Mikalay Dzyemyantsyey (,

Łacinka The Belarusian Latin alphabet or Łacinka (from , BGN/PCGN romanization of Belarusian, BGN/PCGN: , ) for the Latin script in general is the Latin script as used to write Belarusian. It is similar to the Sorbian alphabet and incorporates feat ...

: ''Mikałaj Dziemianciej'', , Nikolay Dementey; 25 May 1930 – 10 July 2018) was a Soviet and Belarusian politician who was chairman of the

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

ian

Supreme Soviet The Supreme Soviet () was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). These soviets were modeled after the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, establ ...

. A former member of the Communist Party of Belarus, he was replaced by

Stanislav Shushkevich Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich (15 December 1934 – 3 May 2022) was a Belarusian politician and scientist who served as the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, serving as the first chairman ...

as chairman because he sided with the leaders of the August 1991 coup attempt against

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

president

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

. He died on 10 July 2018, at the age of 88.Умер Николай Дементей — председатель Верховного Совета БССР

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1930 births 2018 deaths People from Chashniki district Heads of state of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Byelorussia Members of the Supreme Council of Belarus Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour People of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt {{Belarus-politician-stub