| Belarusian People's Republic Белару́ская Наро́дная Рэспу́бліка Bielaruskaja Narodnaja Respublika |
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| Motto: Жыве Беларусь! (eng. Long Live Belarus!) | ||||||
| Anthem: Ваяцкі марш (eng. March of the Warriors) |
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| Capital | Minsk | |||||
| [[Demographics of Belarus Byelorussia|Largest city]] |
Minsk | |||||
| Official languages | Belarusian | |||||
| Demonym | Belarusian Byelorussian |
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| Government | Parliamentary republic (1918 - 1935) Presidential republic (1935 - 1940) | |||||
| - | President | Piotra Kreucheuski (first) |
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| - | Prime Minister | Anton Luckievich (first) | ||||
| Legislature | Rada BNR | |||||
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| - | Declaration | 25 March 1918 | ||||
| - | Borders approved in the Treaty of Riga | 22 May 1921 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 223,440 km2 86,271 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 1938 Census 5,912,788 | ||||
| Currency | Belarusian ruble | |||||
Belarusian People's Republic, commonly known as Belarus or Byelorussia was a nation which declared independence from the Russian Republic on the 25th of March 1918, and then went on to become a fully recognized country after the Treaty of Riga in 1921. Belarus remained an independent country all the way up until April 1940, when, while helping Poland and Ukraine fight off Germany, it was invaded by Russia and annexed just under a month later.