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Vaz for something - Vasator!

You will probably say: “Well, it can’t be the name of just one person!” And in general you will be right! However, this is exactly what our parents and primary school teachers taught us at school! Let's try to figure out whether this is true or not?

Let's take any history textbook, now there are many convenient options available, and read carefully which order had the sign of the military order or the St. George's Cross, which the character named Vasily had.

From the search results we get that there are no crosses at all, neither military, nor heroic, nor others, in any of the troops (of the Russian Empire), in any of the orders on the neck of which a star is placed. Each of us can be convinced of this. But there is another subclass of orders. It is called: signs, awards, insignia of the orders of the Russian Empire. They are the highest form of award for officer ranks, and have their own unique features. One of these awards is the 4th degree badge of the Order of St. Stanislaus. This order is awarded to ordinary people for their services in the civil service. The Mikhalkov brothers had such an order. The brothers praised Zhitkov's book. The film, based on their memories, received the State Prize. I could be wrong about the degree - I studied history a long time ago, and the textbooks were boring. Maybe this degree was not the fourth, I made this as an exception. Then the highest degree was given only for military affairs. And for an ordinary task they gave the last degree: a green bow or ball decorated with diamonds on a sign. Of course, there are exceptions when people changed orders. An example would be rewarding your uniforms. I don't