The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir was an Imperial Russian order established on 3 October [O.S. 22 September] 1782 by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of the Kievan Rus'.
Fourth-class order
Orthodox Order of Saint Vladimir, 1st degree
Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd degree
Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd degree
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych, given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox Church canonised him as Saint Vladimir.
Vladimir's effigy on one of his coins. He is crowned in the Byzantine style, holding a cross-mounted staff in one hand and a Khazar-inspired trident in the other.
Vladimir the Great
The Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir, by Viktor Vasnetsov (1890)
Vladimir and Rogneda (1770)