Mikalay Shchahlow-Kulikovich[a] (13 October 1896 – 31 March 1969)[1] was a cultural and social activist, composer and musicologist, researcher of Belarusian church and secular music.
Kulikovich was born on October 13, 1896, in Moscow (according to other sources his date of birth is April 4 at the Smolensk Oblast).
During World War II Kulikovich lived in the occupied territories, from 1941 to 1942 he worked with continued collection of Belarusian folk song and music.
In 1944 Kulikovich participated in the Second All-Belarusian Congress, in the war years created the opera "Lyasnoe Vosera" (1942) and "Usyaslaў Charadzey" (1944) on a libretto by Natallia Arsiennieva.
He compiled several collections of songs – "Belaruskіya pesennyya zbornіkі" (1954, 1955, 1960), "Kalyadoўshchykі" (1961) and "Rodnyya matyvy" (1967).