Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Birthplace of Maryja Mjakota, mother of the great early-20th-century Belarusian poet Maksim Bahdanovich. Дом, у якім нарадзілася Марыя Мякота, маці Максіма Багдановіча.
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Photo of the Day for February 12, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Central square. Цэнтральная плошча.
Photos of the Day for February 11, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. The dead hand of empire: two examples of imperial-provincial bureaucratic architecture from the era of Russian occupation. Мёртвая рука імперыі: два прыклады імперска-правінцыяльнага дойлідства часоў расейскай акупацыі. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 11, 2023
Photos of the Day for February 10, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. An outstanding example of Belarusian wooden sculpture: the personification of the true national hymn “Mahutny Bozha” (“O, Mighty God”). Another example of why, in searching for the patrimony of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 10, 2023
Photo of the Day for February 9, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Bust of Belarusian-Polish composer, conductor and teacher Stanislau Manjushka (1819-1872), born about 15 miles from Ihumjen. Manjushka was the author of the first opera in Belarusian and created the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 9, 2023
Photo of the Day for February 8, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Churches of Belarus (part DXI): Roman Catholic church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (completed after 2008), replacing a wooden church of 1799-1800 which the occupying Soviet… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 8, 2023
Photos of the Day for February 7, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Destroyed patrimony (see also photo of the day for February 6, 2023): Kudzin House (Dom Kudzina – Дом Кудзіна), a rare complete example of the vernacular Art Nouveau style,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 7, 2023
Photo of the Day for February 6, 2023
Photo survey of the patrimony of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па падчыне г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. An example of two polar opposite forces in Belarus: destruction of Belarusian patrimony by the current authorities versus the new birth of Christian faith. On the left is (was)… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 6, 2023
Photos of the Day for February 5, 2023
Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. Gable-window decoration using the same traditional shape as seen in photos of the day for February 2 and 3… Шчытавае ўпрыгожаньне аднолькавага абрысу на фотаздымках дня 2-3 лютага… … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 5, 2023
Photos of the Day for February 4, 2023
Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015. Фотавандроўка па г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г. An outstanding example of traditional wooden-house decoration. Узор хатняга ўпрыгожаньня.