Belarusian Socialist Assembly

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Belarusian Socialist Assembly
Беларуская сацыялістычная грамада
Founded1902 (1902)
Dissolved1918 (1918)
HeadquartersMinsk
Membership (1917)10,000
IdeologyBelarusian nationalism[1]
Democratic socialism
Social democracy[1]
Left-wing populism
Political positionCentre-left

The Belarusian Socialist Assembly, BSA (Belarusian: Беларуская сацыялістычная грамада, romanized: Bielaruskaja sacyjalistyčnaja hramada, BSH) was a revolutionary party in the Belarusian territory of the Russian Empire. It was established in 1902 as the Belarusian Revolutionary Party, renamed in 1903.[2]

The BSA had branches in Minsk, Vilnius and Saint Petersburg. After the February Revolution in Russia, the political activity in Belarus increased, and in summer of 1917 the BSA gave rise to the Communist Party of Byelorussia, Belarusian Party of Socialist Federalists [ru; be; be-tarask; uk], Belarusian Party of Social-Revolutionaries [ru; be; be-tarask; pl; uk] and the Belarusian Social Democratic Party [be; be-tarask].

On March 19, 1918, on the initiative of the BSA, the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic became a temporary, short-lived parliament in the Belarusian Democratic Republic. Most of the BNR Council were members of the BSA.

Russian Bolsheviks had a negative attitude towards the BSA.

Western Province (Russia) declared the Council of the Belarusian People's Republic counter-revolutionary and anti-Soviet.[2]

After the

Western Belarus, and they struggled for the Belarusian autonomy.[2]

Notable members

References

  1. ^ a b Boguzkij, Oleg; Martinowitsch, Wiktor; Feduta, Alexander (2003). Politische Parteien in Belarus als notwendiger Bestandteil der Zivilgesellschaft (PDF). p. 10.
  2. ^
    ISBN 90-5702-343-1
    , p. 3, 4.
  3. ISBN 0-8133-1794-0
    ), p. 79
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