Contemporary exhibitions orders pre-revolutionary Russia as independent museum exhibits

The article presents a brief overview of the history of exhibitions orders of pre-revolutionary Russia, held in the last few years. Imperial orders in Soviet times was considered «not relevant» material, so it is practically not exposed, but in recent years the situation has changed. The exhibition «For love and the fatherland. The maids of honor and dames XVIII - early XX centuries» was held in the Historical Museum in 2004 and 2005, the exhibition «The Order of St. Andrew, the «First-called» Apostle - 310 years of greatness of Russia» was held in 2008 in the Museum of contemporary history of Russia, the exhibition «Sovereign Knights. Foreign orders of Russian emperors» was held in 2010 in the One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch's Palace of the Moscow Kremlin. Experience of the analysis of these exposures allow to judge about the use of the orders as separate exhibits.