Polesian roads: from the Sporava Marsh Preserve to Pinsk 2016, part II/V: Bjezdzjezh. The Polesian village of Bjezdzjezh in Drahichyn District of western Belarus is known for its Easter-day fair on the village square, where the 1784 wooden Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity stands. Bjezdzjezh is also well-known for its tradition of hand-embroidered aprons… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 4, 2016
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Photos of the Day for September 8, 2016
Braslau Lakes region: Ikazn’ 2016. Браслаўскія азёры: Іказнь 2016 г. Moose off the Slabodka-Ikazn’ road. It was such a surprise to see this young moose in an open field that I forgot to change to a telephoto lens. The moose, curious about the car, followed on a parallel track before cutting across the road… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 8, 2016
Photo of the Day for August 31, 2016
Journey to the Braslau lake district. Падарожжа на Браслаўшчыну. Churches of Belarus (part CLXXIX): burial chapel of the Pljater family (1858), Akhremautsy 2016. Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка CLXXIX): капліца-пахавальная Плятэраў (1858), Ахрэмаўцы 2016 г.
Photos of the Day for February 16, 2016
Belarus in winter: Stalovichy 2016. Беларусь узімку: Сталовічы 2016 г. Stalovichy, now a village of about 640 people, lies eight miles (12 kilometers) north of the district center Baranavichy in western Belarus. Before the Russian empire seized the western Belarusian lands in the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795), Stalovichy was the seat… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 16, 2016
Photo of the Day for March 20, 2012: Churches of Belarus XIII / Касьцёлы й цэрквы Беларусі ХІII
Churches of Belarus (part XIII). Касьцёлы й цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХІII). S’vjerzhan’ Novy’s churches stand on two sides of the town square. In the foreground is the Roman Catholic church of Peter and Paul, built in Renaissance style at the end of the 16th century. In the background is the Orthodox (formerly Greek-Catholic) church of… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 20, 2012: Churches of Belarus XIII / Касьцёлы й цэрквы Беларусі ХІII