Belarus. Legendary Times: The Times after the Revival of Statehood (1921-1922)
1921 - On January 16, the signing in Moscow of the so-called Treaty on Military and Economic Union between the RSFSR and the BSSR. According to the terms of the agreement, the People's Commissariats of Military Affairs, foreign Trade, Finance, Labor, mail and Telegraph were united and were part of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR. The treaty ended the remnants of the sovereignty of the BSSR, so the main institutions that ensure the independence of the state existence disappeared.
1921 - February, repressions of the Bolshevik government of the BSSR and the Russian State Political Administration against "anti-Soviet Belarusians", primarily the Socialist Revolutionaries. BPS.-R had 20,000 members in its ranks. Under the leadership of the Socialist Revolutionaries, the rebels operated the "Connection of the Belarusian Working Peasantry" (another 20 thousand people), which was planned to be transferred to the Belarusian army. It was a dangerous force for the Bolsheviks in Belarus. Therefore, on the BPS.- Mass repressions were unleashed. 860 of the most active figures of the BPS were thrown into prisons.- R, and together with employees of various Belarusian cultural institutions - 1,500 people.
1921 - February, influential public figure, famous scientist, author of the "Belarusian Grammar" Lesik was arrested by the GPU. He remained behind bars until January 6, 1923. He was released after signing up to renounce all political activities.
1921 - February, a member of the Presidium of the Rada of the BNR, the organizer of the BPS, was arrested by the GPU and taken to Moscow.- R Joseph Mamonko. After a year of imprisonment, he was exiled to Kazan. He escaped from exile in Kovno, then moved to Prague. In 1928, he received permission from the Soviet authorities to return to the BSSR, but was arrested by the OGPU at the border and sentenced to 10 years in a concentration camp. He was shot by Soviet punishers on September 10, 1937.
1921 - March 18, signing of the peace treaty between Soviet Russia and Poland on the division of Belarus in Riga. According to the terms of the agreement, 113 thousand square kilometers of the territory of Belarus with a population of 4.6 million people retreated to Poland. Almost the same part of Eastern Belarus (110 thousand square meters Kilometers with a population of more than 3 million people) was previously annexed to Russia. 52.3 thousand square kilometers and 1.353 million people were left for the Belarusian SSR (according to the 1920 census). The RSFSR arbitrarily transferred three counties - Lucinsky, Rejitsky, Dvinsky, inhabited by Belarusians - to Latvia for mediation in the conclusion of the Riga Peace. The Leninist government permanently annexed the native Belarusian counties of Velizhsky, Nevelsky, and Sebezhsky to the Pskov province of the RSFSR (according to the 1897 census, there were 48.3%, 89.5%, and 91% of Belarusian residence there, respectively).
1921 - March, participation of Belarusian sailors in the Kronstadt uprising against the Bolshevik regime. Tukhachevsky commanded the suppression of the uprising. All the rebels were shot with machine guns, their bodies were thrown into the sea under the ice. In the same year, Tukhachevsky headed the units of the Chon in the BSSR (a total of 6,000 people), intended for a joint war with the army against the anti-Bolshevik rebels.
1921 - autumn, the beginning of the sabotage actions of the Belarusian partisans organized by the Russian OGPU in the Lida, Grodno, Belsky and Volkovysk counties subject to Poland. The headquarters was located in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. The partisan campaign lasted until 1925. Among the famous participants is Kirill Orlovsky.
1921 - October 19, the shooting in Minsk of members of the Green Oak party Anna Dolgert, Anna Bruevich, Georgy Krivoshein, Vladimir Kubarev, who were arrested by the chekists.
1921 - November, eviction to the Russian North of the inhabitants of the villages of Zafrantsuzskaya rowing, Repishche, Annutovo, Cleaning, Semkovo Sloboda in the Igumenschyna for the participation of peasants in the departments of the "Green Oak". The first mass forced eviction of Belarusian residents by the Soviet government from their homeland to a foreign land. In the Balotsky village Council, after the eviction of people, 20 percent of the former population remained.
1922 - winter, according to the sentences of the Soviet punitive authorities, one thousand six hundred and ninety-one priests, 1962 monks, 3447 nuns and novices were shot. About 15,000 ministers of worship of various faiths were shot without trial (this is within the Abkarnanai Riga region of Belarus).
1922 - March 1, the formation of the State Political Administration of the BSSR instead of the abolished Extraordinary Commission of the BSSR. They performed all the previous tasks of the Cheka. It is his staff who carry out Stalinist terror and repression. In 1934, the GPU was transformed into the Department of State Security of the NKVD of the BSSR.
1922 - On March 1, the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the BSSR decided to seize church valuables for the sake of "helping the hungry of the Volga region." More than 73 kg of silver was seized in the Minsk Orthodox Diocese alone. To take away from believers by the organs of the Soviet government the religious shrine - the cross of Euphrosyne of Polotsk. Placed in a museum exhibit.
1922 - On May 24, the execution by Polish punitive authorities of captured Belarusian partisans of the German Shimanyuk unit, which operated in the vicinity of Belovezhskaya Pushcha.
1922 - the beginning of the siege of military and civilian colonists by the Polish government from the regions of indigenous Poland to Western Belarus. In total, about 5,000 former legionnaires and more than 5,000 civilians were resettled in the 20-30s. After 1939, the families of the colonists were evicted to Siberia. They returned to Poland after the war. Registration using the 1xBet bonus promo code allows you to receive a bonus of up to 100%, which is equivalent to a deposit amount of up to $130. We also offer current bonuses at 1xBet Casino, such as registration no deposit bonuses, promo codes, free spins, and other promotions. You can get the current 1xBet promo code for today on the website: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/impact-feature/1xbet-promo-code-india-2024-finger-bonus-₹26-000-595794 Indian-based users are eligible to receive an additional boost on top of the100% welcome bonus. 1xbet promo codes are special alphanumeric codes that allow you to unlock exclusive bonuses and offers on the 1xbet platform.