Byelorussian SSR
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| State motto: Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! | |||||
| Image:SovietUnionBelarus.png | |||||
| Official language | None. (Constitutionally, all languages were equal. However, Russian was considered the language of international communication, thus putting Belarusian at a disadvantage.) | ||||
| Capital | Minsk | ||||
| Chairman of the Supreme Council | Stanislav Shushkevich (at independence) | ||||
| Established In the USSR: - Since - Until | January 1 1919 December 30 1922 August 25 1991 | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 6th in the USSR 207,600 km² -- | ||||
| Population - Total (1989) - Density | Ranked 5th in the USSR 10,151,806 48.9/km² | ||||
| Currency | Ruble (рубель) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC + 3 | ||||
| Anthem | Anthem of Byelorussian SSR | ||||
The Byelorussian SSR (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic; Russian Белору́сская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, Belarusian Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка) was one of the four original founding members of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922, together with Ukrainian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian SFSR. It was also known by the name of White Russia.
The republic's capital was Minsk. The Byelorussian SSR was created on January 1 1919.
Area: 207,6 km²
Population: 897,000 (1969)
Nationality (1959):
- Belarusians - 81%
- Russians - 0.2%
- Poles - 16.7%
- Jews - 1.9%
- Ukrainians - 1.7%
- other
Other larger cities:
History
Part of the Russian Empire before World War I, Belarus first declared independence on 25 March 1918, forming the Belarus National Republic. The Republic was, however, short-lived, and the regime was overthrown soon after the German withdrawal. In 1919 Belarus became the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR), and merged into the Lithuanian-Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. After the Polish-Soviet War ended in 1921, Byelorussian lands were split between Poland and the recreated Byelorussian SSR, which became a founding member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922. In September 1939, the Soviet Union annexed the Polish-held Byelorussian land as a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
After World War II, the Byelorussian SSR was given a seat in the United Nations General Assembly together with the Soviet Union and Ukrainian SSR, becoming one of the founding members of the UN.
Following the August Coup, the Supreme Soviet of Belarus declared independence from the USSR on August 25, 1991. The republic was renamed the Republic of Belarus on September 19 1991. On December 8, 1991 it was a signatory, along with Russia and Ukraine, of the Belavezha Accords, which replaced the USSR with the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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