Originally, the honor of Joseph Stalin was instituted after World War II when the Soviet population plummeted by tens of millions.
The award ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Once restored, Russian mothers will receive a 1 million ruble ($16,500) payment once their 10th child turns one, if all survive.
According to the latest Rosstat statistics released this summer, Russia’s population shrank by an average of 86,000 people a month between January and May, a record.
In addition, Russia is suffering heavy troop losses in Ukraine, but the true number of casualties has not been disclosed.
An estimated 75,300 migrants have now left Russia. Some citizens are fleeing the country in the face of the Ukraine war and a domestic crackdown, search data, immigration figures and flight information show.
For example, Google searches for the term “How to leave Russia?” in Russian reached a 10-year high within the country within a week of invading Ukraine on February 24.
Russian interest in “emigration” on Google also quadrupled between mid-February and early March. Searches for “travel visa” have nearly doubled, and for a Russian equivalent of “political asylum” they have more than quintupled.
Over a 30-day period in March, Australia, Turkey and Israel were among the top trending search targets, alongside pro-Russia Serbia and Armenia, and Georgia, which Russian troops invaded in 2008.
To alleviate the population crisis in the country, the Kremlin has also focused on promoting traditional values.
Putin has long been a proponent of increasing birth rates in Russia by implementing policies that encourage large families through government grants.
In his public speeches, the Russian President repeatedly mentions the importance of a family and traditional values.
“Our historic responsibility is not only to get out of the demographic trap, but also to ensure sustainable natural population growth by the middle of the next decade,” Putin said during his annual speech in 2020.
Although financial aid is offered to women with multiple children, the Russian state still has no law protecting victims of domestic violence, with the Russian Orthodox Church advocating that such laws go against traditional Russian values and that private family matters must remain private.