Tag: Жыткавіцкі раён

Photos of the Day for December 11, 2018

Oak grove, Borki (Zhytkavichy District) 2018. A beautiful open grove on the old flood plain of the Pripet (Prypjats’) River.  Much of the grove remains intact today, although regional authorities scandalously cut down half-a-dozen or more oaks on the edge of the grove in 2012. Дуброўка, Боркі (Жыткавіцкі раён) 2018 г.   II/II    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 11, 2018

Photos of the Day for December 10, 2018

Oak grove, Borki (Zhytkavichy District) 2018. A beautiful open grove on the old flood plain of the Pripet (Prypjats’) River.  Much of the grove remains intact today, although regional authorities scandalously cut down half-a-dozen or more oaks on the edge of the grove in 2012. Дуброўка, Боркі (Жыткавтцкі раён) 2018 г.   I/II    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 10, 2018

Photos of the Day for May 14, 2018

Spring flood, Vjeras’nitsa 2018. Веснавая паводка, Верасьніца 2018 г.   This was a favorite springtime view until a new spasm of “amelioration” led to the construction of a dyke along the northern edge of Vjeras’nitsa (visible in the center of the first photo along the right-hand edge) and the annual flood seemed to be terminally… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 14, 2018

Photo of the Day for May 13, 2018

A favorite Polesian oak tree, with much of the field under water from 2018’s healthy spring flood in the Pripet (Prypjats’) Basin.  Varonina 2018. Любімы палескі дуб пры веснавой паводцы.  Вароніна 2018 г.  

Photos of the Day for May 12, 2018

Spring flood on the Pripet (Prypjats’) River 2018. After several years of near drought, the Pripet basin of Polesia was once again blessed with a healthy spring flood, one whose volume recalled the ample floods of 2013 and 2008.  These views give a hint of what the region looked forward to in spring for eons… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 12, 2018

Photo of the Day for May 11, 2018

Crosses of Belarus (part LXXXI):  roadside cross, Borki (Zhytkavichy District) 2018. Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXXXI): прыдарожны крыж, Боркі (Жыткавіцкі раён) 2018 г.  

Photo of the Day for April 17, 2018

Spring flood in Polesia:  Vjeras’nitsa 2017. The annual spring flood, essential for the replenishment of nutrients in the soil and a perfect environment for storks, no longer reaches everywhere it should owing to the pernicious effects of decades of Soviet and current “amelioration” of the marshlands. Веснавая паводка на Палесьсі: Верасьніца 2017 г.  

Photo of the Day for January 23, 2018

Polesia in winter:  Varonina 2017. Палесьсе ўзімку: Вароніна 2017 г.