Former political party in Belarus
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. Vladimir Lenin described BSA as a "nationalist petite bourgeoisie party of left-populist orientation".[3] The 2nd Congress of the Soviets of the Western Province (Russia) declared the Council of the Belarusian People's Republic counter-revolutionary and anti-Soviet .[2]
After the Polish-Soviet War , many activists of the BSA have found themselves in Poland , which acquired Western Belarus , and they struggled for the Belarusian autonomy.[2]
Notable members
Vaclau Lastouski , politician and historian
Jazep Losik , academic and member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
Jazep Mamońka , politician and member of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
Alaiza Pashkevich , writer
Jan Sierada , politician
Branislaŭ Taraškievič , linguist
Vasil Zacharka , the second president of the Belarusian People's Republic
Paluta Badunova , politician, the only woman at the Council (Rada) of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
Fabijan Šantyr , poet
References