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Photographic expeditions to Kljetsk District in central-western Belarus 2016, part I:  Arda, Kljetsk, Hrytsevichy, Nahornaje (Plaskavichy), Kuntsaushchyna, Jodchytsy. Фотавандроўкі па Клеччыне, частка І:  Арда, Клецк, Грыцэвічы, Нагорнае (Пласкавічы), Кунцаўшчына, Ёдчыцы.   An old wooden house, perhaps a pre-war house and store, with fine window-frame and door-frame decorations. Старая (даваенная?) хата, ці хата-крама, з майстарскімі ліштвамі.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 12, 2016

Photographic expeditions to Kljetsk District in central-western Belarus 2016, part I:  Arda, Kljetsk (IV/IV), Hrytsevichy, Nahornaje (Plaskavichy), Kuntsaushchyna, Jodchytsy. Urban fabric of Kljetsk. Фотавандроўкі па Клеччыне, частка І:  Арда, Клецк (IV/IV), Грыцэвічы, Нагорнае (Пласкавічы), Кунцаўшчына, Ёдчыцы. Гарадская спадчына Клецку.   The original part of the building extending to the left of center is a typical… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 11, 2016

Photographic expeditions to Kljetsk District in central-western Belarus 2016, part I:  Arda, Kljetsk (III/IV), Hrytsevichy, Nahornaje (Plaskavichy), Kuntsaushchyna, Jodchytsy. Polish border guard (K.O.P.) barracks, c. 1925.  These barracks were built in a transitional style between art nouveau/neo-Baroque and the functionalism which characterized Polish public-sector architecture starting in the late 1920s.  The border between the Second… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 10, 2016

Photographic expeditions to Kljetsk District in central-western Belarus 2016, part I:  Arda, Kljetsk (II/IV), Hrytsevichy, Nahornaje (Plaskavichy), Kuntsaushchyna, Jodchytsy. Art nouveau hospital complex (1909).  This group of buildings, now used for equipment and personnel of the local state-run department of housing services, is one of the best examples of art nouveau in Belarus and a… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 9, 2016

Photographic expeditions to Kljetsk District in central-western Belarus 2016:  Arda, Kljetsk, Hrytsevichy, Nahornaje (Plaskavichy), Kuntsaushchyna, Jodchytsy. The toponym Arda, derived from the Tatar/Turkic word for army, suggests that the village was founded by Tatars/Turkic settlers invited in by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to serve as soldiers, or by their descendants.  See also the photos… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 7, 2016

Portraits of Polesia:  fans at the Eastertide football match in Tsjerablichy between Tsjerablichy and the next-door village of Azdamichy.  With the key help of a ringer from another village, Azdamichy won 5-0. Партрэты Палесься:  церабліцкія заўзятары на футбольнім матчу ў Цераблічах з суседняй вёскі Аздамічы.  З ключавай дапамогай гульца з Вялікага Малешава, Аздамцы перамаглі 5-0.

Portraits of Polesia:  Diana, Tats’tsjana, Maryna.  Tsjerablichy 2016.  Партрэты Палесься:  Дыяна, Тацьцяна, Марына.  Цераблічы 2016 г.

Portraits of Polesia:  Azdamichy 2016.  Партрэты Палесься:  Аздамічы 2016 г.