The introduction of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was envisioned by Emperor Peter I of Russia (r. 1682–1721) for rewarding military bravery in battle. However, he died before he could create the order. It was established by Empress Catherine I of Russia, in memory of the deeds of Saint Alexander Nevsky, patron Saint of the Russian capital of Saint Petersburg, for defending Russia against foreign invaders. The order was originally awarded to distinguished Russian citizens who had served their country with honor, mostly through political or military service.[2]
The Empress Catherine complained about the situation and by September 1725, she took it upon herself to determine who would receive the award. The Order of Saint Alexander was granted the highest esteem and was not usually bestowed upon people below the rank of Lieutenant-General or an equal political status. It also granted hereditary nobility. Additionally it was, including Polish King Augustus II the Strong and King Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway[1]
Legacy
The Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was abolished after the 1917 Russian Revolution, along with all other orders and titles of the Russian Empire.
The heads of the Russian Imperial House in exile have continued to award the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, a pretender to the Russian throne and to the headship of the Russian Imperial House, continues to award a Russian Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky as a dynastic order of knighthood.[3] These actions are disputed by some members of the Romanov family.[4]
In 2010, researchers in Saint Petersburg and Moscow published a book of all the names of the recipients of the original order. The combined number of honorees spanning the years 1725 to 1917 totaled 3,674.[5]
Insignia Order St Alexander Nevsky
Cross version, edition 1820–1830 (front)
version issued in 1865 in gold on black enamel
Staer version from silver-thread embroidery on white leather, edition ca 1840
^Полный список кавалеров ордена святого Александра Невского издан в виде словаря [The Complete List of Recipients of the Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky Compiled in a Dictionary] (in Russian). Retrieved 5 February 2015.
May 02, 2023
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For other uses see Order of Alexander Nevsky and Order of Saint Alexander Bulgaria The Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire first awarded on 1 June O S 21 May 1725 by Empress Catherine I of Russia 1 Imperial Order of Saint Alexander NevskyOrder on ribbonAwarded by Head of the House of RomanovTypeDynastic OrderRoyal houseHouse of RomanovReligious affiliationRussian OrthodoxMotto For Labor and the Fatherland Awarded forMilitary and Civil MeritGradesAwarded in one classPrecedenceNext higher Imperial Order of Saint AndrewNext lower Imperial Order of the White EagleEquivalentImperial Order of Saint CatherineRibbon of the orderPortrait of the first Russian Minister of Finance Alexei Vasiliyev wearing the sash and badge of the Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky Contents 1 History 2 Legacy 3 Insignia Order St Alexander Nevsky 4 Recipients 5 ReferencesHistory EditThe introduction of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was envisioned by Emperor Peter I of Russia r 1682 1721 for rewarding military bravery in battle However he died before he could create the order It was established by Empress Catherine I of Russia in memory of the deeds of Saint Alexander Nevsky patron Saint of the Russian capital of Saint Petersburg for defending Russia against foreign invaders The order was originally awarded to distinguished Russian citizens who had served their country with honor mostly through political or military service 2 It was first awarded on the occasion of the wedding of Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia and Charles Frederick Duke of Holstein Gottorp in 1725 A dozen guests received the reward and the order quickly fell far behind the Order of Saint Andrew and the Order of Saint Catherine in prestige 2 1 The Empress Catherine complained about the situation and by September 1725 she took it upon herself to determine who would receive the award The Order of Saint Alexander was granted the highest esteem and was not usually bestowed upon people below the rank of Lieutenant General or an equal political status It also granted hereditary nobility Additionally it was including Polish King Augustus II the Strong and King Frederick IV of Denmark Norway 1 Legacy EditThe 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 heads of the Russian Imperial House in exile have continued to award the Order of St Alexander Nevsky Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna a pretender to the Russian throne and to the headship of the Russian Imperial House continues to award a Russian Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky as a dynastic order of knighthood 3 These actions are disputed by some members of the Romanov family 4 In 2010 researchers in Saint Petersburg and Moscow published a book of all the names of the recipients of the original order The combined number of honorees spanning the years 1725 to 1917 totaled 3 674 5 Insignia Order St Alexander Nevsky Edit Cross version edition 1820 1830 front version issued in 1865 in gold on black enamel Staer version from silver thread embroidery on white leather edition ca 1840Recipients EditAbbas II of Egypt Adam Olsufiev Count Nikolay Adlerberg Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg Afonso Prince of Beira Ahmad Shah Qajar Albert I of Belgium Prince Albert of Prussia 1809 1872 Prince Albert of Saxe Altenburg Archduke Albrecht Duke of Teschen Albert Prince Consort Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev Alexander I of Russia Alexander II of Russia Alexander III of Russia Alexander Kurakin 1697 Alexander Nikolaevich Golitsyn Duke Alexander of Oldenburg Duke Alexander of Wurttemberg 1771 1833 Alexei Nikolaevich Tsarevich of Russia Alfred 2nd Prince of Montenuovo Ippolit Andreev Ivane Andronikashvili Fyodor Apraksin Prince Arisugawa Takehito Prince Arisugawa Taruhito Prince August Duke of Dalarna Prince August of Wurttemberg Prince Augustus of Prussia Theodor Avellan Karl Gustav von Baggovut Pyotr Bagration Pyotr Romanovich Bagration Alexander Barclay de Tolly Weymarn Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Joachim Otto von Bassewitz Vasili Bebutov Constantine Esperovich Beloselsky Belozersky Alexander von Benckendorff diplomat Andrew Bertie Aleksei Birilev Otto von Bismarck Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher Georgy Bobrikov Nikolai Bobyr Julius von Bose Nikolai von Bunge Prince Carl Duke of Vastergotland Carlos I of Portugal Charles X Charles XIII Charles XV Zakhar Chernyshev Piotr Grigoryevich Chernyshev Christian IX of Denmark Andrzej Ciechanowiecki Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov Nikolay Ivanovich Demidov Porfirio Diaz Hans Karl von Diebitsch Dmitry Dashkov Dmitry Petrovich Dokhturov Vasily Dolgorukov Krymsky Mikhail Drozdovsky Fyodor Dubasov Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Duncan Alexander Alexandrovich Dushkevich Andrei Eberhardt Edward VII Johann Martin von Elmpt Ernest I Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha Vladimir Etush Archduke Eugen of Austria Aleksei Evert Ferdinand I of Bulgaria Ferdinand II of Portugal Ferdinand VII of Spain Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg and Gotha Francis IV Duke of Modena Franz Joseph I of Austria Archduke Franz Karl of Austria Frederick VI of Denmark Frederick VII of Denmark Frederick VIII of Denmark Frederick I Grand Duke of Baden Prince Frederick Duke of York and Albany Frederick William III of Prussia Prince Frederick of the Netherlands Frederick Charles Louis Duke of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Beck Archduke Friedrich Duke of Teschen Ivan Fullon Prince Fushimi Sadanaru Ivan Ganetsky Ivan Gannibal Gavriil Gagarin George IV George V George Mikhailovich Romanov Aleksandr Gerngross Alexander von Guldenstubbe August Neidhardt von Gneisenau Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn the Elder Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn the Younger Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz Nikolay Gondatti Gregory IV of Antioch Oskar Gripenberg Curtis Guild Jr Wladyslaw Gurowski Gustaf V Gustaf VI Adolf Gustav Prince of Vasa Haakon VII of Norway John Maurice Hauke Lodewijk van Heiden Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss Plauen Gregor von Helmersen Prince Henry of Prussia 1781 1846 Prince Hermann of Saxe Weimar Eisenach 1825 1901 Gavriil Ignatyev Illarion Illarionovich Vasilchikov Alexander Imeretinsky Ivan Cherkasov Archduke John of Austria Prince Johann of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg John VI of Portugal Joseph Duke of Saxe Altenburg Kyprian Kandratovich Prince Kan in Kotohito Karl Anton Prince of Hohenzollern Karl Philipp Prince of Schwarzenberg Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria Alexander von Kaulbars Paisi Kaysarov Amanullah Khan Mikhail Khilkov Pyotr Kikin Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen Hugo von Kirchbach Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa Johann von Klenau Hans von Koester Prince Komatsu Akihito Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia Konstantin of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst Johann Albrecht Korff Apostol Kostanda Wincenty Krasinski Mikhail Krechetnikov Alexey Kurakin Boris Kurakin 1733 Aleksey Kuropatkin Mikhail Kutuzov Sergey Stepanovich Lanskoy Mikhail Lazarev Leopold I of Belgium Leopold II of Belgium Leopold IV Duke of Anhalt Alexander Mikhailovich Lermontov George Maximilianovich 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg Sergei Georgievich 8th Duke of Leuchtenberg Levan V Dadiani Louis IV Grand Duke of Hesse Louis XVIII Prince Louis of Battenberg Friedrich von Lowis of Menar Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria Luis I of Portugal Manuel II of Portugal Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia Mikhail Matyushkin Duke William of Mecklenburg Schwerin Duke Charles of Mecklenburg Samad bey Mehmandarov Emmanuel von Mensdorff Pouilly Klemens von Metternich Feofil Egorovich Meyendorf Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia Miguel I of Portugal Mikhail Volkonsky Milan I of Serbia Mikhail Miloradovich Pavel Mishchenko Mohammed Alim Khan Alexander von Moller Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Nikolay Mordvinov admiral Burkhard Christoph von Munnich Mikhail Nikitich Muravyov Valentin Musin Pushkin Ivan Nabokov Napoleon III Kamran Mirza Nayeb es Saltaneh Ivan Neplyuyev Nicholas I of Russia Nicholas II of Russia Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia 1831 1891 Arkady Nikanorovich Nishenkov August Ludwig von Nostitz Karl Nesselrode Peter Obolyaninov Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov Oscar II Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten Sacken Archduke Otto of Austria 1865 1906 Gore Ouseley Fyodor Palitzin Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg Pavel Yaguzhinsky Pedro V of Portugal Duke Peter of Oldenburg Prince Philippe Count of Flanders Konstanty Ludwik Plater Mikhail Mikhailovich Pleshkov Stanislaw August Poniatowski Alexander Stepanovich Popov Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo Yevfimiy Putyatin Mohammad Shah Qajar Mohammad Taqi Mirza Rokn ed Dowleh Mozaffar ad Din Shah Qajar Naser al Din Shah Qajar Fyodor Radetsky Evgeny Aleksandrovich Radkevich Alexander Ragoza Henri de Rigny Roman Vorontsov Christopher Roop Rudolf Prince of Liechtenstein Rudolf Crown Prince of Austria Adam Rzhevusky Anton Yegorovich von Saltza Alexander Samsonov Johan Eberhard von Schantz Sergei Sheydeman Yakov Schkinsky Alexei Senyavin Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia Ivan Shestakov Georg von Stackelberg Gustav Ernst von Stackelberg Curt von Stedingk Archduke Stephen of Austria Palatine of Hungary Vladimir Sukhomlinov Alexander Suvorov Peter Tekeli Alfred von Tirpitz Dmitry Troshchinsky Erast Tsytovich Prince Valdemar of Denmark Sergei Vasilchikov Georgy Vasmund Nikita Villebois Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia Sava Vladislavich Illarion Vorontsov Dashkov Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington Wilhelm II German Emperor William I of Wurttemberg William I German Emperor William II of the Netherlands William II of Wurttemberg William IV Duke William of Wurttemberg Sergei Witte Duke Eugen of Wurttemberg 1788 1857 Sir James Wylie 1st Baronet Yamagata Aritomo Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov Prince Zaitao Matija Zmajevic Dmitry ZuyevReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Order of St Alexander Nevsky a b c Orden Svyatogo Aleksandra Order of Saint Alexander in Russian Retrieved 5 February 2015 a b Order of St Alexander Nevsky Kaiserzeit Retrieved 7 September 2014 Oficialnyj sajt Rossijskogo Imperatorskogo Doma Archived from the original on 2009 05 19 Retrieved 2016 01 11 The Romanov Fund for Russia Polnyj spisok kavalerov ordena svyatogo Aleksandra Nevskogo izdan v vide slovarya The Complete List of Recipients of the Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky Compiled in a Dictionary in Russian Retrieved 5 February 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky amp oldid 1151474517, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
