The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_St._Alexander_Nevsky" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Order of St. Alexander Nevsky">Order of St. Alexander Nevsky</a> is instituted in Russia by Empress <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_I" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catherine I">Catherine I</a>. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1942">1942</a> as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Alexander_Nevsky" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Order of Alexander Nevsky">Order of Alexander Nevsky</a>.