The Byelorussian language has been almost completely eliminated. not only from official use in administrative circles. but also in higher educational institutions. in secondary schools. and in a large number of elementary schools. By implementing policies of religious suppression. the Soviet Government has almost completely eradicated all public religious worship in Byelorussia. Despite the purges of 192930. 1933. and 1937 and the mass deportations during 1939 and the 1950s. and despite the mass murders and starvation programs of 194648. the Communists have failed to suppress. let alone exterminate. the spiritual and moral resolve for establishing freedom in Byelorussia. On the contrary. the will of all Byelorussians has been strengthened In their desire for achieving independence. Byelorussian Independence Day. March 25. 1918. is commemorated by all Byelorussians wherever they liveby the ByelorussianAmerican community by the emigrants throughout the free world. and by the members of the Byelorussian underground in BSSR. To these and to all other freedomloving. people. March 25. 1918. symbolizes the unquenched spirit of the Byelorussian people.
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