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Sibling Unity: 'Hero' Mom in Moscow Cares for 19 Children

Aired November 23, 2000 - 1:25 p.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, as you count your blessings this Thanksgiving, imagine this: having 10 boys and 9 girls around your dining room table.

STEPHEN FRAZIER, CNN ANCHOR: And not just because you picked up a crowd on the holidays, but every day. Here is CNN's Steve Harrigan now with the story of a hero mom in Moscow.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

STEVE HARRIGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Yelena Shishkin's new baby has no name yet. It's not easy coming up with a name when you have 19 children.

YELENA SHISHKIN: Natasha, Kolya, Lena, Denis, Sasha, Anya, Serezha, Vasya, Sveta, Pavlik, Katyushka, Tanyushka, Marinochka, Dimochka.

HARRIGAN: The Shishkin family survives on one salary: Father Alexander, a fireman, earns just $40 a month, but everybody works.

ALEXANDER SHISHKIN (through translator): One boy watches the cows. Another watches the pigs. The girls clean the house, dividing it into parts. Otherwise, there would be chaos.

HARRIGAN: It's not chaos, but it is crowded, with 10 girls and nine boys in a five-room house. Despite occasional battles for a bed and a few extra hands when you play the piano, there are some advantages to having 18 siblings.

OLGA SHISHKINA (through translator): We have four birthdays to celebrate in September. One every week.

HARRIGAN: The Shishkins are bucking a trend in Russia, a population decline of nearly six million in the past eight years has Russian politicians alarmed and scrambling to reintroduce Soviet-era rewards for big families and hero mothers. For the Shishkins, that means a new van with room for 21.

Steve Harrigan, CNN, Moscow.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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