MOSCOW, June 11 (RIA Novosti) - Women in the Volga
region of Ulyanovsk who give birth on Russia Day are rewarded
with the chance to win a UAZ Patriot vehicle, campaign
organizers said on Thursday.
Russia has celebrated its national holiday, Russia Day,
every year on June 12 since 1994. The country adopted the
Declaration of Sovereignty on June 12, 1990.
On Friday, the Ulyanovsk Region will run its fourth annual
campaign to coincide with the national holiday. All mothers of
children born since June 1 will receive small gifts, while one
of the women who give birth on June 12 will be given a UAZ
Patriot SUV.
Ulyanovsk Region Governor Sergei Morozov and the mayor of
Ulyanovsk, Sergei Yermakov, will take part in the award
ceremony.
The number of "patriots" born on June 12 in the region has
grown every year since the campaign started. While 28 babies
were born on Russia Day there three years ago, the number rose
to 78 in 2007 and stood at 87 last year.
UAZ is the Russian acronym for the Ulyanovsk Automobile
Factory.
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