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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.
Saint Alexander Nevsky: 1725 «For Labors and Fatherland» One 3000 In 1942, the Order of Alexander Nevsky (with a slightly changed name) was restored as a military award of the Soviet Union. Resumed in modern Russia, but as a civilian award. White Eagle: 1831 «Pro Fide, Rege et Lege» «For Faith, King and Law» One 4018 Polish order founded ...
The Order of Alexander Nevsky (Russian: орден Александра Невского orden Alexandra Nevskogo) is an order of merit of the Russian Federation named in honour of saint Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263) and bestowed to civil servants for twenty years or more of highly meritorious service.
The order was established with a decree on 25 December 1881, in honour of the patron saint of Alexander Battenberg.Initially it was planned to have five grades and a Necklace but subsequently four grades and Grand and Lesser Necklace were formed and in 1908 a Grand Cross was added.
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During World War II, on 29 July 1942, the Soviet authorities introduced an Order of Alexander Nevsky to revive the memory of Alexander's struggle with the Germans. [55] There was also an earlier Bulgarian Order dedicated to Saint Alexander which was founded on 25 December 1881, which ceased to exist when the People's Republic was declared on 16 ...
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