Sharkawshchyna District
Sharkawshchyna District is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the Vitebsk Region. The administrative center is the town of Sharkawshchyna.[1]
Notable residents
- Helen Michaluk (born 1930), prominent figure of the Belarusian diaspora who was a long-standing (and the only female) head of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain.[2]
References
- ^ "Vitebsk Region government website" (in Belarusian). vitebsk-region.gov.by. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Гардзіенка, Наталля (2010). Беларусы ў Вялікабрытаніі [Belarusians in Great Britain, by Natalla Hardzijenka]. Minsk: Згуртаванне беларусаў свету Бацькаўшчына. pp. 550-551. ISBN 978-985-6887-63-8.
55°22′N 27°28′E / 55.367°N 27.467°E
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