Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Order Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Type	3 grade order
Awarded for	Exceptional duty in defense of state sovereignty and state security; veterans of the World War II
Presented by	Ukraine
Eligibility	Military and Security Personnel, other citizens of Ukraine
Status	issued
Established	May 3, 1995
First awarded	May 7, 1995 (3rd Class)
Ribbon of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Merit
Next (lower)	Order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes

The Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (Ukrainian: Орден Богдана Хмельницького) is a Ukrainian military award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks. 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[]

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

First Class	Second Class	Third Class
Ribbon

See also[]

• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union)

External links[]

• president.gov.ua - Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi