Tag: Мядзельскі раён

Eduard Vajtsjakhovich (1960-2022) / Эдуард Вайцяховіч (1960-2022)

  Today, January 12, the Belarusian independent press published the sad news of the death of Eduard Vajtsjakhovich (April 3, 1960 – January 12, 2022).  Mr. Vajtsjakhovich — cheerful, resilient, tireless — was an exemplary Belarusian businessman, educator, and promoter of private farming and entrepreneurship in an environment hostile to private initiative.  During the past… Continue reading Eduard Vajtsjakhovich (1960-2022) / Эдуард Вайцяховіч (1960-2022)

Photos of the Day for July 10, 2021

World War I cemeteries (part XLIX):  cemetery of the 80th Reserve Infantry Division, one of three German World War I cemeteries in Pron’ki (Mjadzjel District).  From September 1915 to November 1917 the German, Austrian and Russian imperial armies, indifferent to the rights of the Belarusian nation, contested part of the World War I Eastern Front… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 10, 2021

Photo of the Day for July 8, 2021

Crosses of Belarus (part CLVI):  crucifix in the narthex of the Roman Catholic church of St. Andrew, Kabyl’nik (Narach) 2015. Крыжы Беларусі (частка CLVI): расьпяцьце, касьцёл Сьв. Андрэя апостала, Кабыльнік (Нарач) 2015 г.  

Photos of the Day for September 26, 2020

Photo survey of the patrimony of Smarhon’ District (Danjushava, Kazjanjaty, Rasla, Zhodzishki, Paljany, Njastanishki), Astravjets District (Supranjanty, Zavidzinjenty), and Mjadzjel’ District (S’vir) 2014.   Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Смаргоньскага (Данюшава, Казяняты, Расла, Жодзішкі, Паляны, Нястанішкі), Астравецкага (Супранянты, Завідзіненты) і Мядзельскага (Сьвір) раёнаў 2014 г.     Churches of Belarus (part CCCXCV):  Roman Catholic church of St.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 26, 2020

Photos of the Day for September 25, 2020

Photo survey of the patrimony of Smarhon’ District (Danjushava, Kazjanjaty, Rasla, Zhodzishki, Paljany, Njastanishki), Astravjets District (Supranjanty, Zavidzinjenty), and Mjadzjel’ District (S’vir) 2014.   Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Смаргоньскага (Данюшава, Казяняты, Расла, Жодзішкі, Паляны, Нястанішкі), Астравецкага (Супранянты, Завідзіненты) і Мядзельскага (Сьвір) раёнаў 2014 г.     Former Polish-Era Administrative Building (Gmina) in Functionalist (or Zakopane) Style,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 25, 2020

Photos of the Day for November 23, 2019

Photo excursion to Mjadzjel District:  Herbal Garden/forest preserve near Hatavichy and Nanosy 2019.  Фотавандроўка па Мядзельскім раёне: Аптэкарскі сад/заказнік пад Гатавічамі й Наносы 2019 г.   IV/XII.  Ethno-tourism resort Nanosy:  restored windmill. Nanosy was founded in 2014 by prominent Belarusian entrepreneur Jauhjen Navasjaljetski, who tragically died in an auto accident in early 2019. IV/XII.  Этнатурыстычны… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 23, 2019

Photos of the Day for November 22, 2019

Photo excursion to Mjadzjel District:  Herbal Garden/forest preserve near Hatavichy and Nanosy 2019.  Фотавандроўка па Мядзельскім раёне: Аптэкарскі сад/заказнік пад Гатавічамі й Наносы 2019 г.   III/XII.  Late summer mushrooms, forest preserve near Hatavichy. III/XII.  Жнівеньскія грыбы ў заказніку пад Гатавічамі.      

Photos of the Day for November 20, 2019

Photo excursion to Mjadzjel District:  Medicinal Herbal Garden/forest preserve near Hatavichy and Nanosy 2019.  Фотавандроўка па Мядзельскім раёне: Аптэкарскі сад/заказнік пад Гатавічамі й Наносы 2019 г.   I/XII:  Medicinal Herbal Garden near Hatavichy Laid out starting in 2011, the garden now cultivates more than 250 types of medicinal herbs, teas and fruits in sections modelled… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 20, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 20, 2018

Photo expedition to Mjadzjel District:  Charemshytsy, Zas’vir, Kurkuli, Varashylki, Kanstantsinava, Vjentsavichy, Kalodna, Narach (Kabyl’nik). Фотавандроўка па Мядзельскім раёне: Чарэмшыцы, Засьвір, Куркулі, Варашылкі, Канстанцінава, Венцавічы, Калодна, Нарач (Кабыльнік).   Roman Catholic cemetery, Narach (Kabyl’nik) 2018. The extensive Roman Catholic cemetery surrounds, and in the passage of time has taken over part of, the German World War… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 20, 2018