Holidays in Russia
There are several public holidays in Russia and also some religious holidays or days of honor and remembrance.
Statutory non-working holidays
If the public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it will be made up on the following working day in accordance with Russian legislation.
The government can shift individual working days to Saturdays and Sundays that are actually non-working in order to achieve a chain of uninterrupted non-working days in the preceding or following week. Days out of sequence can also be declared non-working days. For example, April 28, 2007 (Saturday) was a working day, but April 30, 2007 (Monday) was a day off. This resulted in three consecutive days off: from April 29th to May 1st.
- January 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th - New Years Holidays ( Russian: Новогодние каникулы / Novogodnije kanikuly )
- January 7th - Russian Orthodox Christmas (Russian Рождество Христово / Roschdestwo Christowo )
- February 23 - Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russian День защитника Отечества / Den saschtschitnika Otetschestwa )
- March 8th - International Women's Day (Russian Международный женский день / Meschdunarodny schenski den )
- May 1 - Spring and Labor Day (Russian Праздник Весны и Труда / Prasdnik Wesny i Truda )
- May 9 - Victory Day (May 9, 1945 the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht in World War II ) (Russian День Победы / Den Pobedy )
- June 12th - Day of Russia (Russian День России / Den Rossii ) - Official national holiday of Russia
- November 4 - People's Day (day of the liberation of Moscow from the Polish occupation in 1612) (Russian День народного единства / Den narodnowo jedinstwa )
May 2, November 7 and December 12 ( Constitution Day of the Russian Federation ) are no longer public holidays since 2005. To this end, three public holidays were added in January and November 4th was introduced.
Religious holidays, honor and memorial days
- January 1st - New Year
- January 12th - Public Prosecutor's Day
- January 13 - Printing Industry Day and New Year
- January 14th - Old New Year - The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates New Year according to the Julian calendar .
- January 19 - Epiphany
- January 21 - Engineer Troops Day
- January 27 - the day of the lifting of the Leningrad blockade (1944)
- February 2 - the day of the Battle of Stalingrad (1943)
- February 8 - Russian Science Day
- February 10 - Diplomat Day
- February 23 - Defender of the Fatherland Day
- March 8th - Women's Day
- Third Sunday in March - day of the employees of the trade, working people in the field of house and communal services
- March 27 - Police and Interior Ministry Day
- April 1st - Humor Day
- April 2nd - International Understanding Day
- April 7th - Annunciation
- First Sunday in April - Geologist's Day
- April 12 - International Aerospace Day ( Cosmonaut Day )
- Second Sunday in April - Air Defense Forces Day
- April 18 - Day of the Battle of Lake Peipus (1242)
- Third Sunday in April - Science Day
- April 26 - Memorial Day for those who died in nuclear accidents (The Chernobyl disaster happened on this day in 1986. )
- May 7th - Radio Day
- May 18 - Museum Day
- May 24th - Day of Slavic Writing and Culture
- Last Sunday in May - Chemical Worker's Day
- May 27th - Libraries Day
- May 28 - Day of the Border Troops of Russia
- June 1st - International Children's Day
- June 8th - Social Worker's Day
- June 6 - Pushkin Day
- Second Sunday in June - day of the working people in light industry
- Third Sunday in June - Health Care Workers Day
- June 22nd - Day of Remembrance and Mourning
- Last Saturday of June - Inventor and Rationalizer Day
- June 27th - Youth Day
- First Sunday in July - day of the working people of sea and inland navigation
- July 2nd - All Saints' Day
- July 8th - Family, Love and Loyalty Day
- July 10 - Day of the Battle of Poltava (1709)
- Second Sunday of July - Fisherman's Day. Post day
- Third Sunday of July - Metallurgist's Day
- Last Sunday of July - Navy Day
- July 28th - day of the baptism of Rus
- First Sunday in August - Railway Worker's Day
- August 2nd - Airborne Forces Day
- August 6 - Railway Troops Day
- August 9 - the day of the first victory of the Russian Navy in the naval battle of Gangut (1714)
- August 12 - Air Force Day
- Second Sunday in August - Construction Worker's Day
- Third Sunday in August - Aviation Day
- August 22 - Flag Day of Russia
- August 23 - Day of the Battle of Kursk (1943)
- Last Sunday in August - Miners' Day
- August 27th - Cinema Day
- September 1st - Knowledge Day (school starts)
- First Sunday in September - Day of the Working People in the Oil and Gas Industry
- September 8 - Day of the Battle of Borodino (1812)
- September 11th - Day of the Sea Battle at Tendra (1790)
- September 13 - Programmer's Day (September 12 in leap years)
- Second Sunday of September - Armored Troops Day
- September 21 - Day of the Battle of Kulikowo Polje (1380)
- Third Sunday in September - Forest Service Employees Day
- Last Sunday in September - Machine Builders Day
- October 1st - International Day of the Elderly
- October 4th - Space Forces Day
- October 5th - World Teachers Day
- October 23 - Recruiter's Day
- October 25th - Customs Officer Day
- Last Sunday in October - Transportation Workers Day
- October 30th - Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression
- November 7th - the day of the October Revolution of 1917 (celebrated mainly by Russian communists, until 2005 also an official holiday of Russia)
- November 10th - Police Day
- November 19 - Artillery Day
- November 21 - Employee Day of the Tax Service
- Third Sunday of November - Agricultural and Food Industry Working People's Day
- Last Sunday in November - Mother's Day
- December 1 - day of the sea battle at Sinop (1853)
- December 5 - day of the start of the counterattack in the Battle of Moscow (1941)
- December 17th - Strategic Missile Forces Day
- December 20th - FSB Employee Day
- Third Sunday in December - Energy Worker's Day
- December 24 - Day of the Conquest of Ismajil (1790) (Usually the birth of Christ)
- December 27th - Day of the Savior