Polonia Restituta

Order of Polonia Restituta Polish: Order Odrodzenia Polski
Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta
Awarded by the President of Poland
Country	Poland
Type	Five classes
Eligibility	All
Awarded for	Extraordinary and distinguished service
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	4 February 1921
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order Virtuti Militari Order of the White Eagle
Next (lower)	Order of the Military Cross
Ribbon bar of the Grand Cross

The Order of Polonia Restituta (Polish: Order Odrodzenia Polski, English: Order of Rebirth of Poland) is a Polish state order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred to both military and civilians as well as to foreigners for outstanding achievements in the fields of education, science, sport, culture, art, economics, national defense, social work, civil service, or for furthering good relations between countries.

The Order of Polonia Restituta is sometimes attributed as a Polish successor to the Order of the Knights of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, known as the Order of Saint Stanislaus, founded in 1765 by the last King Stanisław August Poniatowski of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to honour supporters of the Polish crown.

When Poland regained its independence from the Russian Empire in 1918, the new Polish government abolished the activities of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Imperial House of Romanov) in the country, due to the claimed abuses of its initial rules by the Russians, who often awarded their version to those who - according to the dominant view in newly independent Poland - had been responsible for the destruction of Poland and Polish culture.