The Activities of the Belarusian Peasants’ and Workers’ Hromada in 1925–1927

Abstract

The restoration of Poland’s independence in 1918 and the formation of its new territorial borders caused the problem of national minorities living in its territories to become an extremely important one in the policy of the newly reborn state. The nationality issue was one of the most difficult in the internal policy of the Second Republic of Poland, producing numerous political disputes and tensions.
Despite many proposals for solving the problem of national minorities, advanced by different political parties, these actions focused exclusively on the unification of the state. Representatives of national minorities, including Belarusian, also had their own ideas about solving national questions and expected far-reaching concessions and autonomy in the areas where they lived.
The article discusses the actions taken by the Peasants’ and Workers’  Hromada (Assembly/Union) from the time when the Parliamentary Club of Belarusian deputies was established to the banning of the whole organization in 1927.