Tag: фотаздымкі

Photos of the Day for December 29, 2016

Polesian kitchen in winter, Tsjerablichy 2016. Vjerka Naskjevich kindly invited me to watch her put up duck meat.  In honor of the 12 days of Christmas here are 12 photos of the process. Палеская кухня ўзімку, Цераблічы 2016 г. Спадарыня Верка дазволіла мне паназіраць за яе гатаваньнем тушонкі з дамашніх вутоў (вутвы – качкі па-церабліцку). … Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 29, 2016

Photos of the Day for December 24, 2016

The Kitchen at Christmastime:  Decorating Gingerbread.  Mjensk 2016. Упрыгожваньне пернікаў да Калядаў.  Менск 2016 г.     Master gingerbread maker Zoja Pryshyvalka decorating Christmas gingerbread. Майстар-пекар Зоя Прышывалка ўпрыгожвае калядныя пернікі.                         Zoja and her daughters Vul’ljana and Mikhalina. Спадарыня Зоя з дочкамі Вульлянай… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 24, 2016

Photos of the Day for December 23, 2016

Survey of the architectural patrimony of the Maladzjechna area 2015 (VIII/VIII):  Krasnaje. Roughly half-way between Mjensk and Maladzjechna, Krasnaje is well known for its neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church.  On this trip, two other buildings caught my eye. Экспедыцыя па архітэктурнай спадчыне Маладзечаншчыны 2015 г. (VIII/VIII): Краснае. Заўсёды прыемна бачыць касьцёл Унебаўзяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі ў… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 23, 2016

Photos of the Day for December 22, 2016

Survey of the architectural patrimony of the Maladzjechna area 2015 (VII/VIII):  Tatarshchyna. Reflecting the settlement of Tatar warrior groups at the invitation of grand dukes of Lithuania from the 14th to 16th centuries, there is a score of villages in Belarus whose name refers directly to the Tatars.  Five of the villages are called Tatarshchyna,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 22, 2016

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 20, 2016

Survey of the architectural patrimony of Maladzjechna 2015 (V/VIII):  Old Town Square area.  Old Town Square and nearby streets contain a mix of late imperial (both czarist and Soviet) vernacular styles. Экспедыцыя па архітэктурнай спадчыне Маладзечна 2015 г. (V/VIII):  каля плошчы Старое Места.     Buildings from the end of the XIXth/beginning of the XXth… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 20, 2016

Photos of the Day for December 19, 2016

Survey of the architectural patrimony of Maladzjechna 2015 (IV/VIII):  Soviet post-World War II housing architecture.  Except for a brief period of constructivist experimentation in the 1920s, Soviet architecture left a mostly dismal patrimony:  buildings and spaces contemptuous of the human scale; dreary pre-fab blocks; kitschy, spoglia-like recycling of classical elements after having brutally rejected the western… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 19, 2016