2019-OCT-10

Polity Timeline
UNION STATE

Flag or logo changes:

1900-01-01:

WESTERN Territory

(Minsk)

- WESTERN RUSSIA

1914-11-19:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

- MINSK

1917-09-14:

WESTERN Okrug

(Vitebsk)

- WESTERN RUSSIA

1918-12-16:

LITHUANIAN Socialist Conciliar Republic

(Dinaburg + Wilna)

- SOVIET LITHUANIA

1919-02-27:

Lithuanian-Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic : LITBEL

(Wilna)

- LITBEL

1920-04-27:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

- MINSK

1941-06-27:

BELORUSSIAN Soviet Socialist Republic

(Vitebsk)

- SOVIET BYELORUSSIA

1941-07-16:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

- MINSK

1942-09-09:

Pro-Soviet Resistance of the BYELORUSSIAN Partisan Units

(Western Byelorussia)

- SOVIET BYELORUSSIA

1944-11-14:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

- MINSK

1949-01-05:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance : CMEA

(Moscow)

- COMECON

1991-08-28:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

- MINSK

1991-12-08:

Commonwealth of SLAVIC STATES

(Minsk)

- SLAVIC STATES

1991-12-21:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

(Minsk)

- INDEPENDENT STATES

1992-06-01:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

(Minsk)

- INDEPENDENT STATES

1993-09-22:

RUSSIAN Federation [in Opposition]

(Moscow)

- RUSSIAN OPPOSITION

1993-10-04:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

(Minsk)

- INDEPENDENT STATES

1994-04-15:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

(Minsk)

- INDEPENDENT STATES

1996-04-02:

Allied Government of RUSSIA AND BELARUS

(Minsk)

- RUSSIA AND BELARUS

1997-04-02:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB

(Minsk)

- UNION STATE

2003-02-04:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB

(Moscow)

- UNION STATE

Emblem or Symbol changes:

1900-01-01:

WESTERN Territory

(Minsk)

- WESTERN RUSSIA

1917-03-15:

WESTERN Okrug

(Vitebsk)

- WESTERN RUSSIA

1918-01-23:

WESTERN Commune

(Vitebsk)

- WESTERN RUSSIA

1918-01-28:

WESTERN Commune

(Smolensk)

- WESTERN RUSSIA

1918-12-16:

LITHUANIAN Socialist Conciliar Republic

(Dinaburg + Wilna)

- SOVIET LITHUANIA

1919-02-27:

Lithuanian-Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic : LITBEL

(Wilna)

- LITBEL

1920-04-27:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

- MINSK

1941-06-27:

BELORUSSIAN Soviet Socialist Republic

(Vitebsk)

- SOVIET BYELORUSSIA

1941-07-16:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

- MINSK

1942-09-09:

Pro-Soviet Resistance of the BYELORUSSIAN Partisan Units

(Western Byelorussia)

- SOVIET BYELORUSSIA

1944-11-14:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

- MINSK

1949-01-05:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance : CMEA

(Moscow)

- COMECON

1949-01-25:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance : CMEA

(Moscow)

- COMECON

1991-08-28:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

- MINSK

1991-12-08:

Commonwealth of SLAVIC STATES

(Minsk)

- SLAVIC STATES

1991-12-21:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

(Minsk)

- INDEPENDENT STATES

1992-06-01:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

(Minsk)

- INDEPENDENT STATES

1993-09-22:

RUSSIAN Federation [in Opposition]

(Moscow)

- RUSSIAN OPPOSITION

1993-10-04:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

(Minsk)

- INDEPENDENT STATES

1994-04-15:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

(Minsk)

- INDEPENDENT STATES

1996-04-02:

Allied Government of RUSSIA AND BELARUS

(Minsk)

- RUSSIA AND BELARUS

1997-04-02:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB

(Minsk)

- UNION STATE

2003-02-04:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB

(Moscow)

- UNION STATE

Sovereignty changes:

1900-01-01:

RUSSIA

1917-11-08:

SOVIET RUSSIA

1918-12-16:

SOVIET LITHUANIA +

SOVIET RUSSIA +

1920-04-27:

POLAND

1920-07-11:

SOVIET RUSSIA

1920-07-31:

BYELORUSSIA +

SOVIET RUSSIA +

1941-06-27:

SOVIET BYELORUSSIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1941-07-16:

GERMANY

1941-07-17:

OSTLAND +

GERMANY +

1942-09-09:

SOVIET BYELORUSSIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1944-07-03:

BYELORUSSIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1949-01-05:

BULGARIA +

CZECHOSLOVAKIA +

HUNGARY +

POLAND +

RUMANIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1949-02-21:

ALBANIA +

BULGARIA +

CZECHOSLOVAKIA +

HUNGARY +

POLAND +

RUMANIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1950-09-29:

ALBANIA +

BULGARIA +

CZECHOSLOVAKIA +

EAST GERMANY +

HUNGARY +

POLAND +

RUMANIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1962-06-07:

ALBANIA +

BULGARIA +

CZECHOSLOVAKIA +

EAST GERMANY +

HUNGARY +

MONGOLIA +

POLAND +

RUMANIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1972-07-11:

ALBANIA +

BULGARIA +

CZECHOSLOVAKIA +

CUBA +

EAST GERMANY +

HUNGARY +

MONGOLIA +

POLAND +

ROMANIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1978-06-29:

ALBANIA +

BULGARIA +

CZECHOSLOVAKIA +

CUBA +

EAST GERMANY +

HUNGARY +

MONGOLIA +

POLAND +

ROMANIA +

SOVIET UNION +

VIETNAM +

1990-10-02:

ALBANIA +

BULGARIA +

CZECHIA AND SLOVAKIA +

CUBA +

HUNGARY +

MONGOLIA +

POLAND +

ROMANIA +

SOVIET UNION +

VIETNAM +

1991-08-28:

BYELORUSSIA +

SOVIET UNION +

1991-12-08:

BYELORUSSIA +

RUSSIA +

UKRAINE +

1991-12-21:

ARMENIA +

AZERBAIJAN +

BYELORUSSIA +

KIRGIZSTAN +

KAZAKHSTAN +

MOLDAVIA +

RUSSIA +

TAJIKISTAN +

TURKMENISTAN +

UKRAINE +

UZBEKISTAN +

1991-12-26:

ARMENIA +

AZERBAIJAN +

BYELORUSSIA +

KIRGIZSTAN +

KAZAKHSTAN +

MOLDAVIA +

TATARSTAN +

RUSSIA +

INDEPENDENT STATES +

TAJIKISTAN +

TURKMENISTAN +

UKRAINE +

UZBEKISTAN +

1993-09-22:

RUSSIAN OPPOSITION +

RUSSIA +

1993-10-04:

ARMENIA +

AZERBAIJAN +

BELARUS +

KYRGYZSTAN +

KAZAKHSTAN +

MOLDOVA +

TATARSTAN +

RUSSIA +

INDEPENDENT STATES +

TAJIKISTAN +

TURKMENISTAN +

UKRAINE +

UZBEKISTAN +

1993-12-09:

ARMENIA +

AZERBAIJAN +

BELARUS +

GEORGIA +

KYRGYZSTAN +

KAZAKHSTAN +

MOLDOVA +

TATARSTAN +

RUSSIA +

INDEPENDENT STATES +

TAJIKISTAN +

TURKMENISTAN +

UKRAINE +

UZBEKISTAN +

1994-02-15:

ARMENIA +

AZERBAIJAN +

BELARUS +

GEORGIA +

KYRGYZSTAN +

KAZAKHSTAN +

MOLDOVA +

RUSSIA +

INDEPENDENT STATES +

TAJIKISTAN +

TURKMENISTAN +

UKRAINE +

UZBEKISTAN +

1996-04-02:

BELARUS +

RUSSIA AND BELARUS +

RUSSIA +

Capital Local Name changes:

1900-01-01:

Minsk

1917-03-12:

Vitebsk

1917-06-28:

Minsk

1918-01-25:

Smolensk

1918-12-16:

Daugpilis + Vilnius

1918-12-31:

Daugpilis

1919-01-05:

Daugpilis + Vilnius

1919-02-27:

Vilnius

1919-04-19:

Minsk

1919-08-08:

Bobruysk

1919-08-26:

Smolensk

1919-09-01:

Moskva

1920-04-27:

Mińsk

1920-07-11:

Minsk

1941-06-27:

Vitebsk

1941-07-10:

Orsha

1941-07-16:

Minsk

1942-09-09:

Byelorusskaya

1944-06-26:

Vitebsk

1944-11-14:

Minsk

1949-01-05:

Moskva

1991-08-28:

Minsk

1993-09-22:

Moskva

1993-10-04:

Minsk

2003-02-04:

Moskva

Local Name of Country changes:

1900-01-01:

ZAPADNIY

1912-07-06:

MINSK

1917-03-12:

ZAPADNAYA

1918-12-16:

LIETUVOS

1919-02-27:

LIETBAL

1920-04-27:

MIŃSK

1920-07-11:

MINSK

1941-06-27:

BYELORUSSIYA

1941-07-16:

MINSK

1942-09-09:

BELARUSKI

1944-11-14:

MINSK

1949-01-05:

SEV

1991-08-28:

MINSK

1991-12-08:

SLAVYANSKIH GOSUDARSTV

1991-12-21:

NEZAVISIMYYE GOSUDARSTVA

1993-09-22:

ROSSIYA

1993-10-04:

NEZAVISIMYYE GOSUDARSTVA

1996-04-02:

ROSSIYA I BYELARUS

1997-04-02:

SOYUZNOE GOSUDARSTVO

1999-12-08:

SOYUZNOYE GOSUDARSTVO

Status changes:

1900-01-01:

WESTERN Territory

1912-07-06:

City of MINSK

1917-03-12:

WESTERN Okrug

1918-01-01:

WESTERN Commune

1918-12-16:

LITHUANIAN Socialist Conciliar Republic

1919-01-05:

LITHUANIAN Socialist Soviet Republic

1919-02-27:

Lithuanian-Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic : LITBEL

1919-08-26:

Lithuanian-Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic : LITBEL in Exile

1919-09-01:

LITHUANIAN AND BELORUSSIAN Communist Party in Exile

1920-04-27:

City of MINSK

1941-06-27:

BELORUSSIAN Soviet Socialist Republic

1941-07-16:

City of MINSK

1942-09-09:

Pro-Soviet Resistance of the BYELORUSSIAN Partisan Units

1944-11-14:

City of MINSK

1949-01-05:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance : CMEA

1991-08-28:

City of MINSK

1991-12-08:

Commonwealth of SLAVIC STATES

1991-12-21:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

1993-09-22:

RUSSIAN Federation [in Opposition]

1993-10-04:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

1996-04-02:

Allied Government of RUSSIA AND BELARUS

1997-04-02:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB

1999-12-08:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB [Slav Union]

2000-01-26:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB

Ruler changes:

1918-12-16:

LITHUANIAN Socialist Conciliar Republic

(Dinaburg + Wilna)

- Vincas Mickevicius-Kapsukas
(Vincas Simanovich Mickevicius-Kapsukas)

1920-04-27:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

-
()

1941-06-27:

BELORUSSIAN Soviet Socialist Republic

(Vitebsk)

- SU
(SU)

1941-07-16:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

-
()

1942-09-09:

Pro-Soviet Resistance of the BYELORUSSIAN Partisan Units

(Western Byelorussia)

- Pyotr Zakharovich Kalinin
(Pyotr Zakharovich Kalinin)

1944-07-03:

Pro-Soviet Resistance of the BYELORUSSIAN Partisan Units

(Vitebsk)

- Pyotr Zakharovich Kalinin
(Pyotr Zakharovich Kalinin)

1944-11-14:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

-
()

1949-01-05:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance : CMEA

(Moscow)

- SU
(SU)

1949-01-25:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance : CMEA

(Moscow)

- Alexander Pavlov (su)
(Aleksandr A. Pavlov (su))

1949-04-26:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance : CMEA

(Moscow)

- Alexander Loshchakov (su)
(Aleksandr Ivanovich Loshchakov (su))

1950-11-24:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance : CMEA

(Moscow)

- Alexander Pavlov (su)
(Aleksandr A. Pavlov (su))

1958-05-20:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance : CMEA

(Moscow)

- Nikolay Vasilyevich Fadeyev (su)
(Nikolay Vasilyevich Fadeyev (su))

1983-10-20:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance : CMEA

(Moscow)

- Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Sychev (su)
(Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Sychyov (su))

1991-08-28:

City of MINSK

(Minsk)

-
()

1991-12-08:

Commonwealth of SLAVIC STATES

(Minsk)

- RU
(RU)

1991-12-26:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

(Minsk)

-
()

1993-09-22:

RUSSIAN Federation [in Opposition]

(Moscow)

- President Alexander Rutskoy
(Prezident Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rutskoy)

1993-10-04:

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS

(Minsk)

-
()

1996-04-02:

Allied Government of RUSSIA AND BELARUS

(Minsk)

- Lukashenko-Yeltsin
(Lukashenko-Yeltsin)

1999-12-31:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB [Slav Union]

(Minsk)

- Lukashenko-Putin
(Lukashenko-Putin)

2000-01-26:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB

(Minsk)

- Pavel Borodin
(Pavel Pavlovich Borodin)

2011-12-15:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB

(Moscow)

- Grigory Rapota
(Grigoriy Alekseyevich Rapota)

2021-03-19:

Union State of Russia and Belarus : USRB

(Moscow)

- Dmitry Mezentsev
(Dmitriy Fyodorovich Mezentsev)