Belarus in Faces (part CCXVII): Granny Anastasia, Ordzjevichy 2017. On one of the few warmish, sunny days in April, I made a return photo-expedition to the border between Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts northwest of Mjensk. Stopping to re-photograph houses in the small village of Ordzjevichy (see photo of the day for October 30, 2016), I… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 5, 2017
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Photos of the Day for October 30, 2016
Autumn roads of Belarus: Ordzjevichy (Ardzjevichy) 2015. Does the toponym Ordzjevichy (Ardzjevichy) suggest a Tatar origin (from the Tatar/Turkic word ordu, meaning army, i.e., referring to Tatar soldiers invited by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to guard its eastern flanks)? Like so many other villages in northern Belarus, Ardzjevichy has lost most of its population… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 30, 2016