68 representatives from various fields have been awarded state honors
11 September 2025
68 representatives of various fields have been awarded state decorations. The corresponding decree was signed on September 10 by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, BELTA was informed by the press service of the Belarusian leader.
- The gratitude of the President of Belarus has been announced to agricultural workers and collectives of six agricultural enterprises
Orders, medals, and honorary titles have been awarded for many years of fruitful work, high professionalism, courage and determination shown in saving a person on water, achieving high production indicators, merits in military service, protection of the state border, environmental activities, significant personal contribution to ensuring legality, strengthening law and order and combating crime, eliminating the consequences of emergencies, developing the agro-industrial complex, forestry, industry, construction, transport industry, for excellent achievements in the fields of healthcare, education, science, culture, and sports.
The Order of Fatherland II degree has been awarded to Alexander Ilyushchenko, General Director of the O.V. Roman Powder Metallurgy Institute. The Order of Honour has been awarded to Elena Lebedeva, Head of the Legal Department of the Presidential Affairs Directorate of Belarus, and Valery Khelsky, Chairman of the Grodno District Executive Committee. The Order of Francysk Skaryna has been awarded to Igor Olovnikov, soloist-instrumentalist, leading stage master of the Belarusian State Order of the Red Banner of Labour Philharmonic.
Vitaly Gorozhankin, a pensioner, has been awarded the medal "For a Saved Life". Olga Cherginets, Head of Department of the Main Directorate of the State Border Committee, has been awarded the medal "For Distinction in Military Service".
Representatives of various law enforcement agencies have been awarded medals for distinction in protecting public order and the state border, and in preventing and eliminating emergencies.
A large group of workers has been awarded the medal "For Labor Merits". Among them are Vadim Bogush, Rector of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, and Andrey Buinevich, General Director of OJSC "INTEGRAL" - Management Company of the Holding "INTEGRAL".
Among those awarded the medal of Francysk Skaryna are Lyudmila Zemtsova, soloist of the choir of the National Academic Folk Choir of the Republic of Belarus named after G.I. Tsitovich, and Sergey Medvedev, Director of the Youth Estrada Theater.
The decree also conferred honorary titles of the Republic of Belarus.
The title "Honored Scientist" was awarded to Stanislav Knyazev, Professor of the Department of Public Administration of the Institute of Public Administration of the Academy of Management under the President of the Republic of Belarus. The title "Honored Educator" was awarded to Georgy Golikov, Director of the Lyceum of the Interstate Educational Institution of Higher Education "Belarusian-Russian University" named after L.E. Manevich.
Elena Radyuk, a confectioner at OJSC "Kommunarka", was awarded the title of Honored Industry Worker. Vladimir Kosenkov, Director of the Klichev Forestry, became an Honored Forester. Vladimir Bublik, General Director of OJSC "Stroytrust No. 1", and Vladimir Kolesen, Head of Projects for Construction and Repair of Transport Facilities at OJSC "Road Construction Trust No. 5", became Honored Builders.
Anastasia Shkurdai and Ilya Shimanovich, athlete-instructors of the Belarusian national swimming team of the Republican Center for Olympic Training in Water Sports, were awarded the title "Honored Master of Sports".