Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Churches of Belarus (part DXI): Roman Catholic church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (completed after 2008), replacing a wooden church of 1799-1800 which the occupying Soviet… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 8, 2023
Month: February 2023
Photos of the Day for February 7, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Destroyed patrimony (see also photo of the day for February 6, 2023): Kudzin House (Dom Kudzina – Дом Кудзіна), a rare complete example of the vernacular Art Nouveau style,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 7, 2023
Photo of the Day for February 6, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па падчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. An example of two polar opposite forces in Belarus: destruction of Belarusian patrimony by the current authorities versus the new birth of Christian faith. On the left is (was)… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 6, 2023
Photos of the Day for February 5, 2023
Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Gable-window decoration using the same traditional shape as seen in photos of the day for February 2 and 3… Шчытавае ўпрыгожаньне аднолькавага абрысу на фотаздымках дня 2-3 лютага… … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 5, 2023
Photos of the Day for February 4, 2023
Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. An outstanding example of traditional wooden-house decoration. Узор хатняга ўпрыгожаньня.
Photo of the Day for February 3, 2023
Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. A variant of the wooden window-frame decorations in the photos of the day for February 2. Варыянт ліштваў на фотаздымках дня 2 лютага.
Photos of the Day for February 2, 2023
Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. The city’s historic name was Igumjen (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 Photos of the Day for February 2, 2023
Photo of the Day for February 1, 2023
Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. The city’s historic name was Igumjen (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 February 1, 2023