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Photos of the Day for May 14, 2020

Dukora 2017.  II/VI Дукора 2017 г.  II/VI   Former estate of the Ashtorp family, subsequently of the Hartsing family. Былая сядзіба Ашторпаў, затым Гарцінгаў.     Allee. Алея.         Spider web in the allee. Павуціньне ўздоўж алеі.         Former main gate to the estate. Былая галоўная сядзібная брама.  

Photos of the Day for May 13, 2020

Dukora 2017.  I/VI The small town of Dukora lies 25 miles (40 kilomters) southeast of the center of Mjensk. Дукора 2017 г. I/VI   Churches of Belarus (part CCCXLVII):  Orthodox church of the Prophet Elijah (built at the beginning of the 19th century as a Roman Catholic church; given to the Orthodox church in 1864… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 13, 2020

Photos of the Day for May 12, 2020

In search of a human scale:  Mjensk 2019. У шуканьні чалавечага вымярэньня: Менск 2019 г.   One can still find country-like yards and gardens in some Mjensk neighborhoods of private houses (what Belarusians call “private sectors”)… У менскіх прыватных сектарах яшчэ можна патрапіць на куты, падобныя на казачныя вясковыя сады…         …but… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 12, 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