“…This ordering degree averaged over the volume of the crystal is an essential parameter that affects their physical properties and, in particular, the character and the temperatures of structural and magnetic phase transitions occurring in them (Isupov, 2003;Sakhnenko & Ter-Oganesyan, 2003;Sakhnenko & Ter-Oganessian, 2005). As typical examples of pronounced influence of cationic order on the physical properties of perovskites one can cite PbSc 1/2 Nb 1/2 O 3 , PbSc 1/2 Ta 1/2 O 3 , PbIn 1/2 Nb 1/2 O 3 and PbYb 1/2 Nb 1/2 O 3 , which show qualitatively different dielectric properties of ordered and disordered samples (Zhu et al, 2008;Chu et al, 1995Chu et al, , 1993Bokov et al, 1984Bokov et al, , 1993Ohwada et al, 2008), and SrFe 1/2 Mo 1/2 O 3 , whose magnetic properties strongly depend on the ordering degree of Fe and Mo cations (Sarma et al, 2000).…”