Orders, decorations, and medals of Russia

The State Award System of the Russian Federation has varied and distinct origins. The first being pre-1917 orders of the Russian Empire re-established after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, the second is from former Soviet orders that were slightly modified and retained post 1991, we also find many completely new awards resembling Imperial awards in basic design since the reintroduction of Russian heraldry.

Originally set up following the dissolution of the Soviet Union by Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation № 2557-I of March 20, 1992, the statutes of all state awards was later ratified in Presidential Decree № 442 of March 2, 1994. The entire state awards' system of the Russian Federation was amended on September 7, 2010 by presidential decree № 1099, this all encompassing decree distanced modern Russian awards from their Soviet roots. Presidential Decree № 1631 of December 16, 2011 amended and finalized the order of precedence of all modern Russian awards. Awards can be revoked by the State Duma if the recipient is not deemed fit to receive the award.

State commemorative medals of the Russian Federation
NOTE: Presidential Decree № 1099 of September 7, 2010 states the following: "In order to improve the state award system of the Russian Federation that commemorative medals of the Russian Federation, awards established by federal authorities and other federal government agencies, public authorities of the Russian Federation, public and religious associations  were not state awards of the Russian Federation". This serves to clarify who can be recommended for the higher state awards of the Russian Federation, many of them requiring the previous award of lower state awards to be eligible. Commemorative awards and ministerial or departmental awards do not qualify as such.

Russian dynastic orders
Royal dynastic orders of the House of Romanov. Defunct since Soviet Union; conferred in exile.
 * Order of Saint Catherine
 * Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
 * Order of the White Eagle
 * Order of Saint Vladimir
 * Order of Saint Anna
 * Order of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
 * Order of Saint Anastasia
 * Order of Saint Stanislaus
 * Order of Saint Michael the Archangel
 * (Insignia of Saint Olga)