Belarus: Polity Style: 1919
| 30 Dec 1918 | Belarus is proclaimed an independent socialist republic on the territory of the governorates of Minsk, Grodno, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Smolensk and Vilna in accordance with a resolution passed by the Northwest Oblast Conference of the Russian Communist Party of Bolsheviks on 30 Dec 1918 (First Congress of the Communist Party of Belarus Minutes 1918, pp. 7, 13; The Star, No. 343, 31 Dec 1918, p. 1) [1][2] |
| 2 Jan 1919 | Belarus is proclaimed a Soviet republic in accordance with a manifesto of the Provisional Workers' and Peasants' Government of Belarus approved by the Central Bureau of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks of Belarus and the Provisional Government in Smolensk shortly before 02:55 2 Jan 1919 (The 1st of January, 1919, pp. 15-29, 114-115; The Star, No. 345, 3 Jan 1919, p. 1; Provisional Government News, No. 1, 19 Jan 1919, p. 1) [3] |
| 2 Jan 1919 - 3 Feb 1919 | Belorusskaja Socialističeskaja Sovetskaja Respublika (Белорусская Социалистическая Советская Республика) | Belarusian Socialist Soviet Republic [4] |
| 2 Feb 1919 | the merger of the Belarusian Socialist Soviet Republic and the Lithuanian Soviet Republic into a single republic is recognized a necessity in accordance with a declaration passed by the All-Belarusian Congress of Councils held in Minsk on 2 Feb 1919 (The Star, No. 364, 4 Feb 1919, p. 3) [1] |
| 3 Feb 1919 | the Constitution of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Belarus is adopted by the All-Belarusian Congress of Councils held in Minsk on 3 Feb 1919 (The Star, No. 368, 8 Feb 1919, p. 4) |
| 3 Feb 1919 - 27 Feb 1919 | Socialističeskaja Sovetskaja Respublika Belorussii (Социалистическая Советская Республика Белоруссии) | Socialist Soviet Republic of Belarus [5] |
| 27 Feb 1919 | the Central Executive Committee of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belarus is constituted at the meeting held in Vilna on 27 Feb 1919 and passed a declaration, appealing for international recognition of the polity (Komunistas (Vilna), No. 31, 2 Mar 1919, p. 2; Komunistas (Vilna), No. 32, 4 Mar 1919, p. 2) |
- Russian was the language used in official documents of the Conference and the Provisional Government.
- The Conference proclaimed itself the First Congress of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks of Belarus on 30 Dec 1918.
- The date and place of issuance in the test of the manifesto: "1st of January, 1919, Minsk." The text, including the names of the members of the Provisional Government, was discussed at the meetings of the Central Bureau of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks of Belarus held in Smolensk on 31 Dec 1918 and 1 Jan 1919. The precise time when the agreement was reached is inferred from a telegram sent from Smolensk to a member of the Provisional Government in Minsk, ordering immediate distribution of the manifesto.
- The styles in Russian used in the manifesto also included: Belorusskaja Sovetskaja Respublika (Белорусская Советская Республика), Socialističeskaja Sovetskaja Trudovaja Respublika Belorussii (Социалистическая Советская Трудовая Республика Белоруссии), Belorusskaja Sovetskaja Nezavisimaja Respublika (Белорусская Советская Независимая Республика). A translation of the manifesto published in Belarusian used the styles: Belaruskaja Sacyjalistkaja Rèspublika (Беларуская Сацыялiсткая Рэспублiка), Sacyjalistkaja Saveckaja Pracoŭnaja Rèspublika Belarusi (Сацыялiсткая Савецкая Працоўная Рэспублiка Беларусi), Saveckaja Rèspublika Belarusi (Савецкая Рэспублiка Беларусi), Saveckaja Belaruskaja Nezaležnaja Rèspublika (Савецкая Беларуская Незалежная Рэспублiка).
- The Constitution was published in Russian and titled The Constitution of the Belarusian Socialist Republic (Konstitucija Belorusskoj Socialističeskoj Respubliki | Конституция Белорусской Социалистической Республики). The most common style used in the Constitution was the Socialist Soviet Republic of Belarus (Socialističeskaja Sovetskaja Respublika Belorussii | Социалистическая Советская Республика Белоруссии). The Constitution also prescribed the use of this style for the coat-of-arms. After the adoption of the Constitution, it was normally used in legislation, emanating from the Central Executive Committee of Belarus.