Women"s awards of the Russian Empire. For mercy

The book Women"s Awards of the Russian Empire. For mercy ”is devoted to a little -studied topic - insignia, specially established for awarding women who showed themselves in a state, scientific, medical field, for their work for the benefit of society.

Author of the book S.S. Levin talks in detail about the history of the institution, about the existence and legal aspects of such female awards of the Russian Empire as the insignia of the Red Cross, the Romanovsky distinction “For Works on Agriculture”, “The Distinction of the Soloist (soloist) of its imperial majesty”.

On the pages of the book, you can learn about the medals handed to women “in memory of the Patriotic War of 1812”, “For Zeal”, “For useful”, as well as about award bracelets, rings, cephras, complained from the imperial award office