Mother Heroine
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Key facts
- Type
- Honorary title
- Awarded for
- Raising 10 or more children
- Presented by
- Soviet Union (1944–1991) Russia (2022–present)
- Eligibility
- Citizens of the Soviet Union (1944–1991)
- Status
- Being awarded
- Established
- 8 July 1944
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- order
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Image
- MotherHeroine.png
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- next higher rank
- Hero of Socialist Labour
- next lower rank
- Order of Maternal Glory
- quantity
- 431000
- Commons category
- Order of the Mother Heroine
- inception
- 1944-07-08
- category for recipients of this award
- Q10167360
- different from
- Mother Heroine
- lower limit
- 10
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Encyclopedic overview
Kazakh "Алтын алка" ("Golden pendant") Mother Heroine (Russian: Мать-героиня, romanized: Mat'-geroinya) is an honorary title that was used in the Soviet Union, awarded for bearing and raising a large family. The state's intent was not only to honor such large families, but also to increase financial assistance for pregnant women, mothers of large families, and single mothers, and to promote an increased level of health in mother and child. The award was established in 1944 and continued to exist until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. On 15 August 2022 Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree which revived the honorary title in Russia.
Award history
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mother Heroine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.