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There is a public debate in Belarus regarding the appropriate date to be considered Independence Day. [2] Since the early 1920s, various Belarusian political movements and the Belarusian diaspora have been celebrating Independence Day on 25 March as the anniversary of the 1918 declaration of independence by the Belarusian Democratic Republic.
Freedom Day (Belarusian: Дзень Волі, romanized: Dzień Voli; Russian: День Воли, romanized: Den' voli) is an unofficial holiday in Belarus celebrated on 25 March to commemorate the declaration of independence by the Belarusian Democratic Republic by the Third Constituent Charter on that date in 1918.
Passed on July 27th, 1990, the declaration started the process of Belarus' eventual independence on August 25th, 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.
1-2 January – New Year's Day; 7 January – Christmas (Orthodox) 8 March – International Women's Day; 29 April – Radonitsa Day; 1 May – Labour Day; 9 May – Victory Day; 3 July – Independence Day; 17 September – National Unity Day; 7 November – October Revolution Day; 25 December – Christmas (Catholic)
Emigration sticker with the Pahonia for Independence Day, 1948. The Third Constituent Charter (Belarusian: Трэцяя Ўстаўная грамата, romanized: Treciaja Ŭstaŭnaja hramata) is a legal act adopted by the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic on 25 March 1918 in Minsk (in Malin's house), according to which the Belarusian People's Republic was proclaimed an independent ...
In early 1917 Belarus was still part of the Russian Empire.Following the February and October Revolutions in Russia, the Bolsheviks who came to power promised free self-determination to all nations living in the former Russian Empire, including the possibility of gaining full independence. [2]
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.
A seven-question referendum was held in Belarus on 24 November 1996. [1] Four questions were put forward by President Alexander Lukashenko on changing the date of the country's independence day, amending the constitution, changing laws on the sale of land and the abolition of the death penalty.