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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.
World War II (1941–1944) Soviet Union Byelorussian SSR Nazi Germany. 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 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]
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] — political and military confrontation between units in favour of the Great Belarusian Rada and subordinated to the Central Belarusian Military Rada (CWBR) on the one ...
German troops in Lyntupy (Vitebsk Region) in 1916. During the First World War (1914-1918), the territory of Belarus became the scene of active hostilities. Since the beginning of the war in Baranovichi, and since August 8 (21), 1915 - in Mogilev, the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander was located.
Following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, which ended Russia's involvement in World War I, the Belarusian Democratic Republic (BDR) was proclaimed under German occupation; however, as German troops left, the Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia was established in its place by the Bolsheviks in December, and it was later merged ...
22 June - the Second All-Belarusian Congress took place in Minsk Opera a few days before the city was recaptured by the Red Army. The Congress gathered 1,039 delegates from all Belarusian provinces and proclaimed the independence of Belarus. 28 June The SS assigned a special train that carried 800 collaborators and their families to Germany.
The basis of the Slutsk defence was the local peasantry fighting against the Bolshevist agrarian policy of War communism and supporting the independence of Belarus declared on 25 March 1918. Leaders of the defence were local intellectuals and szlachta.