Belarus’ state awards bestowed to nearly 100 professionals across various fields
09:47, 8 August
On 7 August Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 299, awarding state honors to 94 distinguished individuals across various fields of achievement, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
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The order, medals and honorary titles were awarded for many years of fruitful work, high professionalism, courage and determination shown in rescuing people during fires, achieving high production indicators, significant personal contribution to ensuring the rule of law, strengthening law and order and combating crime, preventing and investigating economic crimes, protecting the environment, developing the agro-industrial complex, manufacturing sector, construction, communications, transport, energy sector, social security, education, science, culture and sports.
The Order of Honor was awarded to Grodno Oblast Prosecutor Aleksandr Zhukov. The Medal for Saved Life was awarded to head of the second department of the armament headquarters of the Defense Ministry Andrei Zhlukta.
Among the recipients of the Medal for Excellence in the Maintenance of Public Order are Aleksandr Vyrkovsky, Senior Detective for Especially Important Cases at the Brest Customs Anti-Smuggling Department; Vladislav Goncharuk, Investigator for Especially Important Cases at the Main Investigative Department (Central Office) of the Investigative Committee, specializing in crimes against persons and public safety; Aleksandr Prikolotin, Deputy Head of the Investigative Committee’s Department for Gomel Oblast.
A large group of workers were awarded the Medal for Labor Merits. Among them are Chief Livestock Specialist at the Ostromechevo enterprise Olga Zhitkovich, Director General of Minsk Automobile Plant Valery Ivankovich, an electrician at the Polimir plant of Naftan Aleksandr Korsak, and a confectioner at Borisovkhlebprom Artyom Sobol.
Among those awarded the Medal of Francysk Skaryna are a ballet dancer of the Belarusian State Academic Honored Choreographic Ensemble Khoroshki Yelena Bogdanova, Director of Baranovichi Secondary School No. 1 Marina Kuptsova, First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Gomelskaya Pravda newspaper Vyacheslav Minkov, and a physics teacher at Molodechno Secondary School No. 14 Yelena Spetsian.
The decree also awarded honorary titles of the Republic of Belarus.
The People’s Teacher of Belarus title was awarded to a mathematics teacher of Gymnasium No. 1 of Lida Alfred Ladyko. An artist of the Grodno Capella symphony orchestra Tatiana Sukhotskaya was awarded the Honored Artist of Belarus title.
The Honored Scientist of Belarus title was awarded to Director of the Institute for Nuclear Problems of BSU Sergei Maksimenko. First Vice-Rector of Belarusian State Pedagogical University Svetlana Kopteva was awarded the Honored Worker of Education of Belarus title. Director of the Gamma Vkusa company Nadezhda Palchinskaya became the Honored Worker of Industry of Belarus.
Director General of the Grodnokhlebprom enterprise Viktor Leonovich and Director of the Dembrovo enterprise Aleksandr Tula were awarded the Honored Worker of Agriculture of Belarus title.
