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Feeding Birds by the River Svislach, Mjensk, April 2012.  Ля р. Сьвіслач, Менск, красавік 2012 г.

Belarus in Faces (part LXXVII):  Mrs. Maryja, Kuranjets 2012 and 2013.  Беларусь у тварах (частка LXXVII):  спадарыня Марыя, Куранец 2012 і 2013 гг. Kuranjets is now classified a village but retains a large central square, lined with solid masonry buildings, from when it was a bustling market town.  Today its curved, tree-lined streets are peaceful,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 24, 2013

Crosses of Belarus (part XIII), Roadside Cross in Kichyna, March 2013.  Крыжы Беларусі (частка ХІІІ), Кічына, сакавік 2013 г. Roadside crosses comfort the wanderer.

Lenin sent properly to the corner.  Столькі сонца й столькі тугі. Primary school (former szkoła powszechna built while western Belarus was incorporated into the interwar Polish Republic), Kamjenka 2013.  Базавая школа (былая школа повшэхна), Каменка 2013 год.

Polish-Era Primary School, Kamjenka 2013.  Базавая школа (былая школа повшэхна), Каменка 2013 год. This building is an example — rarely found in such a well-preserved state in Belarus — of the harmonious Zakopane style used in the 1920s and 1930s, when western Belarus lay in the inter-war Polish Republic.  Рэдкі захаваўся ў так добрым стане… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 21, 2013

Spring Cleaning, Sosny 2012.  Вясновая ўборка, Сосны (Любаньскі раён) 2012 год. Streaming through the smoky copse, the mid-April sunlight caught my eye and tugged me to the side of the road.  As I photographed the shimmering light, a man in a leather jacket, accompanied by a hulking sidekick, approached and peremptorily asked who I was… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 20, 2013

River Bjarezina Valley near Navasjolki 2013.  Рака Бярэзіна ля в. Навасёлкі (Маладзечанскі раён) 2013 год. The (Western) Bjarezina rises in southern Maladzjechna District, northwest of Mjensk.  In the area of this photo, the river, not far from its source, passes through quiet hill country and several villages rich in architectural patrimony but now off the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 19, 2013

Churches of Belarus (part XXVIII):  Orthodox church of the Apostles Peter and Paul, Hruzdava 2013.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка XXVIII): царква Сьвятых апосталаў Пятра й Паўла, Груздава 2013 год. This 1871 wooden church has particularly harmonious lines and proportions.  

Belarus in Faces (part LXXVI):  Mr. Tolja, Karaljeutsy 2013.  Беларусь у тварах (частка LXXVI):  спадар Толя, Каралеўцы 2013 год. Tolja told me he had had to go to work as a boy, owing to his father’s death in World War II.  He later became a forester and retired after 30 years’ hard work.  Now 77,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 17, 2013

Belarusian Homesteads (Part VI), near Luzhyshcha 2013.  Беларускі хутар (частка VI), ля в. Лужышча. The homestead (khutar) embodies the common Belarusian’s dream to farm his own land, no matter how limited the acreage.  See other photos in this series, March 11, 2013 and previous. This photo is from the end of March, 2013, when a… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 16, 2013