Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union)

Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
Soviet Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3rd class
Type	3 grade order
Awarded for	Exceptional duty in combat operations that led to the liberation of the Soviet territory
Presented by	Soviet Union
Eligibility	Soviet Armed Forces personnel
Campaign(s)	German-Soviet War and others
Status	discontinued in the Soviet Union, Order with the same name is issued by Ukraine
Established	October 10, 1943
First awarded	October 28, 1943
Total	8451
Ribbon of the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3rd class

The Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky (Russian: Орден Богдана Хмельницкого, romanized: Orden Bogdana Khmel'nitskogo, Ukrainian: Орден Богдана Хмельницького, romanized: Orden Bohdana Khmelʹnytsʹkoho) was a Soviet award named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman (leader) of the Ukrainian Cossack Hetmanate The award was first established on October 10, 1943, by the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR during World War II. It was the only Red Army award to be written in the Ukrainian language.

The order was discontinued after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. A similar award, the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, was begun on May 3, 1995, by Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of victory in the German-Soviet War.