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Belarus in 1996

Historical records for Belarus in 1996, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
7Events
1Named people
1Places
1Categories

Historical records

November

7 November 1996Constitution of BelarusAlyaksandr Lukashenko

Government / Government of Belarus

Lukashenko calls a national referendum to obtain power to disband the legislature and extend his term of office from 5 to 7 years

7 November 1996ReferendumAlyaksandr Lukashenko

Government / Government of Belarus

Lukashenko calls a national referendum to obtain power to disband the legislature and extend his term of office from 5 to 7 years

Other Events

1996DemonstrationsAlyaksandr Lukashenko

Minsk · Government / Government of Belarus

Police Battle demonstrators in central Minsk protest against the pron policies of President Alexander Lukashenko

1996Economy of BelarusAlyaksandr Lukashenko

Government / Government of Belarus

A crackdown on commercial banks is begun with new rules and sharp restrictions and in some cases nationalization

1996Independence of BelarusAlyaksandr Lukashenko

Government / Government of Belarus

Brings back an almost identical version of its Soviet era flag, and installs Russian as an official language

1996Independence of BelarusAlyaksandr Lukashenko

Minsk · Government / Government of Belarus

Police Battle demonstrators in central Minsk protest against the pron policies of President Alexander Lukashenko

1996LanguageAlyaksandr Lukashenko

Government / Government of Belarus

Brings back an almost identical version of its Soviet era flag, and installs Russian as an official language

1996NationalizationAlyaksandr Lukashenko

Government / Government of Belarus

A crackdown on commercial banks is begun with new rules and sharp restrictions and in some cases nationalization

Names involved

Alyaksandr Lukashenko

Places involved

Minsk

Provenance

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