Belarussian SSR
| Byelorussian Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–36) Белорусская Социалистическая Советская Республика Беларуская Сацыялістычная Савецкая Рэспубліка Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–41, 1943-91) |
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Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика
Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка |
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| Sovereign state (1920–22) Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–41, 1943-91) De facto sovereign entity (1990–91) |
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Motto Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! (Belarusian) Pralyetaryi wsikh krain, yadnaytsyesya! (transliteration) "Workers of the world, unite!" |
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Anthem Anthem of Byelorussian SSR |
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 Location of the Byelorussian SSR (red) within the Soviet Union.
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| Capital |
Smolensk Minsk |
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| Languages |
Belarusian · Russian Polish · Yiddish |
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| Government |
Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party Soviet socialist republic (1920-1941, 1943-1990) Unitary Marxist-Leninist semi-presidential Soviet republic (1990-1991) |
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| 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 | |||||
| • | Socialist Soviet Republic declared | 1 January 1919 | ||||
| • | Soviet Socialist Republic declared | 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 | ||||
| • | New Constitution | 15 March 1994 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| • | 207,600 km² (80,155 sq mi) | |||||
| Population | ||||||
| • | est. | 10,199,709 | ||||
| Density | 49.1 /km² (127.3 /sq mi) | |||||
| 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
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Byelorussian SSR or BSSR; Belarusian: Белару́ская Саве́цкая Сацыялісты́чная Рэспу́бліка / Белару́ская ССР, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika / Bielaruskaja SSR, بيَلارُصقايا صاويَࢯقايا صاࢯِيالِصطِچنايا رَصپُبلِقا / بيَلارُصقايا صصر; Russian: Белору́сская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, Белорусская ССР Belorusskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika, Belorusskaja SSR), also referred to as Soviet Byelorussia or simply Byelorussia, was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR). To the west it bordered Poland. Within the USSR, it bordered the Lithuanian and Latvian SSRs to the north, the Russian SFSR to the east and the Ukrainian SSR to the south.
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