Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal

Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal; Мэдаль да стагодзьдзя Беларускае Народнае Рэспублікі
	Abverse of the medal
	Awarded by the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
Type	Medal
Awarded for	lifelong achievements in the popularisation and research of Belarus, strengthening of the independence of Belarus, fight for freedom and democracy in Belarus
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	2018
Total awarded	over 180
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Pahonia
	; Ribbon of the BNR 100th Jubilee Medal

The Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal (Belarusian: Мэдаль да стагодзьдзя Беларускае Народнае Рэспублікі) is a medal awarded in 2018 by the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (the government in exile of the Belarusian Democratic Republic) 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 and abroad.[1]

Design

The obverse features the Pahonia, the symbol of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, and the inscription Рада Беларускай Народнай Рэспублікі (transl. Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic). The reverse features the inscription 100 гадоў БНР, 1918-2018 (transl. 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:

Jury Turonak, historian and activist of the Belarusian minority in Poland[2]
Zianon Pazniak, politician, one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front and nominee for President of Belarus in the 1994 election
Natalya Radina, journalist[3]
Uładzimir Arłou, writer and historian[1]
Stefan Eriksson, former Swedish ambassador to Belarus[1]
Michael Kozak, former US Ambassador to Belarus[4]
Daniel V. Speckhard, former US Ambassador to Belarus
George A. Krol, former US Ambassador to Belarus
Svetlana Alexievich, writer and Nobel Prize laureate
Stanislau Shushkevich, first post-Soviet head of state of independent Belarus

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References

Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal - Official Website of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, 25 December 2018
Уручаны першы Мэдаль да 100-годзьдзя БНР [The First BDR 100th Jubilee Medal Awarded] - Radio Poland Belarusian edition, 19 February 2019
Галоўная рэдактарка «Хартыі-97» Натальля Радзіна адной зь першых атрымала мэдаль БНР [Chief editor of Charter'97 among the first to receive a BDR medal] - Radio Svaboda, 19 February 2019
НОВЫЯ ЎРУЧЭНЬНІ МЭДАЛЁЎ ДА СТАГОДЗЬДЗЯ БНР [New awardings of the Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal - Rada BNR official website, 26 March 2019

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[official_release-1] Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal - Official Website of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, 25 December 2018

[2] Уручаны першы Мэдаль да 100-годзьдзя БНР [The First BDR 100th Jubilee Medal Awarded] - Radio Poland Belarusian edition, 19 February 2019

[3] Галоўная рэдактарка «Хартыі-97» Натальля Радзіна адной зь першых атрымала мэдаль БНР [Chief editor of Charter'97 among the first to receive a BDR medal] - Radio Svaboda, 19 February 2019

[awardings25032019-4] НОВЫЯ ЎРУЧЭНЬНІ МЭДАЛЁЎ ДА СТАГОДЗЬДЗЯ БНР [New awardings of the Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal - Rada BNR official website, 26 March 2019