Mother Heroine title: Russia to award women who have ten or more children

International

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

Moscow,
Aug
19:
Russian
Putin
signed
a
decree
on
Monday
which
revived
the
Soviet-era
“Mother
Heroine”
award
for
women
with
10
children
or
more.
This
is
seen
as
an
attempt
to
alleviate
the
demographic
crisis
in
the
country.

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The
honour
was
originally
introduced
by
Joseph
Stalin
after
World
War
II
when
the
Soviet
population
plunged
by
tens
of
millions.
The
prize
was
scrapped
after
the
fall
of
the
Soviet
Union.

More
than
400,000
citizen
received
this
honorary
title,
but
it
was
scrapped
in
1991.

Russian
mothers
who
gave
birth
to
10
or
more
children
will
receive
a
one-time
payment
of
1
million
rubles
(around
13
lakh)
when
their
tenth
child
urns
one.
They
will
only
the
money
if
all
nine
other
children
are
still
alive,
but
there
will
be
some
exceptions
to
those
killed
by
acts
of
terrorism
or
in
armed
conflict.

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The
winners
will
also
receive
gold
medals
decorated
with
the
Russian
flag.
The
title
carried
a
similar
level
of
prestige
to
other
state
orders
such
as
the
Hero
of
Labour
and
the
Hero
of
Russia,
according
to
The
Moscow
Times.

Russia
has
been
hit
with
a
decline
in
birth
rate
over
recent
years
with
the
2022
numbers
down
by
400,000
to
145.1
million.
The
rate
of
decline
nearly
doubled
since
2021
and
has
tripled
since
the
year
before
that
partly
due
to
COVID-19.