Sunday, May 31, 2026

The Czapski's oakwood in Minsk

The Czapski's oakwood in Minsk. The remains of a сentenary oak
Дуб пережил несколько государств и империй.
The Czapski's oakwood in Minsk. The remains of a сentenary oak
Belarusian State University. Oakery In Minsk. Centenary oak
Oakery In Minsk. Centenary oak
Night orientation. Centenary oak in Minsk
Шчомысліца. Дуброва Чапскага
Attack of the boisterous weather on Belarus on July 13, 2016. The Czapski's oakery
Шчомысліца. Дуброва Чапскага
Шчомысліца. Дуброва Чапскага. Скалечаны вандаламі дуб
Schemyslitsa, Grove, the Czapski's oakery, BSU branch

The stump of the сentenary oak

The Czapski's oakwood in Minsk. The stump of the сentenary oak
Пень векового дуба

Belarusian State University. Sports and fitness complex

Belarusian State University. Sports and fitness complex
Физкультурно-оздоровительный комплекс
И никого. Камер больше, чем людей.

Four surveillance cameras

Belarusian State University. Sports and fitness complex. Four surveillance cameras
Zeitgeist

Uncleared tree debris after the hurricane

The Czapski's oakwood in Minsk. Uncleared tree debris after the hurricane
А убрать поваленные 10 лет назад ураганом деревья ни сил, ни времени не хватило.
Здесь была тропа, по которой студенты наматывали километры на кроссах.

The Czapski's oakwood in Minsk. Bag of trash

The Czapski's oakwood in Minsk. A bag of trash
Здесь камеры "не видят"

Friday, May 29, 2026

Minsk. Railway station Stepyanka

Minsk. Railway station Stepyanka. Station building
Год постройки - 1953.
Менск, станцыя Сцяпянка
Минск. ЖД-станция "Степянка"
Фото 23 июля 2015
Minsk. Railway station Stepyanka. Memory Square in honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory
The "Square of Memory" was established by employees of the Belarusian Railway to honor the labor and military feats of railway workers during the Great Patriotic War and in honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory.
СКВЕР ПАМЯТИ
заложен работниками Белорусской железной дороги в дань уважения к трудовому и ратному подвигу железнодорожников в годы Великой Отечественной войны и в честь
80-летия Победы
СОВЕТСКОГО НАРОДА НАД НЕМЕЦКО-ФАШИСТСКИМИ ЗАХВАТЧИКАМИ
2025 г.

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Minsk. October Street. Bench. Sparrows

Менск. Вуліца Кастрычніцкая. Лаўка. Вераб'і
Минск. Улица Октябрьская. Лавка. Воробьи

Парковка за кафе Лаўка стало популярным местом сборища мотоциклистов. На парковку смотрит своим выходом и окнами еще одно кафе - Let it be

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Minsk. October Street. Bench. Starling

Minsk. October Street. Bench. Starling
Парковка за кафе Лаўка и у кафе Let it be стало популярным местом для мотоциклистов.

Sunday, November 2, 2025

Maksim Bahdanovich Memorial Museum Belarusian Hut

Maksim Bahdanovich Museum "Belarusian Hut". Statue

Maksim Adamavich Bahdanovich Memorial Museum Belarusian Hut. Statue
Maksim Adamavich Bahdanovich Memorial Museum Belarusian Hut. Plaque
Мемарыяльны музей
Максіма Багдановіча
Беларуская хатка

Stylized well

Maksim Adamavich Bahdanovich Memorial Museum Belarusian Hut. Stylized well
Maksim Adamavich Bahdanovich Memorial Museum Belarusian Hut. Plaque
Установа
"Дзяржаўны музей гісторыі беларускай літаратуры"
Філіял
Беларуская хатка
Мемарыяльны музей
Максіма Багдановіча

Maksim Bahdanovich Memorial Hut. Writing desk

Maksim Bahdanovich Memorial Hut. Writing desk
Письменный стол

Rear exit

Maksim Adamavich Bahdanovich Memorial Museum Belarusian Hut. Rear exit
Раньше здесь был колодец.

Bahdanovich Memorial Museum. Bench

Maksim Adamavich Bahdanovich Memorial Museum Belarusian Hut. Bench

Першае наведванне - Дамок-музей Багдановіча

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Minsk. The railway line Moscow-Brest. What was hidden behind the concrete fence?

Minsk. The railway line Moscow-Brest. What was hidden behind the concrete fence?Minsk. The railway line Moscow-Brest. What was hidden behind the concrete fence?

Antonowo Square. Metal statue of 9 - a rag doll

9 doll

Minsk. Antonowo Square. Metal statue of 9 - a rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation
A rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation.
"9" film of 2009 year at imdb

Персонаж фильма "Девять" про постапокалипсис и оживших тряпичных кукол, продюсер - Тим Бёртон.


Metal statue of 9 - a rag doll. Photocell on it

Minsk. Antonowo Square. Metal statue of 9 - a rag doll. Photocell on it

Metal statue of Karlsson-on-the-Roof

Minsk. Antonowo Square. Metal statue of Karlsson-on-the-Roof - character in books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren
Minsk. Antonowo Square. Metal statue of Karlsson-on-the-Roof - character in books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren

Minsk. Antonowo Square. Goldfish

Minsk. Antonowo Square. Goldfish


Слепянская водная система
Сляпянская водная сістэма
To be continued

Friday, October 3, 2025

Loszyca Manor. Watermill and distillery after reconstruction

Loszyca Manor. Watermill and distillery after reconstruction
Усадьба в Лошице. Водяная мельница и бровар после реконструкции

Loszyca Manor. Island of Love. Ducks

Loszyca Manor. Island of Love. Ducks

Loszyca Manor. Watermill and distillery after reconstruction

Loszyca Manor. Watermill and distillery after reconstruction

To be continued

Monday, September 22, 2025

Aron Bielski died

Aron Bielski (July 21, 1927 – September 22, 2025), also known as Arczyk Bielski, later changed to Aron Bell, the youngest of the four Bielski brothers, was a Polish-American Jew who was a member of the Bielski partisans, the largest group of Jewish armed rescuers of Jews during World War II as known as Bielski Brigade.
Reunion of the Bielski partisans descendants. July 8-9, 2019
On July 8-9, 2019, Aron Biletsky visited Belarus and the Puszcza nalibocka. The visitors were not at the very site of the partisan camp, but at Jerusalem in the forest for tourists in Puszcza Nalibocka

This logo was found at the Bielski Reunion in Forest Jerusalem 2019


A film about these Jewish partisans - Defiance (2008)
Fictional portrayal of the real Aron Bielski by George MacKay in Defiance (2008) Paramount Pictures film
Fictional portrayal of the real Aron Bielski by George MacKay in Defiance (2008) Paramount Pictures film

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Prudy. Railway train station

Prudy. Railway train station

Zalesie. Estate of Oginski

Estate of Oginski. View from Oginsk Street

Zalesie. Estate of Oginski. View from Oginsk Street

Stable. Bag of trash

Zalesie. Estate of Oginski. Stable. Bag of trash
Поместье Огиньского встретило мешком мусора у конюшни.

A horse at a stable in Zalesie

A horse at a stable in Zalesie

Zalesie. A foundation without a building

Zalesie. A foundation without a building
Фундамент без здания в поместье Огиньского в Залесье

Zalesie. A non-working clock

Zalesie. A non-working clock
Неработающие часы в Заселье

Zalesie. Estate of Oginski. The right wing of the manor house

Zalesie. Estate of Oginski. The right wing of the manor house

Estate of Oginski. Clock with a bell

Zalesie. Estate of Oginski. The right wing of the manor house. Clock with a bell

This clock also gave the wrong time.
These are probably local peculiarities.

Эти часы тоже показывали неправильное время.
Наверное, это - местные особенности.


To be continued

Zalesie

Ordinary buildings near the railway

Zalesie. Ordinary buildings near the railway

Гетто на территории Сморгонщины

Одной из самых ужасающих сторон фашистской оккупации на Сморгонщине был геноцид в отношении местных жителей еврейской национальности. Еврейское гетто в Сморгони было создано в 1941 году. В гетто было согнано всё еврейское население города и окрестных деревень. Обессиленные, голодные, они выполняли тяжелую работу: ремонтировали дороги, носили камни, копали песок, строили железную дорогу. В д. Залесье, около железной дороги, во рву немцы расстреливали узников гетто, которых привозили из д. Засковичи, Сморгони и других мест. Гетто было и в д. Крево. Но судьба кревских евреев неизвестна. В Сольском гетто находились узники из деревень Гервяты, Михалишки, Жупраны. В 1942 году их всех вывезли. Обессиленные болезнями и голодом, люди покидали свои родные места навсегда. Впереди их ждали страдания и смерть.

Ghetto on the territory of Smorgon District

Zalesie. Boulder-monument about Ghetto on the territory of Smorgon District
One of the most terrifying aspects of the fascist occupation in Smorgon District was the genocide against local Jews. The Jewish ghetto in Smorgon was established in 1941. All the Jews from the town and surrounding villages were driven into the ghetto. The ghetto became the source of slave labour, with exhausted, hungry people forced to dohard work: repairing roads, carrying stones, digging sand, building a railroad. In the village of Zalesye, near the railway, in a ditch, the Germans shot ghetto prisoners who were brought from the village of Zaskovichi, Smorgon and other places. There was also a ghetto in the village of Kreva. But the fate of the Kreva Jews is unknown. In the Soly ghetto there were prisoners from the villages of Gervyaty, Mikhalishki, Zhuprany. In 1942 they were all taken out. People emaciated from hunger and disease left their homes forever. Suffering and death awaited them ahead.
Zalesie. Memorial plaque for Ghetto on the territory of Smorgon District

Гета на тэрыторыі Смаргоншчыны

Адным з самых жахлівых бакоў фашысцкай акупацыі на Смаргоншчыне быў генацыд у адносінах да мясцовых жыхароў яўрэйскай нацыянальнасці. Яўрэйскае гета ў Смаргоні было створана ў 1941 годзе. У гета было сагнана ўсё яўрэйскае насельніцтва горада і навакольных вёсак. Абяссіленыя, галодныя, яны выконвалі цяжкую працу: рамантавалі дарогі, насілі камяні, капалі пясок, будавалі чыгунку. У в. Залессе, каля чыгункі, у рове немцы расстрэльвалі вязней гета, якіх прывозілі з в. Заскавічы, Смаргоні і іншых месц. Гета было і ў в. Крэва. Але лёс крэўскіх яўрэяў невядомы. У Сольскім гета знаходзіліся вязні з вёсак Гервяты, Міхалішкі, Жупраны. У 1942 годзе іх усіх вывезлі. Абяссіленыя хваробамі і голадам, людзі пакідалі свае родныя мясціны назаўсёды. Наперадзе іх чакалі пакуты і смерць.

Secondary School of the Smorgon District of Zalesie

Secondary School of the Smorgon District of Zalesie
«Залесская средняя школа Сморгонского района»
Secondary School of the Smorgon District of Zalesie. Attention! 24/7 video surveillance.
Pedestrian and vehicle transit through the grounds of a state educational institution is prohibited
«Залесская средняя школа Сморгонского района»
Внимание! Ведётся круглосуточное видеонаблюдение
Пешеходный и транспортный транзит через территорию государственного учреждения образования
Запрещен!!!

Two horses grazing in a meadow

Zalesie. Two horses grazing in a meadow
Две коня на выпасе на лугу.
Мы покормили этих лошадей ржаным хлебом.

Zalesie. Orthodox chapel in the cemetery

Zalesie. Orthodox chapel in the cemetery

To be continued