Orders, decorations, and medals of Belarus

The law also specifies orders, medals and honorary titles of Belarus.

Children also taken into account:Adopted children as defined by legislation;Dead or missing in the defence of the Fatherland and its state interests and the performance of civic duty to save human life, the rule of law and order, or died as a result of injury or disease, or due to employment injury or occupational disease.

Additionally the President can introduce jubilee medals (юбiлейныя мядалi) on occasions of important anniversaries observed in Belarus.

In 1949, the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in exile under President Mikoła Abramčyk has introduced a number of civic and military awards.

[2] In 2018, the Rada has awarded 130 Belarusian activists and politicians, as well as a number of foreigners, with a newly created medal commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Belarusian Democratic Republic.