People of the Revolution and the USSR
- Jan Sierada Ян Серада Veterinarian who chaired the First All-Belarusian Congress and, as chairman of the Rada, presided over the declaration of independence
- Piotra Krečeŭski Пётра Крэчэўскі Chairman of the Rada of the Belarusian People’s Republic from 1919 until his death, leading it in exile from Prague
- Zmicier Zhylunovich Зміцер Жылуновіч Worker-poet known as Tsishka Hartny who headed the first Soviet government of Byelorussia
- Alexander Grigoryevich Chervyakov Александр Григорьевич Червяков Architect of Byelorussian Soviet statehood who turned the gun on himself
- Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich Станіслаў Станіслававіч Шушкевіч The nuclear physicist who demanded Chernobyl truth, hosted the meeting that dissolved the USSR, and called Gorbachev to tell him