Order_of_Bohdan_Khmelnytsky

Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Ukrainian military decoration

For the Soviet order, see Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union).

The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ukrainian: Орден Богдана Хмельницького, romanized: Orden Bohdana Khmelnytskoho) is a Ukrainian military award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. The award was established on May 3, 1995 by Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. It is the only Ukrainian Knightly Order.[citation needed]

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