Photo survey of the patrimony of Uzda and Kapyl’ Districts 2018.
Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Уздзенскага й Капыльскага раёнах 2018 г.
Tatar cemetery, Uzda.
Crimean Tatar aggression against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (VKL), of which the Belarusian lands were a part, continued for centuries. At the same time, starting with a decision by Grand Duke Vitautas the Great in 1397, the VKL invited disaffected Tatar groups to settle in the Grand Duchy as border guards and as elements of the VKL’s army. These settlements becamse an integral part of the Grand Duchy and its successor, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Reflecting this long-term presence, there are more than 30 extant Tatar — or Belarusian Muslim — cemeteries in the lands of today’s Belarus.
The grave in the center of the photo has both a headstone and footstone as well as a stone-lined mound. One can find a similar grave form with head- and footstones in the Orthodox Christian cemetery in Babtsy (Dokshytsy District): see photos of the day for December 16, 2014.
Татарскі (беларуска-мусулманскі) мізар, Узда.
Знаходзяцца больш за 30 татарскіх (беларуска-мусулманскіх) мізараў у Беларусі.
Магілы ў цэнтры здымку, з надмагільлем і падножным каменем, нагадвае старыя магілы на праваслаўных могілках у в. Бабцы (Докшыцкі раён): гл. фотаздымкі дня 16 сьнежня 2014 г.
