The article is devoted to peculiarities of a foreign award system in the Russian Navy in the second half of XIX - early XX centuries are Considered awards Northern Europe, Western Europe, southern and South-Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, America, the Far and Middle East. Separate attention is paid to the facts of the foreign award with the insignia of the lower ranks of the Russian Navy. Provides information on the hierarchy of foreign awards in the Russian Navy and the rules of wearing them. Orders and medals of the world are studied on the prestige of admirals and naval officers. Indicated by the official position of the national state authorities to various foreign orders and medals. Explores the relationship of national foreign policy in the second half of XIX - early XX centuries. and of rewarding the crews of the ships of the Russian Imperial Navy. Examines the history of foreign insignia. Analyzes the rules for awarding orders and medals of the world for crews of the Russian ships in the second half of XIX - early XX centuries. In addition, examines the history of the Russian fleet in the second half of XIX - beginning of XX centuries First of all, it is about the circumnavigation and long-distance hikes-related awards and foreign orders and medals.
