| 19 Sep 1991 |
the name of the state is changed in accordance with a law passed by Supreme Council (Vjarxoŭny Savet|Вярхоўны Савет) of the Belarusian SSR on 19 Sep 1991 (Soviet Belarus, No. 188, 25 Sep 1991, p. 1) |
| 19 Sep 1991 - |
Rèspublika Belarus' (Рэспубліка Беларусь) = (from 27 Nov 1996) Respublika Belarus' (Республика Беларусь) | Republic of Belarus |
| 27 Nov 1996 |
Belarusian and Russian are recognized as the state languages in accordance with the amended Constitution of the Republic of Belarus of 1994 (approved at a referendum on 24 Nov 1996, the results of the referendum were published on 27 Nov 1996, came into operation on publication of the text on 27 Nov 1996) (Soviet Belarus, No. 230, 27 Nov 1996, p. 3-4) |
