# Nicholas Vakar

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{{Short description|Belarusian writer (1894–1970)}}
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'''Nicholas P. Vakar''' (26 or 27 May 1894 in [Tulchyn, Ukraine](/source/Tulyn%2C_Ukraine), then in Russian Empire – 1970), Belarusian, author of ''Belorussia: The Making of a Nation''.  [Harvard U. Press](/source/Harvard_University_Press). 1956<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vakar |first1=Nicholas Platonovich |title=Belorussia: the Making of a Nation: A Case Study |date=1956 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-43664-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9xoAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> and ''The Taproot of Soviet Society''. Harper. 1959.  ''A Word Count of Spoken Russian''. [OSU Press](/source/Ohio_State_University_Press), 1966.

He was professor of Russian, [Wheaton College](/source/Wheaton_College_(Massachusetts)), [Norton, Massachusetts](/source/Norton%2C_Massachusetts), from about 1946 to 1962, followed by 3 years at [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University).

Vakar left to France as a result of events during the [Russian Civil War](/source/Russian_Civil_War). He was married in 1926 to [Gertrude Vakar](/source/Gertrude_Vakar), the translator. They had two daughters, Catherine in 1927 and Anna in 1929; both girls have escaped from France to the United States in 1940.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/10/nyregion/war-refugees-honor-their-deliverer.html War Refugees Honor Their Deliverer], The New York Times, December 10, 1990.</ref> Nicholas and Gertrude arrived in the United States in 1942.<ref>[https://atkinsopht.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/two-new-sisters-anna-vakar-catherine-vakar-chvany/ article containing reflections from a member of the family that houses Vakar's daughters when they first arrived in the US]</ref> The latter is well-known Canadian haiku poet residing in [Oliver, British Columbia](/source/Oliver%2C_British_Columbia).<ref>[http://www.haikucanada.org/resources/articles/3.pdf Haiku: Women Pioneers In Canada]</ref>

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