Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic information
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Not to be confused with the Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia that existed in 1919.
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic[a] Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка(Belarusian) Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика(Russian)
1920–1991 1941–1944: German occupation
Flag (1951–1991)
State emblem (1981–1991)
Motto: Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! (Belarusian) Pralyetaryi wsikh krain, yadnaytsyesya! (transliteration) "Workers of the world, unite!"
Anthem: Дзяржаўны гімн Беларускай Савецкай Сацыялiстычнай Рэспублiкi Dzyarzhawny himn Byelaruskay Savyetskay Satsyyalistychnay Respubliki "Anthem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic" (1955–1991)
Location of Byelorussia (red) within the Soviet Union (red and white) between 1956 and 1991
Status
1920–1922: Nominally independent state 1922–1990: Union Republic 1990–1991: Union Republic with priority of Byelorussian legislation
Capital
Smolensk (1—6 January 1919), Minsk (since 7 January 1919)
Congress of Soviets (1920–1938) Supreme Soviet (1938–1991)
History
• First Soviet republic declared
1 January 1919
• Second Soviet republic proclaimed
31 July 1920
• Admitted to Soviet Union
30 December 1922
• Annexation of Western Belarus
15 November 1939
• UN membership
24 October 1945
• Sovereignty declared, partial cancellation of the Soviet form of government
27 July 1990
• Independence declared
25 August 1991
• Renamed Republic of Belarus
19 September 1991
• Belovezha Accords
10 December 1991
• Internationally recognized (Dissolution of the Soviet Union)
26 December 1991
• Complete cancellation of the Soviet form of government
15 March 1994
Area
• Total
207,600 km2 (80,200 sq mi)
Population
• 1989 census
10,199,709
Currency
Soviet rouble (Rbl) (SUR)
Calling code
+7 015/016/017/02
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Succeeded by
Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia
Second Polish Republic
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The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR;[d] Belarusian: Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка;[e] Russian: Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика),[f] also known as Byelorussia, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Belarus, or simply Belarus, was a republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). It existed between 1920 and 1991 as one of fifteen constituent republics of the USSR, with its legislation from 1990 to 1991. The republic was ruled by the Communist Party of Byelorussia and was also referred to as Soviet Byelorussia or Soviet Belarus by some historians.[3] Other names for Byelorussia included White Russia or White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.[4]
To the west it bordered Poland. Within the Soviet Union, it bordered the Lithuanian SSR and the Latvian SSR to the north, the Russian SFSR to the east, and the Ukrainian SSR to the south.
The Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia (SSRB) was declared by the Bolsheviks on 1 January 1919 following the declaration of independence by the Belarusian Democratic Republic in March 1918.[clarification needed] In 1922, the BSSR was one of the four founding members of the Soviet Union, together with 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.
Towards the final years of the Soviet Union's existence, the Supreme Soviet of Byelorussian SSR adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty in 1990. On 25 August 1991, the Byelorussian SSR declared independence, and on 19 September it was renamed the Republic of Belarus. The Soviet Union was dissolved on 26 December 1991.
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^Кожинова, Алла Андреевна (2017). "Языки и графические системы Беларуси в период от Октябрьской революции до Второй мировой войны". Studi Slavistici. 14: 133–156. doi:10.13128/Studi_Slavis-21942.
^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
^L. N. Drobaŭ (1971). Art of Soviet Byelorussia. Avrora.
^Webster's (1978). Webster's Encyclopedia of Dictionaries New American Edition. Webster's.
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