Byelorussian SSR

The Byelorussian SSR (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic; Russian ???????????? ?????????? ????????????????? ???????????, Belarusian ?????????? ???????? ?????????????? ??????????) was one of the four original founding members of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922, together with Ukrainian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian SFSR.

Related Topics:
Russian - Belarusian - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - 1922 - Ukrainian SSR - Transcaucasian SFSR - Russian SFSR

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The republic was in the west part of the USSR and its capital was Minsk.

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The Byelorussian SSR was created on January 1 1919.

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January 1 - 1919

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Area: 207,6 km²

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Population: 8,897,000 (1969)

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Nationality (1959):

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• Belarusians - 81%
• Russians - 8,2%
• Poles - 6,7%
• Jews - 1,9%
• Ukrainians - 1,7%
• other

Other larger cities:

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• Brest
• Homel (Gomel)
• Hrodna (Grodno)
• Mahilyow (Mahileu, Mogilev)
• Vitsebsk (Vitebsk)
 
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