Tag: villages

Photos of the Day for March 30, 2017

Last thoughts of winter:  photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (V/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму:  фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (V/XII) 2016 г.     Rahozina. Рагозіна.     View upstream on the river Vilija from the bridge at Kamjena.  The border between western Belarusian lands incorporated into interwar Poland and the Soviet-occupied Belarusian… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 30, 2017

Photos of the Day for March 28, 2017

Last thoughts of winter:  photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (III/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму:  фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (III/XII) 2016 г.     Kalachy-Myshytsy road. Дарога Калачы-Мышыцы.     Kramjanjets. Крамянец.     Tree line between Kramjanjets and Hlybachany with the temperature at +3F. Дрэвы паміж вёскамі Крамянец і Глыбачаны пры -16С.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 28, 2017

Photos of the Day for March 15, 2017

Photo expedition to Vaukavysk and Masty Districts (Jatvjez’, Kalantai, River Ros’, Lichytsy, Krasnasjel’ski, Ros’, Lunna, Voupa) with Vaukavysk master photographer and local historian Uladzislau Mihdaljonak (Уладзіслаў Мігдалёнак/Владислав Мигдалёнок), January 2017. Фотаэкспедыцыя па Ваўкавыскым і Мастоўскім раёнах (Ятвезь, Калантаі, рака Рось, Лічыцы, Краснасельскі, Рось, Лунна, Воўпа) з выдатным фатографам і краязнаўцам Уладзіславам Мігдалёнкам, студзень 2017 г. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 15, 2017

Photos of the Day for March 6, 2017

Photo expedition to Vaukavysk and Masty Districts (Jatvjez’, Kalantai, River Ros’, Lichytsy, Krasnasjel’ski, Ros’, Lunna, Voupa) with Vaukavysk master photographer and local historian Uladzislau Mihdaljonak (Уладзіслаў Мігдалёнак/Владислав Мигдалёнок), January 2017. Over the past seven years it has been a great pleasure and inspiration to undertake photo expeditions in western Belarus with Uladzislau Mihdaljonak, an outstanding… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 6, 2017

Photo of the Day for January 2, 2017

Polesia (Pripet Marshes) in winter:  Vjeljamichy 2016 (I/V). It is always a pleasure to visit this corner of the central Prypjats’ (Pripet) region:  the people of Vjeljamichy never stop working but always have a minute to chat and banter pleasantly with the wanderer, the local parish is welcoming, and the landscapes around Lake Sijatsy are… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 2, 2017

Photo of the Day for December 8, 2016

Belarus in Faces (part CCXV):  Tolja, visiting from neighboring Azdamichy.  Tsjerablichy 2014. Беларусь у твараз (частка CCXV):  аздамец спадар Толя ў Цераблічах 2014 г.  

Photos of the Day for October 30, 2016

Autumn roads of Belarus:  Ordzjevichy (Ardzjevichy) 2015.  Does the toponym Ordzjevichy (Ardzjevichy) suggest a Tatar origin (from the Tatar/Turkic word ordu, meaning army, i.e., referring to Tatar soldiers invited by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to guard its eastern flanks)?  Like so many other villages in northern Belarus, Ardzjevichy has lost most of its population… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 30, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 4, 2016

Polesian roads:  from the Sporava Marsh Preserve to Pinsk 2016, part II/V:  Bjezdzjezh. The Polesian village of Bjezdzjezh in Drahichyn District of western Belarus is known for its Easter-day fair on the village square, where the 1784 wooden Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity stands.  Bjezdzjezh is also well-known for its tradition of hand-embroidered aprons… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 4, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 3, 2016

Polesian roads:  from the Sporava Marsh Preserve to Pinsk 2016, part I/V. Wandering Belarus’ back roads is a pleasure for a photographer.  One needs to forget sticking rigidly to a schedule, for in the slow passage through village and forest, past pastures and fields, one absorbs the deep history and even deeper rhythms of the nation… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 3, 2016