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Processes of nation building and state formation on the ethnic territory of Belarus in 1918-1920s

Years 1921-1928

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1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1928

Additional archival documents and materials

Year 1921

Protest of the BNR Council of People’s Ministers against the project of the Polish Republic’s government on the transfer of land in the Belarusian districts to Polish soldiers.
15 January 1921.
Typescript. Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 243, l. 144)

“Good day!”.
Article by I. Dylo describing the attitude of representatives of Poland and the Entente to the Belarusian public figures in Middle Lithuania.
After 19 February [1921].
Manuscript, autograph of I. Dylo. Russian, Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 53, op. 1, d. 110, l. 1-3)

Letter from the chairman of the presidium of the BNR Council P. Krechevsky to the Belarusian national statesman A. Smolich protesting against the actions of the Council’s five members supporting the Polish government’s position.
Kovno. 13 March 1921.
Typescript. Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 277, l. 16-19)

Map of the partition of Belarus according to the Peace Treaty of Riga of 18 March 1921 (fragment).
Photocopy. Printed. Gistoryia belaruskai dziarzhaunastsi u kantsy XVIII – pachatku XXI st. Book 1. Minsk, 2011.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on Belarusian statehood in 1918-1920s)

Declaration of the BNR Council of People’s Ministers on the Peace Treaty of Riga signed between the RSFSR and the Polish Republic.
25 March 1921.
Typescript. Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 243, l. 146)

Telegramme from the 16th Army Revolutionary Military Council, RSFSR to the Minsk District Executive Committee on the establishment of a new frontier with Poland after the conclusion of the Peace Treaty of Riga between the RSFSR and the Polish Republic.
2 April 1921.
Copy. Typescript.
(The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 9, op. 1, d. 8, l. 17-17 ob.)

Letter from the BNR Council of People’s Ministers to the Chairman of the Lithuanian-Polish Conference in Brussels on the necessity for Belarus to participate in the talks and their rights for the ethnic lands.
6 April 1921.
Manuscript. Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 168, l. 25)

Address of the BNR Council of People’s Ministers to the Conference of the League of Nations in Geneva on the necessity to recognize the sovereign right of Belarus to its ethnic territories, particularly Belarusian lands in Vilno Region and Grodno Region.
16 June 1921.
Copy. Typescript. Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 243, l. 166-168)

Letter from the Belarusian Assembly in Kovno to the BNR Diplomatic Representation on the illegal actions of the Kovno administration against the Assembly.
30 June 1921.
Typescript. Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 168, l. 28)

Teachers and students of the Belarusian teachers’ courses in Vilno: M. Goretsky, Ya. Drozdovich, K. Dush-Dushevsky, M. Kokhanovich, A. Lutskevich, Ya. Stankevich.
1920-1921.
Photo.
(BGAMLI, f. 399, op. 1, d. 10, l. 1)

Year 1922

Declaration of the Fourth All-Belarusian Congress of Soviets concerning the report on the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
Minsk. 18 December 1922.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 6, d. 1, op. 82, l. 104-104 ob.)

“The new government of the SSRB”.
Information on the composition of the Republic’s government, approved at the 1st session of the SSRB Central Executive Committee on 18 December 1922.
Printed. Newspaper “Zvezda”. 20 December 1922. № 300. P. 3.
(NARB, SIF)

“The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”.
(Report by A. Chervyakov at the Fourth All-Belarusian Congress of Soviets; amendments to the SSRB constitution).
Printed. Newspaper “Zvezda”. 21 December 1922. № 301. P. 3.
(NARB, SIF)

“The Tenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets” (Report by J. Stalin on the foundation of the USSR, the congress resolutions, etc.)
Printed. Newspaper “Zvezda”. 28 December 1922. № 307. 29 December 1922. № 308.
(NARB, SIF)

Statement by the BNR government on the fourth anniversary of the declaration of independence of Belarus on 25 March 1918.
Printed. Magazine “Belaruski stsiag”. 25 March 1922. № 1. P. 22-23. Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library)

“Four years: 1918 – 25.III. – 1922”.
Analytical article by A. Galynets (А. Tsvikevich) on the political situation in Belarus.
Printed. Magazine “Belaruski stsiag”. 1922. № 1. P. 3-9. Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library)

BNR Memorandum for the Conference of States in Geneva on 10 April – 20 May 1922.
Printed. Magazine “Belaruski stsiag”. 1922. № 1. P. 24-27. Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library)

Year 1923

Decisions and resolutions of the Tenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers, Red Army Soldiers and Cossacks Deputies (№ 325 on the report on the foundation of the USSR).
29 May 1923.
Printed. The Collection of Laws and Decrees of the Workers and Peasants Government. № 28. P. 535-536.
(NARB, SIF)

From minutes № 7 of the plenary meeting of the Vitebsk Province RKP(b) Committee on the national question, etc.
17 July 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op 1, d. 624, l. 55, 56 ob.-58, 65-66 ob.)

Minutes № 2 of the meeting of residents in Ust-Dolysk Volost, Nevel District on the national question.
25 July 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 79)

Minutes of the joint meeting of the RKP(b) organizations in Pervomaisk Volost, Polotsk District on the national question.
25 July 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 81)

Minutes № 23 of the meeting of village council chairmen and members of the Bukharin Volost Executive Committee in Bukharin Volost, Polotsk District, Vitebsk Province on the national question, etc.
25 July 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 86)

Minutes of the extended congress of village councils and representatives in Kalinin Volost, Polotsk District, Vitebsk Province on the national question.
25 July 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 87)

Minutes № 1 of the common meeting of the Gorodok city organization of the Russian Young Communist League on the national question.
29 July 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 83- 83 ob.)

Extract from the minutes of meeting of the Korolev Volost Executive Committee, Vitebsk District on the national question.
30 July 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 82)

Report by the executive secretary of the Dobromysl Volost RKP(b) Organization on the discussion of the Belarusian national question with local residents.
31 July 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 80)

Minutes of the common meeting of RKP(b) and RKSM members and residents in the town of Lepel on the national question.
5 August 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 88)

Minutes of the common meeting of residents in Pyshnyany District, Lepel Volost on the national question.
6 August 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 89)

Minutes of the common meeting of residents in the village of Borovno, Lepel Volost “On joining Belarus”.
7 August 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 90)

From minutes of the meeting of the Vitebsk Province RKP(b) Committee on the national question.
8 August 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 629, l. 106, 109-109 ob., 110-113)

Minutes of the extraordinary plenary meeting of the Vitebsk Province RKP(b) Committee: resolution on the national question.
10 August 1923.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 91-91 ob.)

Extract from minutes № 49 of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo “On the borders of Belarus”.
29 November 1923.
Typescript on printed form.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 71)

Supplement to minutes № 49 of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo “A proposal for the change of the borders of the SSRB”.
29 November 1923.
Typescript on printed form.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 72)

Extract from minutes № 61 of the RKP(b) Central Committee “On the inclusion of representatives from Vitebsk and Gomel RKP(b) province committees to the Central Committee’s commission for working out Party activities in Belarus”.
21 December 1923.
Typescript on printed form.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 80)

Extract from minutes № 58 of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo “On the borders of Belarus”.
29 December 1923.
Typescript on printed form.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 82)

Letter of the Vitebsk Province RKP(b) Committee explaining the absence of its representatives at the session of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo.
29 December 1923.
Typescript on printed form.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 83)

Year 1924

Minutes № 2 of the meeting of the Minsk City Soviet of Workers and Red Army Soldiers Deputies concerning the All-Belarusian Congress of Soviets.
7 January 1924.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 6, op. 1, d. 42, l. 3-5)

Extract from minutes № 66 of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo “On the Party measures in enlarged Belarus”.
4 February 1924.
Typescript on printed form.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 106-107)

Extract from minutes № 33 of the Vitebsk Province Executive Committee on the transfer of part of the Vitebsk province to the SSRB.
4 March 1924.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 56, op. 1, d. 271, l. 102-104)

Extract from minutes № 76 of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo “On the work of the Central Committee for the enlargement of Belarus”.
5 March 1924.
Typescript on printed form.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 174)

Minutes № 1 of the plenary meeting of the Vitebsk Province Executive Committee on the abolishment of Vitebsk Province and the establishment of Vitebsk, Orsha and Plotsk districts in the SSRB.
8 March 1924.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 56, op. 1, d. 269, l. 1-7)

Welcome letter from the plenary meeting of the Vitebsk Province Executive Committee to the Presidium of the All-Belarusian Congress of Soviets.
After 8 March 1924.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 56, op. 1, d. 269, l. 8)

Minutes № 6 of the meeting of the Minsk City Soviet of Workers and Red Army Soldiers Deputies: report by A. Chervyakov on the enlargement of the BSSR.
10 March 1924.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 6, op. 1, d. 42, l. 22-25 ob.)

Minutes № 7 of the meeting of the Minsk City Soviet of Workers and Red Army Soldiers Deputies: report by A. Slavinsky on the Sixth Extraordinary Congress of Soviets of Belarus.
24 March 1924.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 6, op. 1, d. 42, l. 26-27)

Year 1925

Minutes № 3 of the meeting of the presidium of the Vitebsk District Executive Committee “On the national policy” (extracts).
16 January 1925.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 118, op. 1, d. 37, l. 1-1 ob., 5 ob.)

Minutes of the meeting of the Commission for National Policy [in Vitebsk District].
6 February 1925.
Typescript.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 118, op. 1, d. 30, l. 28-29)

Resolution to the report on the Belarusization of Soviet bodies in Vitebsk District.
Before 1 May 1925.
Typescript. Belarusian.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 118, op. 1, d. 65, l. 21-21 ob.)

Year 1926

Map of the second enlargement of the SSRB on 28 December 1926.
Photocopy. Printed. Gistoryia belaruskai dziarzhaunastsi u kantsy XVIII – pachatku XXI st. Book 1. Minsk, 2011.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on Belarusian statehood in 1918-1920s)

Year 1928

Minutes № 5 of the meeting of the National Commission at the Vitebsk District Executive Committee.
2 March 1928.
Typescript. Belarusian.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 118, op. 1, d. 215, l. 15-18)

Minutes № 6 of the meeting of the National Commission at the Vitebsk District Executive Committee.
30 March 1928.
Typescript. Belarusian.
(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 118, op. 1, d. 215, l. 19-20 ob.)

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Additional archival documents and materials:

Collection of documents and materials “The State Borders of Belarus”. Vol. 1 (May 1917 – November 1926) / compiled by V.E. Snapkovsky [et al]. – Minsk, 2012. – 195 p.

Years 1921-1926

Year 1921
Protest of the BNR Council of People’s Ministers against the project of the Polish Republic’s government on the transfer of land in the Belarusian districts to Polish soldiers. 15 January 1921. Typescript. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 243, l. 144)
“Good day!”. Article by I. Dylo describing the attitude of representatives of Poland and the Entente to the Belarusian public figures in Middle Lithuania. After 19 February [1921]. Manuscript, autograph of I. Dylo. Russian, Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 53, op. 1, d. 110, l. 1-3)
Letter from the chairman of the presidium of the BNR Council P. Krechevsky to the Belarusian national statesman A. Smolich protesting against the actions of the Council’s five members supporting the Polish government’s position. Kovno. 13 March 1921. Typescript. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 277, l. 16-19)
Map of the partition of Belarus according to the Peace Treaty of Riga of 18 March 1921 (fragment). Photocopy. Printed. Gistoryia belaruskai dziarzhaunastsi u kantsy XVIII – pachatku XXI st. Book 1. Minsk, 2011. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on Belarusian statehood in 1918-1920s)
Declaration of the BNR Council of People’s Ministers on the Peace Treaty of Riga signed between the RSFSR and the Polish Republic. 25 March 1921. Typescript. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 243, l. 146)
Telegramme from the 16th Army Revolutionary Military Council, RSFSR to the Minsk District Executive Committee on the establishment of a new frontier with Poland after the conclusion of the Peace Treaty of Riga between the RSFSR and the Polish Republic. 2 April 1921. Copy. Typescript. (The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 9, op. 1, d. 8, l. 17-17 ob.)
Letter from the BNR Council of People’s Ministers to the Chairman of the Lithuanian-Polish Conference in Brussels on the necessity for Belarus to participate in the talks and their rights for the ethnic lands. 6 April 1921. Manuscript. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 168, l. 25)
Address of the BNR Council of People’s Ministers to the Conference of the League of Nations in Geneva on the necessity to recognize the sovereign right of Belarus to its ethnic territories, particularly Belarusian lands in Vilno Region and Grodno Region. 16 June 1921. Copy. Typescript. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 243, l. 166-168)
Letter from the Belarusian Assembly in Kovno to the BNR Diplomatic Representation on the illegal actions of the Kovno administration against the Assembly. 30 June 1921. Typescript. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 168, l. 28)
Teachers and students of the Belarusian teachers’ courses in Vilno: M. Goretsky, Ya. Drozdovich, K. Dush-Dushevsky, M. Kokhanovich, A. Lutskevich, Ya. Stankevich. 1920-1921. Photo. (BGAMLI, f. 399, op. 1, d. 10, l. 1)
Year 1922
Declaration of the Fourth All-Belarusian Congress of Soviets concerning the report on the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Minsk. 18 December 1922. Typescript. (NARB, f. 6, d. 1, op. 82, l. 104-104 ob.)
“The new government of the SSRB”. Information on the composition of the Republic’s government, approved at the 1st session of the SSRB Central Executive Committee on 18 December 1922. Printed. Newspaper “Zvezda”. 20 December 1922. № 300. P. 3. (NARB, SIF)
“The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”. (Report by A. Chervyakov at the Fourth All-Belarusian Congress of Soviets; amendments to the SSRB constitution). Printed. Newspaper “Zvezda”. 21 December 1922. № 301. P. 3. (NARB, SIF)
“The Tenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets” (Report by J. Stalin on the foundation of the USSR, the congress resolutions, etc.) Printed. Newspaper “Zvezda”. 28 December 1922. № 307. 29 December 1922. № 308. (NARB, SIF)
Statement by the BNR government on the fourth anniversary of the declaration of independence of Belarus on 25 March 1918. Printed. Magazine “Belaruski stsiag”. 25 March 1922. № 1. P. 22-23. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library)
“Four years: 1918 – 25.III. – 1922”. Analytical article by A. Galynets (А. Tsvikevich) on the political situation in Belarus. Printed. Magazine “Belaruski stsiag”. 1922. № 1. P. 3-9. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library)
BNR Memorandum for the Conference of States in Geneva on 10 April – 20 May 1922. Printed. Magazine “Belaruski stsiag”. 1922. № 1. P. 24-27. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library)
Year 1923
Decisions and resolutions of the Tenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers, Red Army Soldiers and Cossacks Deputies (№ 325 on the report on the foundation of the USSR). 29 May 1923. Printed. The Collection of Laws and Decrees of the Workers and Peasants Government. № 28. P. 535-536. (NARB, SIF)
From minutes № 7 of the plenary meeting of the Vitebsk Province RKP(b) Committee on the national question, etc. 17 July 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op 1, d. 624, l. 55, 56 ob.-58, 65-66 ob.)
Minutes № 2 of the meeting of residents in Ust-Dolysk Volost, Nevel District on the national question. 25 July 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 79)
Minutes of the joint meeting of the RKP(b) organizations in Pervomaisk Volost, Polotsk District on the national question. 25 July 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 81)
Minutes № 23 of the meeting of village council chairmen and members of the Bukharin Volost Executive Committee in Bukharin Volost, Polotsk District, Vitebsk Province on the national question, etc. 25 July 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 86)
Minutes of the extended congress of village councils and representatives in Kalinin Volost, Polotsk District, Vitebsk Province on the national question. 25 July 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 87)
Minutes № 1 of the common meeting of the Gorodok city organization of the Russian Young Communist League on the national question. 29 July 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 83- 83 ob.)
Extract from the minutes of meeting of the Korolev Volost Executive Committee, Vitebsk District on the national question. 30 July 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 82)
Report by the executive secretary of the Dobromysl Volost RKP(b) Organization on the discussion of the Belarusian national question with local residents. 31 July 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 80)
Minutes of the common meeting of RKP(b) and RKSM members and residents in the town of Lepel on the national question. 5 August 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 88)
Minutes of the common meeting of residents in Pyshnyany District, Lepel Volost on the national question. 6 August 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 89)
Minutes of the common meeting of residents in the village of Borovno, Lepel Volost “On joining Belarus”. 7 August 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 90)
From minutes of the meeting of the Vitebsk Province RKP(b) Committee on the national question. 8 August 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 629, l. 106, 109-109 ob., 110-113)
Minutes of the extraordinary plenary meeting of the Vitebsk Province RKP(b) Committee: resolution on the national question. 10 August 1923. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 624, l. 91-91 ob.)
Extract from minutes № 49 of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo “On the borders of Belarus”. 29 November 1923. Typescript on printed form. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 71)
Supplement to minutes № 49 of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo “A proposal for the change of the borders of the SSRB”. 29 November 1923. Typescript on printed form. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 72)
Extract from minutes № 61 of the RKP(b) Central Committee “On the inclusion of representatives from Vitebsk and Gomel RKP(b) province committees to the Central Committee’s commission for working out Party activities in Belarus”. 21 December 1923. Typescript on printed form. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 80)
Extract from minutes № 58 of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo “On the borders of Belarus”. 29 December 1923. Typescript on printed form. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 82)
Letter of the Vitebsk Province RKP(b) Committee explaining the absence of its representatives at the session of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo. 29 December 1923. Typescript on printed form. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 83)
Year 1924
Minutes № 2 of the meeting of the Minsk City Soviet of Workers and Red Army Soldiers Deputies concerning the All-Belarusian Congress of Soviets. 7 January 1924. Typescript. (The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 6, op. 1, d. 42, l. 3-5)
Extract from minutes № 66 of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo “On the Party measures in enlarged Belarus”. 4 February 1924. Typescript on printed form. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 106-107)
Extract from minutes № 33 of the Vitebsk Province Executive Committee on the transfer of part of the Vitebsk province to the SSRB. 4 March 1924. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 56, op. 1, d. 271, l. 102-104)
Extract from minutes № 76 of the RKP(b) Central Committee Politburo “On the work of the Central Committee for the enlargement of Belarus”. 5 March 1924. Typescript on printed form. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 632, l. 174)
Minutes № 1 of the plenary meeting of the Vitebsk Province Executive Committee on the abolishment of Vitebsk Province and the establishment of Vitebsk, Orsha and Plotsk districts in the SSRB. 8 March 1924. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 56, op. 1, d. 269, l. 1-7)
Welcome letter from the plenary meeting of the Vitebsk Province Executive Committee to the Presidium of the All-Belarusian Congress of Soviets. After 8 March 1924. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 56, op. 1, d. 269, l. 8)
Minutes № 6 of the meeting of the Minsk City Soviet of Workers and Red Army Soldiers Deputies: report by A. Chervyakov on the enlargement of the BSSR. 10 March 1924. Typescript. (The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 6, op. 1, d. 42, l. 22-25 ob.)
Minutes № 7 of the meeting of the Minsk City Soviet of Workers and Red Army Soldiers Deputies: report by A. Slavinsky on the Sixth Extraordinary Congress of Soviets of Belarus. 24 March 1924. Typescript. (The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 6, op. 1, d. 42, l. 26-27)
Year 1925
Minutes № 3 of the meeting of the presidium of the Vitebsk District Executive Committee “On the national policy” (extracts). 16 January 1925. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 118, op. 1, d. 37, l. 1-1 ob., 5 ob.)
Minutes of the meeting of the Commission for National Policy [in Vitebsk District]. 6 February 1925. Typescript. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 118, op. 1, d. 30, l. 28-29)
Resolution to the report on the Belarusization of Soviet bodies in Vitebsk District. Before 1 May 1925. Typescript. Belarusian. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 118, op. 1, d. 65, l. 21-21 ob.)
Year 1926
Map of the second enlargement of the SSRB on 28 December 1926. Photocopy. Printed. Gistoryia belaruskai dziarzhaunastsi u kantsy XVIII – pachatku XXI st. Book 1. Minsk, 2011. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on Belarusian statehood in 1918-1920s)
Year 1928
Minutes № 5 of the meeting of the National Commission at the Vitebsk District Executive Committee. 2 March 1928. Typescript. Belarusian. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 118, op. 1, d. 215, l. 15-18)
Minutes № 6 of the meeting of the National Commission at the Vitebsk District Executive Committee. 30 March 1928. Typescript. Belarusian. (The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 118, op. 1, d. 215, l. 19-20 ob.)