Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
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The Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire first awarded on 1 June [O.S. 21 May] 1725 by Empress Catherine I of Russia.
Order on ribbon
Portrait of the first Russian Minister of Finance, Alexei Vasiliyev, wearing the sash and badge of the Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
Cross version, edition 1820–1830 (front)
version issued in 1865 in gold on black enamel
Alexander Nevsky
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Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky was Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev (1246–1263) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263).
Portrait in the Tsarsky titulyarnik, 1672
Alexander Nevsky
Prince Alexander Nevsky receiving Papal legates, painting by Henryk Siemiradzki (1870s)
Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1666 fresco in the Cathedral of the Archangel, Moscow