Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia

This article is about a short-lived puppet state of Soviet Russia. For Byelorussia in the Soviet Union, see Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.
For other uses, see Byelorussia (disambiguation) and Belarus (disambiguation).

Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia
  • Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка Беларусь (Belarusian)
  • Социалистическая Советская Республика Белоруссия (Russian)
1919
Flag of Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia
Flag
Coat of arms of Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia
Coat of arms
Location of Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia
StatusPuppet/Buffer State of Soviet Russia
Demonym(s)Belarusian/Byelorussian
GovernmentSoviet Republic
History 
• Established
1 January 1919
• Disestablished
February 1919
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Belarusian People's Republic
Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia
Today part ofBelarus

The Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia (SSRB; Belarusian: Сацыялістычная Савецкая Рэспубліка Беларусь, romanized: Sacyjalistyčnaja Savieckaja Respublika Biełaruś; Russian: Социалистическая Советская Республика Белоруссия / ССРБ, romanized: Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika Belorussiya / SSRB) was an early republic in the historical territory of Belarus for only one month in 1919 after the collapse of the Russian Empire as a result of the October Revolution.