Faced with a reduction in the alarming Russian population, President Vladimir Putin revived this week an award of the Soviet era which was founded in 1944 to encourage Russia to expand their families, reports. The “Mother Heroine” award, which was announced in a decree on Monday, was given to women who had ten or more children, offering financial incentives and social recognition in an effort to spur population growth, the Washington Post reported.
According to Russian media, Joseph Stalin established an honorary medal in the Soviet Union and gave it to around 400,000 residents. The award that is raised will give Russian citizens with a payment of one million rubles once ($ 16,500) after their tenth child is one year old-but only if nine other children survive. The medal did not mention the Ukraine war, the report said. Kristin Roth-Ey, an Associate Professor at the University of College’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies, told The Post that the Stalin era award was originally launched as part of a social package that II.
“That’s about serving the motherland,” he explained. The resurrection “is clearly a conscious echo from Stalinist’s past.” According to Roth-Ey, this award was founded when the Soviet Union tried to “plan post-depth reconstruction” and support the family as “the core institutions of the Soviet community.” Other steps he mentioned include better health care for women, financial assistance, and making it more difficult for married couples to divorce.
“The war caused a widespread concern about loss of population …” This clearly has a resonance with what is happening, “he added, referring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, called Kremlin as a special military operation. Last month, CIA Director William J. Burns estimated that around 15,000 Russian troops had been killed in the Ukraine conflict, with up to 45,000 more injured. He quoted the latest American intelligence about Russian losses.