ORDER OF ST. GEORGE
Jul 31, 2020
2 minutes
by Peter Suciu
Prior to the Russian Revolution in 1917, one of Imperial Russia’s highest military decorations was the Order of St. George. From the time of Catherine the Great, it had been awarded for bravery in the line of battle. When the Bolsheviks came to power in 1917, however, they abolished the
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