Photos of the Day for September 22, 2018

Photo excursion to northwestern Valozhyn District:  Valozhyn, Bahdanava, Vajhany, Mas’tsishcha, Vishnjeva. Фотавандроўка па паўночна-заходняй частцы Валожынскага раёна: Валожын, Багданава, Вайганы, Масьцішча, Вішнева.   Old-Believer cemetery in Mas’tsishcha (I/III) 2018:  traditional names (presented here in the Russian, not Belarusian, alphabet used on the gravestones; interestingly, however, in two cases the orthography is Belarusian). Стараверскія могілкі ў… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 22, 2018

Photos of the Day for September 3, 2016

Braslau and the Braslau lakes region 2016:  along the shore of Lake Volasa. Браслаўшчына 2016 г.:  уздоўж набярэжжа возера Воласа.   Old Believers’ cemetery in Krasnahorka.  As in other Old Believers’ cemeteries, the cemetery in Krasnahorka is replete with ancient names: Jevstignjej, Fjebrusa, Larijon, Kirijak, Paramon, Ripsinjeja, Savva, Feoktsista. Стараверскія могілкі ў Краснагорцы са старадаўнымі… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 3, 2016