The Communist Party of Byelorussia (Russian: КоммуниÑтичеÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð¿Ð°Ñ€Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ Ð'елоруÑÑии, Belarusian: КамуніÑÑ‚Ñ‹Ñ‡Ð½Ð°Ñ Ð¿Ð°Ñ€Ñ‚Ñ‹Ñ Ð'еларуÑÑ–), known as Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Byelorussia (Russian: КоммуниÑтичеÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð¿Ð°Ñ€Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ (большевиков) Ð'елоруÑÑии) 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 (bolsheviks) December 30â€"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 (bolsheviks) of Lithuania and Belorussia.
First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
- Alexander Myasnikyan (1918â€"1919)
- Vincas MickeviÄius-Kapsukas (1919)
- Vilgelm Knorinsh (9 August 1920â€"1923)
- Aleksandr Osatkin-Vladimirsky (1923â€"1924)
- Aleksandr Krinitsky (13 May 1924â€"22 December 1925)
- Nikolay Goloded (22 December 1925â€"7 May 1927)
- Vilgelm Knorinsh (7 May 1927â€"4 December 1928) (2nd time)
- Yan Gamarnik (4 December 1928â€"3 January 1930)
- Konstantin Gey (3 January 1930â€"18 January 1932)
- Nikolay Gikalo (18 January 1932â€"18 March 1937)
- Vasily Sharangovich (18 Marchâ€"17 July 1937)
- Yakov Yakovlev (27 Julyâ€"8 August 1937) (acting)
- Aleksei Volkov (11 August 1937â€"18 June 1938)
- Panteleimon Ponomarenko (18 June 1938â€"7 March 1947) (exiled in Russia, June 1941â€"1944)
- Nikolay Gusarov (7 March 1947â€"31 May 1950)
- Nikolay Patolichev (31 May 1950â€"28 July 1956)
- Kiril Mazurov (28 July 1956â€"30 March 1965)
- Petr Masherov (30 March 1965â€"4 September 1980)
- Tikhon Kiselyov (15 October 1980â€"11 January 1983)
- Nikolay Slyunkov (13 January 1983â€"6 February 1987)
- Yefrem Sokolov (6 February 1987â€"30 November 1990)
- Anatoly Malofeyev (30 November 1990â€"August 1991)
See also
- Belarusian United Left Party "A Just World"
- Communist Party of Belarus
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