
Soviet Union
Uladzimir Hurkoŭ (* 2. January 1931 in Šyrki; † 23. May 2007) was a ethnographer. He was 76 years old. His education included Мстиславское педагогическое училище and Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University. He worked at Committee for State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic and Kandrat Krapiva Institute of Art Studies, Ethnography and Folklore.