The round table "On the Paths of National-State Self-Determination" is taking place in Vitebsk

During the event, specialists from Vitebsk and Minsk will discuss the prerequisites and reasons for the proclamation of the BSSR, the role of Belarusian Bolsheviks in the creation of Belarusian statehood on a Soviet basis, and the process of establishing Litbel and the BSSR. Participants of the roundtable will also touch upon the topic of the historical significance of the Soviet period for Belarusian statehood and talk about the fates of the first leaders of Soviet Belarus. Additionally, the State Archive of the Vitebsk Region will present an exhibition of document copies at the roundtable. The exposition will cover the history of the formation of Belarusian statehood in the Vitebsk Governorate in 1917-1919. The roundtable is organized by the V.I. Lenin Regional Library, Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov, and the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.