Month: March 2020

Photos of the Day for March 21, 2020

January 2020 photo expedition along the World War I Eastern Front:  Pinsk, Parechcha, Al’shanka, Tsjeljakhany, S’vjataja Volja. Фотавандроўка ў студзені 2020 г. па лініі фронту Першай сусьветнай вайны: Пінск, Парэчча, Альшанка, Целяханы, Сьвятая Воля.   One of the seats of the noble Skirmunt family, Parechcha in Pinsk District was the site of the Skirmunts’ woolen… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 21, 2020

Photos of the Day for March 20, 2020

January 2020 photo expedition along the World War I Eastern Front:  Pinsk, Parechcha, Al’shanka, Tsjeljakhany, S’vjataja Volja. Фотавандроўка ў студзені 2020 г. па лініі фронту Першай сусьветнай вайны: Пінск, Парэчча, Альшанка, Целяханы, Сьвятая Воля.   World War I cemeteries (part XXXI):  German World War I cemetery, Pinsk. From September 1915 to November 1917 the World… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 20, 2020

Photo of the Day for March 16, 2020

Traditional sacred corner (pokuts’) in a house, Tsjerablichy 2020. Homes in Belarus and elsewhere in the region customarily have an icon, framed by an embroidered runner, in a corner (“red corner”) of the main room.  Beneath the icon many homeowners place a table on which they traditionally place consecrated candles or small books.  It was… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 16, 2020

Photos of the Day for March 12, 2020

Family farming in Polesia (Pripet Marshes).  Tsjerablichy 2019.  A reporter for one of Belarus’ rural-oriented newspapers once condescendingly asked me, “What do you think of our peasants?”  I responded that I think of Belarusian villagers as family farmers rather than “peasants”.  Recalling that exchange, I would ask here why anyone accepts collectives (kalkhozy) as a… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 12, 2020