Editing History of Belarus (section)

=== Soviet coup attempt, the Transition Period and the end of the Soviet Union ===
{{Main|1991 Soviet coup attempt|Dissolution of the Soviet Union|Transition period and cessation of the existence of the Soviet Union|Succession, continuity and legacy of the Soviet Union}}
On 25 August 1991, after the failure of the [[1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt|August Coup]] in Moscow, Belarus declared full independence from the USSR by granting the declaration of state sovereignty a constitutional status that it did not have before.<ref>[https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus_independence_day_that_wasnt/24307926.html Belarus And The Independence Day That Wasn't] - by Tom Balmforth, [[Radio Free Europe]], 25 August 2011</ref>