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Posted by: GoingToRussia

Sep 11, 12:51 PM EDT

Russian Region to Host Day of Conception

By MASHA STROMOVA
Associated Press Writer

ULYANOVSK, Russia (AP) -- Make a baby. Win a car. Don't be surprised if
the streets are empty and curtains drawn in this central Russian region
Wednesday as residents take up an offer by the regional governor to
help
stem Russia's demographic crisis.

Ulyanovsk Gov. Sergei Morozov has decreed Sept. 12 a Day of Conception
and is giving couples time off from work to procreate. Couples who give
birth nine months later on Russia's national day - June 12 - will
receive money, cars, refrigerators and other prizes.

It's the third year that the Volga River region, about 550 miles east
of
Moscow, has held the contest. Since then, the number of competitors -
and the number of babies born - has been on the rise.

"If there's a good, healthy atmosphere at home within the family, if
the
husband and wife both love each other and their child, they will be in
good spirits and that will extend to the workplace. So there will be a
healthy atmosphere throughout the country," he told AP Television News.
"The leadership (of the country) is interested in the family."

Russia's population has dropped since the 1991 Soviet collapse, fed by
declining birth rates, a low life expectancy, a spike in emigration, a
frayed health care system and other factors. The country - the world's
largest - now has just 141.4 million citizens, making it one of the
most
sparsely settled nations. And experts estimate the population could
fall
below 100 million by 2050.

Just 311 women signed up to take part in the first competition, in
2005,
and qualify for a half-day off from work. The next June, 46 more babies
were born in Ulyanovsk's 25 hospitals compared to the previous June,
including 28 born on June 12, officials said.

More than 500 women signed up for the contest in 2006 - resulting nine
months later in 78 babies, or more than triple the region's daily
average. So far this year, the region's birth rate is up 4.5 percent
compared to the same period last year.

"I don't think people get pregnant just to get a prize on the 12th (of
June) but if the dates coincide and they give you a ... car there's
nothing wrong with that," said Yuri, a 28-year-old father-to-be who
declined to give his last name.

Last year, President Vladimir Putin called the demographic crisis the
country's most acute problem and announced a broad effort to boost the
birthrate, including cash subsidies for couples giving birth to more
than one child. Women who give birth to their second or third child
receive $10,000 vouchers to pay for education or home repairs.

In Ulyanovsk, everyone who has a baby in a local hospital on June 12
gets some kind of prize. The winners of the grand prize - a locally
made
SUV called a UAZ-Patriot - are couples judged by a committee on
criteria
such as "respectability" and "commendable parenting."

Perhaps not surprisingly, the effort has drawn snickers. According to
one joke circulating on the Internet, regional university teachers -
after being ordered to draw up special activities for Wednesday -
proposed covering the floors of school gymnasiums with mattresses and
dimming the lights.

Andrei Kartuzov, who won the last "make a baby" grand prize along with
his wife, Irina, said they had been planning to have another child
anyway.

The campaign "is a good help for people, especially for those living in
villages," he said. "If they hold such actions every year, then maybe
we
will have (more children) growing up and Russia will be bigger."

Posted by: Longfellow

She's beautiful, she's proportional, she's intelligent, she's fashionable... and now they offer a car to make love to her every day in September!

Where do I sign!!! LOL

Posted by: GoingToRussia

You have to "do the deed and plant the seed" tomorrow .. which is actually their today!

Posted by: Longfellow

Again, I was premature!!! ROFL!

I thought the plan was, do whatever is needed to be seeded and give birth on the day?
I need at least of month of practice ahead of time so I can properly execute at the exact moment required.
Better, like an Olympian, I will dedicate years and train diligently to perfect performance...
That's the story I'm sticking with!!

Posted by: GoingToRussia

Quote:

Originally Posted by Longfellow

Again, I was premature!!! ROFL!

I thought the plan was, do whatever is needed to be seeded and give birth on the day?
I need at least of month of practice ahead of time so I can properly execute at the exact moment required.
Better, like an Olympian, I will dedicate years and train diligently to perfect performance...
That's the story I'm sticking with!!

Please don't tell me what you will practice on! LOL

Posted by: royalpalace774

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

You have to "do the deed and plant the seed" tomorrow .. which is actually their today!

Hey GTR,
Is this only in Russia or other places also ?

Posted by: Longfellow

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

Please don't tell me what you will practice on! LOL

Naaa-aa-aah! I would never bleat out something like that!

Posted by: GoingToRussia

Quote:

Originally Posted by royalpalace774

Hey GTR,
Is this only in Russia or other places also ?

It is not all Russia, only a specific region named ULYANOVSK, Russia along the volga river. The Ukraine and all of Russia has similar offers but it's not a contest.

Posted by: dagpop

G, did you help with Moldova's population on your trip?

Posted by: dagpop

It's your duty to help Moldova to increase its population.

Posted by: dagpop

Are you up for the task?

Posted by: Leprechaun

My employer refused to give me a half day when I explained what I had to do.

LOL, and yes I did ask!

Posted by: JamesB

Im self employed so im giving liuda and i a day off.yippee!

Posted by: azamuner

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesB

Im self employed so im giving liuda and i a day off.yippee!

lol.

You're a lucky guy.

Posted by: GoingToRussia

No Dags, no "buns in the oven"!

Posted by: Longfellow

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

No Dags, no "buns in the oven"!

low-carb diet, eh?!

Posted by: GoingToRussia

More like a "no carb" diet!

Posted by: subcom117

Sheesh.... I was there one month too soon.

Posted by: dagpop

G, you need to have some little ones crawling around.
Maybe you can do some practicing with some of your hometown girls. You said there are some nice looking ones around. You need to keep your pocker hot as fire.

Posted by: dagpop

Maybe she has sextuplets in her oven. You will have an instant family then. You left your pocker in the fire to long.

Posted by: Longfellow

Quote:

Originally Posted by dagpop

G, you need to have some little ones crawling around.
Maybe you can do some practicing with some of your hometown girls. You said there are some nice looking ones around. You need to keep your pocker hot as fire.

You get 6 SUV's if the sextuplets are born June 12?
Ride on!

Posted by: GoingToRussia

Sorry guys, to old for babies. None on the way and none in my future ... I hope!

Dags, you're on RPM more then usual ... did Rima leave?

Posted by: dagpop

G, sheeeeee's goooone boo hooo!!!!!

I have all the time in the world now.

Your " I hope! " could mean seven babies in the oven.
Maybe you will get a bus for that.

Posted by: GoingToRussia

Sorry to hear this Dags ... the waiting begins. I hope Larisa gets here before your wife comes home ... that would be sweet!

Posted by: dagpop

Hi G, she leaves at the end of October. It will definitely be different.

Posted by: GoingToRussia

Well you have a month and a half so that's till quite a whie. You better enjoy her now!

Looks like the party is at Dags house this fall! PARTY PARTY PARTY ...

Posted by: freebird

Russian Region to Host Day of Conception

By MASHA STROMOVA
Associated Press Writer

ULYANOVSK, Russia (AP) -- Make a baby. Win a car. Don't be surprised if
the streets are empty and curtains drawn in this central Russian region
Wednesday as residents take up an offer by the regional governor to
help
stem Russia's demographic crisis.

Russia's population has dropped since the 1991 Soviet collapse, fed by
declining birth rates, a low life expectancy, a spike in emigration, a
frayed health care system and other factors. The country - the world's
largest - now has just 141.4 million citizens, making it one of the
most
sparsely settled nations. And experts estimate the population could
fall
below 100 million by 2050.

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The funny thing is that in Soviet times, the one group that did have large families was the Christians, not only were they persecuted but they were ridiculed for their large families! I have a friend in eastern Washington, his dad & uncle came over as immigrants in the late 80's from FSU. These two brothers have, between them, ** (can you believe this!) ** 35 kids!!! (there goes your demographic problem!)