Back "Boqdan Xmelnitski" ordeni Azerbaijani Богдан Хмельницкий ордены (СССР) Bashkir Ордэн Багдана Хмяльніцкага (СССР) Byelorussian Orde de Bogdan Khmelnitski Catalan Богдан Хмельницкий орденĕ (СССР) CV Bogdan-Chmelnizki-Orden (Sowjetunion) German Orden de Bohdán Jmelnitski Spanish Bogdan Hmelnitski orden Estonian نشان بودان خملنیتسکی Persian Ordre de Bogdan Khmelnitski French
| Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky | |
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| Type | 3 grade order |
| Awarded for | Exceptional duty in combat operations that led to the liberation of the Soviet territory |
| Presented by |  Soviet Union |
| Eligibility | Soviet Armed Forces personnel |
| Campaign(s) | German-Soviet War and others |
| Status | discontinued in the Soviet Union, Order with the same name is issued by Ukraine |
| Established | October 10, 1943 |
| First awarded | October 28, 1943 |
| Total | 8451 |
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The Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky (Russian: Орден Богдана Хмельницкого, romanized: Orden Bogdana Khmel'nitskogo, Ukrainian: Орден Богдана Хмельницького, romanized: Orden Bohdana Khmelʹnytsʹkoho) was a Soviet award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman (leader) of the Ukrainian Cossack Hetmanate The award was first established on October 10, 1943, by the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR during World War II. It was the only Red Army award to be written in the Ukrainian language.
The order was discontinued after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. A similar award, the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, was begun on May 3, 1995, by Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of victory in the German-Soviet War.