Photo of the Day for July 23, 2023

Photo survey of the patrimony of Vjaljejka and Smarhon’ Districts 2018. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Вялейскага й Смаргоньскага раёнаў 2018 г.     World War I cemeteries (part LXXXII):  memorial to 19 named soldiers of the Russian Imperial Army, Papoutsy (Vjaljejka District). From September 1915 to November 1917 the German, Austrian and Russian imperial armies, indifferent… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 23, 2023

Photo of the Day for October 24, 2022

Photo survey of the patrimony of Vjaljejka and Mjadzjel Districts 2018. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Вялейскага й Мядзельскага раёнаў 2018 г.     World War I cemeteries (part LXXVI):  memorial to seven named soldiers of the Russian Imperial Army, Dvarets (Izha Village Council, Vjaljejka District). It was the practice of the Russian Imperial Army to bury… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 24, 2022

Photo of the Day for June 30, 2022

Photo survey of the patrimony of Iuje District (Krupli, Kozjevichy) 2016. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Іўеўскага раёна (Круплі, Козевічы) 2016 г.   World War I cemeteries and regimental monuments (part LXXIII):  German memorial to fallen comrades of the 434th Infantry Regiment.  See also photo of the day for January 9, 2020. Могілкі й палкавыя помнікі Першай… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 30, 2022

Photos of the Day for January 9, 2020

Photo expedition to villages in the watershed of the Zakhodnjaja Bjarezina River, Iuje District 2019:  Ljezhnjevichy, Pjesjevichy, Kozjevichy, Chapun’, Novaja Bjerazina, Mil’va-Bjarezina, Chernjevichy. Фотавандроўка па вёсках у басейне Заходняй Бярэзіны, Іўеўскі раён 2019 г.: Лежневічы, Песевічы, Козевічы, Чапунь, Новая Беразіна, Мільва-Бярэзіна, Чэрневічы.   II/X:  Kozjevichy. II/X: Козевічы.   World War I cemeteries (part XXVI):  memorial… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 9, 2020

Photo of the Day for August 24, 2018

Photo survey of Iuje District:  Hudzishki, Barutsishki, Zubavichy, Hudzjenjaty (Hudzinjenta), Lazduny, Bacheshniki, Lazduny 2. Фотавандроўка па Іўеўскім раёне: Гудзішкі, Баруцішкі, Зубавічы, Гудзеняты (Гудзінента), Лаздуны, Бачэшнікі, Лаздуны 2.   Cemetery in Barutsishki. Могілкі ў Баруцішках.   World War I cemeteries (part XXIV):  German gravestone for two soldiers killed in June 1916. Могілкі Першай сусьветнай вайны (частка… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 24, 2018

Photos of the Day for August 13, 2018

Photo expedition to Mjadzjel District:  Charemshytsy, Zas’vir, Kurkuli, Varashylki, Kanstantsinava, Vjentsavichy, Kalodna, Narach (Kabyl’nik). Фотавандроўка па Мядзельскім раёне: Чарэмшыцы, Засьвір, Куркулі, Варашылкі, Канстанцінава, Венцавічы, Калодна, Нарач (Кабыльнік).   World War I cemeteries (part XXI):  German cemetery and regimental memorial, Kanstantsinava 2018. Могілкі Першай сусьветнай вайны (частка XXI): нямецкія могілкі й палкавы помнік, Канстанцінава 2018 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 13, 2018

Photos of the Day for August 9, 2018

Photo expedition to Mjadzjel District:  Charemshytsy, Zas’vir, Kurkuli, Varashylki, Kanstantsinava, Vjentsavichy, Kalodna, Narach (Kabyl’nik). Фотавандроўка па Мядзельскім раёне: Чарэмшыцы, Засьвір, Куркулі, Варашылкі, Канстанцінава, Венцавічы, Калодна, Нарач (Кабыльнік).   World War I cemeteries (part XIX):  Zas’vir 2018.  German war cemetery behind the Roman Catholic church and former Carmelite monastery.  This cemetery holds the remains of soldiers… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 9, 2018

Photos of the Day for May 6, 2018

April 2017 photo expedition to Vjaljejka, Mjadzjel and Pastavy Districts.  Part IV/IV:  Baradzino, Varen’ki, River Narachanka, Brusy, Svatki, Pashkoushchyna, Vjaljejka Reservoir. Фотавандроўка ў красавіку 2017 г. па спадчыне Вялейскага, Мядзедьскага й Пастаўскага раёнаў. Частка IV/IV: Барадзіно, Варэнькі, рака Нарачанка, Брусы, Сваткі, Пашкоўшчына, Вялейскае вадасховішча.   River Narachanka. Рака Нарачанка.           World… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 6, 2018

Photos of the Day for May 1, 2018

April 2017 photo expedition to Vjaljejka, Mjadzjel and Pastavy Districts with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historic and Cultural Monuments (БДТАПГК) and regional historian and conservationist Andrej Matsur.  Part III/IV:  along the trace of the Eastern Front — German imperial army World War I fortifications and cemeteries in Pastavy… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 1, 2018

Photos of the Day for April 28, 2018

April 2017 photo expedition to Vjaljejka, Mjadzjel and Pastavy Districts with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historic and Cultural Monuments (БДТАПГК) and regional historian and conservationist Andrej Matsur.  Part III/IV:  along the trace of the Eastern Front — German imperial army World War I fortifications and cemeteries in Pastavy… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 28, 2018