Helen Michaluk

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Helen Michaluk (Belarusian: Алена (Лёля) Міхалюк, née Marcinkevich; born on 15 May 1930) is a prominent figure of the Belarusian diaspora who was a long-standing (and the only female) head of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain.

Michaluk receives a Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal in March 2019

Life and work[]

Michaluk was born in the village of  [be],  [be; pl] in the north-east part of the Second Polish Republic (now Sharkawshchyna District of Vicebsk Region, Republic of Belarus). She went to a Polish and then – Belarusian school.

In 1947, she settled in the UK and, two years later, married  [be]. She became a member of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain and the Anglo-Belarusian Society; she was also actively involved with St Cyril of Turaŭ Belarusian school in London and the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

In 1982, Michaluk became a member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. In 1997 she was elected the chair of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain – the position she held until 2013.[1]

Awards[]

In 2019, Michaluk was awarded a Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal for her contribution to Belarusian public life in the diaspora.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Гардзіенка Наталля, Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі - Беларуская Інтэрнэт-Бібліятэка Kamunikat.org". Гардзіенка Наталля, Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі - Беларуская Інтэрнэт-Бібліятэка Kamunikat.org. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  2. ^ "Алексіевіч, Пазьняк, Вольскі, Эрыксан, Белавус. Хто яшчэ ўзнагароджаны мэдалём у гонар БНР-100". Радыё Свабода (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  3. ^ "Уручэньні Мэдалёў да стагодзьдзя БНР: Таронта, Лёндан, Вашынгтон – Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі" (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2021-04-05.


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