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25 Years Ago Stanislau Shushkevich Became First Head Of Independent Belarus

25 Years Ago Stanislau Shushkevich Became First Head Of Independent Belarus
STANISLAU SHUSHKEVICH

The next day the white-red-white flag and the coat of arms Pahonia were approved as national symbols.

Exactly 25 years ago, Stanislau Shushkevich headed the Supreme Council of Belarus. The next day the white-red-white flag and the coat of arms Pahonia were approved as national symbols, the Belarusian language became the only state language, and the country's name was changed to from the Byelorussian SSR to the Republic of Belarus, Radio Racyja reports.

– I haven’t been talking about it for long, but I want to say that a politician’s work is usually assessed after the first hundred days. On the eightieth day we signed the document under which Russia recognized the independence of Belarus, for me it is the most important part of the Belavezha agreement, – the first head of independent Belarus says.

Apart from the Belavezha agreement, according to which the Soviet Union ceased to exist, Shushkevich believes, that the withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Belarus was an achievement of his presidency. As well as the first and last visit of the US President to Belarus. Shushkevich received a visit from Bill Clinton in Minsk shortly before he withdrew in 1994.

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