Photo of the Day for March 13, 2011: Landscapes of Belarus X

Landscapes of Belarus X:  Tsjerablichy-Machul’ Road 2011.  Краявіды Беларусі: па дарозе ў Мачуль 2011 год. The triangle shapes of concrete utility poles, graceless and ubiquitous, have become an integral part of the Belarusian landscape.

Photo of the Day for March 12, 2011

Domes of the Orthodox church of the Dormition, Al’pjen’ 2011.  Царква Усьпеньня Прасьв. Багародзіцы ў Альпені 2011 год.

Photo of the Day for March 11, 2011: Portraits of Belarus XIII

Portraits of Belarus XIII:  Three Generations, Tsjerablichy 2011.  Партрэты Беларусі (частка ХІІІ): тры пакаленьні, Цераблічы 2011 год. Granny Vul’ljana (seated), Grandfather Ivan (standing right), their younger daughter Katsjaryna (standing second from left), and Katsjaryna’s three children Kanstantsin, Tats’tsjana and Khrys’tsina.  Бабулечка Вульляна, дзед Іван і іх малодшая дачка Кацярына са сваімі дзецьмі Канстанцінам, Тацьцянай і… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 11, 2011: Portraits of Belarus XIII

Photo of the Day for March 10, 2011

To commemorate the death on March 10, 1864 (Julian calendar) of Belarusian patriot Kastus’ Kalinouski, hanged by Russian imperial authorities for his co-leadership of the ill-fated 1863-64 uprising against the Russian Empire. З нагоды смерці Кастуся Каліноўскага (10.ІІІ.1864). At the place of the gallows, by the church of St. Philip and St. James, Vilnius 2007. … Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 10, 2011

Photo of the Day for March 6, 2011: Churches of Belarus III

Churches of Belarus III.  Цэрквы й касьцёлы Беларусі (частка ІІІ). Orthodox church of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother of God, Al’pjen’ 2011.  Царква Усьпеньня Прасьв. Багародзіцы, Альпень 2011 год.