Order of Alexander Nevsky

Order of Alexander Nevsky
Order of Alexander Nevsky (obverse)
Type	Single-grade order
Awarded for	Meritorious Service of 20 years or more
Presented by	Russian Federation  Soviet Union
Eligibility	Civil Servants
Status	Active
Established	July 29, 1942
Ribbon of the Order of Alexander Nevsky
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Saint Catherine the Great Martyr
Next (lower)	Order of Suvorov

The Order of Alexander Nevsky (Russian: орден Александра Невского orden Alexandra Nevskogo) is an order of merit of the Russian Federation named in honour of saint Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263) and bestowed to civil servants for twenty years or more of highly meritorious service. It was originally established by the Soviet Union as a military honour during World War II, more precisely by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 29, 1942.^[1] Its statute was amended by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 26, 1947.^[2] It bears a similar name to the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky which had been established by Empress Catherine I of Russia in 1725, and continued to be bestowed by the heads of the House of Romanov until the 1917 Russian Revolution. The Order of Alexander Nevsky was reinstated by the Soviet Union, minus the words "Imperial" and "Saint", and awarded to officers of the army for personal courage and resolute leadership. The Order was retained by the new Russian Federation following the dissolution of the USSR by Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation 2557-I of March 20, 1992^[3] but was never awarded. The September 7, 2010 Decree №1099^[4] of the President of the Russian Federation redesigned the badge of the Order closer to the pre-1917 imperial model and amended the statute of the Order making it a purely civilian award.