Belarus Administrative Divisions

Note: Belarus is divided into 6 oblasti, and 1 special municipality (Minsk). Oblast names are given in Russian with Belarusian names in parentheses. The former Polish Autonomous Rayon (1932 - 1938) is listed at bottom of this record. The oblasti were not granted flags during the Soviet era.

Baranovichi (Baranavichy)

 2 Nov 1939                Navahrudak (Novogrudek) oblast
 4 Dec 1939                Baranovichi oblast
1941 - Jul 1944            German occupation.
 8 Jan 1954                Divided between Brest, Grodno, Minsk and 
                             Molodechno oblasts.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Nov 1939 - 1941            Ivan Petrovich Tur (1st time)      (b. 1905 - d. 1965)
Apr 1941 - Jun 1941        Aleksandr Ivanovich Savalov        (b. 1901 - d. 1941)
Jun 1941 - Jul 1941        Vasily Yefimovich Chernyshev       (b. 1908 - d. 1969) 
1941 - Jul 1944            German occupation
Jul 1944 - Jun 1946        Ivan Petrovich Tur (2nd time)      (s.a.)
Jun 1946 - Apr 1949        Vasily Ivanovich Zakurdayev        (b. 1903 - d. 1974)
Apr 1949 - Jun 1950        Vasily Yemelyanovich Samutin       (b. 1906 - d. 1981) 
1950 - 1952                Nikolay Prokofyevich Pokrovsky     (b. 1909 - d. 1976) 
1952 - 1953                Ivan Frolovich Klimov              (b. 1903 - d. 1991) 
1953 - Jan 1954            Sergey Osipovich Pritytsky         (b. 1913 - d. 1971)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
Dec 1939 - Jun 1941        Semyon Ilyich Tsarenko             (b. 1905)            KPB
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944 - 1950                Pyotr Venediktovich Bondarenko     (b. 1905)            KPB
Nov 1950 -  8 Jan 1954     Vasily Vasilyevich Ledenev                             KPB

28 Sep 1939                Bialystok annexed from Poland by Soviet Union.
 4 Dec 1939 - Jun 1941     Bialystok oblast
15 Aug 1941 - 27 Jul 1944  Bialystok district is "attached" but not
                             incorporated to German East Prussia.
1945                       Re-incorporated into Poland.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Oct 1939 - Oct 1940        Semyon Stepanovich Igayev          (b. 1904)
Oct 1940 - Jan 1941        Nikolay Vasilyevich Kiselyov       (b. 1903 - d. 1983) 
Jan 1941 - 25 May 1941     Vladimir Georgiyevich Kudryayev    (b. 1899 - d. 1963) 
29 May 1941 - Jun 1941     Filipp Iosifovich Popov (acting)   (b. 1902)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
Oct 1939 - Dec 1939        Vulf Borukhovich Gaysin            (b. 1906 - d. 1982)  KPB
Dec 1939 - Jun 1941        Sergey Ivanovich Malyshev          (b. 1895 - d. ....)  KPB

20 Sep 1944                Bobruysk oblast
 8 Jan 1954                Divided between Gomel, Mogilev and Minsk oblasts.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
1944 - 1952                Fyodor Alekseyevich Baranov        (b. 1905 - d. 1982)
1952 - 1953                Leonid Ignatyevich Lubennikov      (b. 1910 - d. 1988)
1953 - 1954                ....

Chairman of the Executive Committee
Sep 1944 - Jan 1954        Andrey Fomich Zhdanovitch           (b. 1918)            KPB 

                      Adopted 14 Sep 2004

 4 Dec 1939                Brest oblast
1941 - 1944                German occupation.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
 4 Dec 1939 - Oct 1940     Nikolay Vasilyevich Kiselyov       (b. 1903 - d. 1983)
Oct 1940 - Jun 1941        Mikhail Nikolayevich Tupitsyn      (b. 1906 - d. 1993)
                             (1st time)
1941 - 1944                German occupation
Jul 1944 - Oct 1946        Mikhail Nikolayevich Tupitsyn      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1946 - 1948                Vasily Yefimovich Chernyshev       (b. 1908 - d. 1969) 
1948 - 1952                Fyodor Pakhomovich Silyayev 
1952 - Aug 1955            Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov        (b. 1917 - d. 1983) 
Aug 1955 - Apr 1959        Pyotr Mironovich Masherov          (b. 1918 - d. 1980) 
Apr 1959 - 1962            Aleksey Alekseyevich Smirnov       (b. 1921) 
1962 - Mar 1977            Vladimir Andreyevich Mikulich      (b. 1920) 
                             (for Agriculture to 10 Dec 1964)
Jan 1963- 10 Dec 1964      Lev Pavlovich Metlitsky            (b. 1930)
                             (for Industry) 
Mar 1977 - 28 Feb 1987     Yefrem Yevseyevich Sokolov         (b. 1926) 
28 Feb 1987 - Jul 1991     Anatoly Antonovich Zelenovsky      (b. 1940)
Jul 1991 - Aug 1991        Pavel Pavlovich Dubina

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
Nov 1939 - Jun 1941        Konstantin Naumovich Dlugoshevsky  (b. 1906 - d. 1982)  KPB
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944 - 1946                Sergey Ivanovich Sikorsky          (d. 1960)            KPB
1947 - 1948                Fyodor Pakhomovich Silyayev                             KPB
1948 - 1954                Miron Yemelyanovich Krishtofovich  (b. 1899 - d. 1985)  KPB
1954 - 1959                Roman Naumovich Machulsky          (b. 1903 - d. 1990)  KPB
1959 - Dec 1964            Vasily Konstantinovich Lutskin     (b. 1914 - d. 19..)  KPB
                             (for Agriculture Jan 1963 - Dec 1964)
Jan 1963 - Dec 1964        Fyodor Dmitriyevich Romma          (b. 1919 - d. 1991)  KPB
                             (for Industry)
Dec 1964 - 1983            Konstantin Vikentyevich            (b. 1917)            KPB
                             Matyushevsky   
1983 - 1985                Vladimir Viktorovich Grigoryev     (b. 1941)            KPB
1985 - 1987                Anatoly Antonovich Zelenovsky      (s.a.)               KPB
1987 - 198.                Viktor Ivanovich Bursky            (b. 1938)            KPB
198. - 1991                Vladimir Vasilyevich Yermoshin     (b. 1942)            KPB
1991 - 1994                Viktor Ivanovich Bursky            (b. 1938)
1994 - 13 Mar 2000         Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zalomay    (b. 1940)
13 Mar 2000 -  9 Mar 2004  Vasily Borisovich Dolgolev         (b. 1951)
 9 Mar 2004 -              Konstantin Andreyevich Sumar       (b. 1949) 

                       Adopted 20 Oct 2005

15 Jan 1938                Gomel oblast
1941 - 1943                German occupation.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
1938 - Aug 1941            Flavian Vasilyevich Zhizhenkov
                             (1st time)
1941 - 1943                German occupation
1943 - 1946                Flavian Vasilyevich Zhizhenkov
                             (2nd time)
1946 - Feb 1948            Ivan Petrovich Tur                 (b. 1905 - d. 1965)
Feb 1948 - Oct 1951        Nikolay Yefremovich Avkhimovich    (b. 1907 - d. 1996)
Oct 1951 - 1955            Zakhar Mikhailovich Golodushko
1955 - Dec 1957            Dmitry Fomich Filimonov            (b. 1903 - d. 1978)
Dec 1957 - Dec 1964        Ivan Yevteyevich Polyakov          (b. 1914 - d. 2004)
                             (Jan 1963 - Dec 1964 for Agriculture)
Jan 1963 - Dec 1964        Yevgeny Danilovich Lyatochevsky  
                             (for Industry)
Dec 1964 - Oct 1969        Valentin Fyodorovich Yazykovich    (b. 1926)
Oct 1969 - Oct 1978        Viktor Aleksandrovich Gvozdyev     (b. 1931)
Oct 1978 - Jul 1982        Yuriy Minivalich Khusainov         (b. 1929)
Jul 1982 -  1 Apr 1985     Anatoly Aleksandrovich Malofeyev   (b. 1933)
 1 Apr 1985 - 28 Oct 1989  Aleksandr Stepanovich Kamay        (b. 1936)
28 Oct 1989 - 22 Jul 1991  Aleksandr Adamovich Grakhovsky     (b. 1938 - d. 1991)
10 Aug 1991 - 25 Aug 1991  Vladimir Pavlovich Shaplyko        (b. 1947)
 

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
1938 - 1939?               Sergey Ivanovich Maltsev                                KPB
1939? - 1941               ....
1941 - 1943                German occupation
1943 - 1944                Andrey Fomich Zhdanovich           (b. 1918)            KPB
1944 - 194.                Pyotr Prokopyevich Kovalchuk                            KPB
1948? - 1952               Nikolay Porfiryevich Abramenko     (b. 1909 - d. 1968)  KPB
1952 - 1954                Andrey Averyanovich Kutsak         (b. 1903 - d. 1974)  KPB
1954 - 1956                Vladimir Yeliseyevich Lobanok      (b. 1907 - d. 1984)  KPB
1956 - 1957                Ivan Yevteyevich Polyakov          (s.a.)               KPB 
1957 - 196.                ....
196. - 1966?               Mikhail Andreyevich Klimenko                            KPB
1966? - 1971               ....
1971 - 1974                Vladimir Viktorovich Lashkevich    (b. 1923)            KPB
1974 - 1978                Yuriy Minivalich Khusainov         (s.a.)               KPB
1978 - 1982                Anatoly Aleksandrovich Malofeyev   (s.a.)               KPB 
1982 - 1985                Aleksandr Stepanovich Kamay        (s.a.)               KPB
1985 - 1989                Aleksandr Adamovich Grakhovsky     (b. 1938)            KPB
Nov 1989 - 1994            Nikolay Grigoryevich Voytenkov     (b. 1947)            KPB
                             (1st time)
Dec 1994 - Jan 1997        Pavel Vladimirovich Shipuk         (b. 1949) 
Jan 1997 - Apr 2001        Nikolay Grigoryevich Voytenkov     (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
Apr 2001 - Dec 2010        Aleksandr Serafimovich Yakobson    (b. 1951)
29 Dec 2010 -              Vladimir Andreyevich Dvornik       (b. 1963)

                      Adopted 14 Jun 2007

20 Sep 1944                Grodno oblast

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Sep 1944 - 1948            Pyotr Zakharovich Kalinin          (b. 1902 - d. 1966)
1948 - 1951                Sergey Osipovich Pritytsky         (b. 1913 - d. 1971)
1951 - 1953                Nikolay Yefremovich Avkhimovich    (b. 1907 - d. 1996) 
1953 - 1958                Fyodor Alekseyevich Baranov        (b. 1905 - d. 1982) 
1958 - 1962                Grigory Grigoryevich Ponomaryov    (b. 1910 - d. 19..)
1962 - 1968                Vladimir Fyodorovich Mitskevich    (b. 1920 - d. 1983)
                             (8 Jan 1963 - 12 Dec 1964 for Agriculture)
11 Jan 1963 - 12 Dec 1964  Valentin Fyodorovich Yazykovich    (b. 1926)
                             (for Industry)  
1968 - Sep 1972            Ivan Fyodorovich Mikulovich        (b. 1918)
Sep 1972 - 15 Nov 1989     Leonid Gerasimovich Kletskov       (b. 1918 - d. 199.)
15 Nov 1989 - 25 Aug 1991  Vladimir Mikhaylovich Semyonov     (b. 1936)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
1944 - 1948                Pyotr Ivanovich Ratayko            (b. 1898 - d. 1982)  KPB
1948 - 1951                Fyodor Aleksandrovich Lyakhov                           KPB
1951 - 1961                Ippolit Silvestrovich Kononovich   (b. 1908 - d. 19..)  KPB
1961 - 1972                Nikolay Petrovich Molochko         (b. 1919)            KPB
                             (for Agriculture Jan 1963 - Dec 1964)        
Jan 1963 - Dec 1964        Vasily Grigoryevich Dorkin         (b. 1908 - d. 19..)  KPB
                             (for Industry)        
1972 - Jan 1978            Grigory Filatovich Fomichev        (b. 1919 - d. 1978)  KPB
1978 - Oct 1983            Sergey Terentyevich Kabyak         (b. 1931 - d. 1985)  KPB
Oct 1983 - Sep 1993        Dmitry Konstantinovich Artsymenya  (b. 1932 - d. 1993)  KPB
Sep 1993 - Dec 1994        Semyon Nikolayevich Domash         (b. 1950)
Dec 1994 - Feb 2001        Aleksandr Iosifovich Dubko         (b. 1938 - d. 2001) 
Feb 2001 - 26 Jan 2010     Vladimir Yegorovich Savchenko      (b. 1952)
                             (acting to 29 Mar 2001) 
26 Jan 2010 - May 2010     Ivan Aleyzovich Zhuk (acting)
May 2010 -                 Semen Borisovich Shapiro           (b. 1961)

                       Adopted 22 Nov 2007

15 Jan 1938                Minsk oblast
1941 - 1944                German occupation.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Jan 1938 - Mar 1941        Aleksandr Pavlovich Matveyev       (b. 1905 - d. 1946)
Mar 1941 - Jun 1941        A.I. Kolyshkin
1941 - 1944                German occupation
Jul 1944 - Jan 1948        Vasily Ivanovich Kozlov            (b. 1903 - d. 1967)
Jan 1948 - 1948            Yevgeny Iosifovich Bugayev         (b. 1912 - d. 1997)
1948 - 1950                Vasily Yefimovich Chernyshev       (b. 1908 - d. 1969)
1950 - 1953                Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov         (b. 1914 - d. 1989) 
Sep 1953 - 1955            Leonid Ignatyevich Lubennikov      (b. 1910 - d. 1988) 
1955 - Aug 1956            Fyodor Anisimovich Surganov        (b. 1911 - d. 1976)
Aug 1956 - 1960            Vasily Filimonovich Shauro         (b. 1912 - d. 2007)
1960 - 1962                Sergey Osipovich Pritytsky         (b. 1913 - d. 1971) 
Jan 1963 - Dec 1964        Dmitry Vasilyevich Tyabut          (b. 1914 - d. 1987)
                             (for Agriculture)
Jan 1963 - Dec 1964        Anton Bronislavovich Nosilovsky    (b. 1917)
                             (for Industry)
Dec 1964 - Mar 1977        Ivan Yevteyevich Polyakov          (b. 1914 - d. 2004)
Mar 1977 - 29 Mar 1985     Vladimir Andreyevich Mikulich      (b. 1920)
29 Mar 1985 -  5 Dec 1990  Anatoly Aleksandrovich Malofeyev   (b. 1933)
 5 Dec 1990 - 25 Aug 1991  Anatoly Nikolayevich Bychek        (b. 1940)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
1938                       Mikhail Vasilyevich Kulagin        (b. 1900 - d. 1956)  KPB
Dec 1938 - Dec 1940        Andrey Ivanovich Tyomkin           (b. 1902 - d. 1981)  KPB
Jan 1941 - Jun 1941        Fyodor Pakhomovich Silyayev                             KPB
1941 - 1944                German occupation
Sep 1944 - 1948            Roman Naumovich Machulsky          (b. 1903 - d. 1990)  KPB 
1948 - 1952                Nikita Ivanovich Paraschenko                            KPB
1952 - 1954                Nikolay Porfiryevich Abramenko     (b. 1909 - d. 1968)  KPB
1954 - 1955                Fyodor Anisimovich Surganov        (s.a.)               KPB 
1955 - 1962                Vladimir Fyodorovich Mitskevich    (b. 1918 - d. 1983)  KPB 
1962 - 1963                Dmitry Vasilyevich Tyabut          (s.a.)               KPB
                             (1st time)
1963 - Dec 1964            ....
Dec 1964 - 1975            Dmitry Vasilyevich Tyabut          (s.a.)               KPB
                             (2nd time)
1975 - 1983                Nikolay Andreyevich Sukhiy         (b. 1922)            KPB
1983 - 1986                Sergey Stepanovich Ling            (b. 1937)            KPB 
1986 - 1994                Alfons Illich Tishkevich           (b. 1938)            KPB 
 9 Dec 1994 -  2 Dec 1998  Pyotr Petrovich Petukh             (b. 1950)
 2 Dec 1998 -  7 Jun 2007  Nikolay Fyodorovich Domashkevich   (b. 1949)
 7 Jun 2007 - 20 May 2010  Leonid Fyodorovich Krupets         (b. 1956)
20 May 2010 -              Boris Vasilyevich Batura           (b. 1947)

                        Adopted 3 Jan 2005

15 Jan 1938                Mogilev oblast
1941 - 1944                German occupation

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Jan 1938 - Oct 1938        M.Ya Repinsky
Oct 1938 - Jun 1939        Vladimir Nikiforovich Malin        (b. 1906 - d. 1982)
Jun 1939 - Jul 1941        Ivan Nikolayevich Makarov          (b. 1903 - d. 1990)
                             (1st time)
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944 - Apr 1946            Ivan Nikolayevich Makarov          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
Apr 1946 - 1948            Pavel Nikolayevich Filimonov
1948 - 1950                Ivan Nikiforovich Karasyev
1950 - Feb 1958            Sergey Ivanovich Sikorsky          (b. 1907 - d. 1960)
 6 Feb 1958 - 10 Dec 1964  Konstantin Vikentyevich            (b. 1917)
                             Matyushevsky
                             (14 Jan 1963 - 10 Dec 1964 for Agriculture)
11 Jan 1963 - 10 Dec 1964  Fyodor Mikhaylovich Ivanov         (b. 1918)
                             (for Industry)                  
10 Dec 1964 -  7 Aug 1974  Gleb Aleksandrovich Kriulin        (b. 1923 - d. 1988)
Aug 1974 - 29 Apr 1983     Vitaly Viktorovich Prishchepchik   (b. 1927 - d. 1983)
1983 - 28 Oct 1990         Vasily Sevastyanovich Leonov       (b. 1938)
28 Oct 1990 - 25 Aug 1991  Vadim Aleksandrovich Popov         (b. 1940)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
1938 - Jun 1941            Ivan Fedoseyevich Terekhov                              KPB
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944 - 1948                Iosif Mitrofanovich Kardovich      (b. 1889 - d. 1967)  KPB 
1948 - 1949                David Andreyevich Lukashevich                           KPB
Apr 1949 - Oct 1959        Yakim Aleksandrovich Zhilyanin     (b. 1903 - d. 1979)  KPB
Oct 1959 - Jan 1962        Pyotr Adamovich Levitsky           (b. 1906 - d. 1977)  KPB
Jan 1962 - Dec 1964        Gleb Aleksandrovich Kriulin        (s.a.)               KPB 
                             (Jan 1963 - Dec 1964 for Agriculture) 
Jan 1963 - Jan 1964        M.F. Zavorotny                                          KPB 
                             (for Industry) 
Jan 1964 - Feb 1974        Vasily Konstantinovich Lutskin     (b. 1914 - d. ....)  KPB 
                             (to Dec 1964, for Industry) 
Feb 1974 - Aug 1974        Vitaly Viktorovich Prishchepchik   (s.a.)               KPB
Aug 1974 - Dec 1985        Anatoly Vasilyevich Maslakov       (b. 1925)            KPB
Dec 1985 - Jun 1987        Aleksey Aleksandrovich Yanovich    (b. 1939)            KPB
Jul 1987 - 1989            Aleksandr Trofimovich Kichkaylo    (b. 1933)            KPB
1989 - 1994                Nikolay Fyodorovich Grinev         (b. 1946)            KPB 
1994 - Mar 1999            Aleksandr Nikolayevich Kulichkov   (b. 1945) 
Mar 1999 - Oct 2000        Mikhail Vasilyevich Drazhin        (b. 1951)
Oct 2000 - Nov 2000        Dmitry Aleksandrovich Sivitsky     (b. 1947)
                             (acting)
Nov 2000 - Oct 2008        Boris Vasilyevich Batura           (b. 1947)
Oct 2008 - Dec 2008        Vladimir Vasilyevich Kravtsov
                             (acting)
28 Dec 2008 -              Pyotr Mikhaylovich Rudnik          (b. 1957)

20 Sep 1944                Molodechno oblast
20 Jan 1960                Divided between Vitebsk, Minsk and Grodno oblasts.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Sep 1944 - 1951            Ivan Frolovich Klimov              (b. 1903 - d. 1991) 
1951 - 1954                Vasily Grigoryevich Dorkin         (b. 1908 - d. 19..)
1954 - Jan 1960            Sergey Osipovich Pritytsky         (b. 1913 - d. 1971)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
1944 - 194.                Avksenty Malakhovich Minchenko     (b. 1904 - d. 19..)  KPB
194. - 195.                Pyotr Yevdokimovich Kraskov        (b. 1897 - d. 19..)  KPB
1954 - 1955                Vasily Grigoryevich Dorkin         (s.a.)
1955 - 1960                ....

 4 Dec 1939                Pinsk oblast
1941 - 1944                German occupation.
 8 Jan 1954                Merged into Brest oblast.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Nov 1939 - May 1941        Ivan Nikiforovich Karasyov         (b. 1902)
29 May  1939 - Jun 1941    Avksenty Malakhovich Minchenko     (b. 1904)
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944 - 1946                Aleksey Yefimovich Kleshchev       (b. 1905 - d. 1968) 
1946 - 1950                Pyotr Alekseyevich Tetyushev       (b. 1906 - d. 19..) 
1950 - Jan 1954            Roman Naumovich Machulsky          (b. 1903 - d. 1990)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
Nov 1939 - 29 Oct 1940     Avksenty Malakhovich Minchenko     (s.a.)               KPB
29 Oct 1940 - 29 May 1941  ....
29 May 1941 - Jun 1941     Ivan Ivanovich Sharov              (b. 1906)            KPB
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944 - 194.                Stepan Ivanovich Krasovsky                              KPB
194. - 195.                Mikhail Kuzmich Ilyinkovsky                             KPB
195. - 1954                ....

15 Jan 1938                Polesye oblast
1941 - 1944                German occupation.
 8 Jan 1954                Merged into Gomel oblast.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
1938 - 1940?               Dmitry Fyodorovich Markin
1940 - Jan 1941            Vladimir Georgiyevich Kudryayev    (b. 1899 - d. 1963) 
Jan 1941 - 1941            Pyotr Adamovich Levitsky (1st time)(b. 1906 - d. 1977)
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944 – 1944                Pyotr Adamovich Levitsky (2nd time)(s.a.)
1944 - 1946                Ivan Semyonovich Bylinsky          (b. 1903 - d. 1976) 
1948 – Jan 1954            Vladimir Yeliseyevich Lobanok      (b. 1907 - d. 1984)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
1938 - 1939?               Kondrat Grigoryevich Zaytsev                            KPB
1939? - 1941               ....
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944 - 1950                Vasily Vasilyevich Ledenev                              KPB
1950 - 1954                ....

20 Sep 1944                Polotsk oblast
 8 Jan 1954                Divided between Vitebsk and Molodechno oblasts.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Oct 1944 - May 1946        Yakim Aleksandrovich Zhilyanin     (b. 1903 - d. 1979)
1946 - Mar 1948            Aleksey Yefimovich Kleshchev       (b. 1905 - d. 1968)
1948 - 1950                Ivan Petrovich Ganenko             (b. 1903 - d. 1979)
1950 - 1954?               Dmitry Vasilyevich Tyabut          (b. 1914)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
1944 - 1946                Vladimir Yeliseyevich Lobanok      (b. 1907 - d. 1984)  KPB 
1946 - 195.                Stepan Petrovich Shupenya          (b. 1896 - d. 19..)  KPB
195. - 1954                ....

 4 Dec 1939                Vileyka oblast
1941 - 1944                German occupation.
20 Sep 1944                Merged into Molodechno oblast.

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Oct 1939 - 1940            Pyotr Zakharovich Kalinin          (b. 1902 - d. 1966)
1940 - May 1941            Ivan Frolovich Klimov (1st time)   (b. 1903 - d. 1991) 
29 May 1941 - Jun 1941     G.M. Bokaychev
1941 - 1944                German occupation
Jul 1944 - Sep 1944        Ivan Frolovich Klimov (2nd time)   (s.a.)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
Oct 1939 - 1940            Yakim Aleksandrovich Zhilyanin     (b. 1903 - d. 1979)  KPB
1940                       Pyotr Yevdokimovich Kraskov        (b. 1897 - d. ....)  KPB
1940 - Oct 1940            Kirill Isidorovich Kozlov                               KPB
 1 Nov 1940 - Jun 1941     Iosif Matveyevich Konikov          (b. 1894 - d. ....)  KPB
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944 - 20 Sep 1944         ....

                          Adopted 2 Jun 2009

15 Jan 1938                Vitebsk oblast
1941 - 1944                German occupation

First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Feb 1938 - Jul 1938        Anatoly Andreyevich Ananyev
Jul 1938 - Jul 1941        Ivan Andreyevich Stulov (1st time) (b. 1904 - d. 1964)
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1943 - Jul 1944            Ivan Andreyevich Stulov (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jul 1944 - Jul 1950        Vladimir Georgiyevich Kudrayev     (b. 1899 - d. 1963)
Jul 1950 - Jan 1954        Nikolay Ivanovich Prokhorov
Jan 1954 - Sep 1956        Nikita Petrovich Korotkin
Sep 1956 - Apr 1962        Vladimir Yeliseyevich Lobanok      (b. 1907 - d. 1984)
Apr 1962 - Dec 1965        Stanislav Antonovich Pilotovich    (b. 1922 - d. 1986)
                             (Jan 1963 - 7 Dec 1964 for Agriculture)
Jan 1963 -  7 Dec 1964     Vladimir Borisovich Trunov
                             (for Industry)
Dec 1965 - Jul 1971        Aleksandr Nikiforovich Aksyonov    (b. 1924 - d. 2009)
Jul 1971 - 13 Oct 1983     Sergey Mikhaylovich Shabashov      (b. 1923)
13 Oct 1983 - 20 Dec 1985  Sergey Terentyevich Kabyak         (b. 1931 - d. 1985)
 6 Jan 1986 - 25 Aug 1991  Vladimir Viktorovich Grigoryev     (b. 1941)

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
1938 - 1939                Sergey Petrovich Melnikov                               KPB
1939 - Sep 1939            Ivan Anufriyevich Krupenya         (b. 1908 - d. 1952)  KPB
Sep 1939 - Jul 1941        Ilya Nikolayevich Ryabtsev         (b. 1904 - d. 1963)  KPB
                             (1st time)                               
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944                       Ilya Nikolayevich Ryabtsev         (s.a.)               KPB
                             (2nd time)                    
Dec 1944 - Aug 1947        Ignaty Alekseyevich Yermoshchenko  (b. 1904 - d. 19..)  KPB
1947 - 1949                Aleksey Mikhailovich Sermyazhko                         KPB
1949 - 1953                Iosif Mitrofanovich Kardovich      (b. 1889 - d. 1967)  KPB
1953 - 1955                Pavel Aleksandrovich Loznev                             KPB
1955 - 1959                Nikita Ivanovich Parashchenko                           KPB
1959 - 1963                Vladimir Borisovich Trunov                              KPB
1963 - 1977                Pyotr Yefimovich Rubis             (b. 1916 - d. 1988)  KPB
1977 - 1984                Ivan Artemyevich Shibeko           (b. 1930)            KPB
1984 - 1994                Vladimir Panteleyevich Kulakov     (b. 1936)            KPB
Nov 1994 - Oct 2008        Vladimir Pavlovich Andreychenko    (b. 1949)
Oct 2008 - 24 Nov 2008     Vladimir Germanovich Novatsky      (b. 1947)
                             (acting)
24 Nov 2008 -              Aleksandr Nikolayevich Kosinets    (b. 1959)

Minsk

                  Adopted 27 Mar 2007

1941 - 1944                German occupation

First Secretaries of the Communist Party 
1928 - 1930                Adam Semyonovich Slawinski         (b. 1885 - d. 1937)
                             (Kaczorowski)
1930 - 1932                Z.Z. Kovalchuk
Jan 1932 - Mar 1937        Nikolay Fyodorovich Gikalo         (b. 1897 - d. 1938)
Mar 1937 - 17 Jul 1937     Vasily Fomich Sharangovich         (b. 1897 - d. 1938)
Jul 1937 - 1937            Aleksey Alekseyevich Volkov        (b. 1890 - d. 1941)
                             (acting)
1937 - 1941                Aleksandr Pavlovich Matveyev       (b. 1905 - d. 1946)
Mar 1941 - Jun 1941        A.I. Kolyshkin
1941 - 1944                German occupation
1944 - 1948                Vasily Ivanovich Kozlov            (b. 1903 - d. 1967) 
1948                       Yevgeny Iosifovich Bugayev         (b. 1912 - d. 1997)
1948 - 1950                Vasily Yefimovich Chernyshev       (b. 1908 - d. 1969)
1950                       Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov         (b. 1914 - d. 1989) 
1950 - 1957                Ivan Denisovich Varvashenya        (b. 1904 - d. 1957) 
1957 - 1960                Arkady Denisovich Rudak
1960 - 1962                Anton Bronislavovich Nosilovsky    (b. 1917)
1965 - 1967                Lev Pavlovich Metlitsky            (b. 1930)
1967 - 1972                Vasily Ivanovich Sharapov          (b. 1916)
1972 - 1974                Nikolay Nikitich Slyunkov          (b. 1929) 
1974 - 1977                Vladimir Aleksandrovich Lepyoshkin
1977 - 1983                Gennady Georgiyevich Bartoshevich  (b. 1934)
1983 - Dec 1985            Georgy Stanslavovich Tarazevich    (b. 1937 - d. 2003)
Dec 1985 - 1986            Valeriy Andreyevich Pechennikov    (b. 1941)
1986 - 198.                Vladimir Grigoryevich Galko
1990 - Aug 1991            Maryan Iosifovich Misuno           (b. 1943)
 

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
 4 Mar 1917 - Jul 1917     Boris Pavlovich Pozern             (b. 1882 - d. 1939)  KPB
18 Jul 1917 - Aug 1917     Isidor Evstigneevich Lyubimov      (b. 1882 - d. 1937)  KPB
Sep 1917 - Nov 1917        Karl Ivanovich Lander              (b. 1883 - d. 1937)  KPB
Mar 1918 - May 1919        Viktor Ivanovich Yarkin            (b. 1889 - d. 1937)  KPB
Jul 1919 - Sep 1919        Kazimir Genrikhovich Tikhanovsky   (b. 1887 - d. 1937)  KPB
Dec 1920 - Dec 1921        Frits Matveevich Kyusse                                 KPB
Jan 1922 - Dec 1923        Adolph Khristophorovich Getner     (b. 1887 - d. 193.)  KPB
Jan 1924 - Mar 1924        Sergey Benediktovich Karp          (b. 1892 - d. 1937)  KPB
Mar 1924 - Jul 1924        Adam Semyonovich Slawinski         (s.a.)               KPB
                             (Kaczorowski)
Aug 1924 - Apr 1929        Stepan Vinsesovich Yatskevich                           KPB
Apr 1929 - Dec 1930        Nikifor Lukich Aksyuchits                               KPB
Feb 1931 - Mar 1933        Iosiph Ignatyevich Volodko                              KPB
May 1933 - Jan 1934        Anton Matveevich Korenevsky                             KPB
Mar 1934 - Jun 1937        Yemelyan Philippovich Zhukovich                         KPB
1937 - 1938                Vladimir Grigoryevich Vaneyev      (b. 1896 - d. 1941)  KPB
1938 - 1940                ....
1940                       A.P. Vinogradov                                         KPB
Sep 1940 - Jun 1941        Konstantin Ivanovich Budarin       (b. 1898 - d. 1987)  KPB
Burgermeisters (mayors)
 5 Jul 1941 - 1942         Vitovt Tumosh
1942 -  7 Dec 1943         Vaclav Leonardovich Ivanovsky      (b. 1880 - d. 1943)  
Chairmen of the Executive Committee
Jul 1944 - Aug 1945        Konstantin Ivanovich Budarin       (s.a.)               KPB
Aug 1945 - Mar 1946        Ivan Pavlovich Paromchik                                KPB 
Mar 1946 - 1954            Konstantin Naumovich Dlugoshevsky  (b. 1905 - d. 1982)  KPB 
1954 - 1967                Vasily Ivanovich Sharapov          (s.a.)               KPB
1967 - Jan 1977            Mikhail Vasilyevich Kovalyov       (b. 1925)            KPB 
Jan 1977 - Jun 1977        Gennady Georgiyevich Bartoshevich  (s.a.)               KPB 
Jun 1977 - Jan 1980        Stanislav Mikhaylovich Lukashevich                      KPB
Jan 1980 - Aug 1983        Georgy Stanslavovich Tarazevich    (s.a.)               KPB 
Aug 1983 - Dec 1985        Valeriy Andreyevich Pechennikov    (b. 1941)            KPB
Dec 1985 - May 1990        Vladimir Ivanovich Mikhasyev                            KPB
May 1990 - Apr 1991        Mikhail Afanasyevich Marinich      (b. 1940)            KPB
Apr 1991 - Jan 1995        Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Gerasimenko (b. 1946)
Jan 1995 - Feb 2000        Vladimir Vasilyevich Yermoshin     (b. 1942) 
Mar 2000 - 10 Jun 2009     Mikhail Yakovlevich Pavlov         (b. 1952)
10 Jun 2009 -              Nikolay Aleksandrovich Ladutko     (b. 1959)
                             (acting to 25 Jun 2010)

Polish Autonomous District (Dzierzynszczyzna Rayon) 
 
15 Mar 1932                Koydanav Polish National Rayon formed within Byelorussian S.S.R.
                             [Kojdanowski Polski Rejon Narodowos'ciowy]
Jun 1932                   Renamed Feliks Dzierzynski Polish National Rayon 
                             (Polski Rejon Narodowosciowy im. F. Dzierzyn'skiego).
1938                       Dissolved, part of Minsk oblast.

First Secretaries of the District Committee of the Communist Party
Mar 1932 - 193.            Dabrowski
193. - 1938                ....

Chairmen of the Executive Committee
Mar 1932 - 193.            Bronislaw Wasowski                  (b. 1898 - d. ....)
193. - 1938                ....