OREANDA-NEWS. On February 29 President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko conferred state awards on 73 citizens, including industry workers, medics, geologists, construction workers, lawyers, teachers, people of culture and arts, the military and policemen, executives.

Alexander Lukashenko remarked, “Every one of you earned these awards in his own way. But all of you are united by an active civil stance, the fact that you dedicate you talent and energy, hard everyday work and intellect to the benefit of our country, to multiplying its economic, scientific, defence and spiritual potential and authority in the international community”.

Workers, specialists and executives of industrial enterprises and construction companies were most widely represented.

The President conferred state awards on workers of OAO Amkodor. An Order of Honour went to engineer of gear-shaping semi-automated machines of OAO Amkodor Viktor Mironovich, a medal For Labour Merits — OAO Amkodor director general Alexander Yanovsky, commercial director Vladimir Baranovsky, director of Udarnik plant Mikhail Sadovsky, deputy director general for economy Tamara Postoyalko and other workers. “It is important that your products are timely renewed to meet modern-day requirements and enjoy high demand not only in Belarus but abroad,” said the President.

The head of state thanked workers of Vitebsk building companies for speedy reconstruction of the Summer Amphitheatre. Alexander Lukashenko conferred a medal For Labour Merits on Yaroslav Gribik, deputy director general, senior geologist for oil and gas of geological prospecting company Belgeologia, and on Alexander Suslenko, senior geologist of the Mozyr deep drilling oil exploratory expedition.

“Selfless productive and quality labour in every position and company is important for us. Today it is the foundation of the dynamic development of the economy and improvement of living standards of the nation,” noted Alexander Lukashenko.

The number of awardees also includes people of culture and arts, higher education, and mass media. An Order of Fatherland, 2nd degree, was bestowed upon Valentin Yelizaryev, director and art director of the National Academic Grand Ballet Theatre. A Medal of Frantsisk Skorina was awarded to chairman of the Vitebsk oblast department of the Writers Union of Belarus Tamara Gusachenko, director of the Yakub Kolas State Literature and Memorial Museum Zinaida Komarovskaya, art director of the production centre of Spamash company Vladimir Kondrusevich, secretary of the administration of the Writers Union of Belarus Alexander Martinovich, department head of the Belarusian State University Tatiana Shamyakina.

A gratitude of the President of Belarus was bestowed upon department editor of the Zvyazda newspaper Natalia Karpenko, director of the representative office of the interstate television and radio company Mir in Belarus Lyudmila Sidorovich, pro-rector of the Belarusian State Physical Culture University Vladimir Vasilevsky, department head of the same university Viktor Bartash, professor of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank Irina Novik.

The number of awardees also includes state administration officers. “Our government executives recognise the present-day high responsibility and the need to achieve tasks the state faces. They recognise and actively contribute to the achievement of tense national development goals,” stressed the President.

Vitebsk Oblast Governor Vladimir Andreichenko was awarded an Order of Fatherland, 3rd degree.

An Order of Honour was bestowed upon First Vice Premier Vladimir Semashko, Deputy Head of the President Administration Alexander Popkov, Director of the Palace of the Republic Piotr Volkov.

Information Minister Vladimir Rusakevich and Vitebsk Mayor Piotr Drozdov were awarded an Order of Frantsisk Skorina.

Medals For Labour Merits were awarded to director of the national scientific and research centre for traumatology and orthopaedics Alexander Beletsky, Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Viktor Petrusha and head of the department for financial and bookkeeping support for state agencies of the Presidential Property Management Directorate Alexander Voblikov. A gratitude of the President of Belarus was bestowed upon Deputy Chairman of the State Control Committee and Director of the Financial Investigations Department Sergei Baranovsky, Director of the National Law-Making Centre under the President Valery Mitskevich, department head of the Department for Alleviating Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe Gennady Antsipov.

State awards were also bestowed on officers of law enforcement and power-wielding agencies.

Alexander Lukashenko thanked the awardees for high professional skills and industriousness, talent and energy they dedicate to the service for the Fatherland.