Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

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Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
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Order Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Awarded by  Ukraine
Type 3 grade order
Eligibility Military and Security Personnel, other citizens of Ukraine
Awarded for Exceptional duty in defense of state sovereignty and state security; veterans of the World War II
Status issued
Statistics
Established May 3, 1995
First awarded May 7, 1995 (3rd Class)
Precedence
Next (higher) Order of Merit
Next (lower) Order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes
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Ribbon of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky

The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ukrainian: Орден Богдана Хмельницького) is a Ukrainian military award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. The award was established by Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II on May 3, 1995.

Medals and ribbons

Bohdan Khmelnytsky
First Class Second Class Third Class
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Ribbon
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