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Keeping the church heated, Vjazyn’, January 2014.  Нагляд царквы, Вязынь, студзень 2014 года. Photos from a mid-winter photographic survey of cultural and architectural monuments in eastern Vjaljejka District.  Фотаздымкі з вандроўкі па архітэктурнай і культурнай спадчыны ўзходняга Вялейскага раёну.

Patrimony of Vjaljejka District.  Спадчына Вялейскага раёну. Photos from a mid-January photographic survey of cultural and architectural monuments in eastern Vjaljejka District.  Фотаздымкі з вандроўкі па архітэктурнай і культурнай спадчыны ўзходняга Вялейскага раёну. Churches of Belarus (part LXI):  Orthodox church of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God, Vjazyn’ 2014.  The current church, probably… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 4, 2014

Patrimony of Lahojsk District:  mid-winter landscape looking north from Vjapraty 2014.  Most people rush through Vjapraty, a hamlet on the main road from Mjensk to the northern Belarusian Blue Lakes.  However, stopping to take in the view is always worth it. Спадчына Лагойскага раёну:  зімовы ландшафт з Вяпрат.

Commemorative concert to mark the seventieth anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Belarusian ethnographer/photographer Mikhas’ Ramaniuk (1944-1997).  Спэктакль-гімн да 70-годдзя беларускага этнографа-фатографа Міхася Раманюка (1944-1997). Belarusian State Philharmonic Hall, Mjensk, January 2014.  Беларуская дзяржаўная філармонія, Менск, студзень 2014 г.

Commemorative concert to mark the seventieth anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Belarusian ethnographer/photographer Mikhas’ Ramaniuk (1944-1997).  Спэктакль-гімн да 70-годдзя беларускага этнаграфа-фатографа Міхася Раманюка (1944-1997). Belarusian State Philharmonic Hall, Mjensk, January 2014.  Беларуская дзяржаўная філармонія, Менск, студзень 2014 г.

Commemorative concert to mark the seventieth anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Belarusian ethnographer/photographer Mikhas’ Ramaniuk (1944-1997).  Mikhas’ son Dzjanis, also a leading photographer, ethnographer and publisher, is seated in the front.  Fourth from the right in the second row is the concert’s director-choreographer Larysa Simakovich. Спэктакль-гімн да 70-годдзя беларускага этнографа-фатографа Міхася Раманюка (1944-1997). … Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 31, 2014

Mrs. Grazhyna, caretaker of the Roman-Catholic church of Corpus Christi, Kroshyn 2014.  Mrs. Grazhyna recounted quietly how she and a determined group of parishioners waged an unremitting battle with local officials to regain control of the church, desecrated under the Soviets, after the fall of the Soviet regime. Пані Гражына, наглядчыца касьцёла Божага Цела, Крошын… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 30, 2014

Patrimony of Baranavichy District.  Спадчына Баранавіччыны. Roman-Catholic church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary (18th-century), Haradzishcha, January 2014.  In the Belarusian architectural tradition it is unusual for the bell tower to be attached to the apse. Касьцёл Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі Ружанцовай (18-ы стаг.), Гарадзішча, студзень 2014 года. This photo is from a day-long… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 29, 2014

Patrimony of Baranavichy District.  Спадчына Баранавіччыны. Surviving pre-war town fabric, Haradzishcha, January 2014.  The brick building on the left may have been a synagogue.  Старая местачковая структура, Гарадзішча, студзень 2014 года. This photo is from a mid-January, day-long survey of the patrimony of northern Baranavichy District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 28, 2014

Patrimony of Baranavichy District.  Спадчыны Баранавіччыны. World War I cemeteries (part I):  German World War I cemetery in fog, Haradzishcha, January 2014. Могілкі вайсковыя часоў Першай сусьветнай вайны (частка І):  Затуманеныя немецкія вайсковыя могілкі часоў 1-ай сусьветнай вайны, Гарадзішча, студзень 2014 г. This photo is from a day-long survey in mid-January of the patrimony of… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 27, 2014