Demographics
According to the 1959 Soviet Census, the population of the republic were made up as follows:
Nationalities (1959):
- Belarusians - 81%
- Poles - 16%
- Lithuanians - 5%
- Ukrainians - about 1%
- Russians - <1%
Other ethnic/religious groups (1959):
- Jews - about 1%
The largest cities were:
- Minsk
- Brest
- Homel
- Hrodna
- Mahilyow
- Vitsebsk
- Babruisk
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