Order of St. Stanislaus
The Order was established by the King of Poland Stanislaw August Poniatowski in 1765, in 1831, according to Emperor Nicholas I's supreme will, he was included in the award system of the Russian Empire.
The Order has three degrees:
Signs of the Order of 1 degree:
- a silver eight-pointed star, in its large white round shield, surrounded by a wide green strip with two gold edges on either side, of which the inner is narrower and the outer one wider, on the green strip laurel golden branches, connected in the middle of each two flowers; in the middle of the shield, in a small gold hoop, in red letters the monogram of St. Stanislaus: SS; and about a hoop, in a white field, in gold letters, the motto of the Order, divided from above by a golden flower. It is worn on the left side of the chest.
- the cross is eight-pointed (the rays of the cross are made in the form of a "swallowtail"), the edges of the cross are joined by openwork arcs. The cross is large (52-60 mm.), Gold, covered with red enamel, in the corners of the cross there are golden two-headed eagles, at the ends of the cross there are golden balls. In the center of the cross, in a round medallion, on the white field there are two intertwined Latin letters "SS", red, denoting "Saint Stanislav". The medallion inside is framed with enamel laurel branches. It is worn on the moire ribbon of red and pink color, along the edges decorated with a double border, white, the width of the tape is 10 cm, it is worn through the right shoulder.
Signs of the Order of the 2nd degree:
- a cross similar to 1 degree, but smaller (42-44 mm.), worn on the neck moiré band, flowers of the same order of the 1st degree, with a width of 45 mm.
Signs of the Order of 3rd degree:
- a cross similar to 1 degree, but even smaller than the previous degree of size (35 mm.), is worn on a pentagonal shoe, on the left side of the chest of the chevalier, the width of the band on a 24 mm shoe.
The motto of the order: "Rewarding, encouraging".
The total number of people awarded from 1765 is more than 850000.