January 2020 photo expedition along the World War I Eastern Front: Pinsk, Parechcha, Al’shanka, Tsjeljakhany, S’vjataja Volja. Фотавандроўка ў студзені 2020 г. па лініі фронту Першай сусьветнай вайны: Пінск, Парэчча, Альшанка, Целяханы, Сьвятая Воля. Right-hand clef, Al’shanka (Pinsk District). Скрыпічны ключ, Альшанка (Пінскі раён).
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Photo of the Day for March 25, 2020
January 2020 photo expedition along the World War I Eastern Front: Pinsk, Parechcha, Al’shanka, Tsjeljakhany, S’vjataja Volja. Фотавандроўка ў студзені 2020 г. па лініі фронту Першай сусьветнай вайны: Пінск, Парэчча, Альшанка, Целяханы, Сьвятая Воля. Tunnel of trees, Parechcha-Al’shanka road. Given the authorities’ country-wide mania for cutting down trees, it is now difficult to find… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 25, 2020
Photos of the Day for August 17, 2017
Patronal feast of Holy Trinity, Mjestkavichy 2017. The Orthodox parish of the Holy Trinity in Mjestkavichy near Pinsk celebrates its patronal feast on the second day of Trinity, which Orthodoxy marks as the day of the Holy Spirit. Прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, Месткавічы пад Пінскам 2017 г. Прыход Сьвятой Тройцы ў Месткавічах сьвяткуе свае прастольне… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 17, 2017
Photo of the Day for May 1, 2014
Storks of Polesia (Pripet Marshes), Parechcha 2012. Буслы на Палесьсі, Парэчча 2012 год.
Photo of the Day for October 14, 2012: Enduring Faces XII / Выветраныя твары ХІІ
Enduring Faces XII, Maladzjel’chytsy 2012. Выветраныя твары ХІІ, Маладзельчыцы 2012 год.
Photos of the Day for July 29, 2012
Everything in its place, Maladzel’chytsy 2012. Усё на сваім месцы, Маладзельчыцы 2012 год. Granddad Kas’tsjus’ is well into his eighties but in the Belarusian tradition keeps his extensive yard, blessed with two storks’ nests, productive and in order.
Photos of the Day for June 8, 2012
Maladjel’chytsy 2012. Маладзельчыцы 2012 год. This village was another example of a njerush (unexpected, wondrous discovery): thatched roof after thatched roof, storks galore, orderly yards, and hard-working villagers. Despite his age and fingers on his right hand which he can no longer move, widower Kanstantsin Losich was hard at work when I asked him to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 8, 2012
Photos of the Day for June 7, 2012
Maladjel’chytsy 2012. Маладзельчыцы 2012 год. This village was another example of a njerush (неруш – unexpected, wondrous discovery). Under a tight schedule I was rushing to make it to Bjeraztsy, an isolated village along the Pripet (Prypjats’) River which the map showed as having what would undoubtedly be a beautiful, older church. With several kilometers… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 7, 2012