Belarusization

The official policy of Belarusization was instituted in 1924 by the Central Executive Committee of the BSSR by creation of a special commission headed by A. I. Khatskevich. The special commission recommended the following measures: • Transition of the Belarusian Republic's institutions and Belarusian units of the Red Army to the Belarusian language • Promotion of Belarusian nationalists to leadership positions within the party, government and labor unions • Organization of educational institutions in the Belarusian language, development of Belarusian literature and more. The transition of Belarusian republic's institutions to the Belarusian language was planned to take place over a period of one to three years. ==Results of Belarusization==

• By 1927, 80% of the BSSR's civil servants were fluent in the Belarusian language. • By 1928, 80% of schools in the BSSR were transitioned to Belarusian as the language of instruction. ==End of Belarusization==

However, with the rise of Stalinism in the 1930s, which repressed the national elites in all parts of the Soviet Union, and the concurrent return of the policies of Russification, Belarusization was quickly reversed, along with Ukrainization and all the other programs of korenization within the Soviet Union. ==See also==