Awards named after Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga. Badge of the Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga Position of the Order of Princess Olga
| Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga | |
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| A country | Russia Russia |
| Type | Order of the Russian Orthodox Church |
| Awarded by | Russian Orthodox Church |
| Status | awarded |
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| Establishment date | December 28, 1988 |
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| Senior Award | Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, 1st degree |
| Junior Award | Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, 1st degree |
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The Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga is awarded to women for their merits in various fields of church, state and public service, as well as for their work for the benefit of their neighbors. This order is awarded to the abbess of monasteries and church workers in the field of spiritual enlightenment.
The Order of the 1st degree was awarded to Gulnaz Ivanovna Sotnikova (1999), Maria Vladimirovna Romanova (2004), Leonida Georgievna Romanova (2005), Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko (2006) Leyla Ilham kyzy Aliyeva (2013) was awarded the order of the third degrees, etc.
The order is worn on the left side of the chest, and in the presence of other orders of the Russian Orthodox Church, it is located after the Order of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna.
Description of the order
I degree
The badge of the Order of the 1st degree is a gilded four-pointed cross, covered with white enamel and superimposed on a circle formed by a laurel wreath of dark blue enamel. In the center there is a medallion with a bust-length image of Saint Olga, made using the Rostov enamel technique. In the right hand there is a Holy eight-pointed cross. The image is bordered by a belt covered with ultramarine enamel. On the top of the belt there is an inscription in gilded letters “ST. EQUALS. VEL. KN. OLGA" (“Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga”) The outer sides of the cross end with octagonal blue rhinestones. At the head of the order is a crown. Along the diagonals of the cross from the circle to the laurel wreath are faceted rays made of polished metal. The sign is made by casting from
Established July 11, 1915 by Emperor Nicholas II in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the House of Romanov “in consideration of the merits of women in various fields of state and public service, as well as their exploits and labors for the benefit of their neighbors.” Intended exclusively for awarding females. Has three degrees.
Order holiday: July 11/24.
Order badges: A cross of the Byzantine type, covered with light blue enamel, white ribbon 2.22 cm wide.
Wearing rules:
I degree - gold Cross on a bow on the left shoulder;
II degree - silver Cross on a bow on the left shoulder;
III degree - a smaller silver Cross on a bow on the left shoulder.
Badges of lower degrees are not removed when a badge of the highest degree is awarded.
The name of the Grand Duchess Olga of Kyiv, who ruled in Ancient Rus' after the death of her husband Prince Igor during the regency of his young son Svyatoslav, is associated with significant transformations, including the establishment of the amount of tribute and the establishment of graveyards: “Olga went to Novugorod and established graveyards and tributes on Msta, and according to Luza, taxes and tributes, and her traps are throughout the whole earth, and signs and places and graveyards.” But without a doubt, her main step in life was her adoption of Christianity. In 955, during a trip to Constantinople, the sacrament of Orthodox baptism was performed on her: “Olga went to the Greeks and came to Tsaryugorod. And then the king was named Constantine... and the king and the patriarch baptized me.” Having acquired the new Christian name Elena, in memory mother of Emperor Constantine the Great and having comprehended the rule of God, Princess Olga actively contributed to the spread of Christianity in Rus'. It is no coincidence that the council convened by the Grand Duke of Kyiv Vladimir Svyatoslavich in 987, after the legendary “test of faith,” spoke in favor of the adoption of Orthodoxy in Rus', referring to Princess Olga: “If the Greek law had been bad, then your grandmother Olga would not have accepted it, who was the wisest of people." Canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church, the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga has become a true symbol of piety and wisdom.
Founded in 1907, the Society of St. Olga in January 1913, on the eve of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov, proposed to establish an order bearing the name of the Old Russian princess. On February 21, 1913, a special paragraph of the Manifesto “On the Royal Favors to the Population” on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov established a special Badge of Distinction “to reward the merits rendered by female persons in various fields of state and public service.” However, neither the name, nor the statute, nor the description of this phaleronym, new for that time, existed and was only remembered in connection with the outbreak of the First World War. In the fall of 1914, work began on developing a draft of its statute and drawing. One of them, proposed by the head of the Tsarskoe Selo Palace Administration, Major General Prince M.S. Putyatin, was approved on July 11, 1915 by Nicholas II: “Having now approved the Statute of Onago, We recognized for the good of assigning the name “Insignia of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga” to the badge itself,” in memory of the first Russian Princess, who accepted the Light of the Christian faith and thereby laid the foundation for the holy work of the Baptism of Rus', completed under Her Grandson, Equal to the Apostles Prince Vladimir, We are firmly confident that Russian women will see in the newly granted Statute a sign of Our special attention to the labors of women. , raised for the good and prosperity of our dear Fatherland."
The insignia of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga had three degrees. The first degree was a gold cross of the Byzantine type, on the front side covered with light blue enamel, framed by a gold chased border. In the middle of the cross, in a round gold chased field, there was an image of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga. On the reverse side of the cross there was an inscription in Slavic letters: “February 21st day, 1613-1913.” The second degree of the sign consisted of a silver cross with the same images as on the cross of the first degree, and the third degree - of the same silver cross as the second degree, but smaller in size and placed in a chased silver rim. All three grades of the insignia were to be worn on the left shoulder on a white ribbon bow. Moreover, the badges of the lower degrees should not have been removed when awarding the badge of the highest degree.
According to the statute, the awarding of the St. Olga Insignia was to proceed sequentially, starting with the lowest degree, and the interval between awards was to be five years. It was also stipulated that the awarding of the Insignia of St. Olga was to be carried out at the direct discretion of “His Imperial Majesty, with the permission of the Sovereign Emperor, the Sovereign Empress or according to the Highest approved journals of the Committee on the service of officials of the civil department and on awards.” Each person awarded the Insignia of St. Olga received insignia and a special letter from the Chapter of the Russian Imperial and Royal Orders. The awarding of the Insignia of St. Olga was timed to coincide with April 23 - the name day of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and November 14 - the birthday of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. The statute listed in detail “the types of merits for the provision of which the Insignia of St. Olga complains:
a) merits testifying to selfless devotion to the Church, the Throne, and the Fatherland;
b) feats of personal sacrifice associated with obvious danger to life;
c) serving the cause of helping others;
d) long-term and useful activities in public education, contributing to the religious and moral education of the people and the rise of their productive forces;
e) merits in agriculture, handicrafts and other branches of national labor;
f) excellent service in state and public institutions, certified by the appropriate authorities and
g) outstanding activity in service to the sciences and arts." Those in state or public service were required to have at least 10 years of service in order to be awarded the third degree of the Insignia of St. Olga, the second degree - 20 years and the first - 30 years. The special eighth paragraph of the statute provided , that “The insignia of St. Olga can also be awarded to the mothers of heroes who performed feats worthy of perpetuation in the chronicles of the Fatherland.” It was on the basis of this point that on April 2, 1916, the first and only award of the Insignia of St. Olga took place in the “Highest Rescript.” , given to the then Minister of War D.S. Shuvaev, wrote: “Dmitry Savelyevich. In the current great war, our army has shown an endless series of examples of high valor, fearlessness and heroic exploits of both entire units and individuals. My special attention was drawn to the heroic death of the three Panaev brothers, officers of the 12th Hussar Akhtyrsky General Denis Davydov, now Her Imperial Majesty Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, regiment captains Boris and Lev and staff captain Gury, who valiantly fell on the battlefield. The Panaev brothers, imbued with a deep consciousness of the holiness of this oath, dispassionately fulfilled their duty to the end and gave their lives for the Tsar and the Motherland. All three brothers were awarded the Order of St. George, 4th degree, and their death in open battle is an enviable lot for warriors who stood up to defend Me and the Fatherland. This correct understanding of their duty by the Panaev brothers is entirely attributed to their mother, who raised her sons in the spirit of selfless love for the Throne and Motherland. The consciousness that her children honestly and courageously fulfilled their duty will fill the mother’s heart with pride and help her to endure the test sent down from above. Recognizing that it is good to note the services to me and the Fatherland of the widow of Colonel Vera Nikolaevna Panaeva, who raised heroic sons, I commend her in accordance with Art. 8th Statute of the Insignia of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga with this insignia of the 2nd degree and a lifelong annual pension of 3000 rubles." Thus, the Insignia of St. Olga worthily crowned the maternal feat of a wonderful Russian woman, and we remember the wisest of Russian wives, Blessed Olga, who “she was the forerunner of the Christian land... She shone like the moon in the night, and she shone among the pagans, like pearls in the mud... She was the first of the Russians to enter the kingdom of heaven, the sons of the Russians praise her - their leader.”
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Order of Princess Olga
awarded
The ribbon of the Order of Princess Olga is a silk moire lilac color 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 strip, 2 mm wide between them. Tape width - 22 mm.
The bar of the Order of Princess Olga is a rectangular metal plate covered with a corresponding ribbon. Plank size: height - 12 mm, width - 24 mm.
Wearing order
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.
see also
- The insignia of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga is an award of the Russian Empire, established by Tsar Nicholas II in 1915 to honor women for public and government service.
- “Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga” is an award of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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If it depended on the will of Napoleon to give or not to give the Battle of Borodino and it depended on his will to make this or that order, then it is obvious that a runny nose, which had an impact 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 On the 24th, waterproof boots were the savior of Russia. On this path of thought, this conclusion is undoubted - as undoubted as the conclusion that Voltaire made jokingly (without knowing what) when he said that the Night of St. Bartholomew occurred from an upset stomach of Charles IX. But for people who do not allow that Russia was formed by the will of one person - Peter I, and that the French Empire was formed and the war with Russia began by the will of one person - Napoleon, this reasoning not only seems incorrect, unreasonable, but also contrary to the whole essence human. To the question of what constitutes the cause of historical events, another answer seems to be 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 Night of St. Bartholomew, the order for which was given by Charles IX, did not occur at 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 at 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 - no matter how strange this assumption seems, but human dignity tells me that each of us, if not more, then no less a person than the great Napoleon orders that this solution to the issue be allowed, and historical research abundantly confirms this assumption.
In the Battle of Borodino, Napoleon did not shoot at anyone and did not kill anyone. The soldiers did all this. Therefore, it was not he who killed 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 entire army: the French, Italians, Germans, Poles - hungry, ragged and exhausted from the campaign - in view of the army blocking Moscow from them, they felt that le vin est tire et qu"il faut le boire. [the wine is uncorked and it is necessary to drink it .] If Napoleon had now forbidden them to fight the Russians, they would have killed him and gone to fight the Russians, because they needed it.
When they listened to the order of Napoleon, who presented them with the words of posterity for their injuries and death as a consolation that they too had been in the battle of Moscow, they shouted “Vive l" Empereur!” just as they shouted “Vive l"Empereur!” at the sight of an image of a boy piercing the globe with a bilboke stick; just as they would shout “Vive l"Empereur!” with any nonsense that would be told to them, they had no choice but to shout “Vive l" Empereur!” and go fight to find food and rest for the victors in Moscow. Therefore, it was not as a result of Napoleon’s orders that they killed their own kind.
And it was not Napoleon who controlled the course of the battle, because nothing was carried out from his disposition and during the battle he did not know about what was happening in front of him. Therefore, the way in which these people killed each other did not happen at the will of Napoleon, but happened independently of him, at the will of hundreds of thousands of people who participated in the common cause. It only seemed to Napoleon 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 by 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 military scientist criticizes them with a significant air when the battle is not won, and the very bad dispositions and orders seem very good, and serious people prove the merits of bad orders in entire volumes, when the battle is won against them.
The disposition compiled by Weyrother at the Battle of Austerlitz was an example of perfection in works of this kind, but it was still condemned, condemned for its perfection, for too much detail.
In the Battle of Borodino, Napoleon performed his job as a representative of power just as well, and even better, than in other battles. He did nothing harmful to the progress of the battle; he leaned toward more prudent opinions; he did not confuse, did not contradict himself, did not get scared and did not run away from the battlefield, but with his great tact and war experience, he calmly and with dignity fulfilled his role as an apparent commander.
By the end of the 19th century, a shortage of women's orders began to be clearly felt in Russia. The existing orders practically did not honor women, and the Order of St. Catherine was awarded only to aristocrats, and even then very rarely. And the number of noble ladies and simply wealthy women who were involved in charity and other public affairs was quite large, and their circle was influential.
Therefore, in 1907, the Orthodox Society of Saint Princess Olga took the initiative to establish a special women's order in honor of the Old Russian princess, whom the Orthodox Church ranked among the rank of saints equal to the apostles. 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 successes 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; he marveled at her intelligence, talking with her, and said to her:
“You are worthy to reign with us in our capital.” She, realizing this, answered the king:
- I'm a 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 baptism, the king called her and told 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 are not allowed to do this - you know it yourself. And the king said to her:
– You outsmarted me, Olga.
And he gave her many gifts: gold and silver, and fibers, and various vessels; and released her, calling her his daughter.
"For the suppression of popular uprisings"- in connection with Princess Olga’s pacification of the Drevlyan uprising, 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 is said as follows:
In the summer of 946. Olga and her son Svyatoslav gathered many brave warriors and went to the Drevlyansky land. And the Drevlyans came out against her. And both regiments came together to fight. Svyatoslav threw his 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, the commander of his father, said:
- The prince has already begun; Let's strike, squad, for the prince.
And they defeated the Drevlyans. The Drevlyans fled and locked themselves 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 leave.” Now you have neither honey nor furs, you are exhausted in the siege, so I ask you little: give me three doves and three sparrows from each household.
The Drevlyans, rejoicing, collected three doves and three sparrows from the courtyard and sent them to Olga with a bow.
Olga handed out to the soldiers - some a dove, some 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 commanded her soldiers, when it began to get dark, to send out doves and sparrows. The pigeons and sparrows flew to their nests: the pigeons into the dovecotes, and the sparrows under the eaves. And so they caught fire. and there was not a courtyard where it was not burning. And it was impossible to extinguish it, since all the courtyards caught fire at once. And the 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 captive, and killed other people, gave others as slaves 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 came to the Russian land for the first time, and Svyatoslav was then in Pereyaslavl on the Danube. And Olga secluded herself in Kyiv with her grandchildren. And the Pechenegs besieged the city with great force: there were countless of them around the city. And it was impossible to leave the city or send news. It was impossible to take the horse out to water. people were exhausted from hunger and thirst.
And one youth said:
- I'll make my way.
For he knew how to speak Pecheneg, and they accepted him as one of their own. And when he approached the river, he threw off his clothes, threw himself into the Dnieper and swam. Seeing this, the Pechenegs rushed after him, shot at him with arrows, but could not do anything to him.
On the other side they noticed this and approached him in a boat. and brought him to the squad.
The next morning, close to dawn, they got into the boats and blew a loud trumpet, and the people in the city screamed. It seemed to the Pechenegs that the prince himself had come, and they ran away from the city in all directions.
"For the education of youth"(his son Svyatoslav and his warriors):
The princess came to Kyiv and taught Svyatoslav, her son, to be baptized, but he did not listen to this, saying:
– How can I accept a different faith alone? And my squad will begin to 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.
"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: “Lest they kill us by some trick - both my squad and me. After all, many were killed in battles.” And he said: “I’ll go to Rus', I’ll bring more squads.” And he went in the boats to the rapids.
Hearing about this, the Pechenegs entered the rapids. And Svyatoslav came to the rapids, and it was impossible to pass them. And Svyatoslav stopped for the winter, and they had no food, and they had a great famine, so that they paid half a hryvnia for a horse’s head.
When spring came, Svyatoslav went to the rapids. And Kurya, the prince of Pecheneg, attacked him. And they killed Svyatoslav, and took his head, and made a cup from the skull, bound it, and drank from it.
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 anniversary awards, in honor of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, to establish a Badge of Distinction for women who worked in government agencies, as well as for women doctors and women teachers. But until 1914, the new award was not legalized.
During the First World War, they again returned to the idea of instituting a Badge of Honor for women for their deeds of mercy and courage. The artists who were to develop the project for 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);
– the new Badge could not be worn around the neck either, since it was supposed to be attached to a woman’s dress;
– the form of the new award had to be different from the others.
In the fall of 1914, three projects for the Insignia of St. Olga, which had three degrees, were selected. Of these, Emperor Nicholas II approved the project proposed by Major General M.S. Putyatin - head of the Tsarskoye Selo Palace Administration. There is information 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 Insignia of St. Olga, its statute was also developed. Now the award was to be given “exclusively to females, in consideration of the merits of women in various fields of state and public service, as well as to their exploits and labors for the benefit of their neighbors.” The statute of the new award was finally promulgated in 1915, when the First World War was already underway.
The highest degree of the Insignia of St. Olga was a specially shaped cross, the front side of which was covered with blue enamel. Along the perimeter of the cross there was a gold chased rim; on the central round medallion, surrounded by a gold rim, there was an image of the Holy Princess Olga on a gold background. On the reverse side of the cross there was an inscription in Slavic letters, which indicated the date that served as the reason for the award, for example, “February 21, 1613–1913” (that is, the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov).
The second degree of the Insignia was the same cross, only all the gold parts in it were replaced with silver ones. The third degree of the Sign is an oval medallion with a slotted cross in the middle; a cross of the same shape as on the Insignia of the highest degrees. The badges of all degrees were to be worn on the left shoulder on a bow of white ribbon, and the badges of the lower degrees were not to be removed if a higher degree complained.
A special clause in the statute of the Insignia provided for its presentation to “the mothers of heroes who performed 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 three sons in the First World War. All three brothers were Knights of St. George.
The eldest of the brothers, Boris Panaev, who participated in the Russo-Japanese War, was wounded twice and awarded four military orders. He received one of the awards for carrying a wounded messenger from under enemy fire on his horse. In the battle on August 15, 1914, Boris Panaev and his squadron attacked the enemy cavalry brigade and, despite his wounds, continued to lead the detachment into the attack. The third bullet to the temple ended the life of the brave officer.
The second of the brothers, headquarters captain Guriy 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 brotherhood, Gury jumped off his horse, bandaged the wounded man and put him in his saddle. He himself immediately returned to duty, but was killed. Posthumously, Guriy Panaev became a Knight of the Order of St. George, IV degree.
Captain Lev Panaev also took part in the same battle on August 29, receiving the Golden St. George’s Weapon for his distinction in the attack in which his brother was killed. But he did not have to wear the honorary Golden Saber with the inscription “For Bravery” for long: in January 1915, during an attack in Galicia, he was killed on the spot.
When news arrived of the death of the third of the brothers, Platon Panaev, the youngest, was a naval lieutenant. He was immediately recalled from the active fleet and enlisted in one of the naval department agencies in Petrograd. But “after some time, Lieutenant Panaev submitted a report on his return 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 completely shared his desire that he was more needed locally than in Petrograd.” On April 1, 1916, Platon Panaev departed for one of the active squadrons, and already on April 2, an imperial rescript was signed awarding V.N. Panaeva the Insignia of St. Olga, II degree. Neither before nor after the insignia, which bore the name of the ancient 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 clean white enamel fields. On the slightly convex surface of the circle (its diameter is 3 mm) in the center of the cross there is a half-length image of the Holy Princess Olga on a golden background. The circle itself is covered with ultramarine enamel; in the upper part of the circle there is the inscription “Olga of Russia” 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 branches, on which lies a crown at the head of the order. From the circle to the laurel branches along the diagonal of the order cross there are faceted rays made of polished metal.
The Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga is intended to award abbess and abbess 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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I, II, III degrees
The Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga is an honorary women's order given for great achievements in state, public and other service, as well as to mothers whose children have repeatedly received the highest military awards in Russia.
The Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga was introduced into the award system of the Russian Empire in 1913-1914. Its introduction was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty. The emergence of the Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga was preceded by long, painstaking work. Among its main architects were Major General Mikhail Sergeevich Putyatin and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
The order is represented by a star and contains three degrees. Along with gold, silver was also used to cast the order.
Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga, 1st degree
In appearance, the star is similar to a Byzantine cross: the same elongated and covered with blue enamel. In the middle of the star was a gold medallion. The outlines of Saint Olga, one of the first Christians of Rus', were engraved on it.
Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga, II degree
The order copied the previous one, but was made of silver.
Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga, III degree
The order was a silver medallion decorated with a blue cross.
Ribbon
The order was accompanied by a white moire ribbon.
Wearing
The star was worn on a special ribbon thrown over the left shoulder.
From the history of the order
During its short three-year history, only one woman was awarded the Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga. This was Vera Nikolaevna Panaeva - the mother of 4 sons who were awarded the Order of St. George, IV degree, and the Order of St. George's Arms at the front. She was awarded the Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga, II degree.
