Photo of the Day for October 29, 2016

Mahiljou 2016 (IV/IV):  embroiderer Valjantsina Nikitsina and her husband Vasil’.  The Nikitsins live in the small district center of Klichau, 55 miles (95 kilometers) southwest of Mahiljou and travel to Mahiljou to sell Mrs. Nikitsin’s embroidered shirts, dresses, tablecloths and runners. Магілёў 2016 г. (IV/IV):  вышывальніца Валянціна Нікіціна з мужам Васілем ездзяць з Клічава ў… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 29, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 28, 2016

Mahiljou 2016 (III/IV):  architecture of former Luteranskaja Street, now Mihaja.  The street was named Luteranskaja when Russian empress Catherine II, who controlled the eastern Belarusian lands as a result of the first partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772,  granted the local German community permission to build a church there in 1780. Магілёў 2016 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 28, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 27, 2016

Mahiljou 2016 (II/IV):  buildings along the middle portion of Vjalikaja Sadovaja (Vjetranaja) Street, now called Leninskaja. Магілёў 2016 г. (II/IV):  дойлідства ўздоўж сярэдняй часткі вул. Вялікая Садовая (Ветраная), зараз Ленінская.   Former Hotel Paris, formerly Vjalikaja Sadovaja Street (Vjetranaja), now Leninskaja 21. Былы гатэль Парыж, былая вуд. Вялікая Садовая (Ветраная), зараз Ленінская 21.    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 27, 2016