Belarusian SSR
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Russian: Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика Belarusian: Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка |
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Motto Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! (Byelorussian) Pralyetaryi wsikh krain, yadnaytsyesya! (transliteration) "Workers of the world, unite!" |
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Anthem : Дзяржаўны гімн Беларускай Савецкай Сацыялiстычнай Рэспублiкi Dziaržawny himn Biełaruskaj Savieckaj Sacyjalistyčnaj Respubliki "Anthem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic" (1952-1991) |
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 Location of Byelorussia (red) within the Soviet Union.
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| Capital | Minsk | |||||
| Languages |
Official languages: Byelorussian · Russian Minority languages: Polish · Ukrainian · Yiddish |
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| Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party Soviet 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) |
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| Historical era | 20th century | |||||
| • | Republic declared | 1 January 1919 | ||||
| • | 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 | 27 July 1990 | ||||
| • | Independence declared | 25 August 1991 | ||||
| • | Internationally recognized | 26 December 1991 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| • | 1989 census | 207,600 km² (80,155 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| • | 1989 census est. | 10,199,709 | ||||
| Density | 49.1 /km² (127.3 /sq mi) | |||||
| Currency | Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR) | |||||
| Calling code | +7 015/016/017/02 | |||||
| Today part of |
 Belarus Lithuania |
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Coordinates: 54°00′00″N 29°00′00″E / 54.0000°N 29.0000°E
Byelorussia, officially the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Byelorussian SSR or BSSR; Belarusian: Белару́ская Саве́цкая Сацыялісты́чная Рэспу́бліка / Белару́ская ССР, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika / Bielaruskaja SSR, Russian: Белору́сская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, Белорусская ССР Belorusskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika, Belorusskaya SSR), also referred to as Soviet Byelorussia was a sovereign state from between 1920-1922, one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) existed from 1922-1991, and a sovereign part with its own legislation from 1990 to 1991. To the west it bordered Poland. Within the Soviet Union, it bordered Lithuania and Latvian to the north, the Russian SFSR to the east and Ukraine to the south.
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