Photo survey of the patrimony of Navahrudak District 2017. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Навагрудскага раёна 2017 г. Ocean-liner architectural style from the late Soviet occupation period, Njahnjevichy. Забудова ў стылі акіянскага лайнеру з познага перыяду савецкай акупацыі, Нягневічы.
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Photos of the Day for November 25, 2021
Photo survey of Polesia in western Homjel’ Region 2015: Ljel’chytsy District (Bujnavichy, Buda-Safijeuka), Kalinkavichy District (Juravichy, Hrada), and the city of Mazyr. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Палесься на заходняй Гомельшчыне 2015 г.: Лельчыцкі раён (Буйнавічы, Буда-Сафіеўка), Калінкавіцкі раён (Юравічы, Града) і Мазыр. Contrast in architectural styles on (currently-named) Soviet Street. Кантрасты ў стылі дойлідства… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 25, 2021
Photos of the Day for April 22, 2019
Photo expedition to Kapyl’ District (2016): Pukava, Sunai, Kamsamol’skaja (Pukava), Dunajeva, Hrozava, Hrazavok, Novyja Doktaravichy, Vusava, Vasil’chytsy, Charnahubava, Tsimkavichy, Ljeshnja, Kijavichy, Sjemjezhava, Rudnaje, Vjalikaja Rajouka, Kapyl’. Фотавандроўка па Капыльскім раёне (2016 г.): Пукава, Сунаі, Камсамольская (Пукава), Дунаева, Грозава, Гразавок, Новыя Доктаравічы, Вусава, Васільчыцы, Чарнагубава, Цімкавічы, Лешня, Кіявічы, Семежава, Руднае, Вялікая Раёўка, Капыль. Sjemjezhava (2016).… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 22, 2019
Photos of the Day for September 16, 2018
Photo excursion to northwestern Valozhyn District: Valozhyn, Bahdanava, Vajhany, Mas’tsishcha, Vishnjeva. Фотавандроўка па паўночна-заходняй частцы Валожынскага раёна: Валожын, Багданава, Вайганы, Масьцішча, Вішнева. Valozhyn 2018. The architectural patrimony of the district center of Valozhyn has suffered grievous neglect and depredations at the hands of the local administration and Orthodox parish. A lack of time meant… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 16, 2018
Photos of the Day for April 26, 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 26, 2018
Photos of the Day for December 19, 2016
Survey of the architectural patrimony of Maladzjechna 2015 (IV/VIII): Soviet post-World War II housing architecture. Except for a brief period of constructivist experimentation in the 1920s, Soviet architecture left a mostly dismal patrimony: buildings and spaces contemptuous of the human scale; dreary pre-fab blocks; kitschy, spoglia-like recycling of classical elements after having brutally rejected the western… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 19, 2016