The Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal () is a medal awarded in 2018 by the

Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic The Rada of the Belarusian People's Republic (, ) was the governing body of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. Since 1919, the Rada BNR has been in exile where it has preserved its existence among the Belarusian diaspora as an advocacy group ...

(the

government in exile A government-in-exile (GiE) is a political group that claims to be the legitimate government of a sovereign state or semi-sovereign state, but is unable to exercise legal power and instead resides in a foreign country. Governments in exile usu ...

of the

Belarusian Democratic Republic The Belarusian People's Republic (BNR; , ), also known as the Belarusian Democratic Republic, was a state proclaimed by the Council of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in its Second Constituent Charter on 9 March 1918 during World War I. The ...

) 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, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

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 Pahonia, the symbol of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, and the inscription (). The reverse features the inscription ({{Translation, 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 Uładzimir Arłou, known as U. A. Arlou (, ; born 25 August 1953 in Polotsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian historian, writer, politician, and poet. He is chairman of the Belarusian PEN International PEN International ( ...

, 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 s ...

, writer and

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...

laureate *

Bohdan Andrusyshyn Bohdan Andrusyshyn (born January 3, 1958, also known under his stage name Danchyk) is a Belarus, Belarusian journalist and former singer. Biography Andrusyshyn was born in New York City to a Ukrainians, Ukrainian father and a Belarusians, Belar ...

, 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 Siarhiej Dubaviec (, ; born September 17, 1959 in Mazyr) is a Belarusian journalist and writer. Graduated from the Belarusian State University journalism faculty. Worked for the publishing house, the newspaper Homielskaja Praŭda and illegal ...

, journalist and writer *

Stefan Eriksson Bo Stefan M. Eriksson (born December 14, 1961) is a Swedish video game developer and criminal from Uppsala involved in the British gaming company Gizmondo with his business partner Carl Freer, until it became insolvent in 2005. In February 2006 ...

, 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 is serving as the Senior Bureau Official for Western Hemisphere Affairs. He had served Acting Assistant Secretary from 2019 to 2021. H ...

, 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 critic, 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 bor ...

, activist of the Belarusian community in the United Kingdom *

Zianon Pazniak Zianon Stanislavavich Pazniak (born 24 April 1944) is a Belarusian nationalist politician, one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front and leader of the Conservative Christian Party – BPF. He was the Belarusian Popular Front nomi ...

, politician, one of the founders of the

Belarusian Popular Front The Belarusian Popular Front "Revival" (BPF, ; ''Biełaruski Narodny Front "Adradžeńnie"'', ''BNF'') was a social and political movement in Belarus in the late 1980s and 1990s whose goals were national revival of Belarus, its democratization a ...

and nominee for

President of Belarus The president of the Republic of Belarus is the head of state of Belarus. The office was created in 1994 with the passing of the Constitution of Belarus by the Supreme Council of Belarus, Supreme Council. This replaced the office of Supreme_Counc ...

in the 1994 election * Ales Pushkin, artist *

Natalya Radina Natalya Radina (, born 3 May 1979), also known as Natalya Radzina, is a Belarusian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the independent news site '' Charter 97'', which publishes many articles critical of the regime of Belarusian president Alek ...

, journalist *

Piatro Sadoŭski Dr. Piatro Sadoŭski (, born 1941) is a Belarusian linguist, politician and diplomat. Between 1992 and 1994 Sadoŭski served as first ambassador of independent Belarus to Germany. Before and after the appointment, Piatro Sadoŭski was a member ...

, first ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Germany *

Stanislau Shushkevich Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich (15 December 1934 – 3 May 2022) was a Belarusian politician and scientist who served as the first head of state of independent Belarus after it seceded from the Soviet Union, serving as the first chairman ...

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

Belarusian minority in Poland The Belarusian minority in Poland (; ) is composed of 47,000 people according to the Polish census of 2011.Przynależność narodowo-etniczna ludności – wyniki spisu ludności i mieszkań 2011'. GUS. Materiał na konferencję prasową w dniu ...

Уручаны першы Мэдаль да 100-годзьдзя БНР
he First BDR 100th Jubilee Medal Awarded-

Radio Poland Radio Poland (until January 2007 as Radio Polonia, later "Polish Radio External Service" (, in Polish legislation also named as Polskie Radio Program V) is the official international broadcasting station of Poland and is a part of Poland’s pub ...

Belarusian edition, 19 February 2019 * Dr.

Jan Zaprudnik Jan Zaprudnik (9 August 1926 – 26 May 2022, born Siarhej Vilčycki) was a Belarusian Americans, Belarusian-American historian and publicist. He was also one of the leaders of the Belarusian Americans, Belarusian community in the United States ...

, historian and activist of the Belarusian community in the United States * Sergei Antonchik, Belarusian politician, labor activist, and trade unionist

References

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