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The Order of Alexander Nevsky is awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation who have served in civil service positions for at least 20 years and have achieved special personal merit in nation-building, for many years of honest service and excellent results achieved while on duty, for strengthening the international prestige of Russia, the ...
S. Viktor Sadovnichiy; Sergey Safronov (pilot) Olga Sanfirova; Vladimir Saprykin; Friedrich von Schrötter; Nikolai Semeyko; Andrey Serdyukov; Vladimir Serov (pilot)
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.
Pages in category "Recipients of the Order of Alexander Nevsky (Russian Federation)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Battle on the Ice, [c] also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus [d] or Battle of Lake Chud, [e] took place on 5 April 1242. It was fought on the frozen Lake Peipus when the united forces of the Republic of Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal, led by Prince Alexander Nevsky, emerged victorious against the forces of the Livonian Order and Bishopric of Dorpat, led by Bishop Hermann of Dorpat.
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 ...
The 336th Separate Guards Bialystok Orders of Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky Naval Infantry Brigade (Russian: 336-я отдельная гвардейская Белостокская орденов Суворова и Александра Невского бригада морской пехоты (336-й обрмп); Military Unit Number 06017) is a brigade of the Russian Naval Infantry ...
The Order of Victory was the highest military decoration in the Soviet Armed Forces for World War II service, and one of the rarest in the world due to the small number of recipients. It was established on 8 November 1943 and awarded only to Generals and Marshals for "successful operation within the framework of one or several fronts resulting ...