Vaclav Lastovsky's expedition of 1928. Preserved heritage

“Vaclau Lastovsky’s Expedition, 1928: A Preserved Heritage” is a solid photo album with rare images of folk art, architecture, costumes, and everyday life from southern Belarus. Photos from the original album, which is kept in London, are presented to a wide readership for the first time. The compiler is Olga Lobachevskaya. This publication is a treasure for everyone who studies Belarusian culture.

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The album opens to the reader a unique collection of photographic materials collected by the ethnographic expedition led by Vaclav Lastovsky in the Sluchchyna and Mozyr regions. It presents images from the original album of the 1928 expedition, which is kept in the Francis Skaryna Library and Museum in London. Unique photographs with examples of sacred art and architecture, folk costumes, weaving and everyday objects reflect the rich and distinctive culture of the southern regions of Belarus.

The album will be of interest to a wide range of lovers of Belarusian traditional culture, and also has scientific and practical value for ethnographers, art historians, cultural historians, historians of science, and museum staff.

Contributor, author of the text and comments: Olga Lobachevskaya