Last thoughts of winter: photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (VII/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму: фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (VII/XII) 2016 г. World War I cemeteries (part VI): roadside chapel (1856) by cemetery for World War I Russian and German soldiers and Polish soldiers from the 1919-21 war against the Bolsheviks. Dauhinau.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 1, 2017
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Photos of the Day for March 25, 2017
Photo expedition to Vaukavysk and Masty Districts (Jatvjez’, Kalantai, River Ros’, Lichytsy, Krasnasjel’ski, Ros’, Lunna, Voupa) with Vaukavysk master photographer and local historian Uladzislau Mihdaljonak (Уладзіслаў Мігдалёнак/Владислав Мигдалёнок), January 2017. Фотаэкспедыцыя па Ваўкавыскым і Мастоўскім раёнах (Ятвезь, Калантаі, рака Рось, Лічыцы, Краснасельскі, Рось, Лунна, Воўпа) з выдатным фатографам і краязнаўцам Уладзіславам Мігдалёнкам, студзень 2017 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 25, 2017
Photos of the Day for December 21, 2016
Survey of the architectural patrimony of Maladzjechna 2015 (VI/VIII): side streets and outskirts. Экспедыцыя па архітэктурнай спадчыне Маладзечна 2015 г. (VI/VIII): бакавыя вуліцы й прадмесьце. Shrine at site of cemetery destroyed by Soviet authorities in 1976 and overgrown expanse of the former cemetery, Haradotskaja Street. Каплічка на месцы могілак, знішчаных савецкай уладай у… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 21, 2016
Photos of the Day for December 14, 2016
Architectural patrimony of Shchuchyn and Harodnja Districts 2016 (IV/V): photo expedition with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Conservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (ГА БДТАПГК). Спадчына Шчучынскага й Гарадзенскага раёнаў 2016 г. (IV/V): фотаэкспедыцыя з Антонам Астаповічам, старшынёй Беларускага дабраахвотнага таварыства аховы помнікаў гісторыі й культуры (ГА БДТАПГК). Churches… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 14, 2016
Photos of the Day for December 5, 2016
Sakuny Villages 2015 (VI/VI): Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Every village has its hidden, or in some cases repressed, history — stories which one would never be aware of when merely passing through. In Drazhna’s case one such story is the April 14, 1943 murder of 25 civilians, mainly women and children, by a large group of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 5, 2016
Photos of the Day for November 4, 2016
Soly to Ashmjany 2015 (I/IV): Ivashkautsy. Дарога Солы-Ашмяны 2015 г. (I/IV): Івашкаўцы. Neo-Gothic burial chapel of the Kachanau family (1908). Неагатычная капліца-пахавальня Качанаў (1908 г.). Pre-World War II house. Даваенная хата.
Photo of the Day for October 19, 2016
And thus it is hard for me to believe, That you will come home no more. So I always remove my hat Before the grave of one unknown.. Final stanza of the poem “To my father” by national poet of Belarus Ryhor Baradulin (1935-2014). He wrote the poem in memory of his father, who… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 19, 2016
Photos of the Day for September 15, 2016
Braslau architectural patrimony 2016 (III/V): Braslau cemetery. Unfortunately the countrywide mania for cutting down cemetery trees reached Braslau several years ago, and the resulting lack of shade has — predictably — led to the rapid and choking growth of weeds, grasses and bushes. Архітэктурная спадчына Браслава 2016 (III/V): браслаўскія могілкі. Шкада, што таксама браслаўскія могілкі… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 15, 2016
Photos of the Day for September 2, 2016
Braslau and the Braslau lakes region 2016: hamlets on the shore of Lake Volasa. Браслаўшчына 2016 г.: пасёлкі ля возера Воласа. A fine example of a stone barn/root cellar (late 19th century?), near Shvjady. Узор мураванага сьвірана/лёху (позна 19-а ст.?), ля Швядаў. Lock on the gate to a barnyard, near Shvjady. Навясны замок… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 2, 2016
Photos of the Day for June 13, 2016
Photographic expeditions to Kljetsk District in central-western Belarus 2016, part I: Arda, Kljetsk, Hrytsevichy, Nahornaje (Plaskavichy), Kuntsaushchyna, Jodchytsy. Фотавандроўкі па Клеччыне, частка І: Арда, Клецк, Грыцэвічы, Нагорнае (Пласкавічы), Кунцаўшчына, Ёдчыцы. Churches of Belarus (part CLXVII): Orthodox cemetery chapel of the Transfiguration (late 19th-century?). Цэрквы Беларуі (частка CLXVII): царква магілная Перамяненьня Гасподняга (позна 19-а ст.?)… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 13, 2016