Photos of the Day for March 12, 2020

Family farming in Polesia (Pripet Marshes).  Tsjerablichy 2019.  A reporter for one of Belarus’ rural-oriented newspapers once condescendingly asked me, “What do you think of our peasants?”  I responded that I think of Belarusian villagers as family farmers rather than “peasants”.  Recalling that exchange, I would ask here why anyone accepts collectives (kalkhozy) as a… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 12, 2020

Photos of the Day for March 6, 2020

Blessing of houses, Eastern Orthodox feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany (Vadokhryshcha), Tsjerablichy 2020. Асьвячэньне хат, Вадохрышча, Цераблічы 2020 г.