Architectural patrimony of Shchuchyn and Harodnja Districts 2016 (I/V): Polish-era primary school (szkoła powszechna), Mitsary. Photo expedition with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Conservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (ГА БДТАПГК). This wooden school house was built during the interwar period when the western Belarusian lands were incorporated into the Second… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 11, 2016
Month: December 2016
Photo of the Day for December 10, 2016
Old lock, Jushkavichy 2014. Стары замок, Юшкавічы 2014 г.
Photo of the Day for December 9, 2016
Belarus in Faces (part CCXVI): Paulinka, Tsjerablichy 2014. Беларусь у тварах (частка CCXVI): Паўлінка, Цераблічы 2014 г.
Photo of the Day for December 8, 2016
Belarus in Faces (part CCXV): Tolja, visiting from neighboring Azdamichy. Tsjerablichy 2014. Беларусь у твараз (частка CCXV): аздамец спадар Толя ў Цераблічах 2014 г.
Photo of the Day for December 7, 2016
Portraits of Mjensk 2000: the Mjensk snowfalls of December 2016 remind me of the last time I was in Mjensk in December — 16 years ago. Партрэты Менску 2000 г.
Photos of the Day for December 6, 2016
Villages of Staryja Darohi District 2015: Navasjolki and Jazyl’. Вёскі Старадарожскага раёна 2015 г.: Навасёлкі й Языль. Navasjolki. Навасёлкі. Jazyl’. Языль. Churches of Belarus (part CXCI): Orthodox church of the Transfiguration. This recently-completed church replaces a 19th-century wooden Orthodox church desecrated by the Soviet regime in 1950, used as a collective farm… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 6, 2016
Photos of the Day for December 5, 2016
Sakuny Villages 2015 (VI/VI): Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Every village has its hidden, or in some cases repressed, history — stories which one would never be aware of when merely passing through. In Drazhna’s case one such story is the April 14, 1943 murder of 25 civilians, mainly women and children, by a large group of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 5, 2016
Photos of the Day for December 4, 2016
Sakuny Villages 2015 (V/VI): Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Sakuny homesteads traditionally consisted of a house perpendicular to the road and in some cases extended by sheds and, separated by a narrow lane, a parallel set of barns. Вёскі сакуноў 2015 г. (V/VI): Шчыткавічы, Ляўкі, Дражна. Двор сакуноў забудоўвалі толькі з двух бакоў. Homesteads, the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 4, 2016
Photo of the Day for December 3, 2016
Sakuny Villages 2015 (IV/VI): Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Вёскі сакуноў 2015 г. (IV/VI): Шчыткавічы, Ляўкі, Дражна. Belarus in Faces (part CCXIV): Leanid and Vjera. Беларусь у тварах (частка CCXIV): спадар Леанід і спадарыня Вера.
Photos of the Day for December 2, 2016
Sakuny Villages 2015 (III/VI): Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Like so many other Belarusian villages, Ljauki has seen its younger generations migrate to the cities. Yet what the wanderer finds is not a sense of resignation among those who remain. Rather, one is struck by how grounded, resilient and approachable Ljauki’s inhabitants are, and after so many… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 2, 2016