Helen Michaluk

Michaluk was born in the village of Lonskija [be], Braslaŭ County [be; pl] in the north-east part of the Second Polish Republic (now Sharkawshchyna District of Vicebsk Region, Republic of Belarus).

In 1947, she settled in the United Kingdom and, two years later, married Janka Michaluk [be].

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] Michaluk died on 16 October 2022, at the age of 92, and is buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery.