Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR). In 1922, it was one of the four founding members of the Soviet Union.  The other three were the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). Byelorussia was one of several Soviet republics occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. The BSSR, along with the Ukrainian SSR and the Soviet Union, were founding members of the United Nations Organization (UN) in 1945. The end of the Soviet Republic occurred in 1991.  The nation became an independent republic. 

The country renamed itself as the Republic of Belarus. In earlier time periods, Western Europeans called Byelorussian territory as White Russia.  During its early years in the USSR, the republic was sometimes known as the White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic.

History 
WW2 1922-1945 
German troops attacked Belarus in 1941 later again became part of Soviet Union.

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Category:1920 establishments in Russia
Category:1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union
Category:20th century in Belarus
Category:Republics of the Soviet Union
Category:States and territories disestablished in the 1990s