Mother Hero Venjamin Petrovich Makarov

[matteti]

Apparently, HE is the only man to have been awarded the title and medal of Mother Hero!!!

He raised 12 adopted boys.

I wonder what is medal would worth if up for auction.

Text in Russian (not about the Hero Medal awarding, but about another award he recently received)
http://www.ural.kp.ru/daily/znania/doc97434/

[kameli]

Thanks f or the link!

Very interesting awarding! I think he is really a man of merit.

/Jussi-Pekka