Polity Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

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Was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union, a predecessor of modern Belarus. It existed from 1920 to 1922 as a separate entity, and from 1922 to 1911 as a republic of the Soviet Union.

Establishment

  • July 1920: The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed on July 31st, 1920 in the parts of Belarus controlled by the Soviets.

Chronology

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1. 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.

1.1. White Russia administrative changes

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

1.2. 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.

1.2.1. 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.

2. 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.

Disestablishment

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