“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

1975-1977 - Drafted into the military and serves as an instructor in the border guard along the western border of Belarus. 1980-1982 - Serves in the Soviet Army. 1987-1994 - Head of the Gorodets ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin Russia been transformed into a war economy, but it is still run on market lines. Belarus is going in the opposite direction, one that is increasingly mirrors Soviet-style ...

On this day in 1918, the Belarusian Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from Russia. Duchy of Lithuania and its successor, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, of which Belarus was an ...