Gold Sword for Bravery
The Gold Sword for Bravery was a Russian award for bravery. It was set up with two grades on 27 July 1720 by Peter the Great, reclassified as a public order in 1807 and abolished in 1917. From 1913 to 1917 it was renamed the Saint George Sword (Георгиевское оружие) and considered one of the grades of the Order of St.
Also recorded as Golden Weapon for Bravery · Saint George Sword
Gold Sword for Bravery
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- Golden Weapon for Bravery
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- 1720.
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- Russian Empire.
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The Gold Sword for Bravery was a Russian award for bravery. It was set up with two grades on 27 July 1720 by Peter the Great, reclassified as a public order in 1807 and abolished in 1917. From 1913 to 1917 it was renamed the Saint George Sword (Георгиевское оружие) and considered one of the grades of the Order of St.
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Antin Holovaty
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Grigory Semyonov
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Jafargulu agha Javanshir
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Ənvər Çingizoğlu, Cəfərqulu xan Sarıcalı-Cavanşir, (Tarixi-bioqrafik tədqiqat), Bakı, "Mütərcim ", 2011.
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Pavel Potemkin
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БУ ЦГА Москвы, ф. 203, оп. 745, д. 96, с. 66. Метрические книги церкви Троицы Живоначальной в Полях.
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Władysław Strzemiński
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https://wyborcza.pl/alehistoria/7,162090,24460335,15-lutego-pierwsza-w-polsce-kolekcja-sztuki-nowoczesnej.html
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• Name — Golden Weapon for Bravery • Awarded By — Russian Empire • Type — Military order • Eligibility — Top and senior military officers • For — Distinction in combat • Established — 7 August 1720 • Total — more than 13,000
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• Illustration — Field marshal Friedrich W. Rembert von Berg with the Gold Sword for Bravery • Illustration — Tsar Alexander II of Russia with the Gold Sword for Bravery • Illustration — Tsar Alexander III of Russia with the Gold Sword for Bravery • Illustration — Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim with the Gold Sword for Bravery
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Sword of Honour, portépée of the Order of Sint-George, Russia
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1720
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Victims of Bravery (1): Impacts of Acts of Bravery on Australian Civilian Bravery Award Recipients, Heroism Science: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2026Crossref registry
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4- Antin HolovatyPerson
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- Jafargulu agha JavanshirAuthor
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- Nikolay GalitzinPerson
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- Pavel PotemkinAuthor
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