Photo expedition to villages of Iuje District on Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday: Charkjesy 2016. An ethno-toponym shared with several other places in Belarus and reflecting the Grand Duchy of Lithuania’s (GDL) invitation to Circassian and other Caucasian mercenaries to settle as soldiers in the service of the GDL.
Фотаэкспедыцыя па вёсках Іўеўшчыны: Чаркесы 2016 г.
A fine example of wooden window-frame decorations (lishtvy) on this long-abandoned but still-solid house.
Узор ліштваў на ўжо доўга нежылай, але яшчэ трывалай хаце.
Gable decoration common in this area. Мясцовае ўпрыгожаньне шчыту.
A flock of shed-barns. Сход сьвіранаў.
