The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Soviet" id="mwASY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Supreme Soviet">Supreme Soviet</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" id="mwASc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic">Belarusian Soviet Republic</a> declares independence of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" id="mwASg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Belarus">Belarus</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Until <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1996">1996</a> the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Belarusian_referendum" id="mwASs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1996 Belarusian referendum">referendum</a> held that year the celebration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence" id="mwASw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Independence">independence</a> is moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_3" id="mwAS0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="June 3">June 3</a>.