The Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal ( be, Мэдаль да стагодзьдзя Беларускае Народнае Рэспублікі) is a medal awarded in 2018 by the

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(the

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of the Belarusian Democratic Republic) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the republic in 1918. The medal has been awarded to more than 180 activists, politicians and researchers in

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

and abroad.Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal
- Official Website of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, 25 December 2018

Design

The obverse features the

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, the symbol of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, and the inscription (). The reverse features the inscription ({{trans, 100 years of the BNR, 1918-2018) with oak branches and the Cross of Saint Euphrosyne. The ribbon is white with a red stripe separated by thin black lines.

Recipients

Recipients of the medal include: * Uładzimir Arłou, writer and historian *

Svetlana Alexievich Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suf ...

, writer and

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laureate * Bohdan Andrusyshyn, journalist and singer * Nina Baginskaya, political and human rights activist *

Jim Dingley Jim Dingley (born 24 March 1942) is a researcher and promoter of Belarusian culture in the UK as well as a translator of Belarusian literature. Early life Dingley was born in Leeds on 24 March 1942. After studies of Russian and other Slavonic ...

, translator of Belarusian Literature into English * Siarhiej Dubaviec, journalist and writer * Stefan Eriksson, former Swedish ambassador to Belarus *

Michael Kozak Michael G. Kozak (born September 18, 1946) is an American diplomat in the United States Department of State who served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Bela ...

, former US Ambassador to BelarusНОВЫЯ ЎРУЧЭНЬНІ МЭДАЛЁЎ ДА СТАГОДЗЬДЗЯ БНР
ew awardings of the Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal - Rada BNR official website, 26 March 2019 * George A. Krol, former US Ambassador to Belarus *

Adam Maldzis Adam Maldzis (, 7 August 1932 – 3 January 2022) was a Belarusian historian, literary critic, author and journalist. He was described as "a patriarch of Belarusian humanities", "an excellent connoisseur of literature" and "a living bridge betwe ...

, historian, literary criticist, author and journalist *

Helen Michaluk Helen Michaluk (, Marcinkevich; 15 May 1930 – 16 October 2022) was a prominent figure of the Belarusian diaspora, a long-standing (and the only female) head of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain. Life and work Michaluk was born ...

, activist of the Belarusian community in the United Kingdom *

Zianon Pazniak Zianon Stanislavavič Pazniak ( be, Зянон Станіслававіч Пазняк, born 24 April 1944) is a Belarusian nationalist politician, one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front and leader of the Conservative Christian ...

, politician, one of the founders of the

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and nominee for

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in the 1994 election * Natalya Radina, journalist * Piatro Sadoŭski, first ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Germany *

Stanislau Shushkevich Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich ( be, Станісла́ў Станісла́вавіч Шушке́віч, translit=Stanisłáŭ Stanisłávavič Šuškiévič,; russian: Станисла́в Станисла́вович Шушке́вич; ...

, first post-Soviet head of state of independent Belarus * Daniel V. Speckhard, former US Ambassador to Belarus * Jury Turonak, historian and activist of the

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Уручаны першы Мэдаль да 100-годзьдзя БНР
he First BDR 100th Jubilee Medal Awarded- Radio Poland Belarusian edition, 19 February 2019 * Dr. Jan Zaprudnik, historian and activist of the Belarusian community in the United States

References

Orders, decorations, and medals of Belarus Belarusian National Republic Awards established in 2018 2018 establishments in Belarus Anniversaries