Беларуская Савецкая
Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка

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State motto: Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! Belarusian: Workers of the world, unite! Official language Belarussian, Polish, Russian and Yiddish (before WWII) 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:

• Brest
• Gomel (Homel)
• Hrodna (Grodno)
• Mogilev (Mahilyow)
• Vitebsk (Vitsebsk)

History

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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.

Soviet Republics | History of Belarus

Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка | Белоруска Съветска Социалистическа Република | República Socialista Soviètica de Bielorússia | Weißrussische SSR | Valgevene NSV | República Socialista Soviética de Bielorrusia | République socialiste soviétique biélorusse | 벨로루시 소비에트 사회주의 공화국 | Bjeloruska Sovjetska Socijalistička Republika | Белоруска ССР | 白ロシア・ソビエト社会主義共和国 | Białoruska Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka | República Socialista Soviética da Bielorrússia | Republica Sovietică Socialistă Belarusă | Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика | Valkovenäjän sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta | Vitryska SSR | 白俄罗斯苏维埃社会主义共和国