Awards of the First World War

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The bulk of the Materials covers the events of the Second World War - the most terrible and bloody war in the twentieth century, but it does not exhaust the topics of the library.
The Russian Empire entered the twentieth century with a well-established premium system. She was created in the epoch of Peter the Great, who established the first and highest Russian order of the Holy Apostle Andrei First Called. As always, in peacetime, the awards received more on protection than what they deserves, but the military shocks returned everything into place. The fighting feats broke the hierarchical staircase, the meril merit to obtain a high Order or the exemplary differences on the battlefield. So, during the First World War, the Georgievsky cross was almost the most honorable award, which is a symbol of the glory of Russian weapons