Architecture in Harodnja (Grodno) 2016, part VIII/X: “New World” (Novy s’vjet): Viljenskaja Street Viljenskaja Street is included within the area of Harodnja known as “New World” (Novy s’vjet), but its buildings remain an eclectic mix of urban styles from the end of the 19th century to the post-World War I years. Judging by the architecture,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 27, 2016
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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 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 October 28, 2016
Mahiljou 2016 (III/IV): architecture of former Luteranskaja Street, now Mihaja. The street was named Luteranskaja when Russian empress Catherine II, who controlled the eastern Belarusian lands as a result of the first partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772, granted the local German community permission to build a church there in 1780. Магілёў 2016 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 28, 2016