The Order of St. George and the & nbsp; sign of the St. George Cross were restored in & nbsp; Russia in & nbsp; 1992. The latter are awarded to soldiers, sailors, sergeants and & nbsp; petty officers, warrant officers and & nbsp; warrant officers & nbsp; deeds and & nbsp; distinctions in & nbsp; battles, serving as models of courage, dedication and & nbsp; military skill & nbsp; silver, insignia I and & nbsp; II degree & nbsp; & mdash; with & nbsp; gold plating. In the middle there is a round medallion and a relief image of St. George. They wear a cross on the left on the & nbsp; block. The ribbon on & nbsp; pads of crosses I and & nbsp; III degrees is supplemented with a bow.
Among the knights & nbsp; IV degrees of the Order of St. George & nbsp; & mdash; Head of Rosgvardia Viktor Zolotov, Director of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov, ex-head of the Foreign Intelligence Service and & nbsp; Director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies Mikhail Fradkov, and & nbsp; also First Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District Sergei Kuzovlev.
Commander of the Order of St. George III degree is the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. He was awarded secretly. According to & nbsp; the source of RBC, the Order of Gerasimov received for & nbsp; conducting a successful operation in & nbsp; Syria.
Cavaliers & nbsp; II degree & nbsp; & mdash; former head of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov, ex-commander-in-chief of the ground forces Vladimir Boldyrev, and & nbsp; also former commander-in-chief of the Air Force Alexander Zelin.