{"id":546786,"date":"2018-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?page_id=546786"},"modified":"2020-03-27T11:45:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T08:45:21","slug":"preconditions-for-the-emergence-of-nation-states-on-the-ethnic-territory-of-belarus-in-1918-1920","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/welcome-to-the-archives-of-belarus-website\/subject-guides-to-archival-records\/historical-events\/archival-documents-and-materials-5\/preconditions-for-the-emergence-of-nation-states-on-the-ethnic-territory-of-belarus-in-1918-1920","title":{"rendered":"Preconditions for the emergence of nation-states on the ethnic territory of Belarus in 1918-1920"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preconditions for the emergence of nation-states on the ethnic territory of Belarus in 1918-1920<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

Additional archival \r\ndocuments and materials<\/b><\/a> \r\n


\r\n \r\n\r\n
Map \u201cThe Great Duchy of Lithuania in the 15th and first half \r\n\tof the 16th century\u201d.
\r\n\tPhotocopy. Printed. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh \r\n\tdzyon. Minsk, 2006. P. 20. Belarusian.
\r\n\t(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on \r\n\tBelarusian statehood in 1918-1920s)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Map\"<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n\r\n
Map of the partitions of the Polish Commonwealth in 1772-1795. \r\n\tThe inclusion of Belarusian lands in the Russian Empire.
\r\n\tPhotocopy. Printed. Gistoryia belaruskai dzyarzhaunastsi u kantsy XVIII \r\n\t\u2013 pachatku XXI st. Book 1. Minsk, 2011.
\r\n\t(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on \r\n\tBelarusian statehood in 1918-1920s)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Map\"<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Map \u201cBelarus in the First World War\u201d showing Belarusian areas occupied by German troops by November 1917.
\r\n\tPhotocopy. Printed. Gistoryia belaruskai dzyarzhaunastsi u kantsy XVIII \r\n\t\u2013 pachatku XXI st. Book 1. Minsk, 2011.
\r\n\t(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on \r\n\tBelarusian statehood in 1918-1920s)<\/td> \r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"Map\"<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
\u201cMemorandum on the situation in Eastern Belarus\u201d.
\r\n\tArticle by A. Lutskevich (excerpt on the Belarusian situation in the late 19th \r\n\tcentury until 1918).
\r\n\tVilno. 3 April 1918.
\r\n\tTypescript with corrections. Autograph of A. Lutskevich. Belarusian.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 134, l. 31-38)<\/td> \r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
\u201cThe socialist movement in Belarus\u201d.
\r\n\tArticle by I. Dylo.
\r\n\tTypescript, manuscript, autograph of [\u0422. Gartny]. Belarusian.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 53, op. 1, d. 117, l. 1-21 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
\u201cFrom the history of Belarusian movement\u201d.
\r\n\tArticle by L. B. (A. Smolich).
\r\n\tClipping from the magazine \u201cBelorusskaya Rada\u201d. 1917. \u2116 2.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 340, op. 1, d. 701, l. 1-2)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
\u201cIntroduction to the October. (On the history of Soviet \r\n\tBelarus)\u201d.
\r\n\tArticle by D. Zhilunovich.
\r\n\tPrinted. Handwritten notes by A. Kavka. Photocopy of clippings from the \r\n\tmagazine \u201cPolymya\u201d. 1923. \u2116 5-6. P. 141-148. Belarusian.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 340, op. 1, d. 674, l. 13-20)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
\u201cMaterials on the state, legal and judicial system in \r\n\tBelarus\u201d.
\r\n\tReport by Deputy Chairman of the Petrograd Belarusian Military Organization, \r\n\tD. Sobolevsky, in five chapters:
\r\n\t– \u201cDeclaration of the rights of Belarusian citizens\u201d (p. 5-7);
\r\n\t– \u201cThe foundations of the state system of the Belarusian National Republic \r\n\tas a component of the All-Russian Federation\u201d (p. 8-28);
\r\n\t– \u201cProvisional Regulation on the elections to the Belarusian Provisional \r\n\tAssembly\u201d (p. 29-59);
\r\n\t– \u201cProvisional Regulation on the judicial system and legal procedures in the \r\n\tBelarusian National Republic\u201d (p. 60-71);
\r\n\t– \u201cProvisional Regulation on the administration of justice in the Belarusian National \r\n\tRepublic\u201d (p. 72-79).
\r\n\t1917.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 278, l. 4-79)<\/td> \r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Telegramme from the Minsk Post and Telegraph Office to the Dukory Post Office on the seizure of power by the Provisional Government and \r\n\tthe supply of post and telegraph communications at the front and in the rear.
\r\n\t8 March 1917.
\r\n\tCopy. Typescript.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 510, op. 1, d. 1, l. 131-131 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Announcement of the Belarusian Committee on the common \r\n\tmeeting of the Vitebsk Belarusian People’s Union for discussing the programme \r\n\tand the national needs of the Belarusians.
\r\n\tBefore 11 May 1917.
\r\n\tPrinted. Belarusian, Russian.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 967, op. 7, d. 3, l. 1)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Letter by TsK RSDRP Secretary E. Stasova concerning the \r\n\tcreation of the North-Western Region, including Minsk and Vitebsk.
\r\n\tPetrograd. 31 July 1917.
\r\n\tTypescript, manuscript on TsK RSDRP letterhead. Autograph of E. Stasova.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 10050-p, op. 1, d. 3, l. 1)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Declaration of the Belarusian Military Organization \r\n\tannounced by Deputy Chairman of the Petrograd Belarusian Military \r\n\tOrganization D. Sobolevsky at the All-Russian Democratic Conference.
\r\n\t18 September 1917.
\r\n\tTypescript with handwritten notes.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 967, op. 7, d. 3, l. 15-16 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Minutes of the meeting of the All-Russian Democratic Conference (excerpt \r\n\tfrom the speech by I. Voronko on the necessity to unite all forces of \r\n\trevolutionary democracy and national autonomies in the Russian \r\n\tFederative Democratic Republic).
\r\n\t14-22 September 1917.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 292, l. 34-35)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Participants at the joint meeting of the Great Belarusian \r\n\tCouncil (Rada) and the \r\n\tCentral Military Council (Rada): \r\n\tP. Bodunova, I. Voronko, L. Voitikova (Z. Veras), I. Dvorchenibn, L. \r\n\tDubeikovsky, I. Dylo, K. Kondratovich, I. Lesik, P. Medelka, S. \r\n\tRak-Mikhailovsky, A. Chervyakov, Sh. Yadvigina, etc.
\r\n\t15 October 1917.
\r\n\tPhoto.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 399, op. 1, d. 14, l.1)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"Photo\"<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Resolutions of the Congress of Belarusian soldiers of the \r\n\tWestern Front and representatives of Belarusian organizations in the \r\n\t12th Army, Baltic Fleet and the Rumanian Front.
\r\n\t18-24 October 1917.
\r\n\tPrinted.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 6, op. 1, d. 1, l. 8-9 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Appeal of the Provisional Belarusian Regional \r\n\tOrganizational Bureau on the consolidation of the Belarusians to protect \r\n\tthe Russian statehood under the motto of one and undivided Great Russia by \r\n\tthe unification of local organizations and individuals on a state basis.
\r\n\tMinsk. 5 November 1917.
\r\n\tPrinted.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 967, op. 7, d. 3, l. 12)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Programme of the Provisional Belarusian Regional \r\n\tOrganizational Bureau.
\r\n\tMinsk. 7 November 1917.
\r\n\tPrinted.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 967, op. 7, d. 3, l. 7-8)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Appeal of the Vitebsk Belarusian People’s Union and the \r\n\tUnion of Orthodox and Common Faith Parishes in Polotsk Eparchy to vote at \r\n\tthe elections to the Constitutional Assembly for candidates loyal to \r\n\tthe Orthodox church and the Russian government.
\r\n\tBefore 12 November [1917].
\r\n\tPrinted.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 967, op. 7, d. 3, l. 17-17 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
\u201cEthnographic map of the Belarusian tribe\u201d. Compiled by \r\n\tacademician E. Karsky in 1917.
\r\n\tFrom the cartographic collections of S. Aleksandrovich.
\r\n\tPhotocopy. Printed. Michaluk D. Belaruskaya Narodnaya Respublika u \r\n\t1918-1930 gg. Lya vytokau belaruskai dzyarzhaunastsi. Smolensk, 2015.
\r\n\t(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on \r\n\tBelarusian statehood in 1918-1920s)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
\u201cProjects of the autonomous and republic system in Belarus\u201d.
\r\n\tReport by Deputy Chairman of the Petrograd Belarusian Military Organization, \r\n\tD. Sobolevsky, in two chapters:
\r\n\t– \u201cPlan of the autonomous structure of Belarus as part of the All-Russian \r\n\tFederation\u201d (Draft of the 1917 May Constitution of Belarus) (p. 81-84);
\r\n\t– \u201cThe foundations of the republic structure of Belarus as part of the \r\n\tAll-Russian Federation\u201d (Project worked out by the State-Legal Section of \r\n\tthe First All-Belarusian Congress in 1917) (p. 85-96).
\r\n\tThe report was read at the Congress of Belarusian Soldiers of the Northern \r\n\tFront on 15-22 November \r\n\t1917 in Vitebsk, printed in the newspaper \u201cVolnaya Belarus\u201d \u2116 19, 20, 22, \r\n\t1917.
\r\n\tTypescript.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 278, l. 80-96)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Minutes of the meeting of the Bolshevik fraction\r\n\tof the Soviet of Workers, Soldiers and Peasants Deputies of the \r\n\tWestern Region and Western Front.
\r\n\t2 December 1917.
\r\n\tCopy. Typescript.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Minsk Region, f. 6, op. 1, d. 1, l. 10-10 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Appeal “To the Belarusian People” by the Great Belarusian \r\n\tCouncil, the Central Military Belarusian Council and the Belarusian \r\n\tExecutive Committee of the Western Front in connection with convening the Congress \r\n\tof Representatives of the Belarusian People.
\r\n\tMinsk. Before 5 December 1917.
\r\n\tPrinted.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 967, op. 7, d. 3, l. 4-4 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Notes on the organization of the Belarusian national army \r\n\tin local places.
\r\n\tPhotocopy. Clippings \r\n\tfrom the magazine \u201cBelorusskaya Rada\u201d. 1917. \r\n\t\u2116 6, \u2116 8.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 340, op. 1, d. 707, l. 3, 7)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Questionnaire for members of the First All-Belarusian \r\n\tCongress.
\r\n\t5 December 1917.
\r\n\tPhotocopy 1990s. Printed.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 500, op. 1, d. 396, l. 8) <\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
\u201cThe All-Belarusian Congress\u201d.
\r\n\tMinutes of the meetings of December 5, 6, 7, 8, 1917.
\r\n\tPhotocopy. Clippings from the magazine \u201cBelorusskaya Rada\u201d. 1917. \r\n\t\u2116 6, \u2116 7.
\r\n\t(BGAMLI, f. 340, op. 1, d. 707, l. 3-6)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Resolutions of the First All-Belarusian Congress held on 5-18 \r\n\tDecember 1917 in Minsk.
\r\n\tPrinted.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 967, op. 7, d. 3, l. 14 ob.)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
Appeal of the Belarusian Minsk Post and Telegraph Council announcing \r\n\tthe \r\n\tsupport of the First All-Belarusian Congress.
\r\n\tMinsk. 30 December 1917.
\r\n\tPrinted.
\r\n\t(The State Archives of Vitebsk Region, f. 967, op. 7, d. 3, l. 14)<\/td>\r\n 		\r\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/table>\r\n

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<\/a>Additional archival documents and materials from others \r\nsources:<\/b><\/p>
\r\n<\/a> \u201cThe First World War in Belarus 1914-1918\u201d on \r\nthe \u201cArchives of Belarus\u201d website<\/b>

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  • Administrative-territorial division and population structure in Belarus <\/a><\/li> \r\n
  • Course of combat operations<\/a><\/li>\r\n
  • Protest moods and mutinies on Russia’s Western Front <\/a> <\/li> \r\n
  • Economic situation, moods, labour conditions and protest actions of the civilian population <\/a> <\/li>\r\n
  • Political situation<\/a><\/li>\r\n
  • Occupation regime and the civilian population<\/a><\/li>\r\n
  • Social and political activity<\/a><\/li> \r\n
  • Peace negotiations<\/a><\/li> \r\n
  • War damage <\/a>
    \r\n
    \u201cThe life and work of prominent researcher of Belarusian culture Yefim Karsky\u201d on the \u201cArchives of Belarus\u201d website<\/b>

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  • Scholarly works <\/font><\/u> <\/li>\r\n
  • Public activities<\/a>

    \r\n\u201cThe life and work of prominent researcher of Belarusian history Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapolsky\u201d on the \u201cArchives of Belarus\u201d website<\/b>

    \r\n
  • Scholarly works<\/a><\/li>\r\n

    Collection of documents and materials \u201cThe State Borders of Belarus\u201d. Vol. 1 (May 1917 \u2013 November 1926) \/ compiled by V.E. Snapkovsky [et al]. \u2013 Minsk, 2012. \u2013 195 p.<\/b>

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