17 mothers of large families from Vitebsk, Gomel and Grodno regions have been awarded the Order of Motherhood

August 13, Minsk /BELTA/. 17 mothers with many children from Vitebsk, Gomel and Grodno regions have been awarded the Order of Motherhood. The corresponding decree No. 420 was signed on August 12 by the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, BELTA was informed by the press service of the head of state. In particular, for the birth and upbringing of five or more children, the awards were given to Elena Sachivko, a pig breeder at the "Nartsizovo" branch of CJSC "Vitebskagropromproduct" in Tolochin district, Maria Shikshnyan, a postwoman at the Braslav district post office, Svetlana Amelchuk, a milking machine operator at the Mozyr vegetable factory, Florianna Pushnegina, a orderly at the Central Polyclinic of the Gomel branch of Belarusian Railways, Svetlana Olasyuk, a milking machine operator at the agricultural production cooperative "Galyinka" in Zelva district, and Lyudmila Kuzyuta, a teacher at the Polno-Bogatyrskaya general secondary basic school in Grodno district. -0-