Maksim Haretski

Biełarus, M.H., A. Mścisłaŭski, Dzied Kuźma, Maciej Myška, and Mizeryjus Monus.

Maksim Harecki was born in village of Małaja Bahaćkaŭka in a peasant's family.

In January 1922 Harecki was arrested by Polish authorities as a political criminal and was put into the infamous Łukiszki prison in Vilnia.

In 1929, along with other Belarusian activists, Harecki became a target of a defamation campaign in the Soviet state media.

He was arrested by the Soviets in July 1930 and accused of being a member of the Belarusian Liberation Union, a separatist organization.