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Phaleristics (from the Roman Phalerae, sign of distinction) is an auxiliary historical discipline, the study of State decorations and Orders. The Author represents the history of the term and of phaleristics in connection with other branches of historical knowledge, its object and structure, classification of the decorations and orders, gives the survey of Russian and foreign literature about Russian and Soviet decorations; analyses the decorations as the sources on the social, political and military history, the emblematic role of decorations, their utilization in biographical research and as valuable material for attribution in art history. Supplement: Supreme decorations of pre-Revolutionary Russia, the USSR and the Russian Federation (detailed description of 54 decorations). Bibliography.