Order of Saint Catherine

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The Order of Saint Catherine was a prestigious Russian Imperial chivalric order, primarily awarded to women of the nobility for distinguished service and loyalty to the crown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chivalric order
imperial order
abolishedBy Soviet government NERFINISHED
abolitionDate 1917
alsoKnownAs Imperial Order of Saint Catherine NERFINISHED
Order of the Great Martyr Saint Catherine NERFINISHED
associatedDynasty House of Romanov NERFINISHED
awardFor distinguished service
loyalty to the crown
awardingAuthority Emperor of Russia NERFINISHED
badgeShape Maltese cross NERFINISHED
ceremonialOccasion imperial court ceremonies
conferredAs lifetime honor
country Russian Empire
eligibility women of the nobility
firstGrandMistress Catherine I of Russia GENERATED
foundedBy Peter the Great NERFINISHED
genderRestriction primarily female
hasGrade Dame of Lesser Cross NERFINISHED
Grand Cross NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Russian
hasPostNominalLetters none (insignia used instead)
highestClassName Grand Cross (First Class) NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Imperial Russia NERFINISHED
inception 1714
insigniaType badge
sash
star
inspiredBy cult of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
locationOfChapter Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
lowerClassName Lesser Cross (Second Class) NERFINISHED
motto For Love and Fatherland
namedAfter Saint Catherine of Alexandria NERFINISHED
notableRecipientCategory empresses of Russia
foreign princesses
high-ranking noblewomen
patron Empress consort of Russia
primaryRecipients women
rankInHierarchy highest female order of the Russian Empire
relatedTo Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky NERFINISHED
Order of Saint Andrew NERFINISHED
religion Russian Orthodox Church
religiousCharacter Christian
sashColor red with silver border
status abolished
symbol image of Saint Catherine
type state decoration

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Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia order Order of Saint Catherine
subject surface form: Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia