Photos of the Day for September 15, 2021

Photo survey of the patrimony of Zhabinka and Kobryn Districts 2013, part 1:  Zhabinka District (S’tsjapanki, Arepichy, Sjakhnovichy Malyja, Sjakhnovichy Vjalikija, Matsijevichy (Matsjejevichy), Z’dzitava, Zhabinka, Krupchytsy (Chyzheushchyna)

 

Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Жабінкаўскага й Кобрынскага раёнаў, частка 1: Жабінкаўскі раён (Сьцяпанкі, Арэпічы, Сяхновічы Малыя, Сяхновічы Вялікія, Маціевічы (Мацеевічы), Зьдзітава, Жабінка, Крупчыцы (Чыжэўшчына)

 

In 1794 Tadeusz Kosciuszko (Tadevush Kas’tsjushka) led a valiant but ill-fated uprising against the continuing partitions of the Polish Commonwealth and occupation of the lion’s share of its territory by the Russian empire.  On September 17, 1794 in Krupchytsy, in the largest engagement of the uprising fought on Belarusian soil, Commonwealth forces under General Serakouski held their own against Russian imperial forces under General Suvorov until electing to retreat when outflanked by Suvorov.

Паўстаньне 1794 г.: бітва ў Крупчыцах 17.09.1794.

 

Trenches of the Polish Commonwealth forces.

Акопы войска Рэчы Паспалітай.

 

 

 

 

Memorial to soldiers fallen in the batle of Krupchytsy.

Under the current regime it would not have been possible to erect a memorial solely in honor of the Commonwealth forces who fought here.

Помнік упалым у бітве.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Churches of Belarus (part CDLI):  Orthodox church of St. Vladimir (1891-94, 1990s)

Built in a pseudo-Russian style to give the impression that Krupchytsy had been a Russian imperial victory.  Built in place of the previous 18th-century wooden Roman Catholic church of the Carmelite monastery in Krupchytsy.  The Russian imperial authorities converted the Roman Catholic church into an Orthodox church in 1866 during the repressive Russification campaign after the suppression of the anti-Russian Uprising of 1863-64;  that church burned down in 1882.

Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CDLI): царква Сьвятога Ўладзіміра (1891-94, 1990-ых)

 

 

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