Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Ukrainian military decoration
Award
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Order Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Type3 grade order
Awarded forExceptional duty in defense of state sovereignty and state security; veterans of World War II
Presented by Ukraine
EligibilityMilitary and Security Personnel, other citizens of Ukraine
StatusCurrently awarded
EstablishedMay 3, 1995
First awardedMay 7, 1995 (3rd Class)
Ribbon of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky
Precedence
Next (higher)Order of Merit
Next (lower)Order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes

The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ukrainian: Орден Богдана Хмельницького, romanized: Orden Bohdana Khmelnytskoho) 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]

Medals and ribbons

Bohdan Khmelnytsky
First Class Second Class Third Class
Ribbon

See also

  • Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union)

External links

  • president.gov.ua – Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi
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See also: Ukrainian Armed Forces (before 2012) · Commonwealth of Independent States · Historical · Sports honours