The Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR ( Belarusian: Вярхоўны Савет Беларускай ССР, ''Viarchoŭny Saviet Bielaruskaj SSR''; Russian: Верховный Совет Белорусской ССР tr. ''Verkhovnyy Sovet Belorusskoy SSR'') was the

supreme soviet The Supreme Soviet (russian: Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet, Supreme Council) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USS ...

(main legislative institution) of the

Byelorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

from 1938 to 1991. The Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR was preceded by the All-Byelorussian Central Executive Committee (1920-1938) and the All-Byelorussian Congress of Soviets (1919-1937). The Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR was briefly disbanded in 1941 due to the

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and was re-established in 1947. The Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR was briefly succeeded by the

Supreme Soviet of Belarus The Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus, sometimes translated as Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Вярхоўны Савет Рэспублікі Беларусь), was the unicameral legislature of Belarus between 1991 a ...

from 1991 to 1996. The Supreme Soviet of Belarus was succeeded by the

National Assembly of Belarus The National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Нацыянальны сход Рэспублікі Беларусь, Nacyjanalny schod Respubliki Bielaruś; russian: Национальное собрание Республики Бел ...

in 1996. Until Gorbachev's democratization program, the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR was a

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like all other

supreme soviets The Soviet Super-Soldiers (russian: Советкие Суперсолдаты, Sovetskiye Supersoldaty) are a fictional team of super heroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appeared in '' The Incre ...

of the union republics of the

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, existing only to provide legal sanction for policies already implemented by the

Communist Party of Byelorussia The Communist Party of Byelorussia (CPB; russian: Коммунистическая партия Белоруссии; be, Камуністычная партыя Беларусі) was the ruling communist party of the Byelorussian Soviet Social ...

. The

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was the only supreme soviet election where opposition parties were able to run.

History

The Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR was established pursuant to the Constitution of the

from 1937, which changed the organization of main political organs of the republic. In theory, the Supreme Soviet was to be a legislative body that exercised power over the legislative branch of the

. In reality, the Supreme Soviet's power was limited to approving the decisions of the

. Supreme Soviet elections were held in 1938, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1985, and 1990. In

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, 360 deputies were elected.

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet

The Chairman of the Supreme Soviet was speaker of the legislative assembly. With the disbandment of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR in May 1990, the powers of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet were transferred to the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet. This changed the role and powers of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1990 and onwards. The office-holders remained speakers of the assembly and additionally became the ''de jure'' heads of state.

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was the de jure head of state of the Byelorussian SSR. With the disbandment of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR in May 1990, the powers of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet were transferred to the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet. This changed the role and powers of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1990 and onwards. {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! !Picture ! width="150" , Name ! width="150" , Took office ! width="150" , Left office ! width="150" , Political party , - ! colspan="6" align="center" , Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet , - ! style="background:; color:white;" , 1 , , Nichipar Natalevich (1900-1964) , 27 July 1938 , 17 March 1948 ,

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, - ! style="background:; color:white;" , 2 , , Vasily Kozlov (1903-1967) , 17 March 1948 , 2 December 1967 ,

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, - , , Valentina Klochkova (1924-?) , 2 December 1967 , 22 January 1968 ,

, - ! style="background:; color:white;" , 3 , , Siarhei Prytytski (1913-1971) , 22 January 1968 , 13 June 1971 ,

, - ! rowspan="3" style="background:; color:white;" , – , , Fedor Surganov (1911-1976) , 13 June 1971 , 16 July 1971 ,

, - , , Ivan Klimov (1903-1991) , 13 June 1971 , 16 July 1971 ,

, - , , Valentina Klochkova (1924-?) , 13 June 1971 , 16 July 1971 ,

, - ! style="background:; color:white;" , 4 , , Fedor Surganov (1911-1976) , 16 July 1971 , 26 December 1976 ,

, - ! rowspan="2" style="background:; color:white;" , – , , Vladimir Labanok (1907-1984) , 27 December 1976 , 28 February 1977 ,

, - , , Zinaida Bychkovskaya (born 1941) , 27 December 1976 , 28 February 1977 ,

, - ! style="background:; color:white;" , 5 , , Ivan Polyakov (1914-2004) , 28 February 1977 , 29 November 1985 ,

, - ! style="background:; color:white;" , 6 , , Georgy Tarazevich (1937-2003) , 29 November 1985 , 28 July 1989 ,

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Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey ( be, Мікалай Дземянцей, Łacinka: ''Mikałaj Dzemianciej'', russian: Николай Дементей, Nikolay Dementey; 25 May 1930 – 10 July 2018) was a Soviet and Belarusian politician who was chairman of ...

(1930-2018) , 28 July 1989 , 15 May 1990 ,

References

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History

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

See also

References