The Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga of Russia is the third order established by Holy Synod in memory of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia at a meeting held on December 27-28, 1988.

The order has three degrees and is provided exclusively for rewarding women for certain merits. Grand Duchess Olga of Kyiv, baptized Elena (969; Comm. 11/24 July), became the first Russian Christian ruler.

Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, 1st class Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, 2nd class Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, 3rd class

In Russia, until 1917, there was already an award of this name. On the initiative of the “St. Olga Society” created by the famous publicist M. O. Menshikov, in 1914 the “insignia of St. Olga” was approved by the highest. He was called to celebrate "the merits of women in various fields of state and public service, as well as their deeds and labors for the benefit of their neighbor". The insignia of St. Olga was awarded only once. In 1916, Vera Nikolaevna Panaeva, who lost her three officer sons in the battles of the First World War, was awarded the second degree of the distinction.

Description of the order

The badge of the order is a rectangular cross with clear margins of white enamel (the lower one is 22 mm longer than the others). In the center of the cross, on a slightly convex surface of a circle with a diameter of 17 mm, there is a half-length image of St. Olga on a gold background using the Rostov enamel technique. The image is placed in a circle 3 mm wide, covered with ultramarine enamel, and the outer diameter of the circle is lower than the inner one in relation to the plane of the order; in the upper part of this circle there is an inscription in yellow metal - "Olga the Russian", in the lower part there is a cross in the center and two palm branches extending from it.

The outer sides of the cross end with blue octagonal stones. Behind the cross from the lower part are two laurel branches, on which there is a crown in the title of the order. On the diagonal of the cross from the circle of laurel branches are faceted rays made of polished metal.

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Waldemar Balyazin, Nadezhda Soboleva, Alexander Kuznetsov, Alexander Kazakevich, Symbols, shrines and awards of the Russian state.

What is the insignia Russian Empire was the rarest? No, not the highest award - the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called, and not the first degree of the Military Order of St. George, which was awarded only 25 times. The rarest award was the Badge of St. Olga, which is also called the Order of St. Olga.

It is dedicated to one of the most famous women in Russian history - Princess Olga, the wise ruler of the Old Russian state, the mother of the brave commander Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich, who conquered Tsargrad and crushed the warlike Khazars. The Russian Orthodox Church has ranked Princess Olga among the Equal-to-the-Apostles Saints.

The insignia of St. Olga was intended exclusively for women, and the time for its establishment was the most inopportune. The First World War was on. It would seem that awards for military exploits are needed, but a women's order appeared. The very idea of any new order at the beginning of the 20th century seemed unexpected and inappropriate.

For lovely ladies

For many decades, orders in the Russian Empire were not established at all. Of the latter, one can list the Order of St. Vladimir, established in 1782 on the 20th anniversary of the reign of Empress Catherine II. Then the Holstein-Gottorp Order of St. Anna was recognized as Russian, as well as two Polish insignia - the Orders of the White Eagle and St. Stanislaus, but Russian orders proper did not appear for almost a century and a half.

And in the midst of the battles with the Germans, Emperor Nicholas II signs a decree on the Insignia of St. Olga. At the same time, the women's order - in honor of St. Catherine - has long existed in the country: for two centuries it has been granted to foreign princesses and court ladies.

But a reward was needed for all ordinary women - doctors, teachers, employees. Such an insignia in 1913, on the eve of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, proposed the establishment of the St. Olga Society. It was assumed that the emperor would grant a reward for efforts to strengthen the faith (St. Olga was baptized long before the adoption of Christianity by Russia), the defense of fortresses (in memory of the defense of Kyiv from the Pechenegs), the upbringing of youth (St. Olga raised Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich), mothers of heroes, etc. d.

Work on the new order went on for a long time. Many projects were received, the smallest details were thought out. Empress Alexandra Feodorovna herself participated in its creation. Finally, a project was chosen, which was proposed by Prince Mikhail Sergeevich Putyatin, a general and at the same time a talented original artist, a subtle connoisseur of the art of Ancient Russia.

He created designs for each of the three degrees of the sign. The drawings are unique and beautiful. The first degree was in the form of a cross covered with blue enamel, the center of which was decorated with a gold medallion depicting Princess Olga. The second degree outwardly was exactly the same, only the gold details were replaced by silver ones, and the third degree was a slotted oval medallion with the same cross inside. All three degrees were to be worn on a dazzling snow-white ribbon.

consolation award

In July 1915, Nicholas II signed a decree on the establishment of the order, and then the most mysterious thing began ... For some reason, the St. Olga insignia did not complain to anyone for almost a year. Maybe the war interfered, maybe they didn't find worthy candidates. Only in April 1916, 100 years ago, the first and only award took place.

Vera Nikolaevna Panaeva is the only one awarded with the St. Olga Distinction. Photo: matery.ru

The statute of the order provided that mothers who raised several sons-heroes could receive it. In accordance with this, the distinction of the second degree was received by Vera Nikolaevna Panaeva. Her sons Boris, Lev and Gury, officers of the Akhtyrsky Hussars, fought bravely. All three accomplished feats, became knights of the most honorable Order of St. George, but fate was not merciful to them. They died, and their mother, as if in consolation, the emperor granted the Order of St. Olga. Although how could it help her grief?

The award has never been given to anyone else. Moreover, not a single Insignia of St. Olga was preserved - only drawings remained, and a trial copy of the 3rd degree was found in the museum funds.

The insignia of St. Olga was eliminated along with the rest of the awards of Imperial Russia at the end of 1917.

However, the idea of an award dedicated to an outstanding woman - Princess Olga, remained. Many years later, the insignia of the same name appeared. Now there are two whole orders named in her honor: one was established by the Russian Orthodox Church in the year of the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Russia, the other has been awarded in Ukraine since 1997 and is called the Order of Princess Olga. They are also intended for the beautiful half of humanity.

By the end of the 19th century, a shortage of women's orders began to be clearly felt in Russia. Women were practically not honored with the existing orders, and the Order of St. Catherine was awarded only to aristocrats, and even then very rarely. And the number of noble ladies and simply rich women who were engaged in charity and other public affairs was quite large, and their circle was influential.

Therefore, in 1907, the Orthodox Society of the Holy Princess Olga took the initiative to establish a special women's order in honor of the ancient Russian princess, whom the Orthodox Church ranked among the rank of equal-to-the-apostles saints. They were supposed to reward women for deeds, each of which had an analogy in the biography of the Holy Princess Olga.

"In memory of the baptism of Princess Olga herself and her success in this field."

In the summer of 955. Olga went to the Greeks and came to Constantinople. There was then Tsar Constantine, and Olga came to him. And the king saw that she was very beautiful in face and intelligent; marveled at her mind, conversing with her, and said to her:

You are worthy to reign with us in our capital. She, realizing this, answered the king:

I am pagan. If you want to baptize me, then baptize me yourself - otherwise I will not be baptized.

And the king and the patriarch baptized her. After the baptism, the king called her and said to her:

I want to take you as my wife. She answered:

How do you want to take me when you yourself baptized me and called me daughter? But Christians do not allow this - you yourself know. And the king said to her:

You outwitted me, Olga.

And he gave her many gifts: gold and silver, and curtains, and various vessels; and let her go, calling her his daughter.

"For the suppression of popular uprisings" - in connection with the suppression by Princess Olga of the uprising of the Drevlyans who killed her husband, Prince Igor, and as an echo of the events of 1905. In The Tale of Bygone Years, one of the episodes of Princess Olga's revenge says this:

In the summer of 946, Olga and her son Svyatoslav gathered many brave warriors and went to the Drevlyane land. And the Drevlyans came out against her. And both regiments came together for a fight. Svyatoslav threw a spear at the Drevlyans, and the spear flew between the horse's ears and hit the horse's legs, for Svyatoslav was still a child. And Sveneld, his father's governor, said:

The prince has already begun; let's hit, squad, for the prince.

And they defeated the Drevlyans. The Drevlyans fled and shut themselves up in their cities.

Olga rushed with her son to the city of Iskorosten. And Olga stood all summer and could not take the city and planned this.

I just want to take a small tribute from you and, having made peace with you, I will go away. Now you have neither honey nor furs, you are exhausted in the siege, so I ask you a little: give me from each court three doves and three sparrows.

The Drevlyans, rejoicing, gathered three doves and three sparrows from the court and sent them to Olga with a bow.

Olga, however, distributed to the soldiers - one for a dove, one for a sparrow - and ordered to tie tinder to each dove and sparrow, wrapping it in small scarves and attaching it to each with a thread. And Olga ordered her soldiers, when it gets dark, to release doves and sparrows. The doves and sparrows flew into their nests: the doves into the dovecotes, the sparrows under the eaves. And so they lit up. and there was no yard where it would not burn. And it was impossible to extinguish, since all the yards caught fire at once. And people fled from the city, and Olga ordered her soldiers to grab them. And so she took the city and burned it, took the city elders into captivity, and killed other people, gave the third into slavery to her husbands, and left the rest to pay tribute.

"For the improvement of state and cultural life" and "For the defense of fortresses" (in memory of the defense of Kyiv from the Pechenegs).

In the summer of 968. The Pechenegs first came to the Russian land, and Svyatoslav was then in Pereyaslavl on the Danube. And Olga closed herself in Kyiv with her grandchildren. And the Pechenegs laid siege to the city with a great force: there were countless of them around the city. And it was impossible to leave the city or send a message. It was impossible to take the horse out to drink. people were exhausted from hunger and thirst.

And one boy said:

I'll get through.

For he knew how to speak Pecheneg, and they took him for their own. And when he approached the river, then, throwing off his clothes, he rushed into the Dnieper and swam. Seeing this, the Pechenegs rushed after him, shot at him with bows, but could not do anything to him.

On the other side they noticed this, drove up to him in a boat. and brought him to the squad.

In the morning, close to dawn, they boarded the boats and blew loudly, and the people in the city screamed. It seemed to the Pechenegs that the prince himself had come, and they fled from the city in all directions.

"For the upbringing of youth" (his son Svyatoslav and his combatants):

The princess came to Kyiv and taught Svyatoslav, her son, to be baptized, but he did not heed this, saying:

How can I accept a different faith alone? And my squad will mock, - and continued to live according to pagan customs, but if someone was going to be baptized, he did not forbid, but only mocked him.

"To the Mothers of Heroes" (Prince Svyatoslav died in battle):

Svyatoslav took many gifts and returned to Pereyaslavets with great glory. Seeing that he had few squads, he said to himself: “No matter how they kill us with some kind of trick - both my squad and me. After all, many were killed in battles. And he said: "I will go to Russia, I will bring more squads." And he went in boats to the rapids.

Hearing about this, the Pechenegs set foot on the thresholds. And Svyatoslav came to the rapids, and it was impossible to pass them. And Svyatoslav stopped to spend the winter, and they had no food, and they had a great famine, so that half a hryvnia was paid for a horse's head.

When spring came, Svyatoslav went to the rapids. And Kurya, the Pecheneg prince, attacked him. And they killed Svyatoslav, and took his head, and made a cup from the skull, bound him, and drank from him.

The Order of St. Olga was not established then, but the idea of its creation was not forgotten. They returned to it again in 1913. As a result of numerous discussions of the project of the new order, it was decided, among other commemorative awards, in honor of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, to establish a distinction for women who worked in public institutions and also for female doctors and female teachers. But until 1914, the new award was never legalized.

During the First World War, they again returned to the idea of establishing a distinction for women for their feats of mercy and courage. The artists who were to develop the draft of the future Insignia were given several conditions:

So that they do not offer a ribbon over the shoulder (since this will not be an order);

On the neck new Sign it was also impossible to wear it, since it was supposed to be attached to a woman's dress;

In its form, the new award should have been different from others.

In the autumn of 1914, three projects of the St. Olga's Badge of Distinction were selected, which had three degrees. Of these, Emperor Nicholas II approved the project proposed by Major General M.S. Putyatin - head of the Tsarskoye Selo palace administration. There is evidence that Empress Alexandra Feodorovna also took part in the development of sketches for the future award - perhaps with advice and wishes.

Simultaneously with the sketches of the Badge of St. Olga, its statute was also being developed. Now the award should have been granted "exclusively to females, taking into account the merits of women in various fields of state and public service, as well as their deeds and labors for the benefit of their neighbor." The final statute of the new award was promulgated in 1915, when the First World War was already underway.

The highest degree of the Badge of St. Olga was a special form of a cross, the front side of which was covered with blue enamel. Around the perimeter of the cross there was a gold chased rim; on the central round medallion, surrounded by a gold rim, was placed the image of the Holy Princess Olga on a gold background. On the reverse side The cross was inscribed in Slavic letters, which indicated the date that served as the reason for the award, for example, “February 21, 1613-1913” (that is, to the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty).

The second degree of the Badge of Distinction was the same cross, only all the gold details in it were replaced with silver ones. The third degree of the Badge is an oval medallion with a carved cross in the middle; a cross of the same form as on the insignia of higher degrees. Signs of all degrees were supposed to be worn on the left shoulder on a bow of white ribbon, and signs of lower degrees were not to be removed if a higher degree complained.

A special clause of the statute of the Badge of Distinction provided for the awarding of it to "the mothers of heroes who have shown feats worthy of perpetuation in the annals of the Fatherland." All researchers of the Russian award system report that the only woman, awarded this award, was Vera Nikolaevna Panaeva, who lost in the First world war three sons. All three brothers were Knights of St. George.

The eldest of the brothers, Boris Panaev, who participated in Russo-Japanese War, the ball was twice wounded and awarded four military orders. He received one of the awards for the fact that on his horse he took out a wounded messenger from under enemy fire. In the battle on August 15, 1914, Boris Panaev with his squadron attacked the enemy cavalry brigade and, despite his injuries, continued to lead the detachment on the attack. The third bullet in the temple ended the life of a brave officer.

The second of the brothers, Staff Captain Gury Panaev, died two weeks later in Galicia. During a cavalry attack, he saw that the horse under one of the hussars was killed and the rider was wounded. Faithful to the military fraternity, Gury jumped off his horse, bandaged the wounded man and put him in his saddle. He immediately returned to duty, but was killed. Posthumously, Gury Panaev became a knight of the Order of St. George IV degree.

Captain Lev Panaev also participated in the same battle on August 29, who received the Golden St. George weapon for distinction in the attack in which his brother was killed. But he did not have a chance to wear the honorary Golden Checker with the inscription "For Courage" for long: in January 1915, during an attack in Galicia, he was killed on the spot.

When the news came of the death of the third of the brothers, Platon Panaev, the youngest, was a fleet lieutenant. He was immediately recalled from the active fleet and enlisted in one of the institutions of the maritime department in Petrograd. But "after some time, Lieutenant Panaev filed a report on his return assignment to the active fleet." One of his contemporaries later recalled that “the mother of the dead three sons, the widow of Panaev, not only did not interfere with her son’s intentions, but fully shared his desire that he was more needed on the spot than in Petrograd.” On April 1, 1916, Platon Panaev left for one of the active squadrons, and already on April 2, an imperial rescript was signed on awarding V.N. Panaeva with the Insignia of St. Olga of the II degree. Neither before nor after the Badge of Distinction, which bore the name of the Old Russian princess and was awarded as an award exclusively to women, was no longer issued.

The Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga (three degrees) was established by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1988. It is a rectangular cross with clear margins of white enamel. On the slightly convex surface of the circle (its diameter is 3 mm) in the center of the cross is placed a half-length image of the Holy Princess Olga on a gold background. The circle itself is covered with ultramarine enamel; in the upper part of the circle, the inscription “Olga of Russia” is made in yellow metal, and in the center of the lower part there is a cross and two branches of a palm tree extending from it.

The outer sides of the cross end with blue octagonal stones. Behind the cross are two laurel twigs, on which there is a crown in the title of the order. From the circle to the laurel branches, faceted rays of polished metal are located diagonally across the order cross.

The Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga is intended to reward abbesses and abbesses of women's monasteries, as well as women - activists of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1994, on the day of the 680th anniversary of the Holy Vvedensky Tolga convent, Abbess Varvara (Alexandra Ilyinichna Tretyak) was awarded the Order of St. Olga II degree. In 1998, the Order of St. Olga "For many years of service to the church" was awarded to L.K. Kolchitskaya - Secretary of the Patriarchate.

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Ribbon of the Order of Princess Olga silk moire lilac with longitudinal white stripes in the middle: for the 1st degree - with one stripe, 14 mm wide, for the 2nd degree - with one stripe, 6 mm wide, for the 3rd degree - with two stripes, 2 mm wide each and a lilac stripe, 2 mm wide between them. Tape width - 22 mm.

The plank of the Order of Princess Olga is a rectangular metal plate covered with a corresponding ribbon. Plank size: height - 12 mm, width - 24 mm.

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The Order of Princess Olga I, II, III degrees is worn on the left side of the chest after the Order "For Courage" II, III degrees.

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An excerpt characterizing the Order of Princess Olga

If it depended on the will of Napoleon to give or not to give battle of Borodino and it depended on his will to make such or another order, it is obvious that a cold, which had an influence on the manifestation of his will, could be the reason for the salvation of Russia and that therefore the valet who forgot to give Napoleon waterproof boots on the 24th was the savior of Russia. On this path of thought, this conclusion is undoubted, just as undoubted as the conclusion that Voltaire, jokingly (without knowing why himself), said that the St. Bartholomew's night came from an upset stomach of Charles IX. But for people who do not allow Russia to be formed at the behest of one person - Peter I, and for the French empire to take shape and the war with Russia to begin at the behest of one person - Napoleon, this reasoning not only seems wrong, unreasonable, but also contrary to the whole being. human. When asked what is the cause historical events, another answer appears, which consists in the fact that the course of world events is predetermined from above, depends on the coincidence of all the arbitrariness of the people participating in these events, and that the influence of Napoleons on the course of these events is only external and fictitious.
Strange as it may seem at first glance, the assumption that the Bartholomew night, the order for which was given by Charles IX, did not occur by his will, but that it only seemed to him that he ordered it to be done, and that the Borodino massacre of eighty thousand people did not occur by the will of Napoleon (despite the fact that he gave orders about the beginning and course of the battle), and that it seemed to him only that he ordered it - strange as this assumption seems, but human dignity, which tells me that each of us, if not more, then no way less people than the great Napoleon, orders to allow this solution of the issue, and historical research abundantly confirms this assumption.
In the Battle of Borodino, Napoleon neither shot nor killed anyone. All this was done by the soldiers. So he didn't kill people.
The soldiers of the French army went to kill Russian soldiers in the Battle of Borodino, not as a result of Napoleon's orders, but of their own free will. The whole army: the French, Italians, Germans, Poles - hungry, ragged and exhausted by the campaign - in view of the army blocking Moscow from them, felt that le vin est tire et qu "il faut le boire. [the wine is uncorked and you need to drink it .] If Napoleon now forbade them to fight the Russians, they would have killed him and would have gone to fight the Russians, because it was necessary for them.
When they listened to the order of Napoleon, who presented them with consolation for their injuries and death, the words of posterity that they were in the battle near Moscow, they shouted "Vive l" Empereur! just as they shouted "Vive l" Empereur! at the sight of a picture of a boy piercing the globe with a bilbock stick; just as they would shout "Vive l" Empereur! with any nonsense that they would have been told. There was nothing left for them to do but shout "Vive l" Empereur! and go fight to find food and rest for the winners in Moscow. Therefore, it was not because of Napoleon's orders that they killed their own kind.
And it was not Napoleon who controlled the course of the battle, because nothing from his disposition was executed and during the battle he did not know about what was happening ahead of him. Therefore, the way in which these people killed each other did not happen at the will of Napoleon, but proceeded independently of him, at the will of hundreds of thousands of people who participated in the common cause. It seemed to Napoleon only that the whole thing was happening according to his will. And therefore the question of whether or not Napoleon had a runny nose is of no greater interest to history than the question of the runny nose of the last Furshtat soldier.
Moreover, on August 26, Napoleon's runny nose did not matter, since the testimony of writers that, due to Napoleon's runny nose, his disposition and orders during the battle were not as good as before, are completely unfair.
The disposition written out here was not at all worse, and even better, than all previous dispositions, according to which battles were won. The imaginary orders during the battle were also no worse than before, but exactly the same as always. But these dispositions and orders seem only worse than the previous ones, because the battle of Borodino was the first that Napoleon did not win. All the most beautiful and thoughtful dispositions and orders seem very bad, and every learned military man criticizes them with a significant air when the battle is not won over them, and the very bad dispositions and orders seem very good, and serious people in whole volumes prove the merits of bad orders, when the battle is won over them.
The disposition compiled by Weyrother at the battle of Austerlitz was a model of perfection in writings of this kind, but it was nevertheless condemned, condemned for its perfection, for being too detailed.
Napoleon in the battle of Borodino performed his job as a representative of power just as well, and even better, than in other battles. He did nothing detrimental to the course of the battle; he leaned towards more prudent opinions; he did not confuse, did not contradict himself, did not get frightened and did not run away from the battlefield, but with his great tact and experience of the war, he calmly and dignifiedly played his role of seeming boss.

Established by Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 827/97 dated August 15, 1997 to reward women for outstanding personal achievements in state, industrial, social, scientific, educational, cultural, charitable and other areas of public activity, raising children in the family.

Status of the Order of Princess Olga

The Order of Princess Olga has three degrees: the highest degree of the order is the 1st degree.
The awarding of the Order of Princess Olga to citizens of Ukraine is carried out sequentially.
Foreign citizens and stateless persons may be awarded the Order of Princess Olga of the highest degree, depending on their merit.
Awarding the Order of Princess Olga of the next degree is possible no earlier than three years after awarding the Order of the previous degree.
The Order of Princess Olga is not awarded posthumously.
The Order of Princess Olga has the badge of the order.
The badge of the Order of Princess Olga of each degree has a separate numbering.
The deprivation of the Order of Princess Olga can be carried out by the President of Ukraine in case of conviction of the awarded person for a serious crime - upon the provision of a court and in the manner prescribed by law.

Description:
The badge of the Order of Princess Olga of the 1st degree is made of silver and has the shape of an oval, connected at the top with a decorative block in the form of a bow. On the front side of the sign on white enamel is the image of Princess Olga, framed by an ornament and decorated with four rectangular amethysts. Sign size: height - 45 mm, width - 40 mm. On the block there is an overlaid round plate with the image of the small State Emblem of Ukraine, on its right and left sides there is a stylized image of a viburnum branch and figuratively curved arcs for fixing the bow. The plate diameter is 15 mm. The ornament, the image of Princess Olga, the plate on the bow are embossed gilded. The reverse side of the badge is flat, with an engraved order number; on the reverse side pads - a hairpin for attaching a sign to clothing.

The badge of the Order of Princess Olga, 2nd Class, is the same as the badge of the Order of Princess Olga, 1st Class, but the image of Princess Olga and the plate on the bow are embossed silver.

The badge of the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class, is the same as the badge of the Order of Princess Olga, 1st class, but is made of a silver-plated tompak.

Ribbon of the Order of Princess Olga silk moire lilac with longitudinal white stripes in the middle: for the 1st degree - with one strip, 14 mm wide, for the 2nd degree - with one stripe, 6 mm wide, for the 3rd degree - with two stripes, 2 mm wide each and a lilac stripe, 2 mm wide between them. Tape width - 22 mm.

The plank of the Order of Princess Olga is a rectangular metal plate covered with a corresponding ribbon. Strap size: height - 12 mm, width - 24 mm.

CHARTER
distinctions of the President of Ukraine "Order of Princess Olga"

I. General provisions
1. The distinction of the President of Ukraine "Order of Princess Olga" (hereinafter - the Order of Princess Olga) was established to reward women for outstanding personal merits in state, industrial, public, scientific, educational, cultural, charitable and other spheres of social activity, raising children in the family.
2. The Order of Princess Olga has three degrees:
Order of Princess Olga I degree,
Order of Princess Olga II degree,
Order of Princess Olga III degree.
The highest degree of the order is the 1st degree.
3. Awarding of the Order of Princess Olga to citizens of Ukraine is carried out sequentially, starting from the III degree.
4. The Order of Princess Olga may be awarded to foreign citizens and stateless persons.
5. Foreign citizens and stateless persons may be awarded the Order of Princess Olga of the highest degree, depending on their merits.
6. Awarding the Order of Princess Olga of the next degree is possible not earlier than three years after the awarding of the Order of the previous degree.
7. The Order of Princess Olga is not awarded posthumously.
8. The order of Princess Olga has the badge of the order.
9. Badges of the Order of Princess Olga of each degree have a separate numbering.
10. The deprivation of the Order of Princess Olga may be carried out by the President of Ukraine in case of conviction of the awarded person for a grave crime - on the proposal of the court and in the manner prescribed by law.

II Order of submission for awarding the Order of Princess Olga
11. The presentation on awarding the Order of Princess Olga is submitted to the President of Ukraine by the central authorities executive power, the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, regional, Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations, as well as central bodies of creative unions, societies, associations of citizens, religious denominations in written agreement with local executive authorities.
12. The awarding of the Order of Princess Olga may be carried out on the proposal of the Commission on State Awards of Ukraine under the President of Ukraine.
13. An application for awarding the Order of Princess Olga is submitted to a higher body or organization. Candidates are nominated publicly, as a rule, at the place of work of the person who is nominated for distinction.
14. Proposals for awarding the Order of Princess Olga foreign citizens and stateless persons are represented by the head of the diplomatic missions of Ukraine in foreign states to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, which makes a presentation to the President of Ukraine.
15. An award letter of the established form is attached to the submission.

III Procedure for awarding the Order of Princess Olga.
16. The presentation of the Order of Princess Olga is carried out in an atmosphere of solemnity and publicity.
17. The Order of Princess Olga is presented by the President of Ukraine or, upon his authorization, the head of the central executive body, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Ambassador of Ukraine, the first heads of the regional, Kiev and Sevastopol city state administrations, the Chairman of the Commission on State Awards of Ukraine under the President of Ukraine.
18. A person who has been awarded the Order of Princess Olga is awarded the badge of the order and an order book.

IV. The order of wearing the Order of Princess Olga
19. The badge of the Order of Princess Olga is worn on the left side of the chest.
20. The badge of the Order of Princess Olga is placed after the honors of the President of Ukraine "The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise", the Order of Merit, the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, the Order of Courage. If a person has awards of foreign states and awards former USSR the badge of the Order of Princess Olga is placed in front of them.

V. Issuance of duplicates of the Order of Princess Olga
21. In case of loss (damage) of the badge of the order of Princess Olga or the order book, duplicates are not issued, except in cases where the recipient could not prevent the loss (damage) of the badge or order book.
22. Duplicate badges of the Order of Princess Olga or the order book are issued in accordance with the decision of the Commission on State Awards of Ukraine under the President of Ukraine at the expense of the recipient or free of charge.

VI. The order of preservation of the Order of Princess Olga.
23. After the death of a person awarded the Order of Princess Olga, the sign of the order and the order book remain in the family of the deceased as a memory.
24. The badge of the order of Princess Olga and the order book after the death of the awarded person may be transferred by the heirs of the deceased to the Commission on State Awards of Ukraine under the President of Ukraine for permanent preservation without the right to return.25. The badge of the Order of Princess Olga and the order book, which belonged to a person deprived of the order, are subject to return to the Administration of the President of Ukraine.
26. Badges of the Order of Princess Olga and order books are stored in the Order Storage of the Administration of the President of Ukraine.

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