Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia

Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia

Names in official languages

Belarusian: Сацыялістычная Савецкая Рэспубліка Літвы і Беларусі
Lithuanian: *Lietuvos ir Baltarusijos socialistinė tarybų respublika*
Polish: *Litewsko-Białoruska socjalistyczna republika sowiecka*
Russian: Социалистическая Советская Республика Литвы и Белоруссии
Yiddish: סאָציאַליסטישער סאָוועטישער רעפובליק פון ליטע און ווײַסרוסלאַנד
Belarusian:	Сацыялістычная Савецкая Рэспубліка Літвы і Беларусі
Belarusian:	Сацыялістычная Савецкая Рэспубліка Літвы і Беларусі
Lithuanian:	Lietuvos ir Baltarusijos socialistinė tarybų respublika
Polish:	Litewsko-Białoruska socjalistyczna republika sowiecka
Russian:	Социалистическая Советская Республика Литвы и Белоруссии
Yiddish:	סאָציאַליסטישער סאָוועטישער רעפובליק פון ליטע און ווײַסרוסלאַנד
1919–1920
	Flag
	Map of the areas claimed by SSR Lithuania and Belorussia in 1920 (in Green).
Status	Unrecognised state
Capital	Vilnius; Minsk
Official languages	Belarusian · Lithuanian · Polish · Russian · Yiddish
Government	Socialist soviet republic
• Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of Soviets	Kazimierz Cichowski
• Chairman of Council of People's Commissars	Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas
Historical era	Interwar period
• Established	27 February 1919
• Disestablished	31 July 1920
Currency	Ruble
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Belarusian People's Republic
	Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia
	Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1919)
Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)
Second Polish Republic
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

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The Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia (SSR LiB),^{[note 1]} alternatively referred to as the Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and White Russia or simply Litbel (Lit-Bel), was a Soviet republic that existed within the parts of the territories of modern Belarus and Lithuania for approximately five months during the Lithuanian–Soviet War and the Polish–Soviet War in 1919. The Litbel republic was created in February 1919 formally through the merger of the short-lived Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Socialist Soviet Republic of Belorussia.

Often described as a puppet state of Soviet Russia,^[1]^[2]^[3] during its brief existence the SSR LiB government had limited authority over the territories it claimed. By August 1919, the SSR LiB had lost control over all of its claimed territories, as the Polish Army and, to a lesser extent, Lithuanian Army advanced.

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^ Kapliyev, Alexey A. (9 December 2020). "The Formation of Authorities of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Lithuania and Belarus on the Example of the People's Commissariat for Health Care at the Beginning of 1919" (PDF). Lithuanian Historical Studies. 24 (1): 61–74. doi:10.30965/25386565-02401003. The governments were formed with the participation of local politicians, but were in fact fully controlled from Moscow. <...> The statehood of LitBel had mostly a propaganda character, and only formal trappings of an independent state.
^ "Lietuvos ir Baltarusijos SSR" (in Lithuanian). Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia. Lietuvõs ir Baltarùsijos SSR, marionetinis valstybinis darinys, gyvavęs 1919 02–09. [Lithuanian and Belarusian SSR, a puppet state formation, which existed between February and September 1919.]

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[kapliyev-healthcare-3] Kapliyev, Alexey A. (9 December 2020). "The Formation of Authorities of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Lithuania and Belarus on the Example of the People's Commissariat for Health Care at the Beginning of 1919" (PDF). Lithuanian Historical Studies. 24 (1): 61–74. doi:10.30965/25386565-02401003. The governments were formed with the participation of local politicians, but were in fact fully controlled from Moscow. <...> The statehood of LitBel had mostly a propaganda character, and only formal trappings of an independent state.

[vle-4] "Lietuvos ir Baltarusijos SSR" (in Lithuanian). Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia. Lietuvõs ir Baltarùsijos SSR, marionetinis valstybinis darinys, gyvavęs 1919 02–09. [Lithuanian and Belarusian SSR, a puppet state formation, which existed between February and September 1919.]

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