.  Вельмі прыемна было здымаць… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 22, 2016