Order of Saint Vladimir
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The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir was an Imperial Russian order established on 3 October 1782 by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Bapti
Fourth-class order
Vladimir the Great
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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 Catholic Church and
Order of Saint Vladimir
…Святого Владимира) 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'. The order had four degrees and was awarded for continuous civil and military service. People who…
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 trident (tryzub) in the other.
Icon of saint Vladimir
Prince Vladimir chooses a religion in 988 by Johann Leberecht Eggink (1822)
The Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir by Viktor Vasnetsov (1890)