Patrimony of Belarus: photos of Smarhon’ (Daubuchki, Tsjareshki, Navaspask) and Ashmjany (Zas’tsjen’nje, Shal’tsiny) Districts (2018). Спадчына Бацькоўшчыны: фотавандроўка па Смаргоньскім (Даўбучкі, Цярэшкі, Наваспаск) і Ашмянскім (Засьценьне, Шальціны) раёнах (2018 г.). Tatar cemetery (I/II), one of more than 30 surviving Tatar cemeteries in Belarus. Trees are integral to cemeteries. It was thus disheartening to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 25, 2020
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Photos of the Day for December 22, 2016
Survey of the architectural patrimony of the Maladzjechna area 2015 (VII/VIII): Tatarshchyna. Reflecting the settlement of Tatar warrior groups at the invitation of grand dukes of Lithuania from the 14th to 16th centuries, there is a score of villages in Belarus whose name refers directly to the Tatars. Five of the villages are called Tatarshchyna,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 22, 2016