President Vladimir Putin revived this week a Sovietera prize established in 1944 to encourage Russians to grow their families in response to a projected population fall, according to reports.The “Mom Heroine” award, is granted to women who have ten or more children, offering financial incentives as well as social recognition in an effort to promote population growth.
The revived prize will provide Russian citizens a onetime payment of 1 million rubles ($16,500) after their tenth child turns one, but only if the other 9 children live.
Putin promises a reward of 1 Mn Rubles for bearing 10 kids
On June 1, the day before Russia’s Children’s Day holiday, Putin first suggested creating the Mother Heroine title. He claimed that large families were gradually experiencing a revival in Russian society.
According to Russian media, Joseph Stalin founded the honorary medal in the Soviet Union and presented it to 400 000 persons. If all nine of their children have survived, the revived prize will provide Russian citizens a one-time reward of 1 million rubles (about R280 000) after their tenth child turns one.
To address Russia’s demographic crisis, he has urged “cardinal” actions.
Russia’s population has been dropping steadily for years, reaching 145.1 million in early 2022 following a drop of almost 400,000.
If nine other children survive, the raised award will provide Russian citizens with a sum of one million rubles ($16,500) once their tenth child turns one. She clarified, “It was about serving the motherland.” The revival of this ideology is “obviously an intensely aware echo of the Stalinist past.”
Views on Mother Heroine
According to Roy, the prize was created at a period when the Soviet Union was trying to “prepare for postwar rebuilding” and aid households because they were “the core institution of Soviet society.”
She also discussed financial assistance, better women’s health care, and making it more difficult for married “couples” to divorce. “The fight drew up broad worry over population loss.
It is unclear, in Rothopinion, Ey’s if contemporary Russian women will accept the motherhood award’s incentive. She stated, “I don’t see modern young Russian ladies actually answering the call.” “They are thinking on other things.”
