Awards for Parents of Large in the Post-Soviet Countries

In the modern period, the national states of the post-Soviet space are pursuing various policies regarding the support of large families. Having a common history of supporting large families in the Soviet period, countries implement various types of it, which largely depend on the current reproductive situation. One of the elements of the system of measures to support large families, along with payments and benefits, is the award policy, the purpose of which is to increase the status of large families in society. The award policy of states in support of large families does not often become the subject of scientific discourse, especially since there have been practically no works of a comparative nature in recent years. This article analyzes the features of the award policy of the national states of the post-Soviet space in relation to large families. As a result of the analysis, the main differences in the award policy of nation states were identified by types of awards, conditions for receiving awards, and social and legal benefits that these awards provide. The conditions for receiving awards for large families include requirements for the recipient of the award (mother, father, family), including citizenship; number, status and age of children; as well as the behavioral features of the subject of receiving the award and his children.