All-Russian holidays: examples, list

In Russia, today there are seven state holidays - those specified in Article 112 of the LC RF. These are non-working days. The country is known and from different historical times, and established in recent years, all-Russian holidays. The list of articles 112 has, however, an exception. Christmas is a non-working day, but it is not considered a public holiday.

Significantly more are the dates that have not received the status of a non-working day. As one, and others - all-Russian holidays. About them and we will tell in the article.

What are all-Russian holidays?

These are special days relating to various events: politics and religion, individual professions, memorable, national dates and so on.

Examples of all-Russian holidays in their focus:

• Political - Constitution Day;
• Religious - Resurrection of the Lord;
• Professional - Day of employees of the Prosecutor's Office;
• Memorable dates - the Day of lifting the blockade of the city of Leningrad;
• Folk - the Day of Ivan Kupala;
• Entertaining - International Day of KVN;
• Others.

It should be noted that the division of the marked days is conditional - a religious holiday may well be popular, but professional - at the same time political. Consider what kind of all-Russian holidays are at different times of the year.

Spring

The eighth of March, the first and the ninth of May are celebrated in blooming months. This is just three public holidays, which fall in the spring.

International women's day is loved not only by ladies of all ages, but also by a strong half of humanity. On the 8th of March they are especially attentive and caring towards women, giving them gifts, flowers and giving pleasant surprises.

On the day of spring and labor, trade unions go out into the street with banners and walk with them through the center of the city. This holiday is celebrated not only in Russia, but all over the world. But the Victory Day is a holiday of the Russian people and the former republics of the Soviet Union. It was the Soviet people who suffered the greatest losses in this bloody war and played a major role in the victory over fascist Germany.

In addition to them, many other dates are also noted. Mostly these are professional holidays, among them: Day of Forensic Expert, Worker of Drug Control, Geodesy and Cartography, Penitentiary System, Economic Security, Trade in Services and Housing, Hydrometeorological Service, Culture, Investigative Bodies, Military Commissariats, Cryptographer, Diver, Freelancer and others.

All-Russian holidays of religious orientation of spring are first of all Easter.

Summer

The public holiday in the hot season is the Day of Russia, celebrated on the twelfth of June.

The most important memorable date for this period is the twenty-second of June, the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow. Then the national flags are lowered, and the television services try to refrain from entertainment programs whenever possible. The people mourn and pay tribute to the memory and respect for those who died during the war.

Besides these important dates, the summer months are full of numerous professional holidays. Also various festivals are held, which in due course can be fully erected in all-Russian holidays. Some of them are organized directly on the nature and last for several days. Especially often they are musical events.

So, become truly all-Russian in recent years rock festival "Invasion" in 2015 was held in Bolshoe Zavidovo and gathered already two hundred thousand fans.

Autumn

What are the all-Russian holidays in the cool and rainy season?
Autumn begins on the first of September, when the children go to school. Parents by this time already fairly ran around the shops and bought all the essentials for their studies. This is the Day of Knowledge.

The last state holiday is celebrated on the fourth of November. It is called the Day of National Unity. The holiday is quite young. Only at the end of 2004 the federal law "On days of military glory (Victory Days of Russia)" was adopted and since then a new date has been celebrated in our country.

All-Russian holidays of a professional orientation in this period are Patrol Service Day, Russian Guard, financier, tester, tankman, programmer, HR manager, recruiter, secretary, educator, machine builder, motorist, customs officer, sign language interpreter, military communications officer, cadre worker, Teacher, bailiff and others.

From the entertaining holidays, the International KVN Day is interesting. The game originated in the Soviet Union and continues to develop in Russia. Today, when many television entertainment programs are invented in the Western world and only copied onto Russian television, such and such games are especially important for the preservation of national identity.

Winter

All-Russian holidays in Russia in the cold season - this is primarily the New Year and the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland.

Russian people like to celebrate holidays for a long time. And therefore the New Year is not only for us on January 1, but also for (in the old style) the thirteenth.

On February 23, women congratulate men on Defender of the Fatherland Day. Lately, discussions have been held about celebrating this holiday on May 6, the Day of St. George the Victorious. But so far is the February date.

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on the seventh of January. It should be noted that the holiday for Catholics and a number of representatives of other religions falls on the twenty-fifth of December. The contradiction here comes from the old and new styles of calendars. Orthodox celebrate the holiday of the Julian calendar, and Catholics and Protestants - according to the Gregorian calendar.

Examples of all-Russian holidays in the winter are the Day of the employee of the Prosecutor's Office, the Russian press, students, navigator, bank employee, networker, lawyer, realtor, registry office, energy, rescuer, dentist, diplomatic worker and so on.

Among the religious except for Christmas, the Baptism of the Lord (Holy Epiphany) is of great importance.

How many holidays in Russia

In total, in our country there are (according to different estimates) from two hundred to two hundred and eleven dates, when all-Russian holidays are celebrated. The list, as you could see, is quite extensive.

If you want to have a reason to celebrate a particular day, you can always find a holiday. There are more than 200 Russian ones. And if to add to them international or celebrated in another state, then it is unlikely to find a day without a holiday.

Russia is ahead of the whole planet

People choose whether the days are special for them or not. Despite the large number of holidays, Russia is not in the first place in the world on weekends. It is ahead of:

• Israel, in which 25 days in a year of holiday holidays;
• China, Egypt, and Hong Kong (16 days);
• India, Indonesia, Thailand, Morocco (15 days).

In our country there are 14 of them, which consist of state holidays, Christmas and New Year holidays.