Russell Zavistovich

Since 1990, Russell Zavistovich served as president of the Belarusian Congress Committee of America, a political action group of the Belarusian diaspora in the United States. He attended White House meetings on the Belarusian issues, held correspondence with President Bill Clinton and assisted the newly established embassy of the independent Republic of Belarus in Washington, D.C.

From the mid-1970s until 1986 Zavistovich worked as a civilian with the support center of the Office of Naval Intelligence in Suitland, responsible for translating Soviet documents of naval significance.

In the early 1950s he was drafted in the US Army and served in Germany in the 313th Military Intelligence Service Platoon After demobilization, Zavistovich returned to the United States and studied at Rutgers University in New Jersey, graduating with a degree in electronics engineering.

Zavistovich served as an honorary member of the host committee for the NATO 50th anniversary summit.

Zavistovich was born in Wilno, then part of the Second Polish Republic, into a Belarusian family. In 1944 he left Belarus with his parents. After several years in displaced persons camps, in 1948 the family moved to the United States and settled in South River, New Jersey.

Russell Rascislav Zavistovich (Belarusian: Расьціслаў Завістовіч, Raścisłaŭ Zavistovič, June 2, 1928 – December 20, 2000) was one of the leaders of the Belarusian American community in 1990–2000.