Photos of the Day for September 17, 2016

Architectural patrimony of Braslau 2016 (V/V):  Polish functionalism:  civil-servant quarter designed by Juliusz Klos. On September 17, 1939, Stalin’s Soviet Union, following its ally Nazi Germany’s September 1 invasion of Poland, invaded Poland from the east and occupied and annexed Belarusian (and Ukrainian) lands which had been incorporated into the interwar Polish Republic.  Heavy Soviet… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 17, 2016

Photo of the Day for September 12, 2016

Belarus in Faces (part CCVIII):  archivists Mikhail and Alina, Braslau History and Area Studies Museum 2016. Беларусь у тварах (частка CCVIII):  спадар Міхаіл і спадарыня Аліна, архіварыусы ў Гістарычна-краязнаўчым музэі, Браслаў 2016 г.

Photos of the Day for September 4, 2016

Braslau and the Braslau Lakes region.  Браслаўшчына. Belarus in Faces (part CCVI):  Uladzik, Pirtani 2016.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CCVI):  Уладзік, Піртані 2016 г.   When our friends’ neighbor Uladzik rode by to say hello, we mentioned we had heard he was raising rabbits and asked if he would show them to us.  He quietly… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 4, 2016