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The first general law on orders of the Russian Empire was the "Regulation on Russian Imperial Orders" approved by Paul I on the day of his coronation (April 5, 1797), which for the first time officially established the hierarchy of imperial awards and created a single body to manage award production – the Russian Cavalier Order (Cavalier ...
Coat of arms of Russia.. The State Award System of the Russian Federation has varied and distinct origins. The first being pre-1917 orders of the Russian Empire re-established after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, the second is from former Soviet orders that were slightly modified and retained post 1991, we also find many completely new awards resembling Imperial awards in basic ...
Orders of chivalry of the Russian Empire (6 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of the Russian Empire" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The Order of the White Eagle was officially "annexed" by Nicholas I on 17 November 1831 and became part of the Russian Imperial honors system. Among the first recipients of the Imperial Order of the White Eagle were Ivan Paskevich and Pyotr Petrovich Palen , recognised for their part in suppressing the Polish uprising.
The Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was abolished after the 1917 Russian Revolution, along with all other orders and titles of the Russian Empire. In 1942, the Soviet Union revived the order as a purely military decoration and renamed it the more secular Order of Alexander Nevsky, and the Russian Federation revived it in 2010.
The Imperial Order of Saint Stanislaus (Polish: Order św. Stanisława; Russian: Орденъ Св. Станислава, romanized: Orden Sv. Stanislava), also spelled Stanislas or Stanislav, is a Russian dynastic order of knighthood founded as Order of the Knights of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr in 1765 by King Stanisław II Augustus of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir (Russian: орден Святого Владимира) was an Imperial Russian order established on 3 October [O.S. 22 September] 1782 by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of the Kievan Rus'.
Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir (4 C, 67 P) Pages in category "Orders of chivalry of Russia" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.