Three weeks after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on 3 March 1918 the newly formed Belarusian Central Council declared the founding of the Belarusian People's Republic across the territory of modern-day Belarus.
La trei săptămâni după semnarea Tratatului de la Brest-Litovsk la 3 martie 1918, Consiliul Central Belarus a proclamat Republica Populară Belarus pe teritoriul Belarusului modern.