Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR). In 1922, it was one of the four founding members of the Soviet Union. The other three were the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). Byelorussia was one of several Soviet republics occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. The BSSR, along with the Ukrainian SSR and the Soviet Union, were founding members of the United Nations Organization (UN) in 1945. The end of the Soviet Republic occurred in 1991. The nation became an independent republic.
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Russian: Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика Belarusian: Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка | |
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| 1920–1991 | |
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 Location of Byelorussia (red) within the Soviet Union. | |
| Status | Soviet Socialist Republic (1922-1991) |
| Capital | Minsk |
| Common languages | Official languages: Byelorussian · Russian Minority languages: Polish · Ukrainian · Yiddish |
| Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party Soviet-style socialist republic |
| First Secretary | |
• 1920–1923 (first) | Vilgelm Knorinsh |
• 1990–1991 (last) | Anatoly Malofeyev |
| Prime Minister | |
• 1920–1924 (first) | Alexander Chervyakov |
• 1990–1991 (last) | Vyachaslau Kebich |
| Head of state | |
• 1920–1937 (first) | Alexander Chervyakov |
• 1990–1991 (last) | Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey |
| Legislature | Congress of Soviets (1920–1938) Supreme Soviet (1938–1991) |
| Historical era | 20th century |
• Republic declared | 1 January 1919 |
• | 31 July 1920 |
| 30 December 1922 | |
| 15 November 1939 | |
| 24 October 1945 | |
| 27 July 1990 | |
• Independence declared | 25 August 1991 |
• | 26 December 1991 |
| Area | |
| 1989 census | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Population | |
| 10199709 | |
| Currency | Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) |
| Calling code | 7 015/016/017/02 |
| Today part of |  Belarus Lithuania[1] Poland Russia |
The country renamed itself as the Republic of Belarus. In earlier time periods, Western Europeans called Byelorussian territory as White Russia. During its early years in the USSR, the republic was sometimes known as the White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic.
History
Economy
Demographics
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Media
- BySSRanthemvocal
A 2019 stamp dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the BSSR
The initial and provisional borders of the SSRB (dark green)
The Litbel was a Soviet attempt to justify its irredentist ambition by drawing on a historic parallel.
After their 1918–1919 winter conquest of Byelorussia, Ukraine and Lithuania, Soviet forces faced Poland as a competing power in the region.
After the decisive Polish victory in Warsaw, the Red Army was forced to retreat from Polish territories, but attempts to hold Western Belarus were lost after the Polish victory on the Nieman River.
BSSR between the two World Wars
Minsk Railway Station (1926), with the city's name given in Belarusian, Russian, Polish and Yiddish (or interwar Belarus's 4 official languages)
The Byelorussian SSR prior to the invasion of Poland
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References
- ↑ Note: Some parts, e.g., Švenčionys, Šalčininkai, Dieveniškės, Adutiškis, Druskininkai, were annexed in 1939 from Poland to Byelorussia, but passed to Lithuania in 1940
