Today, 05/08/2019, the world celebrates the following holidays: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day and Days of Remembrance and Reconciliation, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Second World War. In Russia, this day is celebrated as the Day of Workers of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation and the Day of the Operative Worker of the Penitentiary System, and in Norway it is Women’s Night.

World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

On May 8, 1928, the official name of the holiday was approved as World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day from the International Red Cross holiday, which was established earlier in honor of the birthday of Jean Henri Dunant, a humanist, Swiss businessman and public figure. Since then, this holiday has been celebrated annually on May 8th.
On the initiative of Dunant, in the mid-19th century, groups of volunteers were first created to provide assistance to the wounded on the battlefields, and in 1863 he convened a conference that laid the foundation for the International Committee of the Red Cross. The name International Red Cross was officially approved at the 13th international conference in The Hague in 1928, where the charter of this organization was adopted.

Days of remembrance and reconciliation dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Second World War

The Days of Remembrance and Reconciliation, dedicated to the memory of the victims of World War II, which are celebrated today, May 8, were proclaimed at the UN General Assembly on November 22, 2004. The United Nations has invited all non-governmental organizations, system organizations, Member States and individuals, recognizing that Member States may have their own Victory Days, to observe one or both of these days as a tribute to all victims of the Second World War.

Day of Workers of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation

FSVTS (Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation in Russia) is an executive federal body of the Russian government that exercises functions with foreign states for control and supervision in the field of military-technical cooperation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. This service monitors and coordinates the activities of the Ministry of Defense.
Employees of this Service celebrate their professional holiday on May 8, because it was on May 8, 1953, under the Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade of the USSR, according to the order of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, that the State Institution (Main Engineering Directorate) was created - an institution of state intermediary in the field of military-technical cooperation (MTC) Soviet Union with foreign countries.

Day of the operational worker of the penitentiary system

In our country, the penal system, as a secret department of the unified state political administration, dates back to 1925. On May 8, employees of the operational units of this system celebrate their professional holiday - the official day of the creation of the operational units of the penal system.

Women's Night in Norway

Only Norwegian women know what holiday is in Norway today. Today, May 8, is Women's Night in Norway - an analogue of the international day of March 8. The Women's Night holiday, little known, was invented by feminists from the Norwegian city of Bergen in 2006. Gender discrimination still persists in Norway. The main demands that were put forward by the organizers of this Night are equal wages for men and women and affordable kindergartens.

Unusual funny and cool holidays

Today, May 8, you can celebrate an unusual funny holiday - Stepping Over a Step Day, Nail Sharpeners' Day and the cool holiday Cuckold's Day.

Step Over Step Day

Have you ever tried, like when you were a child, to jump over the steps? Do you know that it is better to climb only one step at a time, in order to burn more calories this way? But jumping over a step will be faster, but you will burn fewer calories. So choose for yourself - speed or getting rid of extra grams.
By walking up to five flights of stairs five times a week without jumping, you can burn 302 calories. And when you step over a step, you will only burn 260 calories.

Nail Sharpeners Festival

It is not known who these nail sharpeners are, to whom this holiday is dedicated, probably those who sharpen nails. But, by the way, I remember one episode from the film “Girls” when Tosya (actress N. Rumyantseva) dragged a whole box of nails up the stairs into the attic, which only two healthy men could lift, because it weighed no less than 90 kg!

Cuckold Day

This cool holiday has its roots in Spain, in the urban village of Corneia de Terri, where well-kept city cottages and civilization with the smell of wildlife are perfectly combined.
Legend says that long ago, if someone was going to have a wedding in Corneia de Terri, they had to take their bride to the baron. This custom continued for a long time - five hundred or even a thousand years. The bride and her relatives could not refuse this custom.
The master and even many employees had fun with the bride, who then colorfully described whether the wife was good or bad to the future husband. The cuckold had to listen to everything in silence. The strange custom has long been abolished, but people left this reason for this cool holiday on May 8th.

Church holiday according to the folk calendar

Mark Klyuchnik

On this day, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Apostle of the Seventy, Mark, the faithful companion of Saints Barnabas and Paul.
Saint Mark was popularly called the Keymaker. There was a belief that it was he who kept the keys with which he could unlock the sky and release the rains.
On May 8, they prayed to Mark so that a drought would not happen, and to evoke it among the people there were spells: “Rain, rain! On woman’s rye, on grandfather’s wheat, on girl’s flax - water it with a bucket!”
On this day, they guessed the future based on precipitation: if three good rains fall in May, then they should expect bread for a full three years. A clear day on Mark promised a good spring harvest.
Mark Klyuchnik Day was also popularly called a bird holiday. It was believed that at this time the birds returned in whole flocks to their native lands, and the peasants looked: if birds fly to a hemp field, then the hemp harvest will be good.
Name day May 8 at Vasily, Mark, Sergei

May 8th in history

1905 - In Russia, the national-patriotic, Black Hundred organization “Russian Monarchist Party” was founded by V. A. Gringmut.
1916 - Joao Havelange, Brazilian sports figure, long-time president of FIFA (1974-1998), was born.
1923 - England presented Soviet Russia with a number of ultimatum demands (“Curzon’s Ultimatum”)
1929 - For the first time in the USSR, forests and fields were sprayed with pesticides.
1945 - In the Berlin suburb of Karlshorst, the act of unconditional surrender of Germany in World War II was signed.
1960 - Diplomatic relations between Cuba and the USSR are established.
1965 - March 8th holiday was declared a non-working day.
1965 - The Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was issued on the establishment of regulations on the honorary title of Hero City of the USSR. The first hero cities are Moscow, Leningrad, Volgograd, Kyiv, Odessa, Sevastopol, Brest Fortress.
1976 - L.I. Brezhnev was awarded the title of Marshal of the Soviet Union.
1984 - The USSR National Olympic Committee decided to boycott the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
2004 - German police arrested the 18-year-old creator of the Sasser computer virus

On this page you will learn about the significant dates of the spring day of May 8, what famous people were born on this May day, what events took place, we will also talk about folk signs and Orthodox holidays of this day, public holidays of different countries from all over the world.

Today, as on any day, as you will see, events have taken place over the centuries, each of them was remembered for something, the spring day of May 8 was no exception, which was also remembered for its own dates and birthdays of famous people, like holidays and folk signs. You and I should always remember and know about those who left their indelible mark on culture, science, sports, politics, medicine and all other areas of human and social development.

The day of the eighth of May has left its indelible mark on history; events and memorable dates, like those who were born on this autumn day, once again confirm this. Find out what happened on the eighth spring day of May, May 8, what events and memorable dates it was marked and remembered for, who was born, signs characterizing the day and much more that you should know about, it’s just interesting to find out.

Who was born on May 8th (first)

Ninel (Nelly) Konstantinovna Myshkova. Born on May 8, 1926 in Leningrad - died on September 13, 2003 in Moscow. Soviet theater and film actress. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1976)

Don (Donald Jay) Rickles (May 8, 1926, New York - April 6, 2017) - American satirist, stage actor, film and television host

Melissa Gilbert (05/08/1964 [Los Angeles, California]) - American actress, screenwriter and producer of film and television

Yuri Mamin (05/08/1946) - Russian director; Betty Faria (05/08/1941) - Brazilian actress

Roberto Rossellini (05/08/1906 [Rome] - 06/03/1977 [Rome]) - Italian film director

Roscoe Hillenkotter (05/08/1897 - 06/18/1982) - third Director of Central Intelligence and first Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency

Andre Lvov (05/08/1902 [Ainey-le-Château] - 1994 [Paris]) - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1965

Arnold Hauser (05/08/1892 - 01/28/1978) - German and Hungarian philosopher

Harry Truman (05/08/1884 [Near Lamar] - 12/26/1972 [Kansas City]) - 33rd President of the United States

Theodor Herzel (05/08/1860 [Budapest] - 07/03/1904) - founder of the Zionist movement

Ivan Paskevich (05/08/1782 [Poltava] - 01/20/1856 [Warsaw]) - Russian commander, Count of Erivan, His Serene Highness Prince of Warsaw, Field Marshal General, Governor of the Caucasus

Vasily Pushkin (05/08/1770 [Moscow] - 09/01/1830 [Moscow]) - Russian poet, uncle of A. S. Pushkin

in 1959, singer Vladimir Markin was born, who had a very difficult childhood

in 1961, actor Vladimir Shevelkov was born in Leningrad, who played Pavel Ikonnikov in the series "Opera", Francis Morgan in the film "Hearts of Three" and Nikita Olenev in the series "Midshipmen Forward"

Singer Enrique Iglesias was born in Madrid in 1975.

Turkish actor Mehmet Günsür, who played Mustafa in the TV series “The Magnificent Century,” was born in 1975.

Vadim Galygin, the funniest man in Belarus, was born in 1976

In 1978, actor Matthew Davis was born in Salt Lake City, playing Alaric Saltzman in the TV series The Vampire Diaries, Joe in the film Pearl Harbor and Warner in the film Legally Blonde.

Actor Stephen Amell, who played Oliver Queen in the TV series Arrow, was born in Toronto in 1981.

Ukrainian singer Potap, or Alexey Potapenko, was born in 1981

Actress Christina Cole, who played Gemma Chaterjee in the film Jupiter Ascending, was born in London in 1982.

in 1983, actor Elies Gabel was born in London, who played Walter O'Brien in the TV series Scorpio, Rakharo in the TV series Game of Thrones and the administrator in the film Interstellar.

in 1987, actor Aneurin Barnard was born in Wales, who played Richard Gloucester in the TV series “The White Queen”, Claude in the film “Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes” and David Bailey in the film “Legends”

in 1987, actress Liliya Khasanova was born, who played Sasha Samadhi in the series “Champions” and Alenka Strogova in the film “I will always wait for you”

Below, at the end of this page, you will find a table with the days (dates) of celebrating Orthodox holidays - Ivana Kupala (John the Baptist) , Day of Saints Peter and Fevronia , and Peter's Day (Saints Peter and Paul) until 2035...

Dates May 8

International dates

Red Cross and Crescent Day

Victory Day in Europe and America

Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation

National dates

Liberation Day (Veteran's Day) in Norway

Jerusalem Day

Yerkrapah Day in Armenia

Women's Night in Norway

Hidalgo Day in Mexico

Ferry Day is a spring festival celebrated since Druid times in the county of Cornwall in England.

Religious dates

In Orthodoxy, on this day they honor the memory of the Apostle Evangelist Mark, the blessed Queen Tamara of Georgia, and the memory of the holy myrrh-bearing women

According to legend, this saint is the keeper of the keys to heaven, which can release rains

On this day, they asked Mark through prayers for intercession from the drought. This day was also called the bird holiday - at this time birds in whole flocks returned to their native lands

Events occurred on May 8 - historical dates

in 1713 the Russian capital was moved to the city of St. Petersburg

in 1794, the father of modern chemistry, Antoine Lavoisier, was executed (he was accused of corruption)

in 1923, Great Britain presented Soviet Russia with the so-called “Curzon Ultitatum”, which demanded that Russia abandon its anti-British policy

in 1945, in the suburbs of Berlin, the signing of the act of unconditional surrender of Germany took place

in 1949, the Soldier-Liberator monument was opened in Berlin's Treptower Park

in 1965, the Brest Fortress was awarded the honorary title of Hero Fortress, the hero cities of Odessa, Volgograd, Sevastopol were awarded the Order of Lenin, the hero cities of Leningrad and Kyiv were awarded the Gold Star medal

in 1967, the memorial architectural ensemble "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" opened

In 2004, the 18-year-old creator of the Sasser computer virus was arrested in Germany.

Events of May 8

May 8, 1945 - The Act of the final surrender of Germany was signed in Berlin, and early in the morning of May 9 it was announced on the radio

In one of the suburbs of Berlin, late in the evening (local time, the next day had already arrived in Moscow), on May 8, the Act of the final military surrender of Germany was signed. Several representatives of the German High Command took part in its signing. The Soviet Union was represented by Marshal of the USSR G. Zhukov, and the allies by Marshal of Britain Tedder.

Even before signing the Act of Surrender, Stalin approved May 9 as Victory Day, which was announced on the radio in the morning of that day. After the final surrender, German troops began to lay down their arms.

Thus ended the fierce Great Patriotic War, which became for our people the most terrible and protracted life lesson for the entire period of the 20th century. For those who visited the front, memories of military events forever remained an indelible stain in the memory of old people, making their hearts tremble until their death.

May 8, 1965 – The Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council approved a new Regulation on the introduction of the honorary title “Hero City”

For the first time in the USSR, the title of “Hero City” was given to such cities as Leningrad, Sevastopol, Stalingrad and Odessa. The list included cities of the Soviet Union that showed massive heroism and courage during the Second World War, defending their homeland from the onslaught of the enemy. This Regulation also stated that, in addition to the highest rank, the city was also awarded the Gold Star medal, the Order of Lenin, and also a special diploma was awarded on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Council.

The “Gold Star” medal and the Order of Lenin were imprinted on the signs of the Hero Cities, and an obelisk with the image of these awards and a solemn text was installed in the cities themselves. Over the following years, several more cities were awarded the title of “Hero City”: Minsk, Kerch, Tula, Novorossiysk, Smolensk and Murmansk.

May 8, 1984 - The USSR National Olympic Committee adopted a boycott of the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles

The decision to boycott was determined by the danger of violence against athletes of the Soviet Union. However, many were well aware that this step was in response to the boycott of some Western countries, as well as the United States of America. On May 10, IOC President Juan Samaranch visited Moscow.

The purpose of the visit was the hope of a meeting with the first person of the state in order to resolve the error of the decision. The visit of the IOC President led to absolutely nothing. However, Samaranch did not become upset and told the public: “God be with them, because they are the injured party.”

Signs May 8 - Mark's Day, Mark of the Keykeeper

The Orthodox Church celebrates St. Mark's day and performs appropriate prayer services in honor of him.

There was a widespread belief among the people that it was on Mark, May 8, that songbirds return from warmer climes.

Of course, a large number of different signs were associated with this phenomenon.

They said that by May 8, the buds of cherries, pears and aspens should open. People called the holiday differently: Mark the Keykeeper, Mark's Day, Women's Holiday, Bird Fasting.

On May 8, St. Mark's Day was celebrated and he was considered the lord of the spring rains. They said that if it rains for at least three days in May, you can expect a rich harvest.

Therefore, May thunderstorms were always very happy. By the way, the name of the day “Keymaker” arose precisely for the reason that, according to ancient beliefs, Mark had the keys to the sky, which he unlocked so that the rain would fall.

On this day they prayed to Saint Mark to protect the crops from drought, they asked him to send strong rains, saying that a small rain only pollutes the earth, but a strong one, on the contrary, cleanses it.

They sowed buckwheat and greeted migratory birds by throwing them hemp seeds.

It was also a common tradition to catch siskins on St. Mark's Day, May 8, as they bring good luck. By the way, this custom is still alive in Tula. Old people usually did this.

Folk signs on May 8

Folk signs on Mark's Day

The cuckoo crows on this day - there will be no more frosts

Good weather and sunshine portend a bountiful harvest of spring crops

Warm evening and starry sky - expect a bountiful harvest

Clear weather is a sign that the summer will be hot

A tall rainbow in the sky - the weather will be warm and clear in the coming days

Three good rains in May - a lot of grain will be harvested

Clear day - expect a rich spring harvest

Birds have appeared in the vegetable garden and garden - there will be a good harvest on the trees and beds

A tall, steep rainbow is a sign that the weather will be good

The aspen stands in catkins - expect a rich harvest of oats

If rain falls through the sun's rays ("blind rain"), it will soon end

Cold and frequent rains – don’t expect honey

The greener the rainbow, the heavier the precipitation will be.

Cumulus clouds in the morning, and stratus clouds visible in the evening - a thunderstorm will begin soon

Birds fly to hemp fields - there will be a rich hemp harvest

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On May 8 and 9, in honor of the 71st anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War, about 600 festive events will take place in Moscow. The large-scale program will cover 68 sites located throughout all capital districts.

The leitmotif of the program dedicated to Victory Day in 2016 was the preservation of traditions and the history of military music that inspired victories. Two more key topics are cinema and literature about the heroic exploits of the Soviet people. Spectators can expect numerous concerts, theatrical performances, literary readings, costume balls, and film screenings. Exhibitions of historical photography, special photo zones and photo booths will open in the center of Moscow. There will be recreation areas for veterans and field kitchens in the traditions of the war years.

For those who still haven’t decided what to do on holidays in Moscow, we are publishing a full program of events.

The May 9 celebration program will begin with Victory Parade on Red Square, from 10:00 it will be broadcast on large screens on Poklonnaya Hill, Patriarch's Ponds, Teatralnaya, Triumphal and Pushkinskaya squares, and the parade can also be seen on TV on the country's main channels.

From 13:00- the beginning of a citywide holiday program.

At 18:55 Muscovites and guests of the city, together with the whole country, will observe a minute of silence in memory of those who fell in battles against fascism. The citywide program of evening concerts will begin at 19:00.

IN22:00 A festive fireworks display will take place from 16 fireworks sites and 20 points in Moscow culture and recreation parks.
On May 9, a procession of the “Immortal Regiment” will take place in Moscow and other cities of the country.

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill

IN 16.20 On May 8, a joint team of the Cavalry Honorary Escort of the Presidential Regiment and the Kremlin Riding School will conduct a Cavalry Parade along the Alley of Peace and show demonstration performances by riders at the entrance square.

WITH 18:00 before 21:00 A musical festive program will take place on the large stage on the Main Alley.

The May 9 holiday on Poklonnaya Hill will begin at 10:00 from the live broadcast of the Victory Parade on Red Square.

From 13:00 to 15:00, spectators will enjoy a concert by the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra, which will take place as part of the Easter Festival. Conductor and artistic director of the orchestra - .

19:00 - 22:00 - a large festive concert-filming of the TVC channel, in which the ensemble “Cossacks of Russia”, the Russian Folk Choir named after. Pyatnitsky, folklore theater "Russian Song" under the direction of Nadezhda Babkina, People's Artist of Russia Lyudmila Ryumina, popular performers Igor Sarukhanov, Renat Ibragimov, Joseph Kobzon, Stas Piekha, Diana Gurtskaya, Olga Kormukhina, Gleb Matveychuk, Marina Devyatova, Elena Maksimova, Tatyana Ovsienko and others. The hosts of the concert are theater and film actors Dmitry Dyuzhev, Anastasia Makeeva, Egor Beroev, Ksenia Alferova, Anatoly Bely, Ekaterina Guseva. 70 veterans of the Great Patriotic War received special invitations to this event.

The culmination of the gala concert will be action "Light of Memory": Viewers will receive 12,000 interactive bracelets that will synchronously change color along with a 14-meter structure symbolizing a flower and an eternal flame. The light show will be accompanied by the reading of poems and letters from the front. Promotion starts at 20:55 .

theatre square

Theater Square will traditionally become the main meeting place for veterans of the Great Patriotic War; comfortable recreation areas will be equipped for them. IN 09:00 music will begin to sound over the square, and from 10:00 to 11:00 You will be able to see a live broadcast of the Victory Parade on the big screen.

11:20 - 14:00 - performances by propaganda teams, an interactive dance program with the participation of spectators, a musical performance “On the Roads of War” with the participation of the show ballet “Likk” and the Classy Jazz group, performances by the dance ensembles “Katyusha” and “Brothers”.

15:00 - 16:30 - a concert in which Honored Artist of Russia Irina Savitskaya, singer and composer Yuri Bogorodsky, soloists of the Moscow Musical Theater Vitaly Chirva and Evgeny Valts, participant of the “Voice” program Marie Carne, pop singer Arthur Best, group “Five” from the soloists of the Sretensky choir will take part monastery

16:30 - 18:30 - festive concert program "Crystal Stars - Great Victory!" Joseph Kobzon, an orchestra of cadets from the military institute of the Military University, as well as participants in the all-Russian festival-competition “Crystal Stars” for gifted children from families of law enforcement officers will perform for the audience. Young artists will come from Tver, Lipetsk, Bryansk, Kaluga, Sverdlovsk and Tula regions, as well as from Buryatia, North Ossetia and even Chukotka. The hosts of the concert are Elsa Yusupova (Republic of Tatarstan) and Ivan Dyatlov (Ivanovo region).

18:30 - 19:00 - continuation of the festive concert with the participation of the show group "VIVA!", soloist of the group "Mirage" Margarita Sukhankina and singer Maxim Lidov.

19:05 - 20:20 - a performance by the Moscow Theater "School of Modern Play", then a film concert.

20.20 - 21.45 - concert program.

Triumfalnaya Square

As part of Victory Day, a large two-day musical and poetic festive marathon of Vlad Malenko's "City Theater of Poets" - "Beacons of Victory" - will take place on Triumfalnaya Square. Among the special guests are people's artists Igor Bochkin, Sergei Nikonenko, actress Anna Snatkina and others.

At 15:30 The State Academic Theater named after Mossovet will perform, and at 16:00 the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire will take the baton. At 17:00, the voice of Elena Frolova, an artist of the Theater of Music and Poetry under the direction of Elena Kamburova, will sound on Triumfalnaya Square.

May 9 from 13:00 The Moscow Drama Theater will present literary and musical performances on Triumfalnaya Square. A.S. Pushkin, children's center "Katyusha" under the direction of Zemfira Tsakhilova, the poet, author-performer, winner of the art festival of modern poetry "NIGHT OF THE FEATHER", known as the White Horseman, will perform. The day will end with a military performance based on the works of Konstantin Simonov from the Mosconcert artists.

On the eve of the holiday, a large screen will be installed on Triumfalnaya Square to broadcast the Victory Parade and other key events of the May 9 celebration, as well as for a themed film concert.

Pushkinskaya Square

The festive program on Pushkinskaya Square with musical and poetic performances, a film concert and the screening of famous films about the war will last for two days.

May 8 the holiday on Pushkin Square will begin at 9:30, and will open with a film concert of everyone’s favorite songs, such as “In the Forest at the Front,” “Darkie,” “Moments,” as well as famous musical masterpieces from Russian films about the war. Presenter: theater and film artist Mikhail Dorozhkin. The concert will be broadcast in a cinema specially created for this purpose, where a stall with 300 seats under a canopy protecting from the sun has been organized for spectators.

At 10:00 the film concert will be interrupted to show footage of the 1945 Victory Parade. It was shot on black and white film and recently colored by graphic designers to convey the solemnity and grandeur of the event.

9th May The screening of these historical film footage will precede the live broadcast from Red Square from the 2016 Victory Parade, which will begin at 10:00.

At the end of the film concert, films will be shown in the cinema, and there will also be a dance floor at the Pushkin monument. The brass band will perform famous works of past years, and veterans and younger participants of the holiday will dance a victory dance. An animation and dance group dressed as soldiers and civilians from the 1940s will help them with this. There will also be a soldier-harmonica player with whom you can sing songs from the war.

At a music concert May 8 Artists of the Gradsky Hall Theater Alexandra Vorobyova and Valentina Biryukova will appear on the stage of Pushkin Square together with the director of the group Alexander Gradsky. The program dedicated to the 71st anniversary of the Great Victory will be presented by the Moscow Musical Theater named after K. Stanislavsky and V. Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Throughout the day, interactive installations related to the Victory Day will take place on Pushkinskaya Square. Both children and adults will be interested in seeing military equipment located around the central fountain of Pushkin Square, or touching an armored vehicle that went from the beginning to the end of the war. It will be possible to take a memorable photo next to the gun that defended the cities of our country and participated in the offensives of the Soviet troops.

9th May Several wartime films will be shown on the main stage of the square. At 12:40 guests will be able to see the painting "Belorussky Station", at 14:30 the screening of the film "Heavenly Slug" will begin, and at 16:30 There will be a screening of the film "Officers" with the participation of People's Artist of the USSR Vasily Lanovoy.

May 9 18:55-19:01 A nationwide Minute of Silence event will take place, which will be broadcast live on all Russian federal channels, as well as on large screens in the center of Moscow, including on Pushkinskaya Square.

At 19:01 a musical concert will begin in the cinema, and after its completion the audience will be able to return to the film screening, which will last until 22:00. The evening festive concert will be attended by young vocalists, dancers and actors from the Igor Krutoy Academy of Popular Music: Ekaterina Maneshina, Mikhail Smirnov, Anna Chernotalova, Maria Mirova, Polina Chirikova, Vilena Khikmatullina, Marta Shlabovich, Alexander Savinov, Sofya Lapshakova, Sofya Fisenko, Yulia Assesorova .

Square in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

May 8 from 14:30 to 22.00
May 9 from 18:55 to 22.00
May 8 from 15.00 to 17.00 a festive concert will take place

In the evening May 8 from 20:30 to 22:00 Against the backdrop of the majestic walls of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a concert will take place with the participation of Russian pop artists Alexei Goman, Marina Devyatova, Evgeny Kungurov, Yulia Mikhalchik, the Bondarenko brothers, Rodion Gazmanov, Margarita Pozoyan, Mark Tishman, Soso Pavliashvili and others. The variety of musical material - from folk songs and opera to modern pop hits - will interest a wide audience. The concert will be accompanied by the "Orchestra of the XXI Century" under the direction of People's Artist of Russia Pavel Ovsyannikov.

9th May The vocal group "Kvatro" will present the project "Grandchildren to Veterans" at the main temple of Russia. Dozens of songs from the war and post-war years will be performed from the stage. The artists will be accompanied by a symphony orchestra conducted by Honored Artist of Russia Felix Aranovsky.

Strastnoy Boulevard

The festive area on Strastnoy Boulevard is dedicated to the cinema of the war years. The attention of adults and children will be attracted by the cube pavilions with an interactive exhibition dedicated to legendary Russian films about the war, such as “The Cranes Are Flying”, “...And the Dawns Here Are Quiet”, “They Fought for the Motherland”, “17 Moments of Spring”, “ Only old men go into battle." The program also includes a large two-day film concert, the performances of which will be interspersed with creative meetings with actors and directors, and evening film shows.

May 8 at 14:00 - 15:00- a creative meeting with theater and film actor, poet, musician, People's Artist of the RSFSR Mikhail Nozhkin. 16:00 - 17:00 17:00 - 21:00 - screening of feature films “They Fought for the Motherland” and “Ballad of a Soldier.”

May 9 at 14:00 - 15:00- creative meeting with theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Sergei Shakurov.

16:00 - 17:00 - a creative meeting with theater and film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR Lyudmila Zaitseva.

18:00 - 19:00 - a creative meeting with theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR and Ukraine, participant in the Great Patriotic War Nikolai Dupak. 19:00 - 22:00 - screening of the feature film "The Cranes Are Flying".

During the day of May 9, correspondents of “Road Radio” on Strastnoy Boulevard will provide citizens and guests of the capital with the opportunity to record radio greetings, which will be broadcast live.

Boulevard Ring

The Boulevard Ring will envelop the romantic spirit of Moscow courtyards of the post-war era. This theme will be reflected in the decorations and repertoire of Gogolevsky, Nikitsky and Chistoprudny boulevards, there will be literary readings of works about the war, historical photo exhibitions, art objects will appear, and dance floors will open.

The celebration will begin on Gogolevsky Boulevard At 12:00 with a musical hour, during which songs and compositions from the period of the Great Patriotic War will be performed. AT 13:00 A large-scale concert program "Roads of Victory" will begin, within which the Taganka Theater, the Moscow Academy of Children's Musical, the Musical Heart Theater, the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theater will perform, Christina Krieger, People's Artist of Russia Irina Miroshnichenko and others will perform. Fireworks will be launched at 22:00.

The weekly "Arguments and Facts" will hold a "Subscribe for a Veteran" campaign on Gogolevsky Boulevard: a subscription point will be opened where anyone can subscribe as a gift to a war veteran (lists of recipients who want to receive the newspaper are provided by the Veterans Council).

The festive program “One Victory for All” will unfold on Nikitsky Boulevard.

AT 13:00 The Moscow Theater "At the Nikitsky Gate" will present its musical program about the Great Patriotic War.

At 14:30 The Moscow Luna Theater will present the musical and literary composition "Songs of War".

15:00 artists of the FIGARO Theater Group will perform the literary and musical composition “From the Heroes of Bygone Times.”

At 17:30 A literary and musical performance based on the works of poets and writers of front-line soldiers, “On the Roads of Victory,” will take place on stage.

Chistoprudny Boulevard.

AT 14:00 actors of the Moscow Historical and Ethnographic Theater will perform the musical program “Oh, roads!”

At 14:30 The Children's Musical Theater of Young Actors will perform here; wartime songs will be performed by children of theater artists. Participating are Lisa Andreeva, Katya Bogdanova, Ernest Boreko, Veronica Dvoretskaya, Pyotr Ivanochkin, Polina Kareva, Sasha Novikov, Egor Fedorov.

Moscow Jewish Theater "Shalom" with 19:00 to 20:00 will delight the audience with a concert entitled “Stuffed Fish with Side Dish”.

The art project “Frontline Life of Heroes” on Chistoprudny Boulevard will not leave viewers indifferent. Muscovites and guests of the capital will see scenes from front-line life, conveying the atmosphere of those years, on the themes: “Hospital”, “Young Soldier Course”, “Before the Battle”, “Photo Studio”, “Dance Floor of the 40s”, “Station, Meeting of Heroes” ".

A stage will be installed on the square in front of the Chistye Prudy metro station, where May 9 at 13:00 Artists of the Moscow State Theater "Sovremennik" Sergei Girin and Dmitry Smolev will perform songs of the war years.

The festive area on the Patriarch's Ponds invites guests by 10:00- at this time, a live broadcast of the Victory Parade on Red Square will begin on the four-sided video structure in the center of the pond. At the end of the parade, footage from your favorite war films will appear on the screens. In addition, on May 9, the interactive project “Museum of the History of Victory” will be presented at the Patriarch’s Ponds, where you can see weapons and equipment of the war years.

AT 13:00 In front of the monument to Ivan Krylov, a concert program “In honor of the Great Victory!” will take place, where you can not only hear the most famous songs of the war years, but also learn their history. The host of the concert is theater and film actor Artur Martirosov.

The following will perform at the festive marathon of Victory songs:

13:20 - 14:00 - pop artist, host of the TV project "Play Bayan", Honored Artist of Russia Valery Semin.
14:00 - 14:30 - young performer Evgeny Illarionov, finalist of the musical television project “Main Stage” on the “Russia” channel.
14:30 - 15:00 - Honored Artist of Russia Olesya Evstigneeva.
15:00 - 15:30 - jazz singer Alla Omelyuta, soloist of the Song Theater of People's Artist of Russia Alexander Serov.
15:30 - 16:00 - laureate of international competitions, singer and composer Evgeny Gor.
16:00 - 16:30 - folk-rock musician, virtuoso balalaika player, laureate of international competitions Dmitry Kalinin.
16:30 - 17:00 - singer Evgenia, participant in the television project “Highest Standard”.
17:00 - 17:30 - laureate of international competitions, author of romances and ballads, singer and composer Dmitry Shved.
17:30 - 18:00 - trio "Relic", Honored Artists of Russia, vocalists Alexander Nikerov and Vyacheslav Moyunov, laureate of international competitions, guitarist Alexey Leonov.
18:00 - 18:30 - singer Sergei Volny
18:30 - 18:55 - performer Alexander Elovskikh, prize-winner of the Slavic Bazaar festival in the city of Vitebsk (Republic of Belarus).
19:00 - 19:30 - female vocal duet "Manzherok".
19:30 - 20:00 - singer Niko Neman, participant in the “Voice” project on Channel One.
20.00 - 20.30 - vocal group "Kalina folk", finalist of the musical television project "New Star".
20.30 - 21.00 - Honored Artist of Russia, saxophonist Alex Novikov.
21.00 - 22.00 - the concert will end with Peter Nalich, who will perform songs of the legendary Leonid Utesov.

May 8 Free film screenings about the war will take place in 14 parks, beginning at 21:00. The festive program on May 9 will cover 21 parks, more than 200 events will take place there, they will begin at 13:00. Military and brass bands will perform for the audience, songs of the war years will be played, thematic photo exhibitions will be held, various workshops will open for children, and dance lessons will be held. Meeting areas for veterans will open in 14 parks, and at 22:00 Fireworks will be launched into the sky in 20 parks.

Venues in Moscow districts

The large-scale musical and theatrical program “Frontline Brigades” will cover all districts of the capital on May 9. Venues where celebrations will take place in the districts:

Eastern Administrative District, Preobrazhennaya Square 12,
.Southern Administrative District, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve
.YuVAO, st. Belorechenskaya, 2
.South-Western Administrative District, Vorontsovsky Park
.ZAO, st. Yartsevskaya, 21
.SZAO, Landscape Park "Mitino"
.SAO, Northern River Station
.NEAD, Alley of Cosmonauts
.ZelAO, Central Square
.TiNAO, Moskovsky City, st. Raduzhnaya, 8
.TiNAO, Sirenevy Boulevard, 1.

LED screens will be installed at the venues for live broadcast of the parade from Red Square and a themed film concert. Concerts will be held in each of the districts, in which both invited artists and the best groups, and performers of various genres, subordinate to the Moscow Department of Culture, will take part.

Thus, several theaters will perform in the Eastern Administrative Okrug: the Moscow Theater "On Basmannaya", the Drama Theater "Modern" and the Moscow Theater of Illusion. At the festive site in JSC 13:00 to 22:00 The concert will be held non-stop, with one of the bright numbers at 16:00 There will be a variety and circus divertissement of the “Polunin Glory Center”, built by analogy with the performances of circus brigades for soldiers of the Soviet army during the war.

At the Northern Administrative Okrug, the Moscow Center for Drama and Directing will present the musical and poetic composition “Poets of Military Roads.”

The Vedogon Theater will perform in ZelAO with poems and songs of the war years, and in the evening 9th May The group "NA-NA" will perform on Central Square.

Moscow theater center "Cherry Orchard" - in TiNAO.

In total, more than 300 artists will take part in cultural and entertainment programs in Moscow districts.

Shopping center "European"

A festive concert will take place at the Evropeisky shopping center, organized by the RUSSIANMUSICBOX TV channel! Participation will be: Abraham Russo, Mitya Fomin, Stas Kostyushkin, group "Nepara", Vlad Topalov, Brothers Safronov, group Reflex, Brothers Grim, Petr Dranga, Oscar Kuchera, Sogdiana, Alexander Panayotov, Dima Bikbaev, Alexander Shoua, Albina, Victoria Cherentsova , the Dune group, Arseny Borodin, Alisa Mon, Victor Dorin, Sharif, Grigory Yurchenko, members of the Voice Project, Anton Elovskikh and others. The artists will perform not only their hits, but also perform everyone’s favorite songs on military themes.

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the site provides information about holidays and significant events associated with May 8th. Here you can also find out who is celebrating their name day and birthday today.

Holidays May 8, 2014

Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation

This day is dedicated to the memory of the victims of World War II. It was established by the UN General Assembly on November 22, 2004.

World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

The holiday was established in honor of the Swiss businessman, public figure and humanist Jean-Henri Dunant, who was born on this day. On his initiative, in the middle of the 19th century, the formation of groups of volunteers began to help the wounded on the battlefields.

Day of Workers of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of Russia

The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia exercises control and supervision in the field of military-technical cooperation of the Russian Federation with foreign states in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. This service is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Women's Night in Norway
The holiday was invented eight years ago by feminists from the city of Bergen. The organizers of the Night demand equal wages for women and men and the creation of affordable kindergartens.

Name day May 8

Angel Day is celebrated by bearers of the names: Vasily, Mark, Sergey.

Folk signs for May 8

Mark-Klyuchnik. On this day, Orthodox Christians remember the Apostle Mark of the Seventy, who was the companions of Saints Paul and Barnabas. He received the nickname “Keymaker” from the belief that this saint has keys that can open the sky and release the rains. On this day they prayed to avoid drought.

Significant events that occurred on May 8

Nikolai Gumilyov and Anna Gorenko got married near Kiev (1910). The ritual was performed in the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Nikolskaya Slobodka. Then Gumilyov was already a famous poet. A year later, the pseudonym “Akhmatova” will appear under Gorenko’s poems.

The final act of unconditional surrender of Germany was signed in Berlin (1945). The document was signed at 22:43 in the Berlin suburb of Karshorst. Moscow time it was 00:43 on May 9, which is why in our country Victory Day falls on this date.

The grand opening of the monument-ensemble to soldiers of the Soviet Army in Berlin (1949). The memorial is dedicated to the 20 thousand Soviet soldiers who died during the capture of the capital of the fascist state. At the same time, the monument is a military burial ground.

The Regulations on the honorary title “Hero City” in the USSR were approved (1965). The first hero cities were Leningrad, Sevastopol, Stalingrad and Odessa - back on May 1, 1945. In 1965, this status became a state award.

Opening of the memorial architectural ensemble “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” in Moscow (1967). The memorial was built near the walls of the Kremlin in the Alexander Garden. The Eternal Flame of Glory was lit from the flame of the Eternal Flame on the Field of Mars in St. Petersburg.

Born on May 8

French satirist and novelist Alain Rene Lesage(1668), educator, publisher, journalist Nikolay Novikov(1744), Grand Duke, Tsarevich, Adjutant General Konstantin Romanov(1779), 33rd President of the United States Harry Truman(1884), Soviet pianist, teacher, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Vladimir Sofronitsky(1901), French microbiologist, Nobel laureate Andre Lvov(1902), Italian film director Roberto Rossellini(1906), theater and film director, TV presenter, screenwriter Yuri Mamin(1946), director, producer, actor Valery Todorovsky (1962).

In the photo - Memorial "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" in Moscow

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Holidays on May 8, 2018 in Russia
The list of Russian holidays on May 8, 2018 will introduce state, professional, international, folk, church, and unusual holidays that are celebrated in the country on this day. You can select an event of interest and learn its history, traditions and rituals.

Holidays May 8

Day of the operational worker of the penitentiary system

At one time, Russian cinema was overwhelmed by a wave of specific series about police officers. You all must remember very well such “soap operas” as “Streets of Broken Lanterns”, “Cops”, “Opera” and others in the same spirit. Such series demonstrate the dangerous workdays of operational department workers and their dedication to the common cause. Representatives of the profession deserve to be honored annually. On May 8, Russians celebrate the day of the operational worker of the penitentiary system.

Day of Workers of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of Russia

The holiday “Day of Workers of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation” or “Day of Workers of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation” in 2018 is celebrated on May 8, Tuesday.

Not an official holiday.

FSMTC is an executive authority in the Russian Federation. The main task of this structure is to coordinate the institutions of Russian military representation on the territory of other states, control the arms trade between Russia and friendly countries, and establish military trade routes. This structure is directly subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

International Red Cross Day

Every year on May 8th World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated. On this day, the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Swiss humanist and public figure, laureate of the first Nobel Peace Prize, Henri Dunant (1828-1910), was born.

The modern International Committee of the Red Cross is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose aims and objectives are exclusively humanitarian in nature and are to protect the life and dignity of people affected by armed conflicts and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance.

By promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal principles of humanity, the ICRC strives to prevent human suffering.

The headquarters of the ICRC is in Geneva (Switzerland). The ICRC currently has approximately 16,000 staff and operates in more than 80 countries.

It is financed mainly by voluntary donations from governments and national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.

The governing bodies of the ICRC are the assembly, the assembly council (a subsidiary body to which the assembly delegates a number of its powers) and the directorate (executive body). The Assembly and its council are headed by ICRC President Peter Maurer.

Mark Klyuchnik

The national holiday “Mark Klyuchnik” is celebrated on May 8 (according to the old style - April 25). In the Orthodox church calendar, this is the day of honoring the memory of the Apostle of 70 Mark of Alexandria, evangelist, bishop. Other names of the holiday: “Mark”, “Mark’s day”, “Bird fasting”, “Woman’s holiday”, “Stanislav”. St. Mark the Keymaster was popularly nicknamed because, according to legend, he owns the keys to the rains. It was believed that from this day onwards a rainbow appears in the sky.

Mark of Alexandria was born in Jerusalem. His uncle was the Apostle Barnabas. From a young age the boy was surrounded by Christians. Even in his youth, he became a disciple of the Apostle Peter. Mark built the first Church in Egypt and became Bishop of Alexandria. The pagans, who were against the Orthodox religion, decided to exterminate him. One morning they burst into the temple, grabbed Mark and threw him into prison. The next day he was taken to trial. The saint died on the way.

In Rus' on this day, people prayed to Saint Mark and asked him to prevent drought, which could destroy the sunrises, and to send down the rain, which was so necessary at this time. The peasants looked at the sky and told a saying that three heavy rains in May would give three years of harvest. They also prayed to Saint Mark for various ailments, for the love and peace of spouses, for the protection of the family hearth.

Birthday of the Coca-Cola drink

Story

Coca-Cola appeared in 1886. The “father” of this soft drink was John Stith Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta (a city in Georgia, USA). In one of the interviews, he hinted that he bought the recipe from an unknown farmer. It is still not clear whether this is true or fiction.

The name of the drink and the design of the letters were developed by Pemberton's accountant F. Robinson. He also made the inscription (logo), which still adorns glass, plastic bottles and cans of carbonated drinks.

Coca-Cola was created using coca leaves, water and tropical kola nuts. Later, the narcotic substance cocaine was synthesized from coca leaves. The drink itself was submitted for patenting as a medicine for colds and coughs and was sold in local pharmacies.

In the first year of sales, the product was unprofitable. The income was $50, taking into account investments of $70. In 1888, Pemberton sold the rights to Coca-Cola to A.G. Candler. 4 years later, under the leadership of a new owner, The Coca-Cola Company appeared, which still holds the right to manufacture and sell the drink.