Photos of the Day for May 9, 2023

Photo survey of the patrimony of Ashmjany and Valozhyn Districts 2018. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Ашмянскага й Валожынскага раёнах 2018 г.     Remodelled Polish-era building in Polish Functionalist national style (“Zakopane Style”), Ashmjany. Пераробленая забудова польскіх часоў у польскім нацыянальным (“закапанскім„) стылі, Ашмяны.    

Photos of the Day for August 8, 2017

Ashmjany Roman Catholic cemetery (II/II) 2017. Рыма-каталіцкія могілкі ў Ашмянах (II/II) 2017 г.   Graves of Polish soldiers who fell in the war against the Bolsheviks 1919-21; grave of a veteran of the 1863 Polish-Lithuanian uprising against the Russian Empire and of her daughter. Могілкі польскіх жаўнераў, упалых у вайне супраць бальшавікаў (1919-21) ды ветэранкі Паўстаньня… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 8, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 7, 2017

Return visit to Ashmjany and surroundings 2017. See also photos of the day for November 8-17, 2016. Зноў на Ашмяншчыну 2017 г. Гл. таксама фотаздымкі дня 8-17 лістапада 2016 г.     Ashmjany Roman Catholic cemetery (I/II).  Quiet and overgrown, the Roman Catholic cemetery is tucked into the folds of a hill on the north… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 7, 2017

Photos of the Day for November 15, 2016

Ashmjany 2015 (VIII/X):  Roman Catholic church and former synagogue (now a warehouse).  Ашмяны 2015 г. (VIII/X):   касьцёл і былаф сінагога (зараз склад).     Churches of Belarus (part CLVIX):  Roman Catholic church of the Archangel Michael (1900-1910).  This church is an elegant copy of the 18th-century Vilnius baroque style.     Synagogue (1912?  Closed in… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 15, 2016

Photos of the Day for November 14, 2016

Ashmjany 2015 (VII/X):  traditional decorated wooden window frames (lishtvy). Wooden window frames may have a purely decorative purpose, as here, or may contain symbols designed to ward off evil and bad luck. Ашмяны 2015 г. (VII/X):  ліштвы.  Пра беларускую традыцыю ліштваў гл. выдатнае відэа краязнаўца Алеся Гізуна:  http://nn.by/?c=ar&i=178818    

Photos of the Day for November 13, 2016

Ashmjany 2015 (VI/X):  side streets. Ашмяны 2015 г. (VI/X):  бакавыя вуліцы.   Old house on Mickiewicz Street. Старая хата на вул. Міцькевіча.     Polish-era (1928) workshop. Цэх з польскіх часоў (1928 г.)

Photos of the Day for November 12, 2016

Ashmjany 2015 (V/X):  buildings around the main square. Ashmjany is fortunate to have retained a good number of late-19th and early 20th-century buildings around the 17th of September main square.  The square is named for the date in 1939 on which the Red Army attacked Poland from the east in concert with the September 1… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 12, 2016

Photos of the Day for November 11, 2016

Ashmjany 2015 (part IV/X):  Soviet-era architecture along Savjetskaja Street.  Soviet architecture started out as a project to mirror the Soviet political agenda of destroying the past.  However, after an initial spurt of creativity (constructivism, expressionism) in the 1920s, Soviet architecture lost its ability to offer anything of creative merit.  For the most part Soviet-era buildings… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 11, 2016

Photos of the Day for November 10, 2016

Ashmjany 2015 (part III/X):  Wooden houses along Savjetskaja Street. Ашмяны 2015 г. (частка III/X): Драўляныя хаты, вул. Савецкая.   Pre-war house. Даваенная хата.     Rear (formerly the front side?) of what appears to be a pre-war house and shop. Задні (былая пярэдні?) фасад даваеннай хаты-крамы (?).   Main facade (former rear entrance with carriage… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 10, 2016

Photos of the Day for November 9, 2016

Ashmjany 2015 (part II/X):  Turn-of-the-20th-century and Pre-World War II architecture along Savjetskaja Street. Ашмяны 2015 г. (частка II/X): Дойлідства канца 19-га/пачатку 20-га стст. і за польскім часам, вул. Савецкая.     Former hospital (built at the begnning of the 20th century), now the district court house. Былы шпіталь пачатку 20-га ст., зараз раённы суд.  … Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 9, 2016