1. “Glavnye printsipy gosudarstvennoi politiki Respubliki Belarus.”’ Web. 11 July 2010.
2. The name “Belarus” appears in the text in several spellings: during Soviet times, “Byelorussia” was used most often as the name of the Soviet republic, although some authors prefer the spelling “Belorussia.” After the country became independent, the name “Belarus” was adopted as officially recognized (ƂeЛapycƅ in both Belarusian and Russian). In quotations of different authors the spelling of the name was preserved as used by the authors.
3. See also Deutsch.
4. A.F Miasnikov (1886–1925), one of the leaders of the October Revolution 1917 in Minsk, first Chairman of the Belarusian Central Executive Committee (1919), First Secretary of the Central Bureau of the Belarusian Communist Party (from 1920).