page_title: Order of Saint Catherine
hierarchical_section_title: Order of Saint Catherine
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Звезда к женскому ордену Св. Екатерины. English: Star of the Order od Sannt Catharina (Imperial Russia).
context_page_description: The Order of Saint Catherine was an award of Imperial Russia. Instituted on 24 November 1714 by Peter the Great on the occasion of his marriage to Catherine I of Russia. For the majority of the time of Imperial Russia, it was the only award for women; the Insignia of Saint Olga existed briefly from 1916 to 1917, but ceased with the fall of the Romanov dynasty.
  The statutes of the Order were first published in 1713, and the order was under the patronage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the patron saint of the Empress. On 24 November 1714, on the Empress' name day, Peter the Great personally bestowed the insignia of the Order upon the Empress Catherine, creating her Grand Mistress of the Order. However, no further members were inducted until 1726. Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, who died in 1928, was the last Grand Mistress of the Order of Saint Catherine.
  Today, the claimant to the headship of the former Imperial House Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna claims the right to confer the Order.
context_section_description: The Order of Saint Catherine (Russian: Императорский Орден Святой Екатерины) was an award of Imperial Russia. Instituted on 24 November 1714 by Peter the Great on the occasion of his marriage to Catherine I of Russia. For the majority of the time of Imperial Russia, it was the only award for women; the Insignia of Saint Olga existed briefly from 1916 to 1917, but ceased with the fall of the Romanov dynasty.
  The statutes of the Order were first published in 1713, and the order was under the patronage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the patron saint of the Empress. On 24 November 1714, on the Empress' name day, Peter the Great personally bestowed the insignia of the Order upon the Empress Catherine, creating her Grand Mistress of the Order. However, no further members were inducted until 1726. Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, who died in 1928, was the last Grand Mistress of the Order of Saint Catherine. 
  Today, the claimant to the headship of the former Imperial House Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna claims the right to confer the Order.
caption: Star of the order.
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