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. Tunnel of trees, Parechcha-Al’shanka road. Given the authorities’ country-wide mania for cutting down trees, it is now difficult to find… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 25, 2020
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Photos of the Day for March 24, 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. Views of the River Jasjel’da, a major left-hand tributary of the Prypjats’ (Pripet), at Parechcha (which means “by the river”).… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 24, 2020
Photos of the Day for March 23, 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 XXXII): German World War I cemetery, Parechcha. From September 1915 to November 1917 the World… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 23, 2020
Photos of the Day for March 22, 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 XXXII): German World War I cemetery, Parechcha. From September 1915 to November 1917 the World… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 22, 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 19, 2020
Polesian oak tree, near Tsjerablichy’s new cemetery 2020. Палескі дуб ля новых могілкак, Цераблічы 2020 г.
Photo of the Day for March 18, 2020
Grannies. Tsjerablichy 2020. Бабулі. Цераблічы 2020 г.
Photo of the Day for March 17, 2020
Prosja (born January 14, 1918). Tsjerablichy 2020. Бабуля Прося (14.01.1918). Цераблічы 2020 г.
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