| Order of Francysk Skaryna Францыска Скарыны  | |
|---|---|
![]() Medal of the Order of Francysk Skaryna  | |
| Type | Order | 
| Awarded for | Services to Belarusian art, literature, historical study and the like. | 
| Country | Belarus | 
| Established | 13 April 1995 | 
Ribbon of the Order of Francysk Skaryna  | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of Honor | 
| Next (lower) | Order of Mother | 
The Order of Francysk Skaryna (Belarusian: О́рдэн Францы́ска Скары́ны) is an award of Belarus. It is named after Francysk Skaryna, one of the first book printers in Cyrillic 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.[1]
Notable recipients
- Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
 - Zhores Alferov
 - Nadezhda Babkina
 - Yuri Bashmet
 - Nikolay Baskov
 - Pavel Borodin
 - Vasil Bykaŭ
 - Pierre Cardin
 - Andrzej Ciechanowiecki
 - Viktor Drobysh
 - Mohamed ElBaradei
 - Valentin Elizariev
 - Vladimir Gostyukhin
 - Yury Grigorovich
 - Mykola Hnatyuk
 - Philipp Kirkorov
 - Igor Luchenok
 - Yury Luzhkov
 - Igor Makarov (businessman)
 - Vladimir Mulyavin
 - Tamara Nizhnikova
 - Aleksandra Pakhmutova
 - Vladimir Vasilievich Rusakevich
 - Viktor Sadovnichiy
 - Mikhail Savitsky
 - Gennadiy Seleznyov
 - Alexander Tikhanovich
 - Pavel Yakubovich
 - Rostislav Yankovsky
 - Boris Yeltsin
 - Maria Zakharevich
 
See also
References
- ↑ "Republic of Belarus: Order of Francisc Skorina". Medals of the World. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
 
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