Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) V/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) V/VIII. Village heritage: farmstead structures. Вясковая спадчына: гаспадарчыя забудовы. Well-preserved barn and root cellar. Добра захаваныя хлеў і склеп. As elsewhere, economic degradation under… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 30, 2021
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Photo of the Day for June 27, 2021
Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) II/VIII. Belarus is not immune to the worldwide trend of depopulation of villages and rural areas. However, the Belarusian regime’s insistence on retaining collective (state-owned) farming and refusal to return to private ownership of farmland has sharply added to the decay and degradation of rural… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 27, 2021