Communist Party of Byelorussia


The Communist Party of Byelorussia, known as Communist Party of Byelorussia until 1952, was a communist party in Belarus 1918–1991, created following the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was created as part of the Russian Communist Party on December 30–31, 1918 with 17,800 members. It was important in creating the Belorussian Soviet Republic in January 1919. From February 1919 until 1920 it functioned as a single organisation together with the Communist Party of Lithuania, known as the Communist Party of Lithuania and Belorussia.

First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Byelorussia