Belarusian Peasants' and Workers' Union
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Belarusian Peasants' and Workers' Union
Беларуская Сялянска-Работніцкая Грамада Biełaruskaja Sialanska-Rabotnickaja Hramada |
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| Founded | July 1925 |
| Dissolved | De-legalized on March 21, 1927 |
| Headquarters | Wilno, Poland |
| Membership (November 1936) | 120,000 |
| Ideology |
Belarusian separatism Socialism |
| Political position |
Left-wing nationalism Agrarian socialism |
| Colours | White, red and white |
| Sejm | 4 |
The Belarusian Peasants' and Workers' Union or the Hramada (Belarusian: Беларуская Сялянска-Работніцкая Грамада (Lacinka: Biełaruskaja Sialanska-Rabotnickaja Hramada), Polish: Białoruska Włościańsko-Robotnicza Hromada was a socialist agrarian political party created in 1925 by a group of Belarusian deputies to the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic that included Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Symon Rak-Michajłoŭski , Piotra Miatła , and the founder of Hramada Pavieł Vałošyn . The group received logistical help from the Soviet Union, and financial aid from the Comintern.
The main points of BPWU's program were: the democratic self-governance for West Belarus within Poland, introduction of an eight-hour working day, the recognition of the Belarusian language in Poland as a second official language, the cancellation of the "colonization of Belarus" by the Polish Osadniks, and the free distribution to peasants of land owned by landlords upon its confiscation. There was also a semi-official goal to unite all of Belarusians of West Belarus and East Belarus within one Soviet state, which in all practicality, was an act of treason against Poland.
Hramada was formed legally in July 1925. Its leaders were among prominent members of the Belarusian national liberation movement of the early 20th century: Symon Rak-Michajloŭski has previously been a high-ranking diplomat for the Belarusian Democratic Republic, Branisłaŭ Taraškievič is known as the creator of the first modern Belarusian grammar.
The Polish authorities began to suppress the activities of the Hramada in late 1926 due to its policy coordination with the delegalized Communist Party of Western Belarus. Belarusian media in Poland faced increased pressure and censorship from the authorities.
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