{"id":183750,"date":"2026-04-15T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183750\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:42:14","slug":"late-belarusian-doctor-awarded-the-righteous-among-the-nations-medal","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183750\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Belarusian doctor awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pravedniki_izrail_posolstvo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Israel&#039;s embassy in Belarus)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 15, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Righteous Among the Nations medal has been posthumously awarded to Minsk physician Michai\u0142 U\u0142adysik, who died in 1948, the Israeli embassy in Belarus reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli Charg\u00e9 d&#8217;Affaires Tzevy Mirkin has presented the medal to U\u0142adysik&#8217;s relative Viktar \u0160adurski. The award is Israel\u2019s highest civilian honor bestowed upon non-Jews who risked their lives, freedom or position to save Jews during the Holocaust. More than 790 Belarusians were distinguished with this award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U\u0142adyisik, a native of Minsk, saved Jewish boy Yakov Siterman from death in the Minsk ghetto during the Second World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Yaroshevich_posol_izrail_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Yaroshevich_posol_izrail_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Yaroshevich_posol_izrail_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Yaroshevich_posol_izrail_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Yaroshevich_posol_izrail_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Yaroshevich_posol_izrail_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian envoy, Israeli diplomat discuss Holocaust remembrance<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 12, Pozirk. Belarusian Ambassador Juryj Jara\u0161evi\u010d and Yacov Livne, deputy director general for public diplomacy at the Israeli foreign ministry, discussed Holocaust remembrance yesterday, the Belarusian foreign ministry reports. The diplomats, in particular, talked about the establishment of a &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/175286\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 15, Pozirk. The Righteous Among the Nations medal has been posthumously awarded to Minsk physician Michai\u0142 U\u0142adysik, who died in 1948, the Israeli embassy in Belarus reports. Israeli Charg\u00e9 d&#8217;Affaires Tzevy Mirkin has presented the medal to U\u0142adysik&#8217;s relative Viktar \u0160adurski. The award is Israel\u2019s highest civilian honor bestowed upon non-Jews who risked their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":183744,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-183750","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Late Belarusian doctor awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 15, Pozirk. 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