Photos of the Day for November 25, 2020

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

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