In November 1917 the area became a part of Soviet Russia but was occupied by Germany and then Poland from 1918 until 1920 after which the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic was established.
U studenom 1917. postaje dio Sovjetskog Saveza, ali je okupiran od strane Njemačke, a zatim od Poljske od 1918. do 1920., nakon čega je osnovana Bjeloruska Sovjetska Socijalistička Republika.