Natallia Pinchuk is a professor of history. She graduated from Homiel University as a teacher of history, taught at the Belarusian Humanitarian Lyceum, the Belarusian Academy of Arts. She has written articles about Belarusian jewelry art of the Middle Ages, a book about jewelry art of Belarus, as well as a textbook on the history of Belarus for foreign students. She is Married to Ales Bialacki – the prominent Belarusian public figure, sentenced for 10 years of imprisonment for his human rights defense activities, and winner of the Nobel Peace Award .