Photo Expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (part V/IX). Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўшчыне 2015 г. (частка V/IX).
Belarusian homesteads (part VIII). Беларускі хутар (частка VIII).
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 some 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.
See also photos for February 17, 2014 and March 8-11, 2013. Гл. таксама фотаздымкі 17 лютага 2014 г. і 8-11 сакавіка 2013 г.
