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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

Russian: Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика
Belarusian: Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка
1920–1991
Flag of Byelorussia
Flag
State emblem of Byelorussia
State emblem
Motto: Workers of the world, unite!
Anthem: Anthem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

Location of Byelorussia (red) within the Soviet Union.
Location of Byelorussia (red) within the Soviet Union.
Status Soviet Socialist Republic (1922-1991)
Capital Minsk
Common languages Official languages:
Byelorussian · Russian
Minority languages:
Polish · Ukrainian · Yiddish
Government Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party Soviet-style socialist republic
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 20th century
• 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
24 October 1945
• Sovereignty declared
27 July 1990
• Independence declared
25 August 1991
• Internationally recognized
26 December 1991
Area
1989 census 207,600 km2 (80,200 sq mi)
Population
• 1989 census
10199709
Currency Soviet ruble (руб) (SUR)
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
Reichskommissariat Ostland
Bezirk Bialystok
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
Polish People's Republic
Belarus
Today part of  Belarus
 Lithuania
 Poland
 Russia

The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR). In 1922, it was one of the four founding members of the Soviet Union. The other three were the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). Byelorussia was one of several Soviet republics occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. The BSSR, along with the Ukrainian SSR and the Soviet Union, were founding members of the United Nations Organization (UN) in 1945. The end of the Soviet Republic occurred in 1991. The nation became an independent republic.

The country renamed itself as the Republic of Belarus. In earlier time periods, Western Europeans called Byelorussian territory as White Russia. During its early years in the USSR, the republic was sometimes known as the White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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