Order of St. Andrew
| Imperial Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called Орден Святого апостола Андрея Первозванного | |
|---|---|
| Awarded by Head of the House of Romanov | |
| Type | Order of chivalry |
| Established | 1698 |
| Motto | За веру и верность (For Faith and Loyalty) |
| Status | Rarely constituted |
| Sovereign | Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna |
| Grand Master | Grand Duke George Mikhailovich |
| Grades | Knight |
| Statistics | |
| First induction | 1698 (Count Fyodor Golovin) |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | None |
| Next (lower) | Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky Order of Saint Catherine |
Ribbon of the order | |
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The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (Russian: Орден Святого апостола Андрея Первозванного, romanized: Orden Svyatogo apostola Andreya Pervozvannogo) is the highest order conferred by both the Russian Imperial Family (as an order of chivalry) and by the Russian Federation (as a state order). Established as the first and highest order of chivalry of the Russian Tsardom and the Russian Empire in 1698, it was removed from the honours system under the USSR before being re-established as the top Russian civil and military order in 1998.