The first Mjensk (VI/VI): Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. Першы Менск (VI/VI): Гарадзішча (Менскі раён) 2019 г. In the center of the modern village of Haradzishcha is a compound of houses (owned by a wealthy Russian?) expertly built in early 20th-century styles or, in the case of the first house shown here, perhaps a skillfully… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 30, 2019
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Photo of the Day for June 28, 2019
The first Mjensk: hill-fort settlement in Haradzishcha (IV/VI). Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. Першы Менск: Гарадзішча (IV/VI). Гарадзішча (Менскі раён) 2019 г. Family cemetery of the Pishchalas, the prominent family which owned Haradzishcha from 1598 for more than three hundred years. Having long lain under a rubbish heap, the cemetery was rediscovered in 2016 thanks… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 28, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 27, 2019
The first Mjensk: hill-fort settlement in Haradzishcha (III/VI). Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. Першы Менск: Гарадзішча (III/VI). Гарадзішча (Менскі раён) 2019 г. Local historians, conservationists, and citizen volunteers showing commendable initiative independent of the authorities: Belarusian sculptor Ihar Zasimovich carves a boulder to mark the river Mjenka.
Photos of the Day for June 26, 2019
The first Mjensk: hill-fort settlement in Haradzishcha (II/VI). Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. One can consider Haradzishcha a key site connected to the development of the Belarusian nation. It would thus be natural to expect that the Belarusian authorities would long ago have ensured proper conservation of, and widespread, steady publicity about, the site. However, conservation,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 26, 2019
Photo of the Day for June 25, 2019
The first Mjensk: hill-fort settlement in Haradzishcha (I/VI). Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. The name haradzishcha — гарадзішча — means hill-fort settlement. There are many such hill-fort sites in Belarus. Here we focus on the hill fort in Haradzishcha. The fort in question dates to the 9th century AD. In the 10th century the fort became… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 25, 2019