Patrimony of Belarus.
Photo survey of the patrimony of Valozhyn District (2016): Makarynjata, Padbjarez’, Dudy, Antseljeushchyna, Aljanava, Hirbinjata, Vojshtavichy.
Спадчына Беларусі.
Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Валожынскага раёна (2016 г.): Макарынята, Падбярэзь, Дуды, Анцэлеўшчына, Алянава, Гірбінята, Войштавічы.
Western Belarus is an area still heavily dotted with homesteads (khutar – хутар). Homesteads were created during the land reform of 1923-26 while these lands were part of the interwar Polish Republic. Remarkably many of these homesteads have survived the continuing oppressive legacy of Soviet collectivization, under which the Soviet authorities forced smallholders into collective farms.
A khutar embodies the common Belarusian’s yearning to be self-sufficient and left alone to work his own land, no matter how small his holding is.
Хутар.
