Golden Weapon for Bravery
| Golden Weapon for Bravery | |
|---|---|
 | |
Awarded by  Russian Empire | |
| Type | Military order |
| Established | 7 August 1720 |
| Eligibility | Top and senior military officers |
| Awarded for | Distinction in combat |
| Statistics | |
| Total inductees | more than 13,000[1][2] |
The Gold Sword for Bravery (Russian: Золотое оружие "За храбрость") was a Russian award for bravery. It was set up with two grades on 27 July 1720 by Peter the Great, reclassified as a public order in 1807 and abolished in 1917. From 1913 to 1917 it was renamed the Saint George Sword (Георгиевское оружие) and considered one of the grades of the Order of St. George.
Gallery
Field marshal Friedrich W. Rembert von Berg with the Gold Sword for Bravery
Tsar Alexander II of Russia with the Gold Sword for Bravery
Tsar Alexander III of Russia with the Gold Sword for Bravery
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim with the Gold Sword for Bravery
Select recipients
- General Alexander von Kaulbars
- Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov
- Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov
- General Vladimir May-Mayevsky
- General Pyotr Bagration
- Field Marshal Peter Wittgenstein
- Field Marshal Ivan Paskevich
- Field Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch
- Admiral Alexander Menshikov
- General Mikhail Gorchakov
- Field Marshal Mikhail Vorontsov
- General Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky
- General Vasili Bebutov
- Field Marshal Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg
- General Yegor Tolstoy
- Tsar Alexander II
- General Aleksey Brusilov
- General Dmitry Nadyozhny
- General Anton Denikin
- Admiral Alexander Kolchak
- Admiral Pyotr Kitkin
- Tsar Alexander III
- General Ilya Duka
- General Mikhail Miloradovich
- General Mikhail Drozdovsky
- General Georgi Emmanuel
- General Peter von Wrangel
- Major General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (later Marshal and President of Finland)
- General Anatoly Pepelyayev
- General Anton Turkul
- General Maciej Sulkiewicz
- General Ghubaidulla Genghis-Khan
- Major General Asad-bey Talyshkhanov
- Colonel Kazimir Karlovich Kamprad,[3][4]
References
- ^ Шабанов, В. М. Военный орден Святого Великомученика и Победоносца Георгия.
- ^ Исмаилов, Э. Э. (2007). Золотое оружие с надписью «За храбрость». Списки кавалеров 1788—1913. Старая Басманная. p. 544. ISBN 978-5-903473-05-2.
- ^ ""Георгиевские кавалеры"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Газета Русскій инвалидъ. № 194. 21.7.1916 на сайте «Старые газеты»