In Vitebsk, at a festive concert dedicated to Women's Day, six female residents of the region were awarded the Order of Motherhood
These included Liliana Astafyeva, a veterinarian assigned to the Yanovichi agro-complex of the Vitebsk Broiler Poultry Farm; Yulia Belevich, an employee of Vitbytservis LLC; Olga Gerasimovich, a housewife; Ekaterina Moguchaya, a nurse at the Rubel polyclinic; Lyubov Chuvilina, a kindergarten teacher at kindergarten No. 88 in Vitebsk; and Marina Dergileva, an assistant teacher at the Moshkany kindergarten-secondary school named after A. Gorovets in the Sennensky district. In total, by Presidential Decree No. 46 of February 10, more than 20 residents of the region have been awarded this state honor for giving birth to and raising five or more children.
The women who came onto the festive stage are realizing themselves in various fields and professions, and have diverse achievements and hobbies. They are united by one thing: they are all mothers of large families.
It is symbolic that they received congratulations from the region's top officials on the eve of March 8 – the main holiday of spring and femininity. After all, it is from maternal love that the best flowers of life – children – blossom.