62 representatives from various fields have been awarded state decorations.

62 representatives from various fields have been awarded state decorations. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, on April 10, as reported to BELTA by the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The orders, medals, and honorary titles have been conferred upon them for many years of fruitful work, high professionalism, exemplary performance of official duties, courage and determination shown in rescuing people during a fire, merits in military service and border protection, significant personal contribution to ensuring legality and strengthening law and order, development of the construction industry, civil aviation, road management, the real sector of the economy and foreign economic relations, improvement of banking and tax systems, legislation in the field of state property management, and excellent achievements in education, healthcare, science, culture, and arts.

The Order of Honour has been awarded to Mikhail Kovalev, Deputy Head of the State Prosecution Department of the General Prosecutor's Office for Supervision of Legality of Court Decisions in Criminal Cases. The Order of Francysk Skaryna has been awarded to Ivan Misko, a sculptor and member of the Belarusian Union of Artists.

The medal "For a Saved Life" has been awarded to Nikita Rudak, commander of a detachment of the diving and rescue service of the Republican Special Purpose Unit "ZUBR" of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

A large group of border guards has been awarded medals "For Distinction in Military Service" and "For Distinction in Border Protection". Among them are Artyom Borsukov, Head of the Border Post Department of the 20th Border Detachment, and Pavel Mironyuk, Head of the Research Department of the Institute of Border Service, as well as Artyom Shapoval, commander of a border vessel of the border vessel unit of the coastal guard department of the 19th Border Command, and Valery Yushchenko, commander of a reconnaissance and search group of the mobile group of the 21st Border Detachment, respectively.

The merits of a significant number of workers in various fields have been recognised with the medal "For Labour Merits". Among them are Dmitry Kiyko, First Deputy Minister of Finance; Aleksandr Polivko and Dmitry Grishchenkov, First Deputy and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC "ASB Belarusbank"; Vladimir Rummo, cardiologist at the "Lettsy" sanatorium; and Viktor Chikun, a bricklayer at the "Construction Department No. 7" branch of OJSC "Construction Trust No. 4".

The Medal of Francis Skaryna was awarded to Olga Brilon, a musicologist lecturer at the I. Zhinovich National Academic Folk Orchestra of Belarus; Leonard Vasiliev, chief researcher at the A.V. Lykov Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer of the National Academy of Sciences; Andrey Grigoriev, director of the V.A. Bely Institute of Mechanics of Metal-Polymer Systems of the National Academy of Sciences; Petr Ridiger, professor of the vocal department at the Belarusian State Academy of Music; and Andrey Tabolich, an orchestra artist at the G.I. Tsitovich National Academic Folk Choir of Belarus.

The decree also conferred honorary titles of the Republic of Belarus. Vladislav Pligovka, a leading stage master at the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society, awarded the title of Honoured Artist; Mikhail Pozdnyakov, chairman of the Minsk City Branch of the Union of Writers of Belarus, awarded the title of Honoured Figure of Culture; Zhanna Rupasova, head of the Plant Chemistry Laboratory at the Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences, awarded the title of Honoured Scientist; and Oleg Saltovsky, commander of an aviation unit at OJSC "Belavia Belarusian Airlines", awarded the title of Honoured Pilot.

The title of Honoured Teacher was awarded to Zhanna Zhadeiko and Lyudmila Kushnereva, teachers of Russian language and literature at Gymnasium No. 14 in Gomel and Gymnasium No. 1 named after F. Skaryna in Minsk, respectively.

Source: belta.by