Order of St. George

highest purely military decoration of the Russian Empire
Place order Q831282
Order of St. George
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Order of St. George

Summary

Order of St. George is an order[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of order entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Order of St. George is in the country of Russian Empire[3].
  • Order of St. George is in the country of Russia[4].
  • Order of St. George's image is recorded as Order of St. George, 1st class with star and sash RF.jpg[5].
  • Order of St. George's instance of is recorded as order[6].
  • Order of St. George's instance of is recorded as military decoration[7].
  • Saint George is named after Order of St. George[8].
  • Order of St. George's Commons category is recorded as Order of Saint George (Russia)[9].
  • Order of St. George's has part is recorded as Order of St. George, 1st class[10].
  • Order of St. George's has part is recorded as Order of St. George, 2nd class[11].
  • Order of St. George's has part is recorded as Order of St. George, 3rd class[12].
  • Order of St. George's has part is recorded as Order of St. George, 4th class[13].
  • Order of St. George's has part is recorded as Order of St. George, 4th class, with a bow[14].
  • Order of St. George's has part is recorded as Order of St. George, 4th class, for 25 years of service[15].
  • Order of St. George's has part is recorded as Q52557596[16].
  • Order of St. George's has part is recorded as Q52557639[17].
  • +1769-11-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Order of St. George[18].
  • Order of St. George's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027p6p[19].
  • Order of St. George's location of formation is recorded as Saint Petersburg[20].
  • Order of St. George's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Order of Saint George[21].
  • Order of St. George's spoken text audio is recorded as Ru-Order of St George (intro).ogg[22].
  • Order of St. George's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[23].
  • Order of St. George's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Order of St. George's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25].
  • Order of St. George's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • Order of St. George's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': '«За службу и храбрость»'}[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Russian Empire[3], an empire[28], in Russian Empire[29], founded in 1721[30] and Russia[4], a sovereign state[31], in Russia[32], founded in 1991[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include order[6] and military decoration[7].

History and Context

+1769-11-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Order of St. George[18]. Saint George is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

Order of St. George ranks in the top 3% of order entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . phaleristique.com. phaleristique.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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