Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, or can be called as the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, (Belorussian: Белоруская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка Biełoruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika), commonly referred to as the Byelorussian SSR, is a sovereign Soviet socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. The name Byelorussia (Белоруссия) is derived from the term "Belaya Rus" (White Rus), which meant "White Russia". This asserted that in the case of the Byelorussians, they are viewed as variants of the Russian people, just like the Ukrainians who also can be referred as "Little Russians" (Малороссия Malorossiya).

Geographically, the Byelorussian SSR is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe and internationally bordered by Poland on the west and Lithuania on the northwest. Within the Soviet Union, the Byelorussian SSR is bordered by the Latvian SSR on the north, the Russian SFSR on the east and the Ukrainian SSR on the south. Like the Ukrainian SSR, the Byelorussian SSR is a founding member of the United Nations, although it is legally represented by the All-Union state in its affairs with countries outside of the Soviet Union.