Month: January 2023

Photo of the Day for January 31, 2023

Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015.  The city’s historic name was Ihumjen (Ігумен) until renamed in shopworn Bolshevik fashion by the occupying Soviet regime in 1923:  Chervjen’ in Belarusian means June, not “redness” as the Soviets assumed from the etymological link between Chervjen’ and chyrvonny (red). Chervjen’… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 31, 2023

Photo of the Day for January 30, 2023

Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015.  The city’s historic name was Ihumjen (Ігумен) until renamed in shopworn Bolshevik fashion by the occupying Soviet regime in 1923:  Chervjen’ in Belarusian means June, not “redness” as the Soviets assumed from the etymological link between Chervjen’ and chyrvonny (red). Chervjen’… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 30, 2023

Photo of the Day for January 28, 2023

Winter fog in Polesia (Pripet Marshes), Rubel’ (Rubjel’) 2011. Зімовы туман на Палесьсі, Рубэль (Рубель) 2011 г.  

Photo of the Day for January 23, 2023

Winter in Polesia:  Polesian oak.  Tsjerablichy-Machul’ road 2012. Палеская зіма: палескі дуб.  Дарога Цераблічы-Мачуль 2012 г.    

Photo of the Day for January 22, 2023

In memory of Belarusian citizen Mikhail Zhyznjeuski (Міхаіл Жызнеўскі), whom the Yanukovich security services shot in cold blood January 22, 2014 during the Revolution of Dignity in Kyiv and in memory of all other Belarusians who have died defending Ukraine from Russian aggression and invasion since 2014. Rest in peace.   На памяць Міхаілу Жызнеўскаму,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 22, 2023