Order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes

Order of the Heaven's Hundred Heroes
Order of the Heaven's Hundred Heroes
Awarded by  Ukraine
Type	Single-grade order
Awarded for	Defending principles of democracy, human rights and freedom during the Euromaidan-protests
Status	Currently awarded
Motto	Freedom and Dignity
Statistics
Established	1 July 2014
First awarded	27 November 2014
Total awarded	3
Posthumous awards	3
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Next (lower)	Order For Courage
Ribbon of the Order of the Heaven's Hundred Heroes

The Order of the Heaven's Hundred Heroes (Ukrainian: Орден Героїв Небесної Сотні) is an order of Ukraine presented for civil courage, patriotism and the defense of the constitutional principles of democracy, human rights and freedom; humanitarian, social and charitable activities; selfless service to the Ukrainian people during the Euromaidan-protests; as well as any events related to the protection of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.^[1][2][3]

Background

The name "Heaven's Hundred" refers to the participants killed during Euromaidan.^[4]

The order was established on 1 July 2014 when the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament of Ukraine) adopted the Law “On amendments to article 7 of the Law of Ukraine “On National Awards of Ukraine”.^[5] On 26 June 2014, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko first proposed to parliament to amend the law on government awards by introducing the Order of the Heroes of the Heaven's Hundred.^[6]

Appearance

A nationwide contest for the best design of the Order of Heroes hundreds of Heaven was won by Taras Wozniak and Konstantina Kovalyshyn from Lviv.^[7][8]

Recipients

On 27 November 2014, the three non-Ukrainian citizens killed in the Euromaidan events were each posthumously awarded the title Knight of the Order of the Heaven's Hundred Heroes.^[9]

•  Belarus — Mikhail Zhyznevskyi (26 January 1988–22 January 2014), shot in the heart
•  Georgia — Zurab Khurtsia (29 July 1960–18 February 2014), died of heart attack during demonstrations in Independence Square
•  Georgia — David Kipiani (28 June 1980–21 February 2014), shot twice

See also

• List of people killed during Euromaidan

References

1. Parliament supported President’s initiative on the establishment of order of Heroes of Nebesna Sotnya // Official web-site of the President of Ukraine, 01.07.2014
2. The VR has established an order of "Heroes of Heavenly hundred", NovostiMira (1 July 2014)
3. (Ukrainian) The Council established the Order of Heroes Hundreds of Heaven, Ukrayinska Pravda (1 July 2014)
4. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine established the order of the Characters hundreds of Heaven, news.rin.ru (1 July 2014)
5. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law “On amendments to article 7 of the Law of Ukraine “On National Awards of Ukraine” (re establishing the order of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes), Verkhovna Rada (1 July 2014)
6. Poroshenko asks Rada to introduce Order of Heroes of Heavenly Hundred, Kyiv Post (26 June 2014)
7. (Ukrainian) Winners of the All-Ukrainian contest sketch of the Order of Heroes Hundreds of Heaven - the press service of the Ministry of Culture., uapress (5 August 2014)
8. (Ukrainian) The Rada established the Order of Heroes hundreds of Heaven, Vysoky Zamok (newspaper) (1 July 2014)
9. Президент нагородив орденами Героїв Небесної Сотні трьох іноземців, які загинули під час Революції Гідності // Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України

External links

• Laws of Ukraine «About the state awards of Ukraine»
• Указ Президента України № 844/2014 від 3 листопада 2014 року "Про орден Героїв Небесної Сотні"