Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia
Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia Names in official languages
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| 1919–1920 | |||||||||||
Map of the areas claimed by SSR Lithuania and Belorussia in 1920 (in Green). | |||||||||||
| Status | Unrecognised state | ||||||||||
| Capital | Vilnius Minsk 54°N 27°E / 54°N 27°E | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
The Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia (SSR LiB), alternatively referred to as the Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and White Russia or simply Litbel, 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, 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.