Order of Nakhimov

Order of Nakhimov
The Order of Nakhimov (Obverse)
Type	Single grade order
Awarded for	Outstanding military leadership
Presented by	Russian Federation  Soviet Union
Eligibility	Naval officers
Status	Active
Established	March 3, 1944
Ribbon of the Order of Nakhimov
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Kutuzov
Next (lower)	Order of Courage

The Order of Nakhimov (Russian: орден Нахимова) is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named in honour of Russian admiral Pavel Nakhimov (1802–1855) and bestowed to naval officers for outstanding military leadership. The order was established during World War II by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 3, 1944.^[1] Following the 1991 dissolution of the USSR, the Order of Nakhimov was retained unchanged by decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation № 2424-1 of March 2, 1992^[2] but it was not awarded in this form. The all encompassing Decree of the President of the Russian Federation № 1099 of September 7, 2010^[3] that modernised and reorganised the entire Russian awards system away from its Soviet past amended the Order of Nakhimov to its present form, a ribbon mounted single class Order.