Order of Honor (Belarus)
# Order of Honor (Belarus)

The Order of Honor (Belarusian: Ордэн Пашаны) is an award of Belarus. 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 50 mm (2.0 in) high and 46 mm (1.8 in) wide. The obverse 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, 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.

## Notable recipients

* Pierre Cardin, fashion designer
* Helmut Kutin, president of SOS Children's Villages
* Borys Paton, chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
* Alexander Shilov, Russian artist
* Victoria Azarenka, professional tennis player
