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The October Revolution and the Establishment of Belarusian Statehood, [1] Belarusian-Bolshevik conflict, [2] Conflict between the Council of the All-Belarusian Congress and Oblispolkom, [3] Bolshevik coup d'état in Belarus [4] was a political and military confrontation between units in favour of the Great Belarusian Rada and subordinated to the Central Belarusian Military Rada (CWBR) on the ...
Belarus is the legal successor of the Byelorussian SSR and in its Constitution it states, "Laws, decrees and other acts which were applied in the territory of the Republic of Belarus prior to the entry into force of the present Constitution shall apply in the particular parts thereof that are not contrary to the Constitution of the Republic of ...
Belarusian Central Council; Victory: Belarusian Central Council dissolved, results include the Independence Day (Belarus) Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) Soviet Union Byelorussian SSR Afghanistan. Afghan mujahideen: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan; After USSR's withdrawal, Afghan Civil War continues
The Belarusian People's Republic [2] [3] [4] (BNR; Belarusian: Беларуская Народная Рэспубліка, romanized: Biełaruskaja Narodnaja Respublika, БНР), also known as the Belarusian Democratic Republic, was a state proclaimed by the Council of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in its Second Constituent Charter on 9 March 1918 during World War I.
The name Belarus is closely related with the term Belaya Rus', i.e., White Rus'. [15] There are several claims to the origin of the name White Rus'. [16] An ethno-religious theory suggests that the name used to describe the part of old Ruthenian lands within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that had been populated mostly by Slavs who had been Christianized early, as opposed to Black Ruthenia ...
On December 5, 1917, the First All-Belarusian Congress began its work, at which issues of Belarusian statehood were discussed. The participants of the congress were divided into supporters of the Great Belarusian Rada (supporters of independence) and the Belarusian Regional Committee (supporters of broad autonomy within Russia).
After the end of War in 1945, Belarus became one of the founding members of the United Nations Organisation. Joining Belarus was the Soviet Union itself and another republic Ukraine. In exchange for Belarus and Ukraine joining the UN, the United States had the right to seek two more votes, a right that has never been exercised. [27]
Passed on July 27, 1990, the declaration started the process of Belarus' eventual independence on August 25, 1991. It effectively renamed the Byelorussian SSR to the Republic of Belarus and established the basis for all state symbols, such as the national flag and coat of arms, the national anthem, and the national colors.