Belarusian Democratic Republic
Belarusian People's Republic Беларуская Народная Рэспубліка Biełaruskaja Narodnaja Respublika | |||||||||||||
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| 1918–1919 | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: Belarusian: Ваяцкі марш "March of the Warriors" | |||||||||||||
 Land claimed by the BNR at the time. | |||||||||||||
| Status | Partially recognized | ||||||||||||
| Capital | 1918 Minsk · Vilna 1918–1919 Hrodna | ||||||||||||
| Capital-in-exile | 1919–1923 Kaunas 1923–1945 Prague 1948–1970 Paris 1970–1983 Toronto 1983–present New York | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Belarusian minority languages recognized for official usage: Polish Yiddish Russian | ||||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Rada | |||||||||||||
• 1918–1919 | Jan Sierada | ||||||||||||
• 1919 | Piotra Krečeŭski | ||||||||||||
| Chairperson-in-exile | |||||||||||||
• 1919–1928 (first) | Piotra Krečeŭski | ||||||||||||
• 1997–present | Ivonka Survilla | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | ||||||||||||
| March 25 1918 | |||||||||||||
| January 5 1919 | |||||||||||||
| Currency | Ruble | ||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | BY | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Belarus Russia Lithuania Poland Latvia | ||||||||||||
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The Belarusian People's Republic, historically called the White Ruthenian Democratic Republic, was a self-declared independent Belarusian state. They said they were independent in 1918. It is also called the Belarusian Democratic Republic or the Belarusian National Republic. This is to be separate from the Communist People's Republics. The BNR was recognized by several Central Powers and former Russian countries. It was not recognized by most of the international community. They country ended when Belarus went under Soviet control. The Byelorussian SSR was founded in 1919.
The leaders of the government went into exile. They still say the Belarusian People's Republic is a country.
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Name
[change | change source]In some historical documents, the White Ruthenian Democratic Republic phrase was used initially. In the current scholarship, Belarusian Democratic Republic and Belarusian National Republic names dominate. The Rada BNR uses the Belarusian Democratic Republic name. It also appears in the publications originating in Belarus. The Belarusian People's Republic appears in publications, however, its use is comparatively limited, e.g. it does not appear in the titles of scholarly publications.
Presidents
[change | change source]Chairmans of the Council of BNR:
- Jan Sierada (1918–1919)
- Piotra Krečeŭski (1919–1928)
- Vasil Zacharka (1928–1943)
- Mikoła Abramčyk (1944–1970)
- Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič (1970–1982)
- Jazep Sažyč (1982–1997)
- Ivonka Survilla (1997–present)
