The Order of Honor ( be, Ордэн Пашаны) is an award of
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 R ...
. It is a single level award that was instituted on 13 April 1995. It is awarded for services to Belarus.
Criteria
The Order of Honor is presented in recognition of:
* 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 high and wide. The
obverse
Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, ''o ...
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
The national flag of Belarus is a red-and-green flag with a white-and-red ornament pattern placed at the hoist (staff) end. The current design was introduced in 2012 by the State Committee for Standardisation of the Republic of Belarus, and ...
, 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.
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Notable recipients
*Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin (, , ), born Pietro Costante Cardino (2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020), was an Italian-born naturalised-French fashion designer. He is known for what were his avant-garde style and Space Age designs. He preferred geometric shap ...
, fashion designer
* Helmut Kutin, president of SOS Children's Villages
SOS Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental, nonprofit international development organization headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria. The organization provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children in need and protect ...
*Borys Paton
Borys Yevhenovych Paton ( ua, Бори́с Євге́нович Пато́н, russian: Борис Евгеньевич Патон; 27 November 1918 – 19 August 2020 , chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
* Alexander Shilov, Russian artist
*Victoria Azarenka
Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former wo ...
, professional tennis player
See also
*Orders, decorations, and medals of Belarus
Awards and decorations of Belarus are governed by the Law of the Republic of Belarus on State Awards of 18 May 2004.
The highest award is the title of the Hero of Belarus. The law also specifies orders, medals and honorary titles of Belarus.
He ...
References
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Honor, Order of
Awards established in 1995
1995 establishments in Belarus