Obliskomzap

Obliskomzap (Russian: Облискомзап), short for Regional Executive Committee of the Soviets of Workers, Soldiers and Peasants Deputies of the Western Region and Front (Russian: Областной исполнительный комитет Советов рабочих, солдатских и крестьянских депутатов Западной области и фронта, romanized: Oblastnoy ispolnitel'nyy komitet Sovetov rabochikh, soldatskikh i krest'yanskikh deputatov Zapadnoy oblasti i fronta), was an organ for Soviet power in the Western Region (from September 1918, the Western Commune) claiming governing authority in the Belarusian lands not under German or Austro-Hungarian occupation from late 1917 throughout 1918.^[1] It was to function as the highest body of legislative power, between the holding of congresses of soviets, in Vitebsk Governorate, Mogilev Governorate, Minsk Governorate, Vilna Governorate (except areas under German occupation) and Smolensk Governorate (the latter was included in April 1918).^[2][3] A Regional Council of People's Commissars was formed as the corresponding executive branch of government.