Back وسام القديس أندراوس (الإمبراطورية الروسية) Arabic وسام القديس اندراوس (الامبراطوريه الروسيه) ARZ Řád sv. Ondřeje Czech Andreasordenen Danish Orden des Heiligen Andreas des Erstberufenen German Τάγμα του Αγίου αποστόλου Ανδρέα του Πρωτόκλητου (Ρωσία) Greek Orden de San Andrés Spanish Püha Andreas Esmakutsutu orden Estonian Pyhän Andreaksen ritarikunta Finnish Ordre de Saint-André French
| Imperial Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called Орден Святого апостола Андрея Первозванного | |
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Awarded by  The Head of the House of Romanov | |
| Type | Order of Knighthood |
| Established | 1698 |
| Motto | За веру и верность "For Faith and Loyalty" |
| Status | Rarely constituted |
| Sovereign | Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna |
| Grand Master | Grand Duke George Mikhailovich |
| Grades | Knight[citation needed] |
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| First induction | 1698 Count Fyodor Golovin |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | None |
| Next (lower) | Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky Order of Saint Catherine |
_ribbon.svg){kind=small} Ribbon of the order | |
The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (Russian: Орден Святого апостола Андрея Первозванного, romanized: Orden Svyatogo apostola Andreya Pervozvannogo) is the highest order conferred by both the Russian Imperial Family (as an Order of Knighthood) and by the Russian Federation (as a state order). Established as the first and highest order of chivalry of the Russian Tsardom and the Russian Empire in 1698, it was removed from the honours system under the USSR before being re-established as the top Russian civil and military order in 1998.