|
Order |
Recipients* |
| |
|
|
Order of St. Andrew the First-Called |
The
Imperial Family, nobility and senior foreign dignitaries |
|
Order of
St. Catherine |
The Imperial Family, nobility, foreign queens and other princesses of
high rank |
|
Order of
St. Alexander Nevsky |
High-ranking
officials, both Civil and Military |
|
Order of
St. George |
To
officers for courage or merit:
- First and Second Classes - Reserved for senior staff officers and
higher; only awarded at the pleasure of the Tsar.
- Third Class - Reserved for senior staff officers.
- Fourth Class - For extreme acts of bravery in the face of the
enemy.
|
|
Order of
St. Anna |
For
courage or merit; the Fourth Class of the Order was reserved for acts of
bravery. |
|
Order of
St. Vladimir |
For
acts of bravery and/or meritorious service |
|
Order of the
White Eagle |
For
acts of bravery and/or meritorious service |
|
Order of
St. Stanislas |
For acts of bravery and/or meritorious
service |
|
|
|
|
*An exception to this hierarchy that the Tsars exercised on many
occasions was the bestowal of the higher degrees of the various orders,
often with diamonds, upon foreign royalty and dignitaries. |
