Photo of the Day for February 3, 2023

Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015.  Фотавандроўка па г. Чэрвень (Ігумен) 2015 г.     A variant of the wooden window-frame decorations in the photos of the day for February 2. Варыянт ліштваў на фотаздымках дня 2 лютага.  

Photos of the Day for February 2, 2023

Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015.  The city’s historic name was Igumjen (Ігумен) until renamed in shopworn Bolshevik fashion by the occupying Soviet regime in 1923:  Chervjen’ in Belarusian means June, not “redness” as the Soviets assumed from the etymological link between Chervjen’ and chyrvonny (red). Chervjen’… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 2, 2023

Photo of the Day for February 1, 2023

Photo survey of the district center of Chervjen’ (Ihumjen) in eastern Mjensk Region 2015.  The city’s historic name was Igumjen (Ігумен) until renamed in shopworn Bolshevik fashion by the occupying Soviet regime in 1923:  Chervjen’ in Belarusian means June, not “redness” as the Soviets assumed from the etymological link between Chervjen’ and chyrvonny (red). Chervjen’… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 1, 2023