Order of Francysk Skaryna
| Order of Francysk Skaryna Францыска Скарыны | |
|---|---|
 Medal of the Order of Francysk Skaryna | |
| Type | Order |
| Awarded for | Services to Belarusian art, literature, historical study and the like. |
| Country | Belarus |
| Established | 13 April 1995 |
 Ribbon of the Order of Francysk Skaryna | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of Honor |
| Next (lower) | Order of Mother |
The Order of Francysk Skaryna (Belarusian: О́рдэн Францы́ска Скары́ны) is an award of Belarus. It is named after Francysk Skaryna, one of the first book printers in Cyrillic script. Order of Francysk Skaryna is a single level award that was instituted on 13 April 1995; it is awarded for significant contributions in the fields of art, literature, historical study, etc.[1]
Notable recipients
- Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
- Zhores Alferov
- Nadezhda Babkina
- Yuri Bashmet
- Nikolay Baskov
- Pavel Borodin
- Vasil Bykaŭ
- Pierre Cardin
- Andrzej Ciechanowiecki
- Viktor Drobysh
- Mohamed ElBaradei
- Valentin Elizariev
- Vladimir Gostyukhin
- Yury Grigorovich
- Mykola Hnatyuk
- Philipp Kirkorov
- Igor Luchenok
- Yury Luzhkov
- Igor Makarov (businessman)
- Valentina Matviyenko
- Vladimir Mulyavin
- Tamara Nizhnikova
- Aleksandra Pakhmutova
- Vladimir Vasilievich Rusakevich
- Viktor Sadovnichiy
- Mikhail Savitsky
- Gennadiy Seleznyov
- Alexander Tikhanovich
- Pavel Yakubovich
- Rostislav Yankovsky
- Boris Yeltsin
- Maria Zakharevich
See also
References
- ^ "Republic of Belarus: Order of Francisc Skorina". Medals of the World. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2011.