Mother-Heroine awarding ceremony in Moscow Kremlin

Moscow, USSR. November, 1944. Mikhail Kalinin, the Soviet leader (C, front), and Alexander Gorkin, the Secretary of the Supreme Soviet (L, back), pose for a photo with the women awarded a Mother-Heroine honorary title for bearing and raising 10 or more children. Pictured in this image are M.Ye. Smagina, S.V. Ignatyeva, Mikhail Kalinin, A.S. Kirilina, M.M. Ryzhkova (L-R front), Alexander Gorkin, A.M. Belousova, M.P. Arkadyeva, V.G. Asadullina, T.S. Bubnova, A.S. Aleksakhina, Ye.P. Soldatova (L-R back). The exact date of shooting is unknown. Gavriil Shirokov/TASS

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