Month: May 2020

Photos of the Day for May 10, 2020

For Mjensk a rare and meritorious example of architectural conservation and restoration:  the constructivist-style Kitchen Factory (Fabryka-kukhnja, 1930-36).  Mjensk 2020. Since the Soviet re-occupation of Mjensk in mid-1944, the city has witnessed the continual destruction of its architectural patrimony and historic urban fabric.  The recently-completed project to conserve and restore the Kitchen Factory in the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 10, 2020

Photos of the Day for May 9, 2020

Memorial site to victims murdered by the Soviet NKVD in 1937-1941, Kurapaty (Mjensk) 2019. Курапаты 2019.     Memorial stone with correct dates of NKVD murders (1937-41); odious efforts, official and unofficial, persist by adherents of Stalinism to impose the lie that it was the Germans who carried out the mass murders after occupying Mjensk… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 9, 2020

Photos of the Day for May 5, 2020

Photo excursion through Baranavichy District, winter 2020:  Bjarozauka, Drahabyl’lje, Staryja Vojkavichy, Torchytsy, Stalovichy, Vjalikaja Kaupjenitsa Зімовая фотавандроўка па Баранавіцкім раёне 2020 г.: Бярозаўка, Драгабыльле, Старыя Войкавічы, Торчыцы, Сталовічы, Вялікая Каўпеніца     Cemetery, Vjalikaja Kaupjenitsa. Могілкі, Вялікая Каўпеніца.             World War I cemeteries (part XXXVIII):  German cemetery and regimental memorial,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 5, 2020

Photos of the Day for May 4, 2020

Photo excursion through Baranavichy District, winter 2020:  Bjarozauka, Drahabyl’lje, Staryja Vojkavichy, Torchytsy, Stalovichy, Vjalikaja Kaupjenitsa Зімовая фотавандроўка па Баранавіцкім раёне 2020 г.: Бярозаўка, Драгабыльле, Старыя Войкавічы, Торчыцы, Сталовічы, Вялікая Каўпеніца     Memorial to victims of World War I, Staryja Vojkavichy. Помнік ахвярам Першай сусьветнай вайны, Старыя Войкавічы.           Narrow-gauge railway… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 4, 2020

Photos of the Day for May 3, 2020

Photo excursion through Baranavichy District, winter 2020:  Bjarozauka, Drahabyl’lje, Staryja Vojkavichy, Torchytsy, Stalovichy, Vjalikaja Kaupjenitsa Зімовая фотавандроўка па Баранавіцкім раёне 2020 г.: Бярозаўка, Драгабыльле, Старыя Войкавічы, Торчыцы, Сталовічы, Вялікая Каўпеніца   Second Polish Republic monument from the 1920s to three campaigns of the Polish army (“Three Crosses” monument, signifiying the campaign of 1604 against Muscovy,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 3, 2020

Photos of the Day for May 2, 2020

Photo excursion through Baranavichy District, winter 2020:  Bjarozauka, Drahabyl’lje, Staryja Vojkavichy, Torchytsy, Stalovichy, Vjalikaja Kaupjenitsa Зімовая фотавандроўка па Баранавіцкім раёне 2020 г.: Бярозаўка, Драгабыльле, Старыя Войкавічы, Торчыцы, Сталовічы, Вялікая Каўпеніца   World War I cemeteries (part XXXVI):  German memorial and site of former German cemetery. Могілкі Першай сусьветнай вайны (частка XXXVI): нямецкі палкавы помнік і… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 2, 2020