Photo of the Day for February 6, 2024

Photo survey of the patrimony of Valozhyn District 2018 (part I). Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Валожынскага раёна 2018 г (частка I).       Ruins of 18th-19th-cent. inn, Hirevichy. Руіны карчмы 18-га/19-га ст., Гірэвічы.    

Photos of the Day for December 5, 2023

Photo survey of the patrimony of Vjaljejka District 2018, Part III. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Вялейскага раёна 2018 г., частка III.     Ruins of distillery, former estate of the Kozel-Pakljeuski family, Vjalikaja Servach. Руіны вінакурні былой сядзібы Козелаў-Паклеўскіх, Вялікая Сервач.      

Photo of the Day for November 11, 2023

Photo survey of the patrimony of Vjaljejka District 2018, Part II. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Вялейскага раёна 2018 г., частка II.     Neglected patrimony:  abandoned and decayed traditional shingle roof, Bajary (Vjaljejka District). Занядбаная спадчына: закінуты гонтавы дах, Баяры (Вялейскі раён).  

Photos of the Day for October 15, 2023

Photo survey of the patrimony of Vjaljejka District 2018, Part I. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Вялейскага раёна 2018 г., частка I.     Abandoned apple orchard, Maljavichy. Закінуты яблычны сад, Малявічы.           The weight of so many unpicked apples… Вага столькі нязьбіраных яблыкаў…     …leads some boughs to break. …выклікае ломку… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 15, 2023

Photo of the Day for September 17, 2023

Photo exploration of the patrimony of Mjensk District 2018. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Менскага раёна 2018 г.     Churches of Belarus (part DXXIV):  rebuilt Orthodox cemetery chapel of the Holy Spirit (2018), Matski (Mjensk Dist.). This building, with a gleaming onion dome alien to traditional Belarusian church architecture, replaces a late XVIII-early XIX century wooden… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 17, 2023

Photo of the Day for May 6, 2023

Photo survey of the patrimony of Ashmjany and Valozhyn Districts 2018. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Ашмянскага й Валожынскага раёнах 2018 г.     Neglected patrimony:  former Jankouski estate mill, Paljany (Ashmjany District). Занядбаная спадчына: былы млын былай сядзібы Янкоўскіх, Паляны (Ашмянскі раён).  

Photo of the Day for March 8, 2023

Photo survey of the patrimony of Stoubtsy, a district center in western Mjensk Region, 2017. Stoubtsy is another of many smaller Belarusian cities whose fine architectural patrimony suffered under the policy of destruction, degradation or deliberate neglect by the occupying Soviet regime from 1944-1991 and has continued to suffer under the occupying neo-Soviet regime since… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 8, 2023

Photo of the Day for September 28, 2022

Photo survey of the patrimony of Navahrudak District 2017. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Навагрудскага раёна 2017 г.   Ruins of Navahrudak Castle and, on the right, Roman Catholic church of the Transfiguration, Navahrudak. This castle lay at the foundation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; when Belarus has a normal government that honors the Belarusian nation… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 28, 2022

Photo of the Day for August 24, 2022

Photo survey of the heritage of Mahiljou and Homjel’ Regions 2017. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Магілёўскай і Гомельскай абласьцей 2017 г.   Late-19th/early-20th century (?) house, Paharelaje (Hlusk District). This substantial house (a former manor house?) appears to pre-date the 1919 Soviet occupation of the eastern Belarusian lands.  Given the destruction of Belarusian patrimony in Mahiljou… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 24, 2022

Photos of the Day for February 10, 2022

From Ivjanjets to Stoubtsy 2015:  Ivjanjets, Rudnja Pil’njanskaja, Astravy, Humjenaushchyna, Ruhajets, Apjechki, Stoubtsy Фотавандроўка Івянец-Стоўбцы 2015 г.: Івянец, Рудня Пільнянская, Астравы, Гуменаўшчына, Ругаец, Апечкі, Стоўбцы     Remains of former estate maple-tree allee. Рэшткі былой сядзібнай кляновай алеі.