Search Results for “supreme soviet of the byelorussian soviet socialist republic”

Source: Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Supreme soviet" target="_blank">Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR (Belarusian: Вярхоўны Савет Беларускай ССР, Vyarkhowny Savyet Byelaruskay SSR; Russian: Верховный Совет Белорусской ССР tr. Verkhovnyy Sovet Belorusskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet" target="_blank">soviet (main legislative institution) and the highest organ of state power of Belarus (Byelorussia), then known as the Byelorussian SSR from 1938 to 1991. It was the only branch of government in the republic, and per the principle of unified power, all state organs are subservient to it. The Supreme soviet" target="_blank">Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR was preceded by the All-Byelorussian Central Executive Committee (1920-1938) and the All-Byelorussian Congress of Soviets (1919-1937). The Supreme soviet" target="_blank">Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR was briefly disbanded in 1941 due to the Great Patriotic War and was re-established in 1947. The Supreme soviet" target="_blank">Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR was briefly succeeded by the Supreme soviet" target="_blank">Soviet of Belarus from 1991 to 1996. The Supreme soviet" target="_blank">Soviet of Belarus was succeeded by the National Assembly of Belarus in 1996.
Until Gorbachev's democratization program, the Supreme soviet" target="_blank">Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR was a rubber stamp like all other supreme soviets of the union republics of the soviet" target="_blank">Soviet Union, existing only to provide legal sanction for policies already implemented by the Communist Party of Byelorussia. The 1990 Belarusian Supreme soviet" target="_blank">Soviet election was the only supreme soviet" target="_blank">soviet election where opposition parties were able to run.