Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) II/VIII. Belarus is not immune to the worldwide trend of depopulation of villages and rural areas. However, the Belarusian regime’s insistence on retaining collective (state-owned) farming and refusal to return to private ownership of farmland has sharply added to the decay and degradation of rural… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 27, 2021
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Photos of the Day for February 27, 2018
Photo expedition in January 2018 to western Braslau District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (БДТАПГК): Kazjany, Vidzy, Vidzy-Lauchynskija, Vajnjuny, Ashkarahi, Staradvoryshcha, Sipavichy, Bohina, Uhora, Daljokija, Opsa, Bjal’monty (Akhremautsy), Pahoshcha, Miljuntsy (Pjelikany), Drys’vjaty. Фотаэкспедыцыя ў студзені 2018 г. па заходняй частцы Браслаўскага раёна з Антонам… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 27, 2018
Photos of the Day for February 6, 2016
Belarus in winter: Mastytychy 2016. Беларусь узімку: Мастытычы 2016 г. Photographic expeditions in January took me several times to the rolling hills of northern Baranavichy District. Although in decline for the same reasons afflicting so many other villages in Belarus, Mastytychy, along the road to Pachapava, draws the eye with what the hands of earlier… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 6, 2016