Order of Honor (Belarus) explained

Order of Honor Ордэн Пашаны
Presenter:	the President of Belarus
Type:	State decoration
Awarded For:	Services to the nation
Established:	13 April 1995
Precedence Label:	Order of Wear
Higher:	Order for Personal Gallantry
Lower:	Order of Francysk Skaryna

The Order of Honor (Belarusian: Ордэн Пашаны) is an award of Belarus. It is a single level award that was instituted on 13 April 1995. It is awarded for services to Belarus.^[1]

Criteria

The Order of Honor is presented in recognition of:^[2]

• Achievements in manufacturing, science, public/social/cultural work, or sports
• High level performance in manufacturing, agriculture, construction, communications, trade, housing, utilities services, transportation, and other industries
• Notable achievement in the fields of healthcare, education, or working with youth professionally
• Recognition of high labor productivity, improvement of the quality of products, or reduction of material and labor costs in product manufacturing
• Introduction of new equipment, inventions, and technologies that are deemed especially valuable
• Numerous and broad public and social activities
• Contributions to strengthening economic, scientific, technical, cultural or other ties between Belarus and other countries

Appearance

The medal of the Order of Honor is eight sided, made of gold-plated silver, and is 50mm high and 46mm wide. The obverse depicts a four-pointed silver star with an image of a man and a woman superimposed in the center. The man and the woman hold a sheaf of wheat and the Flag of Belarus, in green, white and red enamel. Below the star is a wreath of oak and laurel branches joined by a blue enameled ribbon. The reverse is plain bearing only the award's serial number in the center. The order is attached by a ring suspension to a pentagonal ribbon drape. The ribbon is yellow with red stripes at the edges and a thin green stripe in the center.^[2]

Notable recipients

• Pierre Cardin, fashion designer^[3]
• Helmut Kutin, president of SOS Children's Villages^[4]
• Borys Paton, chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine^[5]
• Alexander Shilov, Russian artist ^[6]
• Victoria Azarenka, professional tennis player^[7]

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of Belarus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Republic of Belarus: Order of Merit . 6 May 2007 . Medals.org.uk . 30 September 2013.
2. Web site: Orders of the Republic of Belarus. President.gov.by. 30 September 2014.
3. Web site: Alexander Lukashenko Meets with Pierre Cardin. Press service of the President. 30 September 2014.
4. Web site: Alexander Lukashenko Awards President of International Charity SOS Kinderdorf International With Order of Frantsysk Skaryna . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus . 30 September 2014.
5. Web site: President of Belarus Meets with Heads of Foreign Scientific Organizations. Mfa.gov.by. 30 September 2014.
6. Web site: On Exhibition of Alexander Shilov in Minsk. Mfa.gov.by. 30 September 2014.
7. Web site: Victoria Azarenka Receives Order of Honor Medal from Belarusian President. Tennis World USA. 30 April 2017 . 10 January 2019.