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Photos of the Day for March 6, 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. Over the past seven years it has been a great pleasure and inspiration to undertake photo expeditions in western Belarus with Uladzislau Mihdaljonak, an outstanding… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 6, 2017

Photos of the Day for January 5, 2017

Polesia (Pripet Marshes) in winter:  Vjeljamichy 2016 (IV/V). Палесьсе ўзімку:  Велямічы 2016 г. (IV/V).   Portraits of Polesia:  Ivan. Busy in his yard, Ivan saw us photographing and paused to chat briefly about the geese, the weather, and photography.  He kindly let me take his portrait. Партрэты Палесься:  спадар Іван.    

Photos of the Day for January 4, 2017

Polesia (Pripet Marshes) in winter:  Vjeljamichy 2016 (III/V). Палесьсе ўзімку:  Велямічы 2016 г. (III/V).     Geese on the lake. Гусі на возеры.

Photo of the Day for January 2, 2017

Polesia (Pripet Marshes) in winter:  Vjeljamichy 2016 (I/V). It is always a pleasure to visit this corner of the central Prypjats’ (Pripet) region:  the people of Vjeljamichy never stop working but always have a minute to chat and banter pleasantly with the wanderer, the local parish is welcoming, and the landscapes around Lake Sijatsy are… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 2, 2017

Photo of the Day for December 31, 2016

Portraits of Polesia:  Great-Grandmother Marusja, Tsjerablichy 2016. Партрэты Палесься:  прабабуля Маруся, Цераблічы 2016 г.  

Photo of the Day for December 30, 2016

Portraits of Polesia:  Granny Prosja (1918) at work.  Tsjerablichy 2016. Vjerka and I stopped by Granny Prosja’s house to say hello but she had gone out in the falling snow to try to cover the pile of hay she uses in tending her chickens.  We found her hard at work in the barnyard. In the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 30, 2016

Photo of the Day for November 30, 2016

Sakuny Villages 2015 (I/VI):  Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. The Sakuny were a sub-group of the Dryhavichy  — one of the principal Slavic tribes who from the early Middle Ages inhabited lands which are now part of Belarus.  The Sakuny lived principally along or near the River Ptsich (Пціч) and its tributary Aresa (Арэса, Раса) in central/south-central… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 30, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 30, 2016

Autumn roads of Belarus:  Ordzjevichy (Ardzjevichy) 2015.  Does the toponym Ordzjevichy (Ardzjevichy) suggest a Tatar origin (from the Tatar/Turkic word ordu, meaning army, i.e., referring to Tatar soldiers invited by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to guard its eastern flanks)?  Like so many other villages in northern Belarus, Ardzjevichy has lost most of its population… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 30, 2016