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Order of Saint George. The Order of Saint George (Russian: Орден Святого Георгия, romanized: Orden Svyatogo Georgiya) is the highest military decoration of the Russian Federation. It was originally established on 26 November 1769 Julian [3] (7 December 1769 Gregorian) as the highest military decoration of the Russian Empire ...
The Order was established in 1698 by Tsar Peter the Great, in honour of Saint Andrew, the first apostle of Jesus and patron saint of Russia. It was bestowed in a single class and was only awarded for the most outstanding civilian or military merit. Peter learned of the practice of bestowing awards from his travels in the West during the Great ...
Order of Alexander Nevsky. Order of Courage (Russia) Order of Friendship. Order of Gagarin. Order of Honour (Russia) Order of Military Merit (Russia) Order of Nakhimov. Order of Naval Merit (Russia) Order of Parental Glory.
The Order has three grades. 1st class. The badge is a nickel-silver Byzantine cross (with truncated beams to the centre and slightly concave external parties). In the centre of the cross, there is a white enamel gilt embossed half-length image of St. Daniel in an oval with an image framed by two palm branches with dark blue enamel.
The Cross of Saint George (Russian: Георгиевский крест, romanized: Georgiyevskiy krest) is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was initially established by Imperial Russia where it was officially known as the Decoration of the Military Order of Saint George between 1807 and 1913. The Cross of Saint George was ...
H. Herman of Alaska, one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, patron saint of the Americas. Herman of Solovki, one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery. Herman of Valaam, preached Christianity to Karelians and Finns, co-founder of the Valaam Monastery.
Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy. Categories: Orders, decorations, and medals of Russia. Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical decorations.
The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (Russian: Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, on 14 February 1735, in honour of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great ...