Holiday New year Custom to celebrate New year for the first time appeared in Mesopotamia. According to the scientists, the first new year was celebrated in the third millennium B.C. The tradition of celebration of New year was connected with that all agricultural works began at the end of March after there arrived water in the Tiger and Euphrates. Within 12 days processions, carnivals, masquerades also marked this event. During a holiday it was forbidden to work and manage courts.

Including the first day of year the favorable. This day in the small town of Bethlehem there was an unknown event — Bogomladenets Syn Bozhy was born in the world. Jesus Christ was born supernatural image from Virgin Mary, the Virgin. Christmas finishes a forty-day Christmas post (sacred Chetyredesyatnitsa), on the eve of a holiday is observed a strict post. After Christmas there comes a Christmas-tide — sacred days or 12 days during which the holiday is celebrated

It was accepted to consider that on February 23, 1918 groups of Red guard gained the first victories near Pskov and Narva over active armed forces of kayzerovsky Germany. Here these first victories also became in the afternoon of «Red Army» For some people the holiday remained on February 23 day of men which serve in army or in any power structures. Nevertheless, the majority of citizens of Russia and the countries of the former USSR are inclined to consider Day of the defender of the Fatherland not so much as anniversary of a great victory or the Birthday of Red Army, how many, as Put real men. Defenders in the widest sense of it словатали «birthday of Red Army». Holiday on February 23

The international Women's Day in which achievements of women in political, economic and social areas are noted, the present and the future of women of a planet is celebrated last. The holiday is celebrated by the United Nations, and in some countries — Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine — this day is a national holiday.

It is entered in 1945 however since 1948 was the working day. Festive salute on Red Square Nevertheless, the holiday kept the value, festive cards were issued and congratulations to veterans sounded. For the first time widely it was celebrated in the USSR only two decades later, already at Brezhnev. In the same anniversary 1965 the Victory Day again became non-working.

The constitution day — celebration of adoption of the Constitution in modern Russia, is celebrated on December 12. On December 12 the 1993rd national vote adopted the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and since 1994 decrees of the president of Russia («» and «About the day off on December 12») day was declared on December 12 the Constitution day of the Russian Federation by the state holiday.

On April 12, 1961 the Soviet cosmonaut Yu.A.Gagarin by the East spaceship started from the Baikonur spaceport and for the first time in the world made orbital flight of a planet Earth. Flight in a circumterraneous space lasted 108 minutes. In the Soviet Union memorable day is established by the decree of Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR from April 12, Day of astronautics is celebrated under the name. In the Russian Federation Day of astronautics is celebrated according to article 1.1 of the Federal law from March 13, 1995 of No. 32-FZ «About days of military glory and memorials of Russia».

Paskh (Greek πάσχα, lat. Pascha, ивр. פסח‎ песах — «passing by»); in Christianity also Voskreseniye Hristovo (Greek Ἡ Ανάστασις το ῦ Ἰ ησο ῦ Χριστο ῦ ) — the most ancient Christian holiday; main holiday of divine service year. It is established in honor of Jesus Christ's revival. Now its date in each concrete year is estimated on lunar solarly calendar (a passing holiday).

By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin from June 8, 1996 of N of June it is declared in the Afternoon of memory and grief. 2000: Vladimir Putin assigns a wreath to a grave of the unknown soldier. Put memories and griefs in Russia This day in the territory of the Russian Federation National flags are lowered a little. It is recommended to all cultural institutions, channels of television and radio stations not to include this day in the program entertaining actions and transfers.

Knowledge Day is celebrated on September 1 as the state holiday in the USSR and the Russian Federation since 1984, on the basis of the Decree of Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR from No X «About festive and memorable days», in edition of the Decree of Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR from No XI «About modification of the legislation of the USSR about festive and memorable days». Also is an official holiday in other Post-Soviet states. decrease. Knowledge Day

It was founded by the decree of Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR from September 29, Since 1994 Russia celebrates the Teachers' Day on October 5 [1] together with the World day of teachers. Earlier this professional holiday dropped out on the first Sunday of October. In Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Ukraine, Moldova — the first Sunday of October is celebrated. In Uzbekistan the Teachers' Day is celebrated on October 1 (day off). In Estonia the Teachers' Day is celebrated on October 5. In the Nagorno-Karabakh republic the Teachers' Day is celebrated on the second Saturday of October. Teachers' Day