The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky ( uk, Орден Богдана Хмельницького, Orden Bohdana Khmelʹnytsʹkoho) is a
Ukrainian military award named after
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...
,
Hetman of the Ukrainian
Cossack
The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
s. 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.
Medals and ribbons
See also
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Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union)
External links
president.gov.ua– Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi
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Awards established in 1995
1995 establishments in Ukraine
Military awards and decorations of Ukraine