Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (original) (raw)

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Ukrainian military decoration

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Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Order Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Type 3 grade order
Awarded for Exceptional duty in defense of state sovereignty and state security; veterans of World War II
Presented by Ukraine
Eligibility Military and Security Personnel, other citizens of Ukraine
Status Currently awarded
Established May 3, 1995
First awarded May 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_]

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

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