The Order of Francysk Skaryna ( be, О́рдэн Францы́ска Скары́ны) is an award of

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. It is named after

Francysk Skaryna Francysk Skaryna (alternative transcriptions of his name: ''Francišak Skaryna'' or ''Francisk Skaryna''; lat, Franciscus Scorina, be, Францыск (Францішак) Скарына ; pl, Franciszek Skaryna, cs, František Skorina; ...

, one of the first book printers in

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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.

Notable recipients

Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, russian: link=no, Патриарх Алексий II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger russian: link=no, Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер; 23 February 1929 – 5 December ...

Zhores Alferov Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (russian: link=no, Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров, ; be, Жарэс Іва́навіч Алфёраў; 15 March 19301 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed signific ...

* Nadezhda Babkina *

Yuri Bashmet Yuri Abramovich Bashmet (russian: link=no, Юрий Абрамович Башмет; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian conductor, violinist, and violist. Biography Yuri Bashmet was born on 24 January 1953 in Rostov-on-Don in the family of A ...

Nikolay Baskov Nikolay Victorovich Baskov (russian: link=no, Николай Викторович Басков; born 15 October 1976) is a Russian tenor who performs in both operatic and popular music styles. His honors include commendations as Meritorious ...

* Pavel Borodin *

Vasil Bykaŭ Vasil Uladzimiravič Bykaŭ (often spelled Vasil Bykov, be, Васі́ль Уладзі́міравіч Бы́каў, russian: Василь Влади́мирович Быков) (19 June 1924 – 22 June 2003) was a prolific Soviet and Belarus ...

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 sh ...

* Andrzej Ciechanowiecki *

Viktor Drobysh Viktor Yakovlevich Drobysh (russian: Ви́ктор Я́ковлевич Дро́быш; born June 27, 1966, Leningrad, Russian SFSR) is a Russian composer and music producer, Honored Artist of Russia (2010). Song Author group '' Buranovskiye Ba ...

Mohamed ElBaradei Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei ( ar, محمد مصطفى البرادعي, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá al-Barādaʿī, ; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as the vice president of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July ...

* Valentin Elizariev *

Vladimir Gostyukhin Vladimir Vasilyevich Gostyukhin (russian: Владимир Васильевич Гостюхин, be, Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Гасцю́хін, born 10 March 1946) is a Soviet and Russian, Belarusian film and stage actor. ...

* Yury Grigorovich *

Mykola Hnatyuk Mykola Vasylyovych Hnatyuk or Mykola Vasyliovych Hnatiuk ( uk, Микола Васильович Гнатюк; born 14 September 1952) is a Soviet, Ukrainian singer, popular in the early 1980s. In 1979 he won the Grand Prix at the Dresden Pop ...

* Philipp Kirkorov *

Igor Luchenok Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok (Belarusian: Iгар Міхайлавіч Лучанок, Ihar Michajlavič Lučanok, Russian: Игорь Михайлович Лученок; 6 August 1938 in Minsk — 12 November 2018 in Minsk) was a Belarusian com ...

Yury Luzhkov Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov ( rus, Ю́рий Миха́йлович Лужко́в, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʊˈʂkof; 21 September 1936 – 10 December 2019) was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010 ...

Igor Makarov (businessman) Igor Viktorovich Makarov (russian: Игорь Викторович Макаров; born 5 April 1962 Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union) is the President of ARETI International Group (formerly known as ITERA International Group). A former prof ...

Vladimir Mulyavin Vladimir Georgievich Mulyavin (russian: Влади́мир Гео́ргиевич Муля́вин; be, Уладзімер Георгіевіч Мулявін (Uladzimer Heorhijevič Muliavin); 12 January 1941 – 26 January 2003) was a Belarus ...

Tamara Nizhnikova Tamara Nikolaevna Nizhnikova (russian: Тамара Николаевна Нижникова; 9 March 1925 – 15 February 2018) was a Belarusian opera singer. Born in Samara on 9 March 1925, Nizhnikova attended the Moscow Conservatory before joinin ...

Aleksandra Pakhmutova Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova (russian: Александра Николаевна Пахмутова ; born 9 November 1929) is a Soviet and Russian composer. She has remained one of the best-known figures in Soviet The Soviet Union ...

Vladimir Vasilievich Rusakevich Vladimir Vasilievich Rusakevich (, born 13 September 1947) is a retired Belarusian politician and Ambassador. *In 1963 he began his career, as the head of the library and teacher in the high school of Hotynitskoy in the Hantsavichy District ...

* Viktor Sadovnichiy * Mikhail Savitsky * Gennadiy Seleznyov *

Alexander Tikhanovich Alexander Grigorievich Tikhanovich ( be, Аляксандр Рыгоравіч Ціхановіч; 13 July 1952 – 28 January 2017) was a Soviet and Belarusian pop singer, former member of the ensemble Verasy. He was named Honored Artist and P ...

* Pavel Yakubovich *

Rostislav Yankovsky Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky ( be, Расціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі, russian: Ростислав Иванович Янковский; 5 February 1930 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian actor. He was born in Odessa on 5 Febr ...

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

* Maria Zakharevich

References

Skaryna, Order of Francysk Awards established in 1995 1995 establishments in Belarus Recipients of the Order of Francysk Skaryna {{ODM-stub

Notable recipients

See also

References