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government less jurisdiction compared to the one in Ukraine. An increase in repression by the Germans also led to an agrarian revolt, although not as violent as the one in Ukraine, which benefitted the communists. The communist underground were directed by the party's Northwestern Regional Committee in Smolensk, which aimed for an alliance with the peasantry.
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government in Belarus was established at the end of December by communist organs in Minsk with the support of Russian troops of the Western Front. However, its authority only extended to the regions occupied by pro-communist forces and the major cities, where the local soviets followed Bolshevik leadership.
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An interesting paradox arose in the status of SSRB within the future Bolshevik state. On one hand its small geographic, population and almost negligent economic indicators did not warrant it much political weight on Soviet affairs. In fact the leader of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (Bolshevik),
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Republic of Byelorussia (SSRB). This was conferred by the First Congress of deputies, composed of workers, soldiers and Red Army soldiers, which met on 2–3 February 1919, to adopt a new socialist constitution. The Red Army continued its westward advance, capturing the city of Grodno on New Year's Day
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governorates that were not occupied by the German army, to administer the Belarusian lands in the frontal zone. On 26 November (6 December), the Executive Committee of Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' Deputies for the Western Oblast was merged with the Western front's executive committee, creating a
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Economically the republic remained largely self-centred, and most of the effort was put into restoring and repairing the war-damaged industry (if in 1923 there was only 226 different fabrics and factories, then by 1926 the number climbed to 246. However, the employed manpower jumped from 14 thousand
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as a military formation, rather than governmental. As a result, on 7 (20) December, when the first All-Belarusian Congress convened, the Minsk Bolsheviks commanded the pro-Soviet troops to disbanded it. Following this, they proclaimed the rule of soviets dominated by the Bolsheviks. The first Soviet
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The stalemate and the occasional, though fruitless, negotiations gave Russia a much needed pause to concentrate on other regions. During the latter half of 1919, the Red Army successfully defeated Denikin in the south, taking over the Don, North Caucasus and eastern Ukraine, and pushed Kolchak from
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offered the Belarusians federal ties instead; however, the Polish occupation authorities disregarded the social radicalism of the masses and nationalist sentiments among parts of the Belarusian intelligentsia, with the Poles ordering for the lands confiscated by the communists to be returned to the
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numbering approximately 2,000 soldiers under General Wejtko, began to fight against the local communist and advancing Bolshevik forces. Each side was trying to secure the territories for its own government. The newly formed Polish Army began sending its organised units to reinforce the militias. On
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on 17 November. The Belarusian National Republic barely resisted, evacuating Minsk on 3 December. The Soviets maintained a distance of about 10–15 kilometres (6.2–9.3 mi) between the two armies, and took Minsk on 10 December. As the Red Army re-occupied Belarus, the soviets in the country were
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rivers. However, the region to the east of those lines was historically mixed among a population of Belarusians, Poles and Lithuanians, with a sizeable Jewish minority. The local communities of each respective group wanted to be part of the respective states that were establishing themselves.
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In the spring of 1918, the Germans disapproved of the socialist inclinations of the nationalists in the Belarusian government and forced a change in leadership of the puppet government; however, the Germans were also displeased with him and removed him. As a result, the Germans permitted the
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In June, the RSFSR was finally ready to open its major Western advance. To preserve the neutrality of Lithuania (though the peace treaty was still being negotiated), on 6 June the exiled government of Litbel was disbanded. Within a few days, the 3rd Cavalry Corps under command of
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Lenin feared that a Polish offensive was incoming, and offered to accept the current frontline as a permanent border between Poland and Russia, which would include nearly all of Belarus going to Poland. However, Piłsudski had greater ambitions, and he also made an agreement with
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it states, "Laws, decrees and other acts which were applied in the territory of the Republic of Belarus prior to the entry into force of the present Constitution shall apply in the particular parts thereof that are not contrary to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus."
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putting an end of hostilities in Europe, and Belarus in particular. Six years of war had left the land neglected and looted, and the endless change of occupying regimes, each worse than the previous, left their mark on the Belarusian people, who were now divided. Almost half
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Encouraged by their success, in Smolensk on 30–31 December 1918, the Sixth Western Oblast Party conference met and announced its split from the Russian Communist Party, proclaiming itself as the first congress of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (KP(b)B). The next day, the
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By late summer of 1919, the Polish advance was also exhausted. The defeat of the Red Army allowed the outbreak of another historic disagreement over territory between Poland and Lithuania; their competition to control the city of Vilna soon erupted into a
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in Russia in February 1917, activated a rather dormant political life in Belarus. As central authority waned, different political and ethnic groups strived for greater self-determination and even secession from the increasingly ineffective
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on Kiev, which although was initially successful, ended in a Polish defeat. The Soviet Red Army was much more organised than it was a year earlier, and though Polish troops managed to make several gains in Ukraine, notably the capture of
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concept, and as said above, viewed the Treaty of Riga as only a temporary setback to the process, and a future advance would require a prepared bridgehead. This justified giving the SSRB the status of a full union republic within the
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hit Russia; that same day, on 25 October (7 November) 1917, the Minsk Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies took over the administration of the city. The Bolshevik All-Russian Council of Soviets declared the creation of the
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renamed the Soviet republic to the Republic of Belarus, with the short form "Belarus". Conservative forces in the newly independent Belarus did not support the name change and opposed its inclusion in the 1991 draft of the
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News of Belarus' upcoming permanent division angered the population, and using the town's Polish occupation, the local population began self-organising into a militia and associating itself with the
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The Russo-German front in Belarus remained static since 1915 and formal negotiations began only on 19 November (2 December N.S.), when the Soviet delegation traveled to the German-occupied city of
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However, the German party soon went back on its word and took full advantage of the situation, and the Bolsheviks' demand of a treaty "without annexations or indemnities" was unacceptable to the
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or kulak family members to regions outside the Belarusian Soviet Republic. The scale of Soviet terror in Belarus was higher than in Russia or Ukraine which resulted in a much stronger extent of
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in early April, but the Western Army was too thinly spread to fight both the Polish and Lithuanian troops, and the German units assisting them. The Polish offensive quickly gained momentum, and
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broke the Polish front, causing a collapse and a retreat. On 11 July Minsk was re-taken, and on 31 July 1920 once again the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belorussia was re-established in Minsk.
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being occupied by Germany. The resulting front, passing at 100 kilometres to the west of Minsk, remained static towards the end of the conflict, despite Russian attempts to break it at the
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was of immediate success, and within 11 days, they were able to make a serious advance eastward, taking over Ukraine, the Baltic region, and occupying eastern Belarus. This forced the
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together with the Soviet Union and Ukrainian SSR, becoming one of the founding members of the UN. This was part of a deal with the United States to ensure a degree of balance in the
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breads are consumed in Belarus, but rye is more plentiful because conditions are too harsh for growing wheat. Many of the cuisines within Byelorussia also shared its cuisine with
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that was held at the same time reported a population of 4,982,623. Of the latter 83% was rural, and Belarusians made up 80.6% (though only 39.2% of urban, yet 89% of rural).
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to 21.3 thousand workers). The majority was food industry followed by metal and wood working combines. A lot more was centred in local and private sector, as allowed by the
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was widely implemented. Belarusian language, folklore and culture was put at front of everything else. This went on par with the Soviet policy of liquidation of illiteracy (
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made up only around 2% of the total population (most of the latter lived next to the state border in the Minsk and Borisov districts). The most important minority was the
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in August ended these ambitions. Once again, the Red Army found itself on the defensive in Belorussia. The Poles were able to successfully break the Russian lines at the
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As the front moved west, and more Belarusian lands were adjoined to the new republic, the first administrative decrees were issued. The entity was divided into seven
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with Lithuania, the Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia was re-founded on 31 July 1920 and later became known as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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too. However early autumn rains halted the Polish advance, which exhausted itself by October. A cease-fire agreed on 12 October, came into effect on 18 October.
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28 July 1990 from Art. 6 of the Constitution of the Byelorussian SSR, the provision on the monopoly of the Communist Party of Byelorussia on power was excluded
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The Polish Sejm had also declared that the territories of Belarus were an inalienable part of the Polish Commonwealth. As the Sejm was voting for annexation,
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was passed to the Western Oblast. At the end of February, the Germans entered Minsk, which the Soviet authorities had already cleared a few days prior.
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of the USSR, in 1925 these number 38.5 thousand who employed almost 50 thousand people. Most being textile workshops and lumber yards and blacksmiths.
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joined the UN when the organization was founded with the other 50 states on 24 October 1945. In effect, this provided the Soviet Union (a permanent
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Minsk Railway Station (1926), with the city's name given in Belarusian, Russian, Polish and Yiddish (or interwar Belarus's 4 official languages)
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Baranova, Olga (2008). "Nationalism, anti-Bolshevism or the will to survive? Collaboration in Belarus under the Nazi occupation of 1941–1944".
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during the summer. Representatives of Belarusian regions and of different (mostly left-wing) newly established political powers, including the
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that was signed on 30 December 1922. SSR Byelorussia became a founding member of the Soviet Union in 1922 and became known as BSSR.
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In interwar Soviet Belarus, between 1924 and 1938, four languages were official, namely, Belarusian, Polish, Russian and Yiddish.
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After the decisive Polish victory in Warsaw, the Red Army was forced to retreat from Polish territories, but attempts to hold
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the term "SSRB" was suppressed, but there is documentary evidence of the usage of the term SSRB rather than BSSR, see, e.g.,
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Planned border (blue line) for the Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic superimposed on state borders in 1922
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was exercised by the Byelorussian Communist Party authorities, at its top sits the Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
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Towards the autumn, political stability continued to shake, and countering the rising nationalist tendencies, were the
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would represent Byelorussian communists at seven party congresses in Moscow, but not once be elected into the party's
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Eager to win support, the Bolshevik government decided to merge the Lithuanian and Byelorussian republics into the
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In the summer of 1941, Belarus was occupied by Nazi Germany. A large part of the territory of Belarus became the
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On 6 December 1926, the SSRB was once again enlarged, in order to make the republic prosperous and continue the
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Smilovitsky, Leonid (1997). "Righteous Gentiles, the Partisans, and Jewish Survival in Belorussia, 1941–1944".
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consisted mainly of vegetables, meat (particularly pork), and bread. Foods are usually either slowly cooked or
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in 1990. On 25 August 1991, the Byelorussian SSR declared independence, and on 19 September it was renamed the
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between regular armies took place and a front emerged. The operations in Lithuania brought the front close to
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were totally annihilated. Altogether, over 2,000,000 people were killed in Belarus during the three years of
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of the USSR from 1922 to 1991, with its own legislation from 1990 to 1991. The republic was ruled by the
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In February 1921, the delegations of the Second Polish Republic and the Russian SFSR finally signed the
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The head of government (chairman of the Soviet of People's Commissars) was by now then newly appointed
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Countering this, the Belarusian Central Council reorganised itself as the Belarusian National Council (
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was proclaimed in Smolensk, terminating the Western Commune, and on 7 January, it was moved to Minsk.
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is clearly evidenced in the national policies. The republic initially had four official languages:
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As the negotiations between the Polish Republic and the Russian Bolshevik government took place in
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However the politics in Moscow took a different course of events, and eventually the accession of
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from having any influence on the population (i.e. to avoid another Slutsk uprising), a policy of
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did not break out and the Soviet High Command's 12 January directive was to cease advance on the
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in 1917, the term "White Russia" caused some confusion as it became the name of the so-called
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which were stationed there. Simultaneously the Council reorganised the Western Oblast as a
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Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Soviet National Languages: Their Past, Present and Future
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The Formation of the Soviet Union: Communism and Nationalism, 1917–1923, Revised Edition
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A Belarusian caricature showing the division of their country by Poles and Bolsheviks.
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that opposed the Red Bolsheviks. During the period of the Byelorussian SSR, the term
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in September 1920. As a result, the Soviets were not only forced to abandon their
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On the international stage, Byelorussia (along with Ukraine) was one of only two
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After World War II, the Byelorussian SSR was given a seat in the United Nations
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Trotsky's plan for the SSRB to act as a future magnet for the minorities in the
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was not limited to Byelorussia; Soviet forces similarly moved to the north into
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ordered the creation of the Western Defence region in the Western Oblast out of
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on 21 January, and Baranovichi on 6 February 1919, thereby enlarging the SSRB.
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The Supreme Soviet of Byelorussia met for its legislative sessions in Minsk.
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were incorporated into the Belarusian SSR, with an exception of the city of
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Struggle over Identity: The Official and the Alternative "Belarussianness"
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On the other hand, the region's strategic role decided its fate, as a full
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The latter part similar but spelled and stressed differently from Росси́я (
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and continuing conquest of Byelorussia were threatened by the rise of the
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emerged as head of the All-Byelorussian Central Executive Committee and
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in return for a promise to force out communists in right-bank Ukraine.
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dominated by Russian and Jewish parties sympathetic to the communists.
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In March 1919, Polish units opened an offensive: forces under General
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to be separate members of the United Nations. Both republics and the
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Understanding Belarus and How Western Foreign Policy Misses the Mark
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Belarus is the legal successor of the Byelorussian SSR and in its
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landowners, and Polish being introduced as an official language.
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The new Soviet republic initially consisted of seven districts:
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within the negotiations upon forming the future state. For one
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recognition of the Lithuanian state. Similar negotiations with
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1918–1919 winter conquest of Byelorussia, Ukraine and Lithuania
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in April 1919, forced Litbel to evacuate the capital first to
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The initial and provisional borders of the SSRB (dark green)
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imposed a brutal regime, deporting some 380,000 people for
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A 2019 stamp dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the BSSR
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About the Origins of the Names of White and Black Ruthenia
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and also to prevent the nationalist element of the exiled
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programmes. In 1924 the government created a committee –
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that had been populated mostly by early Christianized
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member with veto powers) with another 2 votes in the
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remained the first secretary of the Communist Party.
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was embraced as part of a national consciousness. In
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Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia
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after the withdrawal of German forces. However, the
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one of the four founding members of the Soviet Union
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1920–1936: Byelorussian Socialist Soviet Republic (
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creating of well-defined national territorial units
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During the war, the 1959:in December 1922, together with the republics of 1883:Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика 62:Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика 7774: 5065:Belorussia: the making of a nation: a case study 4907:From Da to Yes: Understanding the East Europeans 4163:From Da to Yes: Understanding the East Europeans 4105: 4051: 3389:President of the United Nations Security Council 2586:Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 974:Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 173: 165: 141: 130: 46: 4534: 4403: 4401: 3568:. Byelorussia was excluded separately from the 3356:, almost a quarter of the region's population. 3284:. The former Polish territories referred to as 3181:On 11 April 1927, the republic adopted its new 3292:and its surroundings that were transferred to 2659:(28 April), then to Minsk (28 April), then to 1936:in December, and it was later merged with the 7828:States and territories disestablished in 1941 7783:States and territories disestablished in 1991 7522: 7277: 6463: 6018: 5784: 5210: 5186: 5171:Byelorussia : speeding towards abundance 4935:Silitski, Vitali & Jan Zaprudnik (2010). 4928:(University of Pittsburgh Press; 2014) 436pp 4132: 4040: 3789:Беларуская Сацыялістычная Савецкая Рэспубліка 3558:United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 3483:was vested in the unicameral parliament, the 3115:Yet, the titular nation of the SSRB were the 2675:, that same day the capital was evacuated to 1875:Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка 1838: 1057: 60: 48:Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка 4398: 4213: 4023: 4955: 3428:, which replaced the Soviet Union with the 3269:was founded in 1932 and disbanded in 1935. 2091:, under Polish control until World War II, 7833:States and territories established in 1944 7823:States and territories established in 1919 7529: 7515: 7284: 7270: 6470: 6456: 6025: 6011: 5791: 5777: 5217: 5203: 3435: 2712:the Volga, beyond the Ural mountains into 2643:. A final Soviet counter-offensive retook 2192:'s inconclusive thrust around the city of 1845: 1831: 1064: 1050: 197: 5104: 4565:"The tragedy of Khatyn – Genocide policy" 4462:// «Беларускі Калегіюм», 15 чэрвеня 2008. 4057: 3999: 3487:, also dominated by the Communist Party. 3310:Belarusian resistance during World War II 3299: 2724:was checked, whilst in the far north the 541:• Second Soviet republic proclaimed 203:Location of Byelorussia (red) within the 6477: 6169:Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia 5023: 4995: 4903: 4805: 4713: 4159: 4133:Fishman, Joshua; Garcia, Ofelia (2011). 4090:Аб паходжанні назваў Белая і Чорная Русь 3981: 3710: 3562:World Intellectual Property Organization 3451: 3358: 3219: 3208: 3187:Soviet Socialist Republic of Byelorussia 3053:; all of which contained a total of 100 2996: 2992: 2924: 2875: 2771: 2545: 2488: 2431:Soviet Socialist Republic of Byelorussia 2396:Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia 2385: 2130: 2060:was formed by three parts of Russia—the 1930:Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia 670:207,600 km (80,200 sq mi) 32:Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia 4844: 4816: 4809:Belorussia under Soviet Rule, 1917–1957 4763: 4376: 4370: 4319: 3960:A 1992 cancellation of a 1921 SSRB laws 3191:Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. 2987:All-Russian Central Executive Committee 2706: 2679:. On 28 August, Lithuanian forces took 2441:as head of the provisional government. 2287:. Myasnikyan took over as chair of the 2196:in the summer of that year, during the 2095:became commonly used in the regions of 1911:White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic 143:Pralyetaryi wsikh krain, yadnaytsyesya! 14: 7788:Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 7775: 6273:Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia 5298:Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 5133: 5077: 4976: 4882: 4410:1st edition, Volume 5, p.378-413, 1927 2289:Russian Social Democratic Labour Party 2116:Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR 1981:Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR 1859:Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 1009:Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 43:Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 7510: 7265: 6451: 6239:1949 East German State Railway strike 6211:World Federation of Democratic Youth 6006: 5772: 5198: 5185: 5082:. De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 37–56. 5072:A bibliographical guide to Belorussia 5044: 4981:(1 ed.). Yale University Press. 4784: 4685: 4364: 4307: 4295: 4274: 4243: 4186: 4106:Philip G. Roeder (15 December 2011). 3854:Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 3554:International Telecommunication Union 2920: 2730:People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs 2321: 207:(red and white) between 1956 and 1991 6110:Soviet response to the Marshall Plan 5224: 4512:. SMC "Khatyn". 2005. Archived from 4166:. Intercultural Press. p. 260. 3582:World Federation of Democratic Youth 3498: 3280:, occupied eastern Poland after the 3166:were added, including the cities of 2792:In April 1920, Poland initiated its 2513:Lithuanian Socialist Soviet Republic 2279:as the head of the Western Oblast's 1938:Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic 1932:was established in its place by the 1380:World Federation of Democratic Youth 18:Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic 5108:Belarus: At A Crossroads In History 4977:Snyder, Timothy (1 December 2004). 4187:Ioffe, Grigory (25 February 2008). 4061:Belarus: At A Crossroads In History 3473:Communist Party of the Soviet Union 2200:further south, in western Ukraine. 643:• Internationally recognized ( 24: 6332:Sovietization of the Baltic states 4707: 4567:. SMC Khatyn. 2005. Archived from 4537:"Belarus: A Partisan Reality Show" 4433:600 000 ахвяраў — прыблізная лічба 4413: 3566:International Atomic Energy Agency 3430:Commonwealth of Independent States 3213:The Byelorussian SSR prior to the 3204: 2972:Treaty on the Creation of the USSR 2871: 1454:Guerrilla war in the Baltic states 25: 7844: 7813:1941 disestablishments in Belarus 6203:World Federation of Trade Unions 5511:Union State of Russia and Belarus 5163: 3982:Кожинова, Алла Андреевна (2017). 3538:International Labour Organization 2671:. When on 8 August Polish forces 2188:in late spring 1916, and General 2048:), first rose in the days of the 132:Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! 27:Soviet republic from 1920 to 1991 7494: 7482: 7470: 7359: 7303: 6420:January 1991 events in Lithuania 6078:Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina 6032: 4686:Pipes, Richard (25 April 1997). 3578:World Federation of Trade Unions 2848:(head of Minsk's milrevcom) and 2767: 2281:Military Revolutionary Committee 1991:. The Soviet Union was formally 1985:Declaration of State Sovereignty 1375:World Federation of Trade Unions 1088: 1033: 824: 799: 785: 771: 757: 743: 236:Union Republic with priority of 184: 108: 92: 6144:Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 4812:. University Press of Kentucky. 4679: 4663: 4652: 4641: 4630: 4619: 4608: 4597: 4557: 4528: 4465: 4445: 4426: 4382:Naujųjų laikų Lietuvos istorija 4325:Naujųjų laikų Lietuvos istorija 4313: 4207: 4180: 4153: 4126: 4099: 4082: 4034: 4017: 3948: 3931: 3591: 3586:International Olympic Committee 3373:Presidium of the Supreme Soviet 3348:). More than 600 villages like 2929:BSSR between the two World Wars 2910:handed over to the Bolsheviks. 645:dissolution of the Soviet Union 504:Congress of Soviets (1920–1938) 7818:1944 establishments in Belarus 6976:Azerbaijan People's Government 5293:Belarusian Democratic Republic 5276:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 5049:. 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This time, parts of RSFSR's 3137:Belarusian Democratic Republic 3106:Communist Party of Byelorussia 3005:According to its entry in the 2915:Belarusian Democratic Republic 2402:Revolutionary Military Council 2372:Belarusian Democratic Republic 2214:Russian Provisional Government 1998: 1926:Belarusian Democratic Republic 1903:Communist Party of Byelorussia 968:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 594:, partial cancellation of the 13: 1: 7538:Republics of the Soviet Union 6425:January 1991 events in Latvia 6415:Dissolution of Czechoslovakia 6164:Socialist Republic of Romania 6139:People's Republic of Bulgaria 6131:People's Republic of Albania 6100:1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état 5800:Republics of the Soviet Union 5472:Presidential Security Service 5308:Annexation of Western Belarus 5070:Vakar, Nicholas Platonovich. 5063:Vakar, Nicholas Platonovich. 4849:. 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Harvard University Press. 4535:Vitali Silitski (May 2005). 3505:Foreign relations of Belarus 3442:Politics of the Soviet Union 3391:from January–February 1975. 3090:Jewish population of Belarus 3080:, despite the fact that the 2566:Samoobrona Litwy i Białorusi 2145: 1812:Fall of communism in Albania 1767:Polish Round Table Agreement 1722:Cuban intervention in Angola 1000:Belarusian People's Republic 154:Workers of the world, unite! 30:Not to be confused with the 7: 7016:Kurdish Republic of Mahabad 6385:End of communism in Hungary 6154:Hungarian People's Republic 5420:Central Election Commission 4889:. Oxford University Press. 4139:. 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Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia
Belarusian
Russian
German occupation
Flag of Byelorussian SSR
Flag
State emblem (1981–1991) of Byelorussian SSR
State emblem
Belarusian
transliteration
Workers of the world, unite!
Дзяржаўны гімн Беларускай Савецкай Сацыялiстычнай Рэспублiкi
Location of Byelorussia (red) within the Soviet Union (red and white) between 1956 and 1991
Soviet Union
Union Republic
Byelorussian legislation
Minsk
Belarusian
Russian
Polish
Ukrainian
Yiddish
State atheism
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Unitary
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