Lukashenko awarded prizes "For Spiritual Revival" and special prizes to cultural and artistic figures

By the end of 2025, five Presidential prizes "For Spiritual Revival" were awarded for active work in the humanitarian field, which contributes to strengthening the spiritual values and moral traditions of the Belarusian people, and patriotic education of young people.

The staff of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Belarusian Orthodox Church was awarded for the development of new areas of social service of the church and a great contribution to pastoral care, the staff of JSC Belrestavratsiya for the preservation and revival of the historical and cultural heritage of Belarus.

The team of authors, consisting of Vladislava Artyukovskaya, artistic director of the Youth Variety Theater, and Anna Lukashenko, a songwriter, was awarded a high award for their significant contribution to preserving historical memory, strengthening the spiritual values of the Belarusian people, and creating and implementing the highly artistic patriotic project "Every Third."

The award was awarded to the team of authors of the National State Television and Radio Company, which includes Ivan Eismont, Chairman of NSTRC, Gleb Gorbatenko, responsible producer of the release department of the main directorate of the First Information TV channel, and Olga Makei, Deputy Chief Director of the main directorate of this TV channel.

Police Major Viktor Shipkov, senior district police inspector of the Department of Law Enforcement and Prevention of the Public Security Police of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Gomel District Executive Committee, was awarded for his personal contribution to the revival, preservation and popularization of folk art, conducting ethnographic research, and reconstruction of traditional festive costumes in the southeastern part of the Gomel region.

Ten special prizes of the President of Belarus have been awarded to cultural and artistic figures for outstanding achievements in the fields of music, theater, cinematography, decorative, applied and choreographic arts, librarianship, education and upbringing of creative youth, which have received public recognition.

High awards were awarded to the teams:

National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus - for significant contribution to patriotic education and creation of the creative project "Pathetic Diary of Memory";

the exemplary Chabarok Dance Ensemble of the Minsk State Palace of Children and Youth - for their great contribution to the preservation and development of choreographic art traditions, active participation in the social and cultural life of the country;

Brest Puppet Theater - for significant contribution to the preservation of national spiritual traditions, popularization of moral values by means of theatrical art;

Mostovskaya Regional Library - for significant contribution to the patriotic education of the younger generation, the implementation of the innovative literary project "Books build BRIDGES."

A special prize was also awarded to Lyudmila Volkovich-Boris and Elizaveta Chervontseva, teachers of the Molodechno State Music College named after M.K.Oginsky, for reviving, preserving and developing the traditions of the Molodechno Vytinanka school.

Alexander Yefremov, artistic director of the Honored Collective of the Republic of Belarus of the theater-studio of the Film Actor of the National Film Studio Belarusfilm, was awarded a high award for his great personal contribution to the development and popularization of Belarusian theater and cinema art. Anna Blagova, police lieutenant, soloist of the brass band of the Minsk City Executive Committee Police Department, for her personal contribution to the development of modern musical art and the creation of patriotic songs. Tamara Zharova, a teacher at the Republican Gymnasium-College at the Belarusian State Academy of Music, for her personal contribution to the development and popularization of national musical art, training laureates at international and national competitions. Andrey Martynyuk, Master of Folk Art Crafts at the Dzerzhinsky Regional Center for Culture and Folk Art, for outstanding achievements in decorative and applied arts and the creation of a unique technology for making mechanical watches from wood. Ksenia Pogorelaya, soloist and instrumentalist of the St. Sophia Cathedral Architectural History Museum branch of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve, for her significant personal contribution to the promotion of the Belarusian musical heritage and the development of organ performance in Belarus.