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Order of St. Stanislas

Country:Russia
Established:Established on 7 May 1765 by Stanislas August Poniatowsky, the independent king of Poland, the Order of Saint Stanislas was adopted as a Russian Order in 1831 by Emperor Nicholas I, who served as its Grand Master until 1917.
Classes:Three
Criteria:Initially awarded to any person for "Christian virtues," the Order of Saint Stanislas entitled recipients of the first class to hereditary nobility. It was also awarded for a distinguished career in civil or military service. For military valor, recipients received it with crossed swords.
Order of St. Stanislas, 1st Class Cross

Recipients - World War I Aces
BelgiumJan Olieslagers
? Class
RussiaJuri Gilsher
3rd Class
RussiaYevgraph Kruten
2nd Class
3rd Class
RussiaAlexander Kozakov
2nd Class with Swords and Bow
3rd Class with Swords
RussiaErnst Leman
3rd Class
RussiaIvan Loiko
2nd Class with Swords
RussiaDonat Makeenok
2nd Class with Swords
3rd Class with Swords
RussiaIvan Orlov
3rd Class with Swords
RussiaAlexander Pishvanov
3rd Class
RussiaAlexander Seversky
2nd Class
3rd Class
RussiaIvan Smirnov
3rd Class with Swords
EnglandRonald Sykes
2nd Class with Swords

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