page_title: Belarusians in the United Kingdom
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Belarusians in the United Kingdom / History
caption_attribution_description: Nrf: Pliaque ès Bêlarusais, Saint Hélyi, Jèrri, 17 dé Juîn 2009 Беларуская: Памяці беларусаў аддаўшых сваё жыццё ў барацьбе з нацызмам на востраве Джерсі English: In memory of people of Belarus, who lost their lives in Jersey in the war against nazism
context_page_description: Belarusians in the United Kingdom are Belarusians living in the United Kingdom and British people of Belarusian background or descent. The 2001 UK census recorded 1,154 Belarus-born people living in the UK. The 2011 census recorded 4,031 Belarus-born people resident in England, 102 in Wales, 211 in Scotland and 62 in Northern Ireland. Nowadays, organised community life exists only in London.
context_section_description: According to researcher Natallia Hardzijenka, the first significant wave of immigration from Belarus to the UK took place in late 19th and the beginning of 20th century.
  Another significant wave came after the Second World War. A large number of those were former Belarusian military personnel of the Polish Anders Army. According to estimates, ten to twelve thousands of Belarusians arrived to the UK in the aftermath of the war. A significant number of them later emigrated to other countries (mainly the US, Canada and Australia). Many of the Belarusians who resettled in Britain during this period were registered or counted as Polish people, despite being ethnic East Slavs. This was due to Belarus not yet being considered an independent nation, and therefore the Belarusian ethnic group was similarly disregarded in statistics.
  During the 1960s, Ceslaus Sipovich and Alexander Nadson became notable religious figures for Belarusians in London, and were involved with the Belarusian Memorial Chapel.
caption: Plaque in Saint Helier in memory of people of Belarus, who lost their lives in Jersey during the Second World War
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