Photo expedition to Vaukavysk and Masty Districts (Jatvjez’, Kalantai, River Ros’, Lichytsy, Krasnasjel’ski, Ros’, Lunna, Voupa) with Vaukavysk master photographer and local historian Uladzislau Mihdaljonak (Уладзіслаў Мігдалёнак/Владислав Мигдалёнок), January 2017. Фотаэкспедыцыя па Ваўкавыскым і Мастоўскім раёнах (Ятвезь, Калантаі, рака Рось, Лічыцы, Краснасельскі, Рось, Лунна, Воўпа) з выдатным фатографам і краязнаўцам Уладзіславам Мігдалёнкам, студзень 2017 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 25, 2017
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Photos of the Day for December 21, 2016
Survey of the architectural patrimony of Maladzjechna 2015 (VI/VIII): side streets and outskirts. Экспедыцыя па архітэктурнай спадчыне Маладзечна 2015 г. (VI/VIII): бакавыя вуліцы й прадмесьце. Shrine at site of cemetery destroyed by Soviet authorities in 1976 and overgrown expanse of the former cemetery, Haradotskaja Street. Каплічка на месцы могілак, знішчаных савецкай уладай у… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 21, 2016
Photos of the Day for September 15, 2016
Braslau architectural patrimony 2016 (III/V): Braslau cemetery. Unfortunately the countrywide mania for cutting down cemetery trees reached Braslau several years ago, and the resulting lack of shade has — predictably — led to the rapid and choking growth of weeds, grasses and bushes. Архітэктурная спадчына Браслава 2016 (III/V): браслаўскія могілкі. Шкада, што таксама браслаўскія могілкі… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 15, 2016
Photos of the Day for September 6, 2016
Braslau Lakes Region: Villages on the Shores of Lakes Vojsa and Njedrava 2016. Браслаўскія азёры: вёскі на беразе азёраў Войса й Недрава 2016 г. Near Zarechcha. Ля в. Зарэчча. The offspring of the woman who owns this homestead in Kreunja return often to help her keep the house, the orchard and garden, and… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 6, 2016
Photos of the Day for August 30, 2016
Journey to the Braslau lake district. Падарожжа на Браслаўшчыну. Churches of Belarus (part CLXXVIII): Old Believers’ church of the Dormition (1905), Varonka. Old Believers split from the Moscow Patriarchate after 1666 in reaction against liturgical reforms. Persecuted as schismatics by the Moscow Patriarchate, Old Believers migrated either to remote areas of Siberia or to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 30, 2016
Photos of the Day for June 13, 2016
Photographic expeditions to Kljetsk District in central-western Belarus 2016, part I: Arda, Kljetsk, Hrytsevichy, Nahornaje (Plaskavichy), Kuntsaushchyna, Jodchytsy. Фотавандроўкі па Клеччыне, частка І: Арда, Клецк, Грыцэвічы, Нагорнае (Пласкавічы), Кунцаўшчына, Ёдчыцы. Churches of Belarus (part CLXVII): Orthodox cemetery chapel of the Transfiguration (late 19th-century?). Цэрквы Беларуі (частка CLXVII): царква магілная Перамяненьня Гасподняга (позна 19-а ст.?)… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 13, 2016
Photos of the Day for June 8, 2016
Photographic expeditions to Kljetsk District in central-western Belarus 2016, part I: Arda, Kljetsk (I/IV), Hrytsevichy, Nahornaje (Plaskavichy), Kuntsaushchyna, Jodchytsy. The photos for today and for June 9-11 show only a portion of the rich architectural patrimony of the district center of Kljetsk. Фотавандроўкы па Клеччыне 2016 г., частка І: Арда, Клецк (I/IV), Грыцэвічы, Нагорнае (Пласкавічы),… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 8, 2016