Photos of the Day for December 21, 2018

Along the River S’ts’viha in the Merlin homestead area 2018. Уздоўж ракі Сьцьвіга на Мэрлінскіх хутарах 2018 г.             Oak tree by the River S’ts’viha. Дуб ля р. Сьцьвіга.               Birch tree growing out of oak stump. Бяроза, якая расьце з дубовага пні.  … Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 21, 2018

Photos of the Day for December 20, 2018

Cemetery, forcibly abandoned in 1960 (II/II), Merlin homesteads 2018. Могілкі, прымусова накінутыя ў 1960 г. (II/II), Мэрлінскія хутары 2018 г.               Bomb crater from the decades when the Soviet regime used the Merlin homestead zone as a bombing range. Кратэр ад бомбы з часу, калі савецкі рэжім выкарыстоўвала Мэрлінскія… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 20, 2018

Photos of the Day for December 19, 2018

Merlin homesteads, basin of the River S’ts’viha in the Pripet Marshes south of Tsjerablichy and Azdamichy. Owing to the wilderness and difficult-to-penetrate nature of the marshes in the S’ts’viha basin, people did not homestead the Merlin area until the turn of the 20th century.  According to Belarusian linguist, politician and civic activist Vintsuk Vjachorka (Вінцук… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 19, 2018