Order of Honour (Russia)

Order of Honour (Орден Почёта)

Order of Honour
Awarded by the Russian Federation
Type Single grade order
Eligibility Russian citizens
Awarded for High achievements in government, economic, scientific, sociocultural, public, sport and charitable activities
Status Active
Statistics
Established March 2, 1994
Precedence
Next (higher) Order of Naval Merit
Next (lower) Order of Friendship

Ribbon of the Order of Honour

The Order of Honour (Russian: Орден Почёта, tr. Orden Pochota) is a state order of the Russian Federation established by Presidential Decree № 442 of March 2, 1994[1] to recognise high achievements in government, economic, scientific, sociocultural, public, sport and charitable activities. Its statute was amended by decree № 19 of January 6, 1999[2] and more lately by decree № 1099 of January 7, 2010[3] which defined its present status. The Russian Federation Order provides continuity from the Soviet Union's identically named Order. The Soviet Order of Honor was denoted by a gray yellow edged ribbon.

Award statute

The Order of Honour is awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation: [1]

The Order of Honour is worn on the left side of the chest and when in the presence of other medals and orders of the Russian Federation, is situated immediately after the Order "For Naval Merit".[4]

Award description

Reverse of the Order of Honour

The Order is struck from silver and covered with enamels, it is shaped as a 42 mm in diameter octagonal cross enamelled in blue on its obverse except for a 2 mm wide band along its entire outer edge which remains bare silver. The obverse bears a white enamelled central medallion bordered by a silver laurel wreath, the medallion bears the silver state symbol of the Russian Federation. On the otherwise plain reverse, two rivets and the award serial number at the bottom.[3]

The Order of Honour is suspended by a ring through the badge's suspension loop to a standard Russian pentagonal mount covered by a 24 mm wide overlapping blue silk moiré ribbon with a 2,5 mm wide white stripe situated 5 mm from the ribbon's right edge.[3]

Notable recipients (partial list)

The individuals below are recipients of the Order of Honour".[5]

Evgeny Mironov, Artistic Director of the Federal State Institution of Culture "The State Theatre of Nations," being awarded the Order of Honour by President Dmitry Medvedev on December 29, 2011.
Anatoly Alexandrov, Rector of the "Bauman" Moscow State Technical University being presented with the Order of Honour by President Dmitry Medvedev on May 3, 2012.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Decree № 442 of the President of the Russian Federation of March 2, 1994" (in Russian). Commission on state awards under the President of the Russian Federation. 1994-03-02. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  2. "Decree № 19 of the President of the Russian Federation of January 6, 1999" (in Russian). Commission on state awards under the President of the Russian Federation. 1999-01-06. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  3. 1 2 3 "Decree № 1099 of the President of the Russian Federation of January 7, 2010" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  4. "Decree № 1631 of the President of the Russian Federation of December 16, 2011" (in Russian). Site of the President of the Russian Federation. 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  5. "Recipients of the Order of Honour compiled from the site of the President of the Russian Federation". Site of the President of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 2012-05-20.

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