The Order of Friendship of Peoples () is a state award of the

Republic of Belarus A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th ...

. It is the highest award of the Republic of Belarus for foreign citizens.

Statute of the order

The Order of Friendship of Peoples is awarded to citizens: * for a significant contribution to the strengthening of peace, friendly relations and cooperation between states, the consolidation of society and the unity of peoples; * for especially fruitful activities for the convergence and mutual enrichment of national cultures; * for high achievements in international public, charitable and humanitarian activities; * for a great personal contribution to the development and multiplication of the spiritual and intellectual potential of the Republic of Belarus, active work to protect human rights and his social interests; * for special services in the development of foreign economic activity, democracy and social progress. The Order of Friendship of Peoples is worn on a neck ribbon.

Notable recipients (partial list)

Belarus

Pyotr Klimuk Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk ( be, Пётр Ільіч Кліму́к; russian: Пётр Ильич Климу́к; born 10 July 1942) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to perform space travel. Klimuk made three flights into space. ...

Post-USSR nations

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Boris Gromov Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov (russian: Бори́с Все́володович Гро́мов; born 7 November 1943) is a prominent Russian military and political figure. From 2000 to 2012, he was the Governor of Moscow Oblast. Biography Born 7 ...

, Soviet-Russian general *

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 ...

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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 ...

* Valentina Matviyenko * Gennady Zyuganov, General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party * Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic * Borys Paton, former head of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine * Ilýa Weljanow, Turkmen diplomat and Soviet general *Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan *Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Kyrgyzstan *Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan *Karim Massimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

Other nations

* Cao Gangchuan, chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), Central Military Commission and former Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China, Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China. * Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela *René Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. *Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt *Tomislav Nikolić, President of Serbia

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