The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ukrainian: Орден Богдана Хмельницького, romanized: Orden Bohdana Khmelʹnytsʹkoho) is a Ukrainian military award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. The award was established on May 3, 1995 by Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. It is the only Ukrainian Knightly Order.[citation needed]
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Order Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Type
3 grade order
Awarded for
Exceptional duty in defense of state sovereignty and state security; veterans of World War II
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