In the year 1700, the tsar even awarded him the ‘Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called’, the highest award in Russia at the time. The ‘Order of Judas’, which Peter ordered made in 1709, was intended to replace Mazepa's ‘Order of St. Andrew’. It depicted Judas Iscariot hanging from an aspen tree, with 30 pieces of silver lying at his feet. The inscription on the reverse read: "Cursed be Judas, the pernicious son, if he hanged himself for the love of money." Then, for fun, Peter awarded the order to Prince Yuri Shakhovsky, who served the tsar as a jester and informer, but was, nevertheless, eligible to hold high government positions.