“In the 1950s, she was a multi-champion and record holder of the [Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic] and the Belarusian Military District in bullseye shooting and a record holder [in] the ...

The Tajik autonomous republic was formed in 1924 as part of the Uzbek SSR, but in 1929 it became a fully-fledged Soviet Socialist Republic of the Union. Between 1929-1961, the capital, Dushanbe ...

Belarus restored independence 17 years ago (Photo) 5. 25.08.2008, 9:54 On August 25, 1991 a special session of the Supreme Council of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic adopted the law “On ...

The territory of Belarus was divided between the two states as a result of the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1920. The eastern part of Belarus became the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, part ...

October 4, 2005: The U.S. Congress passes the Belarus Democracy Act, which Lukashenka denounces as "step of foolish pressure on our country." September 7, 2005: Lukashenka announces he will hold a ...

Police in Russia's Komi Republic detained activist Dmitry Makhov on April 2 for using a picture of the historical flag of Belarus online. Makhov was charged with displaying an extremist symbol on ...

The history of what is now the Republic of Belarus is a turbulent one. It has been part of the Russian Empire, occupied by the Germans during both World Wars, divided between Poland and the Soviet ...

Belarus In the 1980s, the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Byelorussian SSR) had plans to build a nuclear power plant, ...

Born in 1954 in the then Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic, Mr Lukashenko held management positions at various state-run collective farms before being elected to the country’s Supreme Soviet ...