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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Russian: Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика
Belarusian: Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка
Sovereign state (1920–22, 1991-94)
Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–41, 1943-91)
De facto sovereign entity (1990–91)
1920–1941
1943–1994
Flag (1951–1991) State emblem (1981–1991)
Motto
Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! (Byelorussian)
Pralyetaryi wsikh krain, yadnaytsyesya! (transliteration)
"Workers of the world, unite!"
Anthem
: Дзяржаўны гімн Беларускай Савецкай Сацыялiстычнай Рэспублiкi
Dziaržawny himn Biełaruskaj Savieckaj Sacyjalistyčnaj Respubliki
"Anthem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic"
(1952-1991)
Location of Byelorussia (red) within the Soviet Union.
Capital Smolensk
Minsk
Languages Official languages:
Byelorussian · Russian
Minority languages:
Polish · Ukrainian · Yiddish
Demonym Byelorussian
Soviet
Government Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party Soviet socialist republic (1920-1941, 1943-1990)
Unitary Marxist-Leninist semi-presidential Soviet republic (1990-1994)
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 World War I / Interwar period / World War II / Cold War
 •  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
 •  New Constitution 15 March 1994
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) (1922-91; Union-wide)
Belarusian ruble (BYR) (1992-94)
Calling code +7 015/016/017/02
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Second Polish Republic
Reichskommissariat Ostland
Bezirk Bialystok
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Reichskommissariat Ostland
Bezirk Bialystok
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
Polish People's Republic
Belarus
Today part of  Belarus
 Lithuania

 Poland
 Russia


Coordinates: 54°00′00″N 29°00′00″E / 54.0000°N 29.0000°E / 54.0000; 29.0000

 Poland
 Russia

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 Belorusskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika, Belorusskaja SSR), also referred to as Soviet Byelorussia was a sovereign state from between 1920-1922 and 1991-1994, 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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