Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič
Dr. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič | |
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Вінцэнт Жук-Грышкевіч | |
President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic-in-exile | |
In office May 1970 – November 1980 | |
Preceded by | Mikoła Abramčyk |
Succeeded by | Jazep Sažyč |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles University in Prague, University of Ottawa | February 10, 1903
Profession | Historian, lecturer |
Awards | Defence Medal (United Kingdom) 1939–1945 Star Italy Star Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross[1] |
Dr. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič[2][3] (Belarusian: Вінцэнт Жук-Грышкевіч, sometimes Vintsent Zhuk-Hryshkevich, Polish: Wincenty Żuk-Hryszkiewicz; February 10, 1903 – February 14, 1989) was a Belarusian emigre politician.
Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič studied at a Belarusian gymnasium in
He graduated from the
In late September 1939, after the Soviet invasion of Poland, Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič was first appointed editor in a Soviet newspaper but very soon arrested by the NKVD. After several months of tortures, he was sent to Gulag concentration camps in Kotlas and Vorkuta.
In 1942 he was set free as a Polish citizen and fought in the Anders' Army in Egypt and Italy, including the Battle of Monte Cassino.
After the war, Žuk-Hryškievič first settled in the United Kingdom where together with other Belarusian veterans of the Anders Army he became one of the founders of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain.
In 1950, he moved to Canada and actively participated in Belarusian activities in North America as one of the leaders of the Belarusian Canadian Alliance. In 1952, he earned a Ph.D. in Literature at the University of Ottawa.[5]
For a period of two years he moved to
Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič was president of the government-in-exile of the Belarusian Democratic Republic between 1970 and 1982.
External links
- Першы партал Нарачанскага краю - Вінцэнт Жук-Грышкевіч
- Калекцыя Раісы Жук-Грышкевіч у IHRC University of Minnesota
References
- ^ Жыцьцё Вінцэнта Жук-Грышкевіча [The Life of Vincent Zuk-Hryskievic], by Raisa Zuk-Hryskievic, Toronto, 1993, p. 69
- ^ Raisa Zuk-Hryskievic papers - University of Minnesota Libraries (last retrieved 11 May 2019)
- ISBN 0-8108-3449-9.
- ^ Жыцьцё Вінцэнта Жук-Грышкевіча [The Life of Vincent Zuk-Hryskievic], by Raisa Zuk-Hryskievic, Toronto, 1993, p. 57
- ^ Жыцьцё Вінцэнта Жук-Грышкевіча [The Life of Vincent Zuk-Hryskievic], by Raisa Zuk-Hryskievic, Toronto, 1993, p. 109