Communist Party of Byelorussia

Communist Party of Byelorussia Камуністычная партыя Беларусі

Founded	30–31 December 1918
Dissolved	August 1991
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
International affiliation	Comintern (until 1943) Cominform (until 1956)
Colours	Red
Slogan	Workers of the world, unite!
Anthem	The Internationale Anthem of Byelorussian SSR
Party flag

The Communist Party of Byelorussia (Russian: Коммунистическая партия Белоруссии, Belarusian: Камуністычная партыя Беларусі), known as Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Byelorussia (Russian: Коммунистическая партия (большевиков) Белоруссии) until 1952, was a communist party in Belarus 1918-1991, created following the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was created as part of the Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks) December 30–31, 1918 with 17,800 members. It was important in creating the Belorussian Soviet Republic in January 1919. From February 1919 until 1920 it functioned as a single organisation together with the Communist Party of Lithuania, known as the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Lithuania and Belorussia.