Photos of the Day for May 10, 2020

For Mjensk a rare and meritorious example of architectural conservation and restoration:  the constructivist-style Kitchen Factory (Fabryka-kukhnja, 1930-36).  Mjensk 2020. Since the Soviet re-occupation of Mjensk in mid-1944, the city has witnessed the continual destruction of its architectural patrimony and historic urban fabric.  The recently-completed project to conserve and restore the Kitchen Factory in the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 10, 2020

Photo of the Day for December 26, 2019

Consecration of new Orthodox cemetery chapel of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, Lenin 2019.  I/XIII. Thanks to the sponsorship of Polish businessman Andrzej Askaldowicz, the expertise of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments under the leadership of Anton Astapovich, and the support of the Orthodox eparchate of… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 26, 2019