Photo of the Day for December 8, 2016

Belarus in Faces (part CCXV):  Tolja, visiting from neighboring Azdamichy.  Tsjerablichy 2014. Беларусь у твараз (частка CCXV):  аздамец спадар Толя ў Цераблічах 2014 г.  

Photos of the Day for December 6, 2016

Villages of Staryja Darohi District 2015:  Navasjolki and Jazyl’. Вёскі Старадарожскага раёна 2015 г.: Навасёлкі й Языль.   Navasjolki. Навасёлкі.     Jazyl’. Языль. Churches of Belarus (part CXCI):  Orthodox church of the Transfiguration.  This recently-completed church replaces a 19th-century wooden Orthodox church desecrated by the Soviet regime in 1950, used as a collective farm… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 6, 2016

Photos of the Day for December 5, 2016

Sakuny Villages 2015 (VI/VI):  Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Every village has its hidden, or in some cases repressed, history — stories which one would never be aware of when merely passing through.  In Drazhna’s case one such story is the April 14, 1943 murder of 25 civilians, mainly women and children, by a large group of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 5, 2016

Photos of the Day for December 4, 2016

Sakuny Villages 2015 (V/VI):  Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Sakuny homesteads traditionally consisted of a house perpendicular to the road and in some cases extended by sheds and, separated by a narrow lane, a parallel set of barns.  Вёскі сакуноў 2015 г. (V/VI):  Шчыткавічы, Ляўкі, Дражна. Двор сакуноў забудоўвалі толькі з двух бакоў.     Homesteads, the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 4, 2016

Photo of the Day for December 3, 2016

Sakuny Villages 2015 (IV/VI):  Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Вёскі сакуноў 2015 г. (IV/VI):  Шчыткавічы, Ляўкі, Дражна.   Belarus in Faces (part CCXIV):  Leanid and Vjera. Беларусь у тварах (частка CCXIV):  спадар Леанід і спадарыня Вера.

Photos of the Day for December 2, 2016

Sakuny Villages 2015 (III/VI):  Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Like so many other Belarusian villages, Ljauki has seen its younger generations migrate to the cities.  Yet what the wanderer finds is not a sense of resignation among those who remain.  Rather, one is struck by how grounded, resilient and approachable Ljauki’s inhabitants are, and after so many… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 2, 2016

Photos of the Day for December 1, 2016

Sakuny Villages 2015 (II/VI):  Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Facade and window-frame (lishtvy) decorations.   Вёскі сакуноў 2015 г. (II/VI):  Шчыткавічы, Ляўкі, Дражна. Упрыгожаньне шчытоў ды ліштвы.     It appears that the owners of this house changed it from its traditional form by moving the entrance to the side and adding siding and windows along the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 1, 2016

Photo of the Day for November 30, 2016

Sakuny Villages 2015 (I/VI):  Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. The Sakuny were a sub-group of the Dryhavichy  — one of the principal Slavic tribes who from the early Middle Ages inhabited lands which are now part of Belarus.  The Sakuny lived principally along or near the River Ptsich (Пціч) and its tributary Aresa (Арэса, Раса) in central/south-central… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 30, 2016

Photos of the Day for November 29, 2016

Other notable architectural monuments behind the Bernardine church in Harodnja (Grodno) 2016, part X/X:  around S’vjardlova Street. Квартал за касьцёлам бернардынцаў у Гародні 2016 г., частка X/X:  іншыя архітэктурныя каштоўнасьці ля вул. Сьвярдлова.     Storehouse (mid-17th century), courtyard off S’vjardlova. Лямус (17-а ст.) у двары вул. Сьвярдлова.              … Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 29, 2016