belarus

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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

• Belarusian People's Republic
• Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
• Republic of Belarus

Establishment

• March 1918: The Belarusian People's Republic was declared on March 9, 1918, in Minsk, by the members of the Executive Committee of the First All-Belarusian Congress, and two weeks later, on March 25, 1918, it proclaimed independence.
• November 1918: The Republic of Latvia was established on 18 November 1918 when it broke away from the Russian Empire and declared independence in the aftermath of World War I.
• November 1918: The Red Army entered Polotsk on 21 November.
• November 1918: Drissa and Rahachow conquered by RSFSR.
• November 1918: Zhlobin conquered by RSFSR.
• November 1918: Babruysk conquered by RSFSR.
• December 1918: Barysaw conquered by RSFSR.
• December 1918: The town of Alūksne was captured by the Red Army on 7 December.
• December 1918: Slutsk conquered by RSFSR.
• December 1918: Igumen conquered by RSFSR.
• December 1918: On 10 December 1918, the Red Army entered Minsk almost unopposed, putting an end to the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. World War I

Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

1.1. World War I eastern Front

Was the theatre of war in eastern Europe during World War I.

1.2. Aftermath of World War I

Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.

• November 1918: The Republic of Latvia was established on 18 November 1918 when it broke away from the Russian Empire and declared independence in the aftermath of World War I.

2. Russian Civil War

Was a Civil War in Russia that involved varios factions but mainly the Bolsheviks and the conservative White Army in the core Russian territories, as well as a multitude of local secessionist states. At the end of war the Bolsheviks were victorious and established the Soviet Union.

2.1. White Russia administrative changes

Where the administrative changes of Belarus during World War I and the Russian Civil War.

2.2. Soviet westward offensive of 1918-25

Was a military campaign by the Russian SFSR into regions that had been evacuated by the German forces in eastern Europe after World War I.

2.2.1. Soviet westward offensive in Poland

Was a military offensive by the Russian SFSR in Poland after the German army left the area.

• November 1918: The Red Army entered Polotsk on 21 November.
• November 1918: Drissa and Rahachow conquered by RSFSR.
• November 1918: Zhlobin conquered by RSFSR.
• November 1918: Babruysk conquered by RSFSR.
• December 1918: Barysaw conquered by RSFSR.
• December 1918: Slutsk conquered by RSFSR.
• December 1918: Igumen conquered by RSFSR.
• December 1918: On 10 December 1918, the Red Army entered Minsk almost unopposed, putting an end to the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic.

2.2.2. Soviet offensive (Latvian War of Independence)

Soviet offensive in Latvia, a territory of the Russian Empire that had been occupied by Germany and had then declared independency.

2.3. Latvian War of Independence

Was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly proclaimed Republic of Latvia was invaded by Soviet Russia.

2.4. Polish-Soviet War

Was a war between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in the aftermath of World War I and during the Russian Civil War.

2.4.1. Battle of Warsaw

Were a series of battles during the Polish-Soviet war that resulted in the defeat of the invading Russian SFSR.

• March 1921: A ceasefire was signed between Poland and Soviet Russia on 12 October and went into effect on 18 October. Borders were settled in the Peace of Riga, signed in Riga on 18 March 1921.

3. Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

On 28 December 1922, a conference of plenipotentiary delegations from the Russian SFSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Byelorussian SSR approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, forming the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

• December 1922: In 1922, the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was admitted to the Soviet Union.

4. Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union (USSR) which resulted in the end of the country as a sovereign state, thereby resulting in its constituent republics gaining full independence.

• August 1991: The parliament of the republic proclaimed the sovereignty of Belarus on 27 July 1990, and during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Belarus declared independence on 25 August 1991.