Greetings, friends
Today is Friday, mushroom Friday. I want to show the mushrooms, but at the same time raise a serious topic.
I have repeatedly written that I traveled to Belarus. That was last week. On the last day of our adventures, we visited the village of Khatyn, or rather the place where this village once was.
What is Khatyn?
The Khatyn Memorial Complex in the Minsk region is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the war and the tragedy that occurred on March 22, 1943, when the village of Khatyn was burned down along with its inhabitants during a punitive operation. On that day, 149 people died at the hands of the punishers, 75 of them children under the age of 16.
This monument at the entrance to the memorial site symbolizes the only surviving villager, who is carrying his dead son in his arms.
There are beautiful places around: neat, clean meadows, trees, a crow croaking, and a bell sounding every 30 seconds.
But among the trees, you can see a "dead village," or rather, concrete structures resembling the remains of a destroyed village. But I want to tell you about this separately.
A concrete path to the house, the foundation of the house, and a chimney with a bell at the top. 26 such bells, 26 burned houses. My group went to the bus parking lot. I decided to walk among these houses and saw mushrooms next to a large tree stump, the heroes of today's report.
A very friendly mushroom family.
This is one of the types of autumn honey mushrooms: a characteristic feature is brown-ochre hats with a darker center; they grow in a dense group ("bouquet"). The color of autumn honey mushrooms can vary greatly and depends on the area and the type of tree.
In the distance, you can see the symbolic cemetery of burned and not rebuilt villages. And every 30 seconds, a bell is heard ringing.
I have never seen mushrooms anywhere else in Belarus. It was the only place, although I made attempts to see them every day.
No! We don't eat that. Not a single mushroom was damaged during the shooting.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy (C) Bobby McFerrin
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