Belarusian Association of Military People

The Belarusian Association of Military People (Belarusian: Беларускае згуртаваньне вайскоўцаў, Łacinka: Biełaruskaje Zhurtavańnie Vajskoŭcaŭ, BZV) was an organisation of Belarusian military personnel of the late Soviet army and in the early years of the independence of Belarus.

The organisation was established in 1991, in the days of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt and united pro-independence minded former Soviet officers from Belarus.[1] BZV had its branches in several cities of Belarus: Minsk, Viciebsk, Hrodna, Mahiliou and others. In early 1990s it also had member groups outside Belarus, in Moscow, Tver and Kazakhstan. fire defense troops BZV actively cooperated with the Belarusian Popular Front, participated in the creation of legislation drafts providing the establishment of an independent Belarusian army after the dissolution of the USSR.

The organisation held several mass events in the centre of Minsk. On September 8, 1992 several dozens of acting and retired officers of the former Soviet army took official oath of allegiance to the Republic of Belarus on the Independence Square in Minsk.[2] In 1993, the BZV organised a mass march in the streets of Minsk.[3]

The organisation was critical of President Alexander Lukashenko and was dissolved in 2000.

Notable members

There were more notable members who were part of the BDZ and helped to establish the Independent Belarussian Army and country, hope one day it will be possible to list all of them here and on Wikipedia and the Internet. Among those:

  • Mikalay Birukov, 26th of July 1956 - 9th of April 2011, one of the leaders of the BZV, very honest, kind and humble person, who would never betray his ideals, friends and motherland, he was PhD in Radio Physics, lieutenant colonel of fire defense troops, was poisoned and died because of this.

References
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  2. http://gazetaby.com/cont/art.php?sn_nid=48877
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2013-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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