ABSTRACT
The Great October Socialist Revolution opened up vast potential for the development of Byelorussian language and culture. Considerable success was achieved in this area in the first ten years of Soviet power. The Byelorussian Communist Party and Government, guided by Leninist principles and the genuine interests of the people, carried out a policy of Byelorussifying all aspects of society in the 1920s—the Government and Party apparatus, schools, the university, other educational institutions and scientific centers. The status of Byelorussian in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR) is quite clearly shown by book-publishing policy. An inalienable right of every people is their right to decide their own fate, the right to the existence of a sovereign state. The sovereignty of Byelorussia is declared and should be protected by the Constitution of the BSSR and further reinforced by its status as a founding member of the UN.
