▁killing ▁ 6 ▁people ▁and ▁w ounding ▁several ▁do z ens . ▁ ▁Historical ▁role , ▁legacy ▁and ▁criticism ▁According ▁to ▁historian ▁Andrew ▁Sav chen ko , ▁by ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁the ▁H ram ada ▁organization ▁was ▁controlled ▁entirely ▁by ▁agents ▁deployed ▁from ▁Moscow , ▁whose ▁aim ▁was ▁to ▁dest abil ize ▁the ▁region ▁and ▁rec ruit ▁part is ans . ▁According ▁to ▁Polish ▁media , ▁the ▁H ram ada ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁cover ▁for ▁in fil tr ation ▁of ▁Poland ▁by ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁According ▁to ▁Sav chen ko , ▁B P W U ▁only ▁theoret ically ▁demanded ▁independence ▁for ▁Bel arus , ▁but ▁in ▁practice ▁promoted ▁only ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁incorpor ating ▁the ▁eth n ically ▁Bel arus ian ▁lands ▁into ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁which ▁meant ▁yet ▁another ▁partition ▁of ▁Poland . ▁The ▁Russian ▁agents ▁attempted ▁to ▁isol ate ▁the ▁Bel arus ian ▁eth nic ▁minor ity ▁in ▁Poland ▁from ▁the ▁political ▁process ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁In ▁turn , ▁H ram ada ▁leaders ▁did ▁exactly ▁what ▁their ▁Moscow ▁advis ers ▁suggested ▁they ▁do , ▁and ▁dis sem in ated ▁Com intern ▁propag anda , ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁rapid ▁growth ▁of ▁its ▁rank ▁and ▁file . ▁By ▁March ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁the ▁party ▁had ▁ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁members . ▁The ▁membership ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁decre ased ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁by ▁a ▁thousand . ▁ ▁In ▁Bel arus , ▁the ▁B P W U ▁is ▁viewed ▁posit ively