| Order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes | |
|---|---|
Awarded by  Ukraine | |
| Type | Single-grade order |
| Awarded for | Defending principles of democracy, human rights and freedom during the Euromaidan-protests |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 1 July 2014 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky |
| Next (lower) | Order For Courage |
The Order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes (Order of Heroes of Nebesna Sotnya;[1] Ukrainian language: Орден Героїв Небесної Сотні ) is an order of Ukraine presented for civil courage, patriotism and defending constitutional principles of democracy, human rights and freedoms, active charitable, humanitarian, social activities during the Euromaidan-protests.[2][3] The order was established on 1 July 2014 when the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament of Ukraine) adopted the Law “On amendments to article 7 of the Law of Ukraine “On National Awards of Ukraine”.[4] On 26 June 2014 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has proposed to parliament to amend the law on government awards by introducing the Order of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred.[5]
The name "Heavenly Hundred" refers to the list of people killed during Euromaidan.[6]
Appearance
A nationwide contest for the best design of the Order of Heroes hundreds of Heaven and by 1 August 2014 its winner will be selected.[7]
References
- ↑ Parliament supported President’s initiative on the establishment of order of Heroes of Nebesna Sotnya // Official web-site of the President of Ukraine, 01.07.2014
- ↑ The VR has established an order of "Heroes of Heavenly hundred", NovostiMira (1 July 2014)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) The Council established the Order of Heroes Hundreds of Heaven, Ukrayinska Pravda (1 July 2014)
- ↑ The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law “On amendments to article 7 of the Law of Ukraine “On National Awards of Ukraine” (re establishing the order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes), Verkhovna Rada (1 July 2014)
- ↑ Poroshenko asks Rada to introduce Order of Heroes of Heavenly Hundred, Kyiv Post (26 June 2014)
- ↑ The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine established the order of the Characters hundreds of Heaven, news.rin.ru (1 July 2014)
- ↑ (Ukrainian) The Rada established the Order of Heroes hundreds of Heaven, Vysoky Zamok (1 July 2014)
External links
- [ Presidential Decree № 461/2008] (Ukrainian)
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