Soviet republican order: the birth of the first Soviet awards

The article is devoted to the history of formation of the Soviet award system, the period of occurrence of the first national award in the future Soviet republics in 1918-1920's. It is based on the materials of the Historical Museum with the largest collection of these rare awards in the country. Article gradually the process of creation of the Soviet Republican awards - the emergence and evolution of the sketch and the model of the order, approval appearance awards, equipment and the location and peculiarities of its production. Also considered are the problems faced by the historian when attribution awards of the Soviet republics: the possibility of the establishment of the authors of the drafts awards, manufacturers awards by the surviving stamps, information about the jewelry shops of NEP. The indicated peculiarities of manufacturing orders of the Soviet republics, which must be considered in the scientific cataloguing.