Belarusian Peasants' and Workers' Union

Belarusian Peasants' and Workers' Union
Беларуская Сялянска-Работніцкая Грамада
Biełaruskaja Sialanska-Rabotnickaja Hramada
FoundedJuly 1925
DissolvedDe-legalized on March 21, 1927
HeadquartersWilno, Poland
Membership (November 1936)120,000 [1]
IdeologyBelarusian separatism
Socialism
Left-wing nationalism
Agrarian socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
ColoursWhite, red and white[1]
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The Belarusian Peasants' and Workers' Union or the Hramada (Belarusian: Беларуская Сялянска-Работніцкая Грамада, romanizedBiełaruskaja Sialanska-Rabotnickaja Hramada, Polish: Białoruska Włościańsko-Robotnicza Hromada) was a socialist agrarian political party created in 1925 by a group of Belarusian deputies to the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic that included Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Symon Rak-Michajłoŭski (be), Piotra Miatła (be), and the founder of Hramada Pavieł Vałošyn (be).[2] The group received logistical help from the Soviet Union,[2][3][4] and financial aid from the Comintern.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Іван Саверчанка, Зьміцер Санько, 150 пытанняў і адказаў з гісторыі Беларусі, Менск, 1999: "Чаму была разгромлена Беларуская Сялянска-Работніцкая Грамада?" (I. Saviercanka and Z. Sanko, "150 Questions and Answers on the History of Belarus: Why Belarusian Peasants 'and Workers' Union was defeated?", Minsk, 1999; in Belarusian language).[no source of data provided]
  2. ^ a b Andrzej Poczobut; Joanna Klimowicz (2011). "Białostocki ulubieniec Stalina" [Stalin's protégé from Białystok] (PDF). Głos znad Niemna. 7 (60). Ogólnokrajowy tygodnik SZ «Związek Polaków na Białorusi» (Association of Poles in Belarus): 6–7 of current document. Retrieved 24 May 2014 – via PDF file, direct download 1.79 MB.[verification needed] [no source of data provided]
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