- 130 years ago, A.K.’s novel was published. Doyle's "Study in Scarlet" (1887);
- 100 years ago the RSFSR was formed (1917), now the Russian Federation;
- 55 years ago, a story by A.I. was published in Novy Mir. Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” (1962);
- 20 years ago, the all-Russian state channel “Culture” went on air (1997);
November 3, 2017 - 220 years since the birth of A.A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (1797-1837), Russian writer, critic, Decembrist;
November 3, 2017 - 135 years since the birth of Y. Kolas (1882-1956), Belarusian writer, poet and translator;
November 3, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of S.Ya. Marshak (1887-1964), Russian poet, playwright and translator;
November 4, 2017 - National Unity Day. This holiday was established in honor of an important event in the history of Russia - the liberation of Moscow from Polish invaders in 1612.
November 6, 2017 - 165 years since the birth of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912), Russian writer;
November 7, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of D.M. Balashov (1927-2000), Russian writer, folklorist, publicist;
November 7, 2017 - Day of Accord and Reconciliation. October Revolution Day. The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941).
November 8, 2017 - International KVN Day (since 2001). The idea of the holiday was proposed by the president of the international KVN club, Alexander Maslyakov. The date of the celebration was chosen to honor the anniversary of the first Merry and Resourceful Club game, which aired on November 8, 1961.
November 9, 2017 - 180 years since the birth of Emile Gaboriau (1832-1873), French writer;
November 11, 2017 - 95 years since the birth of Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American novelist;
November 13, 2017 - International Day of the Blind. On November 13, 1745, Valentin Hauis was born in France, a famous teacher who founded several schools and enterprises for the blind in Paris and St. Petersburg. According to the decision of the World Health Organization, this date became the basis for the International Day of the Blind.
November 14, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), Swedish writer;
November 15, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), German playwright and novelist;
November 16, 2017 - No Smoking Day (celebrated on the third Thursday of November). It was established by the American Cancer Society in 1977.
November 18, 2017 - 230 years since the birth of Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), French artist, inventor, one of the creators of photography;
November 18, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of E.A. Ryazanov (1927-2015), Russian director, screenwriter, poet;
November 20, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of V.S. Tokareva (1937), Russian prose writer, film playwright;
November 21, 2017 - World Welcome Day (since 1973). This holiday was invented by two brothers - Michael and Brion McCormack from the American state of Nebraska in 1973. The rules of this holiday-game are very simple: it is enough to say hello to ten strangers on this day.
November 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of B. Spinoza (1632-1677), Dutch rationalist philosopher;
November 25, 2017 - 455 years since the birth of Lope de Vega (1562-1635), Spanish playwright, poet;
November 25, 2017 - 300 years since the birth of A.P. Sumarokov (1717-1777), Russian playwright, poet;
November 26, 2017 - World Information Day. Celebrated annually since 1994 on the initiative of the International Academy of Informatization and the World Information Parliament. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum took place.
November 28, 2017 - 260 years since the birth of William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and engraver;
November 28, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of Alberto Moravio (1907-1990), Italian writer, journalist;
November 29, 2017 - 215 years since the birth of Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), German writer;
November 29, 2017 - Foundation Day of the World Conservation Society. On this day, in 1948, the World Conservation Union was founded, which is the largest international non-profit environmental organization. The Union unites 82 states (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) into a unique global partnership.
November 30, 2017 - 350 years since the birth of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), English satirist and philosopher;
49,636 Views2017 is an unusual year. It marks many anniversaries of famous historical figures and their equally popular “colleagues” living at the same time as us. However, in the coming year we will have to remember other significant events more than once! History, culture, science – 2017 has at least one anniversary in store for each of these areas. Some of them are sad, some are not, but each deserves close attention. So, lovers of history, science and art, take out your pencils and mark significant dates on your calendar - there will be something to think about!
Anniversaries of historical events
870 years ago Moscow was first mentioned in chronicles870 years since the first mention of Moscow
The Russian capital calculates its years from April 4, 1147. It was on this day that the first mention of the city of Moscow was recorded. It was preserved by the Ipatiev Chronicle. True, then the name looked a little different - it sounded like “Moskov”. The chronicle tells that on this day Prince Yuri Dolgoruky received Svyatoslav Olgovich with his allies and friends. It was in “Moskov” that they all met.
680 years of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra
In 1337, not far from Moscow, on the Makovets hill, Sergius of Radonezh settled as a hermit. Like-minded people quickly began to join him, and just five years later, by 1342, a monastery appeared here, which today bears the name of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. However, its history is still usually traced back to the year when Father Sergius came to the holy places.
660 years of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery
Not many ancient churches standing outside the Kremlin have survived in Moscow. The oldest of them is located on the territory of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery. The very first, then still wooden, church was erected in 1357, when the monastery was founded. The temple did not stand for long: after a fire, the wooden building was destroyed. In its place, the Spassky Cathedral was erected - the most ancient of Moscow, not counting the Kremlin ones.
620th anniversary
Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery will soon celebrate its 620th anniversary - Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in 2017 will celebrate two milestone dates at once. The fact is that followers of the teachings of Sergius of Radonezh settled here. And the monastery founded by him also celebrates its anniversary. The history of the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery begins with Kirill Belozersky, who in 1397 dug a cave near Lake Siverskoye and settled in it. Today the monastery is a museum reserve and is included in the list of especially valuable objects of cultural heritage of Russia.
- Sretensky Monastery, formed in the same 1397, owes its appearance to a real miracle. Two years earlier, Mongol troops led by Tamerlane were advancing on Moscow. To help the city, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God was sent to Moscow from Vladimir. Metropolitan Cyprian of Kiev went with a religious procession to meet the shrine. The icon arrived safely in Moscow, and a day later Tamerlane’s troops changed course. In the place where believers met the miraculous face - on Kuchkovo Field - Prince Vasily I ordered the construction of a monastery.
530 years of the Moscow Kremlin
Now this fortress is the calling card of the Russian capital. However, five and a half hundred years ago it began to be built as a defensive structure. The front part of the palace was the first to be erected in the huge Kremlin ensemble. Two Italian architects, Marco Ruffo and Pietro Antonio Solari, worked on its construction. Part of the ancient Kremlin has survived to this day: be transported to Moscow in the 15th century. possible in the Chamber of Facets.
520 years of the Russian coat of arms
Historians associate the use of the image of a double-headed eagle as the coat of arms of the Moscow Principality with Tsar Ivan III. He acquired such a seal when the state finally gained complete independence from the oppression of the Golden Horde. In 1747, the tsar sealed with a new sign the charters that were transferred to the appanage princes to take possession of the lands. These papers are considered the first documents on which the double-headed eagle was used as a state emblem. In the same year, his images decorated the Chamber of Facets.
The coat of arms of Russia in the form of a double-headed eagle appeared 520 years ago 240 years of seven Russian cities
Celebrations dedicated to round dates will be held in seven cities across Russia in 2017. All these settlements will turn almost a quarter of a millennium! “Birthdays” will be celebrated by Stavropol, Cherepovets, Luga, Velikiye Luki, Petrozavodsk, Rybinsk and Pavlovsk (though in 1777, when they were all founded, the latter was not a city, but the village of Pavlovskoye).
220 years of Mikhailovsky Castle
On March 9, 1792, the foundation stone of the Mikhailovsky (or Engineer) Castle, the residence of Emperor Paul I, was solemnly founded in St. Petersburg. It is interesting that this palace is the only one in the history of secular Russian architecture that was named after the patron saint, and not the person for whom was built, or the area where it was located. It owes its name to the Church of the Archangel Michael, located in the castle. Mikhail is considered the patron of the Romanov dynasty. The castle, so beloved by the emperor, also became the place of his death. There is a legend that the spirit of Paul I now wanders around the palace as a ghost.
220 years since the beginning of the departure from serfdom
On April 16, 1797, Paul I was crowned. On the same day, he issued a law according to which the serfs switched to a three-day corvee. The emperor's decision became fateful for millions of people throughout the empire, and for Russia itself. This order marked the beginning of a move away from serfdom, which ended six and a half decades later, in 1861.
150 years of American Alaska
On March 30, 1867, Russian Emperor Alexander II signed an agreement in Washington for the sale of the “Russian North American Colonies” to the United States. The document came into force a little less than six months later - in October it was ratified by the Russian Governing Senate. On October 18, the territories were officially transferred to the jurisdiction of the American side.
The purchase of Alaska cost the United States less than the construction of one building The deal cost America $7.2 million in gold. In terms of 2009 exchange rates, this amount would be about 108 million dollars in gold. It's quite inexpensive: around the same time, the first three-story building appeared in New York. It cost the city more than the vast territory purchased from Russia for the entire country.
100 years of the October Revolution
On November 7, 1917 (October 25, old style, hence the name) a coup d'état took place in Petrograd. The Provisional Government was overthrown by members (mainly Bolsheviks and Left Socialist Revolutionaries) under the leadership of Lenin, Trotsky and Sverdlov. Subsequent events - the Civil War, the establishment of Soviet power, etc. - completely turned the history of Russia upside down and became, perhaps, the largest historical event of the 20th century, as they influenced the course of all world history.
80 years of the Great Terror
The darkest anniversary of 2017. 80 years ago, on July 30, 1937, the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR issued the infamous order No. 00447. The document prescribed an operation to repress “anti-Soviet elements.” The list included all former kulaks, members of Cossack and White Guard organizations, criminals, etc. The most dangerous of them were supposed to be shot, the rest were to be repressed. The order marked the beginning of a huge tragedy.
A total of 770 thousand people fell into the meat grinder of Stalin's repressions for the period from August 37th to November 38th. 390 thousand of them died and 380 thousand ended up in the Gulag. The planned figure was several times less - about 270 thousand people. Information about the Great Terror remained classified for almost 60 years. The bloody order was published only in June, and other documents in July 1992. Victims of Stalin’s terror in Russia are remembered on October 30, the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression.
Anniversaries in the field of culture, science and society
340 years ago, the first machine for printing notes in Russia was manufactured 340 years of Russian music printing
Simon Matveevich Gutovsky is a notable figure in the history of Russian culture. A Pole by birth, he served for many years at the royal court. He worked in the Armory, was engaged in the manufacture of large organs for the boyars and the Kremlin, and also became the organizer of an orchestra of serf musicians, which played in the local theater. But, in addition, he became famous as the person who opened the way for Russian music printing. The hands of Simon Gutovsky built the first machine in Russia for making engravings on copper. Sheet music was subsequently printed on it. This event dates back to 1677.
330 years of the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy
Higher education began in Russia in 1687. It was then that the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy opened in Moscow. Subsequently, it will give Russia such remarkable figures of culture, science and art as Mikhail Lomonosov, Antioch Kantemir, Vasily Bazhenov, Pyotr Postnikov and others. The organization of the educational institution was initiated by Simeon of Polotsk, a poet and teacher, teacher of the royal children and a graduate of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy.
His student, the first Russian bibliographer Simeon, also played an important role in the creation of the academy. Children from all classes could study at the institution. Just 14 years after its opening, the academy received state status. Peter I favored him. The academy had the largest Russian library at that time, as well as one of the first theaters.
140 years of Swan Lake
To call this ballet a masterpiece is not enough - “Swan Lake” has become one of the iconic works of world ballet and secured Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s place on the list of the greatest composers of all times. The production premiered on March 4, 1877. The play, directed by Wenzel Reisinger, was shown at the Bolshoi Theater, but failed.
The legendary ballet "Swan Lake" will celebrate its 140th anniversary The ballet survived another edition - Joseph Hansen - until a successful classical one appeared. It was presented at the Mariinsky Theater in January 1885 by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Today, Swan Lake is on the list of the most popular ballets - it is performed almost most often. In 2010, director Darren Aronofsky shot the thriller “Black Swan,” in which the main characters compete with each other for the right to dance in “Swan Lake.”
During the conflict, one of the girls goes crazy. The main roles in the film were played by Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel. Portman received four awards for it - an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Saturn Award. The latter was also awarded to Kunis for her supporting role. Clint Mansell wrote a musical variation on the main motif of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” for Aronofsky’s film.
110 years of patent for electronic television
On July 25, 1907, physicist and teacher Boris Lvovich Rosing applied for a patent for what is now called television. The scientist himself defined his invention as “A method for electrically transmitting images over a distance.” Three and a half years later, the permit was issued. During this time, Rosing managed to patent his invention also in England and Germany. A year later, he finalized the original scheme and received the first image on a kinescope of his own invention. This day is considered the beginning of the TV era.
90 years of space exhibitions
Moscow turned out to be a pioneer of space exhibitions. On April 21, 1927, the First World Exhibition of interplanetary vehicles, mechanisms, instruments and historical materials opened in the Russian capital. The event was non-governmental, and it was organized by Alexander Fedorov, a friend of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, to draw attention to the latter’s ideas. For two months, the inventions of Tsiolkovsky himself, Nikolai Kibalchich, and their foreign colleagues Robert Goddard, Max Vallier, Hermann Oberth from the USA, France and Romania, respectively, were exhibited on Tverskaya.
80 years of the Kyiv metro station
In March 1937, a new station on the Filyovskaya line, called “Kyiv,” was inaugurated in the Moscow metro. Initially, the lobby was decorated in yellow and blue colors and decorated with Ukrainian ornaments. In 2014, renovations began at the station. According to the plans of local authorities, after restoration the hall will regain its appearance of the 30s. In the same year, the Smolensky metro bridge was put into operation, connecting Kievskaya and Smolenskaya.
60th anniversaries
The famous monument to Pushkin in St. Petersburg - On June 19, 1957, a monument to Pushkin was opened in what was then Leningrad. The monument was erected to honor the 250th anniversary of the city. The first competition for a model of the monument was announced back in 1937, but no worthy option was found. The issue was resolved when in 1949, already in the fourth round of the competition, sculptor Mikhail Anikushin submitted an application. It was he who was destined to become the author of the famous monument that adorns the St. Petersburg Arts Square.
- On July 31 of the same year, the Union adopted a resolution “On the development of housing construction in the USSR” - and appeared in the country. From now on, all the cities of a large country will look the same - covered with a dense network of “boxes” of four to five floors.
- On August 25, the legendary “Rocket” set off on its first water “flight”. The first ship traveled from Gorky to Kazan and covered 420 km in seven hours. However, this transport was loved not only and not so much for its speed, but for the large open area at the stern. Walking on the Rocket became one of the favorite family entertainments for many residents of the Union, within whose reach there was a suitable navigable river.
- On October 4, a grand breakthrough occurred - Sputnik 1 was launched into space. It became the first artificial Earth satellite in history. The complex work was led by Sergei Korolev and his team: Mstislav Keldysh, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Gleb Maksimov and others. Now this day is considered the beginning of world cosmonautics. In Russia, October 4 is celebrated as a holiday - Space Forces Day.
- That same year, Soviet readers first picked up a book about Carlson, who lives on the roof. In 1957, its translation into Russian appeared. Lilianna Lungina undertook to translate Astrid Lindgren's text. After her translation, two more appeared: Lyudmila Braude and Eduard Uspensky. However, Lungina’s translation is still considered a classic. The first performances about a funny guy with a propeller on his back appeared in the 60s, and the first cartoon, “Baby and Carlson,” was released in 1968, 11 years after the book was published.
50th anniversaries
The film “Prisoner of the Caucasus” will soon turn half a century old! - On April Fool's Day, April 1, 1967, a film was released, the popularity of which has not waned to this day - for half a century! We are talking about Leonid Gaidai’s comedic masterpiece “Prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik’s New Adventures.” New - because this picture was preceded by “Operation “Y”. As in the first film, the main character is the romantic klutz Shurik, and in the background there is a colorful trinity: Coward, Dunce and Experienced. The picture gained enormous popularity, many phrases from it became catchphrases, and the trio were used as characters for the cartoon “The Town Musicians of Bremen.” Interestingly, in 2014, director Maxim Voronkov decided to make a remake of Gaidaev’s comedy. The picture turned out to be an absolute failure. It was criticized by all the country's leading publications, the box office grossed 180 thousand dollars (with a budget of 3.5 million), and in the ranking of one of the popular film portals, Voronkov's remake was in a disgraceful second place from the bottom.
- On April 23 of the same year, Soyuz-1 launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome, which became the first Soviet manned spacecraft. The flight was controlled by Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov (by the way, Yuri Gagarin was being prepared for the flight as a backup). The device had a dual mission. First, he had to experience manned flight. Secondly, after Soyuz-1, Soyuz-2 was to be launched with three cosmonauts on board. The two devices had to be docked. However, already during takeoff, problems occurred on Soyuz-1. One of the solar panels did not open, and the ship left orbit due to lack of electricity. And already in the atmosphere the parachute did not work. Soyuz-1 crashed, the pilot died. Due to the failures that were observed from the beginning of the flight, the launch of Soyuz-2 was cancelled. Despite the tragic outcome, the flight of Soyuz-1 became a landmark event in the development of Soviet, Russian and world cosmonautics.
- On November 4, 1967, the construction of the Ostankino TV tower was completed. It holds the title of the tallest building in Europe - 540.1 m. At the time of commissioning it was the tallest building in the world. Now the tower transmits signals from more than 20 TV channels and multiplexes and the same number of radio stations. In addition, the building houses a concert hall with 750 seats and two observation decks. The closed one is at an altitude of 337 m, the open one is at an altitude of 340 m. The chief designer of the tower was Nikolai Nikitin. He was inspired by a lily flower, which, when turned upside down, became the prototype for the tower.
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Compiled by: E. V. Voronova
Rep. for the issue: E. V. Manshina
Calendar of significant and memorable dates for 2017: a guide to help the librarian / MBUK Central Library, Central City Library named after. M. I. Ladynsky; comp. E. V. Voronova. – Bolshoy Kamen, 2016. – 11 p.
The calendar of significant and memorable dates for 2017 contains anniversaries of domestic and foreign writers, poets, figures, international and professional holidays and other significant dates that will be celebrated in 2017. Dates are indicated according to the new style.
The publication is addressed to librarians, teachers, and readers.
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According to the UN decision:
2013-2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures
International decades
2015-2024 - International Decade for People of African Descent
2014-2024 - A decade of sustainable energy for all
2011-2020 - Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
2011-2020 - United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
2011-2020 - Decade of Action for Road Safety
2010-2020 - United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification
2008-2017 - Second decade of the United Nations for the eradication of poverty.
2017 in the Russian Federation will be announced Year of specially protected natural areas. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on holding the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas in 2017. The Year of Protected Natural Areas will be timed to coincide with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Russian nature reserve system.
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90 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer, poet Lev Ivanovich Davydychev (1927-1988) |
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125 years since the birth of the English writer, linguist, poet, philologist John Ronald Ruel TOLKIEN (Tolkien) (1882-1973) |
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220 years since the birth of the Russian navigator Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel (1797-1870) |
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World Thank You Day |
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Day of Nature Reserves and National Parks |
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110 years since the birth of the Soviet scientist and designer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev |
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395 years since the birth of the French playwright Jean Baptiste MOLIERE [present. Poquelin] (1622-1673) |
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Vikenty Vikentyevich Veresaev (Smidovich) (1867-1945) |
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135 years since the birth of the English writer, poet and playwright Alana Alexandra MILNE(1882-1956) |
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185 years since the birth of the Russian artist Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (1832-1898) |
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Day of military glory of Russia. Lifting the blockade of the city of Leningrad (1944) |
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
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85th birthday Rimma Fedorovna Kazakova (1932-2008) |
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185th anniversary of the birth of the English writer, mathematics Lewis CARROLL[present. Charles Latunge Dodgson] (1832-1898) |
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110th birthday Valentin Petrovich Kataev (1897-1986) |
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110 years since the birth of the poet Dmitry Borisovich Kedrin (1907-1945) |
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World Cancer Day |
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205 years since the birth of the English writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870) |
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Russian Science Day |
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130 years since the birth of the Soviet military leader Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev (1887-1919) |
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100th anniversary of the birth of the American writer Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007) |
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85 years since the birth of the Soviet songwriter Igor Davydovich Shaferan (1932-1994) |
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Valentine's Day |
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Nikolai Georgievich Garin-Mikhailovsky (1852-1906) |
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85 years since the birth of the Soviet singer Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya (1932-1985) |
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Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885) |
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210 years since the birth of the American poet, prose writer and translator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) |
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95 years since the birth of the Russian front-line poet Semyon Petrovich Gudzenko (1922-1953) |
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Grandmothers Day |
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80th anniversary of the birth of the cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolaeva-Tereshkova (1937) |
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International Women's Day |
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Archives Day |
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95 years since the birth of the poet David Nikitich Kugultinov (1922-2006) |
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80 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Semenovich Makanin (1937) |
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International Rivers Day |
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80 years since the birth of the Soviet writer Valentin Grigorievich Rasputin (1937-2015) |
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Earth Hour |
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100 years since the birth of the Yakut children's writer Semyon Petrovich Danilov (1917-1978) |
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International Day of Happiness |
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World Poetry Day |
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110 years since the birth of the Russian writer, film playwright Vladimir Pavlovich Belyaev (1907-1990) |
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140 years since the birth of the Russian writer Alexey Silych Novikov-Priboy[present. Novikov] (1877-1944) |
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Cultural Workers Day |
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1, translator and art critic Dmitry Vasilyevich Grigorovich (1822-1900) |
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135 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet, translator Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky[present. Nikolai Vasilievich Korneychukov] (1882-1969) |
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international bird day |
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95 years since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Petrovich Alekseev (1922-2008) |
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International Children's Book Day |
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85th anniversary of the birth of the Polish writer Joanna Chmielewska (born Irena Barbara Joanna Kühn) (1932) |
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775 years since the Battle of the Ice (1242) |
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205 years since the birth of the Russian writer, philosopher Alexander Ivanovich Herzen[present. Iskander] (1812-1870) |
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205th birthday |
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RuNet's birthday |
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world health day |
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Annunciation |
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80th anniversary of the birth of the poetess Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (1937-2010) |
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200 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet and historian Konstantin Sergeevich Aksakov (1817-1860) |
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Vilya Vladimirovich Lipatov (1927-1979) |
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155 years since the birth of the Russian statesman Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (1862-1911) |
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spring week of kindness |
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90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Yuri Mikhailovich Druzhkov (1927-1983) |
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International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites |
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Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin (1902-1989) |
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International Earth Day |
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110 years since the birth of the Russian science fiction writer Ivan Antonovich Efremov (1907-1972) |
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110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Zoya Ivanovna Voskresenskaya (1907-1992) |
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70 years since the birth of the poet Yuri Mikhailovich Kublanovsky (1947) |
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Labour Day |
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115th anniversary of the birth of the Australian writer Alan Marshall (1902-1984) |
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Day of the Sun |
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245 years since the birth of the founder of the encyclopedic publishing house Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772-1823) |
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Victory Day |
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100 years since the founding of the Russian Book Chamber (1917) |
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International Family Day |
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Igor Severyanin[present Igor Vasilievich Lotarev] (1887-1941) |
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85 years since the founding of the pioneer organization (1922-1990) |
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Nadezhda Alexandrovna TEFFY[present. Lokhvitskaya] (1872-1952) |
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All-Russian Library Day |
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Border Guard Day |
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140 years since the birth of the Russian poet Maximilian Aleksandrovich Voloshin[present. Kiriyenko] (1877-1932) |
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230 years since the birth of the Russian poet Konstantin Nikolaevich Batyushkov (1787-1855) |
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100th anniversary of the birth of an American statesman John Kennedy (1917-1963) |
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125 years since the birth of the Russian nature writer Ivan Sergeevich Sokolov-Mikitov (1892-1975) |
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100 years since the birth of the Russian songwriter Lev Ivanovich Oshanin (1912-1996) |
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125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky (1892-1968) |
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80th birthday of Australian writer Colin McCullough (1937-2015) |
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80 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Yunna Petrovna Moritz (1937) |
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65 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Elena Vasilievna Gabova (1952) |
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World Oceans Day |
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180 years since the birth of the Russian artist Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy (1837-1887) |
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Friend's Day |
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345 years since the birth of the Russian Emperor PetraIGreat (1672-1725) |
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150 years since the birth of the Russian poet Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont (1867-1942) |
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Medical Worker's Day |
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Father's Day |
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85 years since the birth of the Russian poet Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky (1932-1994) |
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80 years since the birth of the Soviet and Russian zoologist Nikolai Nikolaevich Drozdov (1937) |
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90 years since the birth of the Soviet and Russian storyteller and animator Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kotenochkin (1927-2000) |
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Day of Remembrance and Sorrow |
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110 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Andrey Sergeevich Nekrasov (1907-1987) |
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205 years since the beginning of the Patriotic War of 1812 |
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95 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Yuri Yakovlevich Yakovlev (1922-1996) |
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Russian Youth Day |
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July |
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155 years since the founding of the Russian State Library (1862) |
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Traffic Police Day |
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Ivan Kupala Day |
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Day of Family, Love and Fidelity |
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Fisherman's Day |
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World Chocolate Day |
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75 years since the start of the Battle of Stalingrad (1942) |
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on the birthday of the poetess, prose writer, screenwriter, publicist, public figure Maria Ivanovna Arbatova (surname at birth - Gavrilina) (b. 1957) |
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85 years since the birth of the Russian Soviet poet Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (1932, according to his passport - 1933) |
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110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (1907-1982) |
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225 years since the birth of the Russian poet Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky (1792-1878) |
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215 years since the birth of the French writer Alexandra Dumas (Dumas the father) (1802-1870) |
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75 years since the start of the battle for the Caucasus (1942-1943) |
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195 years since the birth of the Russian poet Apollo Alexandrovich Grigoriev (1822-1864) |
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Navy Day |
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200 years since the birth of the Russian artist Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Gayvazovsky) (1817-1900) |
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August |
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85 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Vladimir Konstantinovich Arro (1932) |
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90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov (1927-1982) |
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Day of military glory of Russia. The first world victory of the Russian fleet over the Swedes at Cape Gangut (1714) |
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120 years since the birth of the English writer Enid Mary Blyton (1897-1968) |
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80 years since the birth of the Russian playwright, writer Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (1937-1972) |
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190 years since the birth of the Belgian writer Charles de Coster (1827-1879) |
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95 years since the birth of the Russian writer Joseph Ivanovich Dick (1922-1984) |
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Vasily Pavlovich Aksenov (1932-2009) |
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Russian National Flag Day |
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Day of military glory of Russia. Victory in the Battle of Kursk (1943) |
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85 years since the birth of the Brazilian writer, laureate of the International Prize named after. H.K. Andersen Lidji Bojungi Nunez (1932) |
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155th anniversary of the birth of the Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) |
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105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vitaly Georgievich Gubarev (1912-1981) |
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40th anniversary of the birth of a children's writer Tatyana Sergeevna Levanova (1977) |
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September |
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Day of Knowledge |
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90 years since the birth of the Belarusian writer Alexander (Ales) Mikhailovich Adamovich (1927-1994) |
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200 years since the birth of the Russian poet, writer, playwright Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) |
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Day of military glory of Russia. Battle of Borodino (1812) |
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International Literacy Day. Nahum the grammer |
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205 years since the Battle of Borodino (1812) |
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Beauty Day |
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145 years since the birth of the Russian travel writer, ethnographer Vladimir Klavdievich Arsenyev (1872-1930) |
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90 years since the birth of the Uzbek writer Kamila Akmalevich Ikramova (1927-1989) |
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155th anniversary of the birth of the American writer O'Henry[present] William Sidney Porter] (1862-1910) |
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135 years since the birth of the founder of Soviet children's prose, writer Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov (1882-1938) |
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105 years since the birth of the poet Maxima Tank (1912-1995) |
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Smiley's birthday |
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120th anniversary of the birth of the American writer William Faulkner (1897-1962) |
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October |
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International Day of Older Persons |
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170 years since the birth of the French writer Louis Henri Boussenard (1847-1910) |
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Teacher's Day |
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60 years since the lighting of the Eternal Flame (1957) |
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World Smile Day |
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65 years since the birth of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (1952) |
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125 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) |
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470 years since the birth of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) |
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world egg day |
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120 years since the birth of the Soviet writer Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Fainzilberg) (1897-1937) |
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85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vasily Ivanovich Belov (1932-2012) |
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Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression |
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115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Evgeniy Andreevich Permyak (1902-1982) |
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85 years since the birth of the American writer, laureate of the International Prize named after. H. C. Andersen Katherine Paterson(1932) |
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November |
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130 years since the birth of the Russian poet Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964) |
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National Unity Day |
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International men's day |
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165 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak[present. Mamin] (1852-1912) |
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90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Nikolaevich Tomilin (1927-2015) |
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100 years since the beginning of the October armed uprising in Petrograd (1917) |
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Day of Remembrance for those killed in the First World War |
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World Kindness Day |
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110th anniversary of the birth of the Swedish writer Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (1907-2002) |
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All-Russian Conscript Day |
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80 years since the birth of the Russian writer Victoria Samoilovna Tokareva (1937) |
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Mother's Day in Russia |
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70 years since the birth of the Russian writer and poet Grigory Bentsionovich Oster (1947) |
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215 years since the birth of the German writer Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827) |
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350 years since the birth of the English satirical writer Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) |
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December |
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Day of military glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of Admiral P. S. Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (1853) |
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225 years since the birth of the Russian mathematician Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792-1856) |
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160 years since the birth of the English writer Joseph Conrad [present] Józef Theodor Konrad Korzeniowski] (1857-1924) |
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110 years since the birth of the Russian poetess, translator Zinaida Nikolaevna Alexandrova (1907-1983) |
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145 years since the birth of the Russian writer Al. Altaeva[present Margarita Vladimirovna Yamshchikova] (1872-1959) |
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Day of military glory of Russia. Beginning of the Soviet counteroffensive near Moscow (1941) |
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Human Rights Day |
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Memorable date of Russia. Constitution Day of the Russian Federation |
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220 years since the birth of the German poet Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) |
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International Tea Day |
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100 years since the birth of the English writer, science fiction writer Arthur Clarke (1917-2008) |
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135 years since the birth of the Russian popular writer and publicist Yakov Isidorovich Perelman (1882-1942) |
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Santa Claus's birthday |
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World Greetings Day World Greetings Day |
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100 years since the birth of the German writer, Nobel Prize winner (1972) Heinrich Böll (1917-1985) |
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80 years since the birth of the Russian writer, adult children's humorist Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky (1937) |
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240 years since the birth of the Russian Emperor AlexandraI (1777-1825) |
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Day of military glory of Russia. The day of the capture of the Turkish fortress Izmail by Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov (1790) |
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225 years since the birth of the Russian writer Ivan Ivanovich Lazhechnikov (1792-1869) |
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Russian Rescuer Day |
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In 2017 we celebrated: |
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230 years |
since the birth of the writer and creator of the Russian Gothic fairy tale Anthony Pogorelsky[present. Alexey Alekseevich Perovsky] (1787-1836) |
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2455 years |
from the date of completion of construction Parthenon, Temple of the goddess Athena (447-438 BC) |
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150 years |
since its founding Moscow confectionery factory "Red October" (1867) |
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125 years |
since its existence Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow (1892) |
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300 years |
since publication “The Youth of the Honest Mirror” (1717) |
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265 years |
since the creation of the first Russian bicycle (1752) |
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ANNIVERSARY BOOKS |
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255 years |
C. Gozzi "The Deer King", "Turandot" (1762) |
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240 years |
R.B. Sheridan "The School of Scandal" (1777) |
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225 years |
N. M. Karamzin "Poor Liza" (1792) |
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195 years |
A. S. Pushkin “Song about the prophetic Oleg” (1822) |
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185 years |
N.V. Gogol “Evenings on a farm near Dikanka” (1832) |
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180 years |
M. Yu. Lermontov "Borodino" (1837) |
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M. Yu. Lermontov "Death of a Poet" (1837) |
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170 years |
I.A. potters "An Ordinary Story" (1847) |
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155 years |
A. S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit" (1862) |
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V. M. Hugo "Les Misérables" (1862) |
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I. S. Turgenev "Fathers and Sons" (1862) |
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150 years |
Charles De Coster "The Legend of Ulenspiegel and Lamm Gudzak, about their valiant, funny and glorious deeds in Flanders and other lands" (1867) |
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V. V. Krestovsky "Petersburg Slums" (1867) |
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F. M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment" (1867) |
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G. Ibsen "Peer Gynt" (1867) |
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145 years |
I. S. Turgenev "Spring Waters" (1872) |
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J. Verne "Around the World in 80 Days" (1872) |
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140 years |
L. N. Tolstoy "Anna Karenina" (1877) |
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135 years |
M. Twain "The Prince and the Pauper" (1882) |
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120 years |
G. D. Wells "The Invisible Man" (1897) |
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115 years |
A. K. Doyle "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1902) |
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E. L. Voynich "The Gadfly" (1902) |
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110 years |
G. R. Haggart "Beautiful Margaret" (1907) |
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105 years |
A. K. Doyle "The Lost World" (1912) |
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L. N. Tolstoy "Father Sergius", "Hadji Murat" (1912) |
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90 years old |
A. N. Tolstoy "Hyperboloid of engineer Garin"(1927) |
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M. A. Bulgakov "White Guard" (1927) |
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A. A. Fadeev "Devastation" (1927) |
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85 years old |
N. A. Ostrovsky "How the Steel Was Tempered" (1932) |
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M. A. Sholokhov "Virgin Soil Upturned" (1932) |
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A. P. Gaidar "Far Lands" (1932) |
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80 years old |
B. S. Zhitkov "Sea Stories" (1937) |
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J. R. R. Tolkien “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again”, A. Christie “Death on the Nile” (1937) |
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75 years old |
P. P. Bazhov "Key Stone" (1942) |
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L. A. Kassil "Your Defenders" (1942) |
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V. M. Kozhevnikov "March-April" (1942) |
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A. Saint-Exupery "Military Pilot" (1942) |
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70 years old |
S. Ya. Marshak "Fairy Tale" (1947) |
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65 years old |
E. M. Hemingway "The Old Man and the Sea" (1952) |
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60 years |
I. A. Efremov "The Andromeda Nebula" (1957) |
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M. V. Sholokhov "Man's Fate" (1957) |
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N. N. Nosov "Dreamers" (1957) |
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R. D. Bradbury "Dandelion Wine" (1957) |
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E. I. Charushin "Tomka" (1957) |
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45 years |
A. N. Strugatsky, B. N. Strugatsky "Roadside Picnic" (1972) |
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V. S. Pikul "With a Pen and a Sword" (1972) |
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40 years |
A. G. Aleksin "Third in the Fifth Row" (1977) |
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V. S. Pikul "Battle of the Iron Chancellors" (1977) |
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35 years |
A. A. Likhanov "Capital Measure" (1982) |
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30 years |
A. N. Rybakov "Children of Arbat" (1987) |
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Yu. M. Nagibin "Rise and Walk" (1987) |
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Yu. S. Semenov "Expansion" (1987) |
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- 495 years ago, the first circumnavigation of the world by the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan (1522) was completed;
- 205 years since the Battle of Borodino in the Patriotic War of 1812 (September 7, 1812);
- 195 years ago, A.S. Pushkin’s poem “Prisoner of the Caucasus” (1822) was published;
- 180 years ago, the inventor of the telegraph apparatus, S. Morse, transmitted the first telegram (1837);
- 165 years ago, the magazine Sovremennik published a story by L.N. Tolstoy's "Childhood" (1852);
- 155 years ago the St. Petersburg Conservatory was founded (September 20, 1862);
- 155 years ago, a monument to the Millennium of Russia was unveiled in the Novgorod Kremlin (sculptor M.O. Mikeshin) (1862);
- 95 years ago, prominent representatives of the intelligentsia, including N.A., were forcibly expelled from Soviet Russia. Berdyaev, L.P. Karsavin, I.A. Ilyin, Pitirim Sorokin and others (1922);
- 75 years ago, the publication of A.T.’s poem began. Tvardovsky “Vasily Terkin” (1942);
September 2, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of Evgeny Pavlovich Leonov (1926-1994), a famous Soviet theater and film actor.
September 3, 2017 - Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism. This is a new memorable date for Russia, established by the Federal Law “On the Days of Military Glory of Russia” dated July 6, 2005. Connected with the tragic events in Beslan.
September 3, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of A.M. Adamovich (Ales Adamovich) (1927-1994), Belarusian writer;
September 3, 2017 - Day of Oil, Gas and Fuel Industry Workers (first Sunday in September).
September 4, 2017 - Nuclear Support Specialist Day (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 31, 2006 No. 549)
September 4, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of P.P. Soykin (1862-1938), Russian book publisher;
September 5, 2017 - 200 years since the birth of A.K. Tolstoy (1817-1875), Russian poet, writer, playwright;
September 6, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of G.F. Shpalikov (1937-1974), Soviet film screenwriter, poet;
September 8, 2017 - 205 years since the birth of N.N. Goncharova (1812-1863), wife of A.S. Pushkin;
September 8, 2017 is International Literacy Day. Celebrated since 1967 by decision of UNESCO.
September 9, 2017 - World Beauty Day. The initiative belongs to the International Committee of Aesthetics and Cosmetology.
September 10, 2017 - 145 years since the birth of V.K. Arsenyev (1872-1930), Russian explorer of the Far East, writer, geographer;
September 10, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of V.I. Nemtsov (1907-1994), Russian science fiction writer, publicist;
September 10, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of Herluf Bidstrup (1912-1988), Danish cartoonist;
September 10, 2017 - Lake Baikal Day. It was established in 1999 and since then has been celebrated annually on the fourth Sunday of August, but since 2008, by decision of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region, Baikal Day has been moved to the second Sunday of September.
September 11, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of O. Henry (1862-1910), American writer;
September 11, 2017 - 140 years since the birth of F.E. Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), statesman, revolutionary;
September 11, 2017 - 135 years since the birth of B.S. Zhitkov (1882-1938), Russian children's writer, teacher;
September 11, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of Joseph Kobzon (1937), Russian pop singer;
September 14, 2017 - 170 years since the birth of P.N. Yablochkov (1847-1894), Russian inventor, electrical engineer;
September 15, 2017 - Birthday of the international environmental organization Greenpeace (September 15, 1971 - the day of the first organized action of environmentalists against nuclear testing).
September 16, 2017 - Juliet’s birthday. On this day, the Italian city of Verona celebrates the birthday of Juliet, the famous Shakespearean heroine.
September 17, 2017 - 160 years since the birth of K.E. Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), Russian scientist and inventor;
September 17, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of G.P. Menglet (1912-2001), Russian theater and film actor;
September 17, 2017 - 100 years since the birth of Maxim Tank (1912-1995), national Belarusian poet;
September 19, 2017 - 65 years since the birth of V.V. Erofeev (1947), Russian prose writer, essayist;
September 19, 2017 - Smiley’s birthday. On September 19, 1982, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman first proposed using three consecutive characters—a colon, a hyphen, and a closing parenthesis—to represent a “smiling face” in text that is typed on a computer.
September 21, 2017 - International Day of Peace as a day of general ceasefire and renunciation of violence.
September 24, 2017 - World Maritime Day. It was established at the 10th session of the Assembly by the International Maritime Organization, noted since 1978. Included in the UN system of world and international days. Until 1980, it was celebrated on March 17, but then it began to be celebrated on one of the days of the last week of September. In Russia it is celebrated on September 24th.
September 24, 2017 - 140 years since the birth of G.A. Duperron (1877-1934), founder of Russian football and the Olympic movement in Russia;
September 25, 2017 -220 years since the birth of I.I. Lazhechnikov (1792-1869), Russian writer;
September 25, 2017 -115 years since the birth of William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and short story writer;
September 29, 2017 - 470 years since the birth of M. Cervantes (1547-1616), Spanish writer of the Renaissance;
September 29, 2017 - 195 years since the birth of A.V. Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817-1903), Russian playwright;
1 – Labour Day - International Workers' Day. Established under the name Day of Solidarity of Workers of the World in July 1899. Paris Congress of the Second International as a symbol of irreconcilable class struggle. 05/01/1886 workers in Chicago (USA) held a strike demanding an 8-hour working day and a demonstration that ended in a bloody clash with the police, killing 6 people.
It has been celebrated in Russia since 1890. in the form of May Days and Strikes. Since 1918 - an official holiday with demonstrations and military parades, initially - International Day, later - International Workers' Day.
The last official May Day demonstration took place on May 1, 1990, 05/01/1991. A rally organized by the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions and the Association of Free Trade Unions took place on Red Square against price increases.
Since 1992 in accordance with the Labor Code of December 30, 2001. (Article 112) May 1 – Spring and Labor Day, non-working day.
In 1993 For the first time after a long period, a peaceful demonstration of workers in Moscow was dispersed.
In the 2000s, the tradition of holding demonstrations and rallies was revived.
Today, the holiday is celebrated in 142 countries around the world on May 1 or the first Monday in May as Labor Day. For a number of countries, the tradition of gathering people under the banner of trade unions has been preserved, but in most countries this is not a political holiday, but a bright spring holiday with folk festivities, performances by artists, fairs, peaceful processions and entertainment events. In some countries, Labor Day is celebrated at other times (including the USA and Japan); in more than 80 countries (including India), Labor Day is not celebrated.
2 – World Tuna Day (World Tuna Day).
An official international day of the UN, established in 2016.
World Tuna Day is established to raise public awareness of the social and economic benefits of sustainable management of tuna stocks. It aims to spread awareness about the value of tuna and the threats facing its populations.
Tunas are a group of marine fish, the meat of which is widely consumed as food. Tunas are an important commercial object, which has brought some species to the brink of extinction. The largest representative of the genus is the common tuna, the length of which can reach 4.5 meters and weight exceed 600 kg.
2 – International Asthma Day(World Asthma Day).
Proclaimed by the World Health Organization and carried out since 1998. annually on the first Tuesday of the month in many countries around the world as part of the Global Strategy for the Treatment and Prevention of Asthma (GINA).
3 – World Press Freedom Day(World Press Freedom Day).
Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on December 20, 1993. on the recommendation of the 26th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, which in resolution 1991. Promoting World Press Freedom recognized that a free, pluralistic and independent press is an essential component of any democratic society.
3 – World Sun Day.
Conducted on the initiative of the European branch of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES-Europe) since 1994. in order to draw attention to the possibilities of using renewable energy sources.
4 – International Firefighters Day.
Installed in 1999 in memory of the tragic death of five firefighters in a bushfire in Australia.
The date was chosen in honor of St. Florian of Lorch, the patron saint of firefighters, whose memory is celebrated by the Catholic Church on May 4.
On this day, they pay tribute to firefighters who died in service, and show their gratitude and respect to those who risk their lives every day to save others. The symbol of International Fire Fighters Day is a red and blue ribbon five centimeters long and one centimeter wide. Two different colors come together in the middle of the ribbon, red symbolizing fire and blue symbolizing water. In addition, these colors are used by emergency services in many countries around the world.
5 – Day of the cryptographer.
Professional holiday of workers of the Cryptographic Service of Russia, created by the resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR dated 05/05/1921.
The service uses encryption (cryptographic) means to protect information in information and telecommunication systems and special communications systems in the Russian Federation and its institutions abroad, including in systems using modern information technologies.
5 – Diver's Day.
Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin dated May 5, 2002. at the suggestion of diving organizations.
In Kronstadt 05.05.1882 By decree of Emperor Alexander III, the world's first diving school was founded.
5 – International Day for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
05/05/1992 For the first time, people with disabilities from 17 countries simultaneously held the first pan-European day of struggle for equal rights and against discrimination against people with disabilities.
12/13/2006 The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was opened for signature. It came into force on 05/03/2008. after ratification by 50 states.
The Russian Federation signed the Convention in 2008, 05/03/2012. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the federal law on its ratification.
According to official statistics, the number of disabled people in the Russian Federation is approaching 13 million. Every year more than 700 thousand people become disabled.
5 – International Motorcyclist Day(International Female Ride Day).
Held on the initiative of the director of MOTORESS International, Vicky Gray, on the first Friday of the month.
5 – International Day of the Midwife(International Midwives" Day).
Established at the initiative of the International Association of Midwives at a conference in the Netherlands in 1987, it has been officially celebrated since 1992. in more than 50 countries, including Russia.
May 5 – Europe Day, an annual celebration of peace and unity in the countries of the European Union, Council of Europe.
There are two separate Europe Days, celebrated on 5 and 9 May, created by the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) respectively. The Day of the Council of Europe celebrates its own creation on 05/05/1949. , while the European Union celebrates the day when 05/09/1950. The founders of the EU proposed its creation.
5 – World Asthma Day.
Conducted on the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1998. Timed to coincide with the date of the World Meeting on Bronchial Asthma in Barcelona (Spain).
6 – Astronomy Day(Astronomy Day).
First announced in 1973. in the USA on the initiative of the President of the Astronomical Association of Northern California D. Berger.
Since 2007 Spring and autumn Astronomy Days are held. Spring is celebrated on Saturday - from mid-April to mid-May, near or before the 1st quarter of the Moon, autumn - from mid-September to mid-October. In 2017 - the 6th of May.
6 – Day of St. George the Victorious- Orthodox holiday.
6 – International Day Against Diet(International No Diet Day).
First celebrated in Great Britain in 1992. Later, the initiative was supported in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel, Denmark, Brazil and other countries. A light blue ribbon was chosen as the symbol of the holiday.
The day is dedicated to promoting a healthy lifestyle with an emphasis on the fact that a person can be healthy and beautiful regardless of what number the scale shows. According to the organizers, proper nutrition and moderate physical activity help maintain health, and diets for radical weight loss are not only useless (since the weight comes back over time), but also potentially dangerous. Those who decide to join the celebration are invited to forget about diets and obsession with their weight, at least for a day. The day also remembers victims of eating disorders and bariatric surgery, and is dedicated to the fight against weight discrimination.
7 – Radio day.
Professional holiday for workers in all sectors of communications, television and radio broadcasting.
Established by a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated May 4, 1945. on the 50th anniversary (05/07/1895) of the demonstration by Russian scientist A.S. Popov of the world's first radio receiver - wireless transmission and reception of radio signals (Morse code) - in order to popularize the achievements of domestic science and technology in the field of radio and encourage radio amateurism among the general public population.
It was first solemnly celebrated in the USSR in 1925, since 1945. celebrated annually. Later approved by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated October 1, 1980 “On holidays and memorable days.”
Military signalmen are honored in Russia on October 20, February 13 is World Radio Day, and April 18 is World Amateur Radio Day.
7 – Day of the Presidential Regiment in Russia.
Timed to coincide with the award by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 7, 1965. Order of the Red Banner of a Separate Special Purpose Regiment - for valor and bravery demonstrated during the Great Patriotic War, propaganda of patriotism and high combat training.
The Presidential Regiment of the Commandant's Office of the Moscow Kremlin of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ensures the protection of the Moscow Kremlin and the government institutions located in it, and the safety of the country's top officials. The regiment sets up Honor Guard No. 1 at the Eternal Flame Memorial and provides escort for protocol events. The regiment commander reports to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces - the President of the Russian Federation.
Previously, the Kremlin was guarded by units of Latvian riflemen, then by Kremlin cadets who attended the Moscow machine gun courses for command personnel training. 08.04. 1936 The security (convoy) received the status of a special unit. This date is considered the birthday of the Presidential Regiment.
7 – Day of Penitentiary Inspectorates.
The professional holiday is dedicated to the anniversary of the creation of the forced labor bureau in Russia.
The first forced labor bureaus appeared in 1919, they were entrusted with control and supervisory functions in relation to those sentenced to correctional labor, as well as to those sentenced to exile, sentenced with a deferment of execution, etc. Since 1997 penal inspections appeared - bodies that until that time were called correctional labor inspections.
Since 1999 penal inspections were transferred to the penal system department of the Russian Ministry of Justice.
7 – Physicist Day– a professional holiday celebrated in various educational and scientific institutions of physical specialties.
It originated at the Physics Faculty of Moscow State University as Archimedes Day, established in 1959 at the X Komsomol Conference of the Physics Department, which decided: “To establish the holiday Physics Day. Consider Archimedes' birthday as Physicist's Day. Decide that Archimedes was born on May 7, 287 BC. e."
Nowadays, physics days at the largest universities in Russia and neighboring countries are held annually at different times during April-May. Physicist Day is the last event at Moscow State University.
7 – Day of creation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
05/07/1992 Russian President B.N. Yeltsin signed a decree on organizational measures to create the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Nowadays it is practically not observed in Russia.
8 – International Red Cross and Red Crescent Day(World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day) .
Celebrated since 1953. by decision of the International Conference of the Red Cross on the birthday of the Swiss public figure Henri Dunant (1928), the initiator of the founding of the organization in 1863.
8-9 – Days of remembrance and reconciliation.
Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on November 22, 2004. as a tribute to the memory of all victims of the Second World War.
8 – Day of the operational worker of the penal system.
In 1925 The secret department of the United State Political Directorate (OGPU) was entrusted with secret operational work in political detention centers. The official day of the creation of the operational units of the penal system is May 8, 1935.
8 – Day of workers of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of Russia.
The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia is a federal executive body of the Russian Federation that exercises functions of control and supervision in the field of military-technical cooperation of the Russian Federation with foreign states in accordance with. The service is subordinate to the Ministry of Defense.
05/08/1953 By order of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the Main Engineering Directorate (GID) was created under the Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade of the USSR - as an institution of state intermediary in the field of military-technical cooperation (MTC) of the Soviet Union with foreign countries. In 1992 instead of the SMI, two specialized foreign trade organizations were created for the export and import of military products and services - VO "Oboronexport" and GVK "Spetsvneshtekhnika". In 2000 By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, a single state intermediary for the export and import of military products, works and services, FSUE Rosoboronexport, was created. At the same time, the Russian Federation Committee on Military-Technical Cooperation with Foreign States (KVTC of Russia) was created, which became the main federal executive body. In 2004 it was transformed into the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation.
9 – Day of Military Glory of Russia: Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 (1945).
Established by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 8, 1945. This decree declared May 9 “a national holiday to commemorate the victorious completion of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people against the Nazi invaders and the historical victories of the Red Army, which culminated in the complete defeat of Nazi Germany, which declared unconditional surrender.”
The act of unconditional surrender of the German Armed Forces was initially signed on May 7 at 02.41 (Central European Time) by the Chief of Operations Staff of the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces, Colonel General Jodl. The surrender was accepted: from the Anglo-American side - Lieutenant General of the US Army, Chief of the General Staff of the Allied Expeditionary Forces Walter Bedell Smith, from the USSR - representative of the Supreme High Command Headquarters under the Allied Command, Major General Ivan Susloparov. The Act was also signed by the Deputy Chief of the French National Defense Staff, Brigadier General Francois Sevez, as a witness.
The surrender of Nazi Germany came into force on May 8 at 23.01 (Central European Time). However, at the request of Stalin, on May 9 at 0.42 in the Berlin suburb of Karlshorst (at the headquarters of Marshal Zhukov), a ceremony for the second signing of surrender took place. This time, the Act of Surrender was signed by representatives of all three branches of the forces of defeated Germany: Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Admiral Hans Georg von Friedeburg and Luftwaffe Colonel General Hans Stumpf. On behalf of the USSR, the Act was signed by Marshal G.K. Zhukov, on behalf of the allies - by British Marshal Tedder.
The date of the official announcement of the signing of surrender (May 8 in Europe and America, May 9 in the USSR) began to be celebrated as Victory Day. In 1945-1947 and since 1965 in the USSR it is a non-working day.
9 – Commemoration of deceased warriors, who laid down their lives for the faith, the Fatherland and the people, and all who died sufferingly during the Great Patriotic War. It is performed annually as determined by the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church on Victory Day.
12 – International Nurses Day(International Nurses Day) .
Celebrated on the birthday of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), an English nurse who created a system for training nursing staff in Great Britain.
The official decision on the holiday was made in January 1974. since the unification of nurses from 141 countries into a professional public organization - the International Council of Nurses. It has been celebrated in Russia since 1993.
12 – Day of Environmental Education.
Established in 1991 in order to update environmental knowledge in all sciences and spheres of human activity. It is held in Russia and CIS countries.
12 – Day of J.V. Snellman in Finland.
Celebrated on the birthday of Johan Wilhelm Snellman (05/12/1806), a statesman, philosopher and journalist of Finland.
Snellman improved the school education system, achieved the adoption of a resolution on the rights of the Finnish language, and proposed the first project of the Finnish railway. Thanks to his efforts in 1865. Finland introduced its own currency - the Finnish mark.
The day of raising the national flag and an official day off.
13 – Day of security and escort service (Day of the guard), unofficial.
05/13/1938 The People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) of the USSR issued a Temporary Charter for the convoy service of the workers' and peasants' militia.
In 1886 Alexander III issued an order to create convoy teams in the Russian Empire in 1907. The first Charter of the escort service was approved.
13 – Black Sea Fleet Day.
Established in 1996
04/08/1783 Empress Catherine II issued a manifesto on the annexation of Crimea to Russia, after which she signed a decree on the founding of the Black Sea Fleet.
05/13/1783 11 ships of the Azov flotilla under the command of Vice Admiral F.A., a participant in the Battle of Chesme, entered Akhtiarskaya Bay, located in the southwestern part of the Crimean peninsula of the Black Sea. Klokacheva. 02/21/1784 By decree of Catherine II, the city of Akhtiar was given the name Sevastopol (translated from Greek as “majestic”).
13 – All-Russian Forest Planting Day.
Held with the assistance of the Federal Forestry Agency and executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation on the second Saturday of the month.
On this day, tree planting cleanups are organized in forest districts, as well as in cities and towns.
It was first held in 2011, declared by the UN as the International Year of Forests.
13 – World Fair Trade Day(World Fair Trade Day).
The day is led by the World Fair Trade Organization on the second Saturday of the month.
13-14 – World Migratory Bird Day(World Migration Bird Day).
The historical prerequisite for the establishment of the Day was the International Convention for the Conservation of Birds, signed in 1906. Russia joined the Convention in 1927.
Conducted on the initiative of US ornithologists since 1993. on the second Saturday and Sunday of the month.
14 – Day of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus and the State Flag of the Republic of Belarus.
Established by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus A.G. Lukashenko dated March 26, 1998. following the results of the first referendum in the history of the Republic of Belarus, held on May 14, 1995. More than 75% of citizens answered positively to the question: “Do you support the proposal to introduce a new State Flag and State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus?”
Celebrated on the second Sunday of the month.
14 – Freelancer Day in Russia.
An unofficial professional holiday for designers, programmers, managers, optimizers, copywriters - everyone who works outside the walls of a specific office.
On this day in 2005 one of the first Russian freelance exchanges was formed.
14 – World Hypertension Day.
Celebrated since 2005. on the initiative of the World League Against Hypertension with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO).
15 – International Climate Day.
15 – International Day of Families(International Day of Families).
Established by decision of the UN General Assembly of September 20, 1993.
15 – International Conscientious Objector Day(The International Conscientious Objectors" Day).
Established at the first international meeting of conscientious objectors in Copenhagen in 1981.
05/15/1997 The German federal parliament, the Bundestag, issued a resolution on the rehabilitation of those whom the justice of the Third Reich repressed for conscientious objection and desertion.
16 – Biographers Day(Biographers Day).
On this day in 1763 Samuel Johnson and his future biographer, James Boswell, first met in London. Samuel Johnson was an English literary critic, lexicographer and poet of the Enlightenment. Johnson's most famous work is the English Dictionary, which he worked on for nine years. Johnson's dictionary was the first in English literature. Despite all of Johnson's achievements, his fame would not have been so widespread had it not been for his friend James Boswell's two-volume Life of Samuel Johnson, which is the most widely read biography in the English language.
Our knowledge of many outstanding people would be much poorer if it were not for their biographers.
17 – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day(World Telecommunication and Information Society Day).
Celebrated by decision of the UN General Assembly dated March 27, 2006.
A professional holiday for programmers, system administrators, Internet providers, web designers, editors of online publications - everyone involved in the field of information technology.
Until 2006 – International Telecommunication Day or World Telecommunications Day. Installed in 1969 decision of the International Telecommunication Union on the date of signing 05/17/1865. in Paris, the first international Telegraph Agreement and the founding of the International Telegraph Union (since 1932 - the International Telecommunication Union).
17 – Internet Birthday.
05/17/1991 The standard for World Wide Web pages has been officially approved. The invention belongs to Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Caillot.
With the advent of the World Wide Web, a new word “web” (from English - “web”) appeared in the everyday life of computer scientists, the world learned about the creation of web servers, web pages and websites. To fully experience the new and wonderful Internet world, a small detail was missing - a special program that would download and open all these “webs” in a form that would surprise no one today. This is how browsers were born.
17 – National holiday Kingdom of Norway – Constitution Day. 05/17/1814 At the National Assembly in Eidsvoll, the Constitution was signed, establishing the freedom and independence of Norway, which had been a Danish province for more than 400 years, and now entered into a union with Sweden, which lasted until 1905.
17 – Pulmonologist Day.
Conducted since 1997.
18 – International Museum Day(International Museum Day).
Established in 1977 By the International Council of Museums (ICOM) on the initiative of the USSR at the 11th General Conference of ICOM, held in Moscow and Leningrad.
18 – Baltic Fleet Day.
05/18/1703 A flotilla of 30 boats with soldiers of the Preobrazhensky and Semenovsky regiments under the command of Peter I won their first military victory, capturing two Swedish warships, the Gedan and the Astrild, at the mouth of the Neva River. All participants in the battle received special medals with the inscription “The Unprecedented Happens.”
18 – Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Deportation of the Peoples of Crimea.
The memorial day was established by the decision of the Supreme Council of Crimea in 1994.
May 18-20, 1944 By decision of the State Defense Committee, the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR carried out the eviction of the Crimean Tatar population of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Central Asia. The official justification for the deportation of the Crimean Tatars was the facts of their participation in collaborationist formations, which during the Great Patriotic War sided with Nazi Germany. However, among the deportees there were many Crimean Tatars who fought in the Red Army. In total, more than 180 thousand people were deported. In 1989 The Supreme Soviet of the USSR condemned the deportation of the Crimean Tatars and recognized it as illegal and criminal.
19 – Day of the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V.I. Lenin (Pioneer Day) is a holiday of the pioneer movement, officially celebrated in the USSR on May 19. 05/19/1922 The 2nd All-Russian Komsomol Conference decided to create pioneer detachments everywhere.
After the collapse of the USSR, Pioneer Day ceased to be an official holiday. Today Pioneer Day is celebrated by some children's organizations and companies involved in organizing children's leisure.
20 – World Metrology Day(World Metrology Day).
Established by the International Committee of Weights and Measures (CIPM) in October 1999, at the 88th meeting of the Committee.
05/20/1875 In Paris, at the Diplomatic Metrological Conference, representatives of 17 states, including Russia, signed the “Metric Convention”, on the basis of which the intergovernmental International Organization of Weights and Measures was created.
It has been celebrated in Russia since 2004.
20 – European Maritime Day.
The holiday is aimed at raising awareness among European citizens about the seas and their importance in the life of humanity.
European Maritime Day was established jointly by the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission in 2008. within the framework of EU maritime policy.
20 – Volga Day.
It is observed in the Volga regions.
The Volga is one of the largest rivers not only in Russia, but also in Europe. Its length is 3.7 thousand kilometers. The area of the basin, which occupies eight percent of Russia's territory, is 1.5 million square kilometers. Almost half of all farmland and industrial enterprises in the country are located in the Volga region. Every year about 250 cubic kilometers of water flows down the Volga.
The first Volga Day was held in 2008. in Nizhny Novgorod during the X International Scientific and Industrial Forum “Great Rivers 2008”.
20 – World Day of the Traumatologist.
21 – Polar Explorer Day in Russia.
Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin “On Polar Explorer Day” No. 502 dated May 21, 2013. on the initiative of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, in particular, the special presidential representative for international cooperation in the Arctic Artur Chilingarov.
05/21/1937 The first research expedition, the polar drifting station “North Pole”, began work, which was later named “North Pole-1” (“SP-1”).
21 – Pacific Fleet Day.
On May 21, 1731, the Senate of the Russian Empire “to protect lands, sea trade routes and industries” established the Okhotsk military port - the first permanently operating naval unit of Russia in the Pacific Ocean.
21 – Military Translator Day.
05/21/1929 Deputy People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs and Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR Joseph Unshlikht signed the order “On establishing the rank for the command staff of the Red Army “Military Interpreter”.
Celebrated since 2000. on the initiative of the Alumni Club of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages.
21 – Inventory Inventory Day (BTI Worker Day).
Established by a resolution of the board of the Federal Union of Inventory Takers dated May 21, 1999. “On the professional holiday of the inventory taker and setting the date for its holding.”
05/21/1927 The Economic Meeting of the Labor and Defense Council of the RSFSR (ECOSO) adopted a resolution “On approval of the Regulations on the inventory of the property of Local Councils.”
21 – Unemployment Protection Day.
It has been held in Russia unofficially since 1992.
21 – WorlddayculturaldiversityinNamedialogueAnddevelopment(World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development).
Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on December 20, 2002. on the initiative of UNESCO.
21 – Day of Remembrance for War Victims in Finland.
On this day, they pay tribute to the victims of the Finnish Civil War and World War II.
Held on the third Sunday of the month, it is the official flag day.
The civil war in Finland lasted from January 27 to May 15, 1918. The number of victims is in the tens of thousands. Finland participated in World War II from June 25, 1941 to April 27, 1945, most of the time on the side of Germany. As a result of this war, Finland suffered significant human losses (about 97 thousand people).
21 – WorlddaymemoryvictimsAIDS(World Remembrance Day of AIDS Victims). It was first celebrated in the American city of San Francisco in 1983. Held on the third Sunday of the month.
22 – At the latitude of Murmansk The polar day begins.
22 – International Day of Biological Diversity(International Day for Biological Diversity).
Celebrated since 2000. by decision of the UN General Assembly on the day of adoption in 1992. Convention on Biological Diversity. Previously it was held on December 29, the day the Convention on Biological Diversity came into force, but due to the large number of holidays celebrated at this time of year, many countries faced difficulties in planning and holding events to celebrate the Day and it was decided to change this date.
23 – World Turtle Day(World Turtle Day) - an animal symbolizing wisdom, wealth and longevity.
The holiday originated in 2000. by the American Turtle Rescue Society.
23 – International Day to Eliminate Obstetric Fistula.
Established by resolution of the UN General Assembly of 03/05/2013. Obstetric fistulas are the most severe postpartum injuries.
24 – Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius. For the first time in the modern history of Russia, it was held in Murmansk on May 24, 1986. initiated by a local writers' organization.
01/30/1991 By resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the holiday was given all-Russian status.
Day of Remembrance of Equal-to-the-Apostles, preachers of Christianity and educators, creators of Slavic writing and the alphabet (Cyrillic alphabet) Cyril and Methodius. The earliest data on the celebration of May 11 (old style), the day of the holy enlighteners Cyril and Methodius, also known as the “Thessaloniki Brothers,” date back to the 12th century. Separately, the memory of St. Cyril is celebrated on February 14, St. Methodius - on April 6, the days of their deaths.
The celebration of the memory of the holy brothers even in ancient times took place among all Slavic peoples, but then, under the influence of historical and political circumstances, it was lost. At the beginning of the 19th century, along with the revival of the Slavic peoples, the memory of the Slavic first teachers was also renewed. In 1863 The Russian Holy Synod decided to celebrate the memory of Saints Cyril and Methodius on May 11 (May 24, new style).
24 – Personnel Worker Day (HR Day), informal.
Celebrated in Russia since 2005. on the initiative of the All-Russian Personnel Congress. 05/24/1835 In the Russian Empire, a decree was issued “On the relationship between the owners of factory establishments and workers employed by them” - the first document regulating the relationship between the employer and the employee in our country.
Since Personnel Officer's Day in Russia is not officially approved, in addition to May 24, it has several other dates that are more or less popular in Russia. For example, a number of sources suggest celebrating Personnel Officer Day on October 12.
24 – Europeandayparks(The European Day of Parks).
Established in 1999 EUROPARK Federation, which unites protected natural areas in 36 European countries. On May 24, 1909, the first nine National Parks were created in Europe, in Sweden.
25 – Philologist’s Day, informal.
In Russia, it is a professional holiday for teachers of Russian language and literature, librarians, graduates and teachers of philological faculties of universities. Celebrated after the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture.
25 – Day of the seal– children's and youth environmental holiday.
Initially it was of a regional nature, but over time it was included in the calendar of environmental dates in almost all of Russia.
The initiators of the first Seal Day were Irkutsk ecologists and volunteers in 2003. Its goal was to attract public attention to the problem of the extermination of the Baikal ringed seal (Baikal seal) and the pollution of its habitat.
25 – Africa Day(African Liberation Day).
Originally, African Freedom Day was celebrated on April 15th. 04/15/1958 In Accra, African leaders and political activists gathered for the first Conference of Independent African States. The conference established African Freedom Day, which was intended to symbolize the determination of African peoples to free themselves from foreign rule and exploitation. 05/25/1963 The 1st conference of African governments took place in Addis Ababa, at which the interstate Organization of African Unity (OAU) was created. At this meeting, African Freedom Day was renamed African Liberation Day and moved to 25 May. Despite the fact that the Organization of African Unity ceased to exist in 2002, and was replaced by the African Union, the date of the formation of the OAU continues to be celebrated as Africa Day.
25 – InternationalDaymissingchildren(International Missing Children Day).
This date dates back to the USA, and the symbol of the Day is the image of a blue forget-me-not.
On this day in 1979 On the way home, six-year-old American schoolboy Evian Pates disappeared, the whole world was looking for him, the case received wide resonance, but the search was unsuccessful.
In 1997 The International Center for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) was created. It was on his initiative in 2010. and the International Day of Missing Children was established and its date set.
25 – World Thyroid Day(World Thyroid Day).
Celebrated since 2009 an initiative of the European Thyroid Association (ETA), which studies issues related to the thyroid gland and its diseases.
26 – Russian Entrepreneurship Day.
Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin “On Russian Entrepreneurship Day” No. 1381 dated October 18, 2007.
Celebrated on the day the law on cooperation was adopted in 1988.
26 – Welder Day, unofficial. Celebrated on the last Friday of the month since the early 90s of the 20th century.
26 – European Neighbors Day(European Neighbors Day).
The founder of the holiday is the Frenchman A. Perifant, coordinator of the European Neighborhood Day and President of the European Federation of Local Unity.
The holiday, which takes place on the last Friday of the month, has over 1,200 partners in more than 30 participating countries.
27 – All-Russian Library Day.
Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin No. 539 “On the establishment of an all-Russian day of libraries” dated May 27, 1995.
The date coincides with the founding day in 1795. the first state public library of Russia - the Imperial Public Library, now the Russian National Library.
27 – Day of foundation of the city of St. Petersburg.
The date of birth of St. Petersburg is considered to be the foundation of the Peter and Paul Fortress on May 27, 1703 by Peter I on Hare Island at the mouth of the Neva River.
27 – International Multiple Sclerosis Day.
Established in 2009 International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the nerve fibers of the brain and spinal cord.
28 – Border Guard Day.
Established by a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated May 15, 1958.
Celebrated on the day V.I. Lenin signed the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars “On the establishment of the border guard of the republic” on May 28, 1918. At the same time, the Main Border Guard Directorate was created, to which the full complement of officers from the former Directorate of the Separate Border Guard Corps of Russia transferred.
November 24, 1920 Responsibility for protecting the border of the RSFSR was transferred to the Special Department of the Cheka. 09/27/1922 The Separate Border Corps of the OGPU Troops was formed. Since July 1934 The management of the border troops was carried out by the Main Directorate of Border and Internal Security of the NKVD of the USSR, since 1937. – Main Directorate of Border and Internal Troops of the NKVD of the USSR, since February 1939. – Main Directorate of Border Troops of the NKVD of the USSR. In 1946 border troops were transferred to the jurisdiction of the newly created Ministry of State Security of the USSR, and in 1953. - Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. In 1957 The Main Directorate of Border Troops of the KGB was created. By December 1991 After the reorganization of the KGB of the USSR, the Main Directorate of Border Troops was abolished and the Committee for the Protection of the State Border of the USSR was formed. In September-October 1992 Border troops on the territory of the Russian Federation became part of the Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation. 12/30/1993 On the basis of the Border Troops of the abolished Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation, the Federal Border Service was formed - the Main Command of the Border Troops of the Russian Federation. 12/30/1994 renamed the Federal Border Service of Russia (FBS of Russia). 03/11/2003 the functions of the FPS were again transferred to the jurisdiction of the FSB of Russia, under which the Border Service was created (the transformation came into force on July 1, 2003).
28 – Chemist's Day .
Initially established by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 10, 1965, it is celebrated on the last Sunday of the month.
In the Murmansk region, Chemist Day is celebrated in the city of Kirovsk, the city-forming enterprise for which is OJSC Apatit of the PhosAgro holding.
28 – International Day of Action for Women's Health (International Day of Action for Women's Health).
Initiated during the International Meeting on Women's Health in 1987. in Costa Rica and is celebrated starting this year. Officially recognized by the governments of several countries, as well as many international health organizations.
28 – Runet Optimizer Day.
Professional holiday of Runet optimizers, or SEO administrators. The abbreviation SEO (Search Engine Optimization) denotes various methods of working with search engines - with the goal of increasing the position of a resource in search results for certain user queries.
First celebrated in 2006. SEO specialists determined the date of the celebration arbitrarily - by voting on the Searchengines forum.
28 – Day of Brunettes.
The date of celebration is set three days earlier than for fair-haired representatives of the fair sex.
When and thanks to whom Brunette Day appeared is unknown. Presumably, this is a return holiday to Blonde Day.
29 – InternationaldaypeacekeepersUN(International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers).
Announced on September 29, 2002. UN General Assembly.
On this day in 1948 The UN Security Council established the first peacekeeping mission.
29 – Military Motorist Day.
Established by order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation I.D. Sergeev on February 24, 2000.
According to the Decree of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia on May 29, 1910. The first training automobile company was formed in St. Petersburg.
29 – Customs Service Veterans Day.
Established by a resolution of the executive committee of the All-Russian Union of Customs Service Veterans dated June 10, 1999. based on proposals received from veteran organizations of customs authorities.
05/29/1918 A decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR was issued “On the delimitation of the rights of central and local Soviet authorities to collect duties and on regulating the activities of local customs institutions.” In fact, this day is the birthday of the Soviet customs service. Until the collapse of the USSR, on May 29, in memory of this event, the Soviet Union celebrated the Day of the Soviet Customs Officer.
29 – World Digestive Day(World Digestive Health Day).
Established on the initiative of the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO).
In fact, the organization was founded in 1935 at the first International Congress of Gastroenterology in Brussels. But the official date of its founding is considered to be May 29, 1958, when the organization’s charter was adopted at the first World Gastroenterological Congress in Washington. It was decided to declare the day of adoption of the WGO charter as Healthy Digestion Day.
30 – World Asthma and Allergy Day.
It has been carried out since 1998 by decision of the World Health Organization under the auspices of GINA - the Global Initiative on Bronchial Asthma.
30 – International Feminism Day.
The date coincides with the day of the execution of Joan of Arc (01/06/1412 -05/30/1431).
31 – Day of the Russian Bar, informal.
Established 04/08/2005 The Second All-Russian Congress of Lawyers.
05/31/2002 President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin signed the Federal Law “On advocacy and the legal profession in the Russian Federation.”
31 – World No Tobacco Day(World No Tobacco Day).
Announced at the 42nd session of the World Health Organization in 1988. on the initiative of the International Society of Oncology.
In May 2003 WHO adopted the Tobacco Control Convention, which was joined by more than 90 countries, including Russia.
No Smoking Day is also celebrated on the third Thursday of November.
31 – World Blonde Day. Celebrated since 2006.
Prepared by Mikhail Demin.