Photo survey of the patrimony of Voranava District 2014: Harantsy, Hradaushchyna, Smil’hini, Surkanty (Surkonty), Pjeljasa, Bol’tsishki, Tatarshchyna, Hudeli Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Воранаўскага раёна 2014 г.: Гаранцы, Градаўшчына, Смільгіні, Сурканты, Пеляса, Больцішкі, Татаршчына, Гудэлі In this area of numerous Baltic toponyms we find another of the many Belarusian villages named Tatarshchyna or other… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 25, 2021
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Photo of the Day for October 28, 2019
Scenes from the countryside around Krasnaje 2019 (III/III). Краявіды ды вёскі пад Красным 2019 (III/III). Old log cabin, Tatarshchyna near Krasnaje. Running southwest from Maladzjechna is a series of villages which include the ethnonym Tatar. This repeated ethnonym reflects the invitations by successive Grand Dukes of Lithuania to Tatars to settle in, and fight… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 28, 2019