Holidays October November December. Official public holidays in Russia
The most significant holidays of 2017, celebrated throughout Russia, include eight major dates.
Official public holidays in Russia
January 1 (Sun) – celebration;
January 7 (Sat) - church holiday of the Nativity of Christ;
February 23 (Thurs) – Fatherland Defenders Day;
March 8 (Wed) – International Women's Day;
May 1 (Mon) - Spring and Labor Day;
May 9 (Tue) – Victory Day;
June 12 (Mon) — Russia Day;
November 4 (Sat) – Day of National Unity.
All listed dates and holidays are official non-working days, according to Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and are accompanied by folk festivities and observance of special rituals and traditions of celebrating each of the listed events (see. holiday calendar below).
Church Orthodox holidays in 2017
January 7 (Sat) - Nativity of Christ;
January 19 (Thu) - Epiphany;
February 15 (Wed) - Presentation of the Lord;
April 7 (Fri) - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
April 9 (Sun) - Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem;
April 16 (Sun) - in 2017;
May 25 (Thu) - Ascension of the Lord;
June 4 (Sun) - Orthodox Trinity;
August 19 (Sat) - Transfiguration of the Lord;
August 28 (Mon) - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
September 21 (Thu) - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
September 27 (Wed) - Exaltation of the Holy Cross;
December 4 (Mon) — Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary into the temple.
All other church holidays 2017, as well as one-day and multi-day Orthodox fasts, parental Saturdays and continuous weeks, you will find by opening.
Calendar of Russian holidays for 2017
Other important holidays
January 25 (Wed) – Tatiana’s day. Connected with the feat of the Great Martyr Tatiana (Tatiana of Rome - patroness of students). Established by Empress Elizabeth on the inspiration of I. Shuvalov in honor of the opening of Moscow University, which became a symbol of Russian enlightenment and education.
April 12 (Wed) – Cosmonautics Day. This is one of the most significant days in the history of not only Russian, but also world cosmonautics. It was on April 12, 1961 that the first human flight into space was made, which opened up unprecedented prospects for the development of technology and science for all mankind. The entire modern world of technology is directly dependent on this holiday date.
May 1 (Mon) - Labor Day, has remained since the existence of the USSR and is entrenched in people's minds as the beginning of the warm summer season. It is customary to celebrate May 1 with hard work: cleaning areas, doing agriculture, putting your home in order after the winter period.
June 6 (Tue) – Pushkin Day in Russia. The name of the holiday is associated with the name of the most famous Russian poet and writer A.S. Pushkin. On this date, Russia honors not only its beloved classic, but also the richness of its native Russian language.
September 1 (Fri) – Day of Knowledge. Since 1984, this holiday has been a state holiday and is the starting point for the start of the new school year.
October 5 (Thurs) – Teacher's Day. This holiday is dedicated to workers in the educational sector and is celebrated all over the world, but in Russia this date falls on October 5th, when in many other countries, including the countries of the former USSR, it is celebrated on a different date.
November 27 (Mon) – Mother's Day in Russia. A holiday dedicated to all mothers and pregnant women, glorifying the joy and responsibility of motherhood, the difficult lot of women and respect for all aspects of a woman’s life as a parent.
December 12 (Tue) – Constitution Day of the Russian Federation. Date of adoption of the current Constitution of the Russian Federation.
In just a few days, 2017 will assume its legal rights as ruler, which means it’s time to talk about what the period of the reign of the Fire Rooster will be like. It is important that at this time only 365 days are planned, which means the year will not be negative from its leap point point of view. All official public holidays in 2017 have already been included in the production calendar, which means we can talk in more detail about how Russia will rest from January 1.
Public holidays
Every year, the government of the Russian Federation creates and then approves a calendar of celebrations for the next 365 days, which indicates the exact time frame for workers’ rest in connection with some celebration. All that remains is to consider in more detail all the important dates of the warlike Year of the Rooster.
So, Russian legislation made sure that the following days could be called the time of official events:
All of the listed dates have acquired official status, and in honor of their occurrence, working citizens of the country have the right to additional days off. Moreover, if a holiday falls on a weekend day of the week, it means that it is automatically moved to the nearest working time. Postponements of all parade dates are established by the Government of the Russian Federation. 
Detailed description of the festive season 2017
The longest and most awaited weekend of the entire year is the New Year holidays. Their approximate duration does not change - 10-11 days. Previously, a whole set of important and beloved holidays were carried out in a fragmented mode: first the New Year was celebrated, then workers began their official duties for a few days, then they were interrupted again for the Christmas holidays and again remembered professional needs. It turns out that it was simply impossible to really enjoy the weekend. Because of this, now, for several years in a row, the Russian people are celebrating all winter holidays with long holidays starting at the end of December. Their end falls between January 8 and January 10.
Next year, the beginning of the specified time begins on a day off, therefore the long-awaited Christmastide starts for Russia on December 31, Saturday. The day before, on Friday 30th, the whole country will celebrate the final working day of the outgoing year. The subsequent solemn time will continue until January 8 - Sunday. This means that on Monday 9, Russians will return to their direct professional duties. 
Next according to the plan is January 23 or Defender of the Fatherland Day. This holiday falls on Thursday and it would be great if the following Friday also turned out to be a day off. But... this time the government of the Russian Federation rejected the logical transfer, in connection with which workers will receive a fractional week: three days of work, then a whole day to celebrate the most desired holiday among the male half of the population, then another 24 hours before the end of the working week and two days of legal weekend.
March 8 will be celebrated according to almost the same scenario - since International Women's Day next year falls on Wednesday, there can be no talk of any postponement. This only means that the working population of the country will once again have a split week at its disposal. 
The next holiday is May 1st. Spring is in full swing, which means it’s time for another celebration - May Day. According to labor legislation and official government orders, Russians will be able to enjoy their long-awaited vacation from April 29 - Saturday. The end of the events is celebrated on Monday, May 1. In this case, there will be a short three-day break from work, after which Russians will be able to return to their work duties.
One of the most significant dates for the Russian people falls on Tuesday. This applies to Victory Day, the official “vacation” in honor of which starts on Saturday, May 6. It turns out that the country will celebrate the next anniversary of the Victory for 4 days.
Another, no less important holiday of national importance is considered Russia Day. It is celebrated annually on June 12th. Next year, in honor of such a celebration, since it falls on a Monday, a short vacation of 3 days is automatically provided - a wonderful summer bonus to a vacation or just extra time to soak up the sun, which has not yet had time to heat up.
All that remains is to remember the last big holiday - National Unity Day November 4th. This occasion also deserves a 3-day weekend: the celebration itself falls on Saturday, so it is automatically moved to Monday 6. 
Transfers of days off
All that remains is to clearly show which holidays are dragged onto other days for the duration of the weekend. There will be 3 such changes in 2017:
- January 1, Sunday, to February 24, Friday;
- January 7, Saturday, to May 8, Monday;
- November 4, Saturday, to November 6, Monday.
In conclusion, all that remains is to add that although there will be many official holidays next year, this time will be enough to enjoy them and take a little break from the usual work routine.
The coming year 2019 is fully given over to the all-powerful Earth Pig. The indicated time is not a negative leap year, so there are exactly 365 days during its duration. Official holidays 2019 in Russia are listed on the calendar. Every year our Russia celebrates important holiday events for all Russians without exception, in honor of which working people are given long or short additional days off.
Public holidays in Russia in 2019
Every year, a calendar of holidays is created and then approved, which indicates what periods of rest the working people are entitled to in connection with the solemn arrival of one or another significant date.
Russian legislation has established the following official events:
- January – 1 – festive celebration of a merry New Year;
- January -7 – holiday of the Orthodox Birth of Christ;
- February -23 – a moment dedicated to the Russian defender of our Fatherland;
- March – 8 – celebration of All Women’s Day;
- May – 1 – meeting of the day of spring and universal labor;
- May – 9 – honor and respect for the great Victory Day;
- June -12 – Russia Day;
- November – 4 – the period dedicated to the Day of General National Unity.
All of the above public holidays in Russia 2019 have official status, and in honor of their calendar occurrence, the working people are given additional days off. If a holiday event occurs on a weekend during the week, then the day of the rest period is transferred to the next or previous day. All postponements of holidays, as well as pre-holiday dates, are established by the Russian government.
The longest holiday celebrations throughout the year are the New Year holidays; their approximate duration lasts about 10 days. Previously, these holiday events throughout the country were celebrated in a fragmented manner, that is, the working people first celebrated the onset of the festive New Year, then proceeded to immediate professional work, and then again went to a legitimate moment of rest in connection with the solemn onset of Orthodox and official Christmas. In recent years, these events have been combined into a single New Year holiday, so working people begin to celebrate the holidays from the end of the month of December, and begin to perform mandatory work duties after the 8th or even 10th of January (depending on the schedule of calendar holidays).
The Russian production calendar for 2017 contains information about how many working days there are in the year, how Russians rest, how many days the New Year holidays and May holidays last, as well as the transfer of weekends and non-working holidays. It provides working time standards for months, quarters, half-years and for the whole year for a 40-, 36- and 24-hour five-day working week.
Production calendar of Russia for 2017
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Imagine - every day in Russia another holiday, event, date is celebrated, and as a rule, more than one. Personal experience tells us that it is incredibly difficult to remember all the holidays of the year, but common sense whispers that it is not necessary. And indeed, why remember church holidays, state holidays, professional holidays, and to them it is also worth adding personal dates, such as the birthdays of relatives and a couple of dozen friends, wedding anniversaries, and others. Therefore, the daily calendar created by the SuperTosty website will solve for you the problem of remembering dates and events, will remind you of Orthodox holidays, Russian weekends, celebrated professional dates and other equally significant holidays. With events of a personal nature, what can you do, you will have to deal with them yourself; fortunately, it is also enough to write them down in a notebook, or better yet, a mobile phone where you can turn on a reminder - the twenty-first century is after all!
Our calendar reflects all the holidays of winter, spring, summer and autumn. For each holiday, we have selected congratulations, toasts, greeting cards and SMS. Now not a single holiday of the year will pass you by, you will be aware of events in Russia, its dates, and will be able to congratulate colleagues and friends on their working and professional holidays in time. After all, all year round, every day, hundreds of events are celebrated, dates dedicated to teachers, doctors, and other professions, church holidays, city days, military glory and other equally interesting holidays.
Holidays, dates and events of the year
Holiday calendar for January
January- (lat. Januarius), according to legend, received his name from the Roman king Numa Pompilius in honor of the Roman god Janus, personifying the beginning of a two-faced god, who looks with one face into the past, with the other into the future. The first day of January was also dedicated to Janus. January was introduced as one of the months in Ancient Rome around 700 BC. e., in 46 BC. e. Julius Caesar established the beginning of the year as January 1.The Slavic name prosinets - apparently from the increase in daylight, the addition of heavenly blue.
January is the beginning of the year, winter is the middle, and spring is the grandfather.
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Holiday calendar for February
February- (lat. Februarius), named after the ancient Greek god of the underworld Februus or Febru.
There is another version - in ancient times, February was the last of the year. In ancient Rome, for example, in February they tried to cleanse themselves of all the bad things that had accumulated over the year. Hence, its name - after the name of the rite of cult cleansing from sins, repentance in Dr. Rome - februarius (Latin - cleansing), in those days February was the last month of the year.
In addition to the official one, there are a number of popular names: “snezhen”, “kruten”, “zimobor”, “bokogrey”, “krivodorog”, “kazibrod”, “kazidoroga”.
Slavic names - sechen (cf. Ukrainian sichen - January) (according to the text of the Vologda Gospel), snezhen (according to the text of the Polotsk Gospel). Other Slavic names for the month: fierce, velcha, svechnik, druinik (that is, the second, svechkovy). Bokogray - the cattle comes out to bask in the sun. It was also called “low water” (the time between winter and spring). In the chronicles it was called a wedding, from winter weddings held from the day of Epiphany to Maslenitsa.
Holiday calendar for March
March- (lat. Martius). In the ancient Roman calendar, the year began with the month on which the vernal equinox fell. It was called primidilis - according to its serial number.
After the reform of this calendar, the first month of the year and spring became Martus (Latin Mars), in honor of the ancient Roman god Mars, the father of Romulus. Mars was the god of war, but, at the same time, and in its more ancient meaning, he was the god of farmers, rural workers.
The modern name for March came to us from Byzantium. And before that, in Ancient Rus' they called it “brezen” - evil for birches, flowing like this month they burned a birch on coals.
In the Russian folk calendar, March is called protalnik. Melt water - "snowflake", according to popular belief, is healing. They washed the floors in the house with it, watered flowers, and washed clothes taken from sick people in it. And the walls of the house were renewed, house plants gained strength, and the sick person was left thin and ill. Other names for this month are also known, associated with natural phenomena: winter forest, kaplyuzhnik, dry (from the winds drying up moisture), berezol or berezozol, prolezhny - from this month spring began, the harbinger of summer. Although March itself is not spring, but the pre-spring.
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Holiday calendar for April
April- (lat. Aprilis), named after the goddess Venus, or more precisely, her Greek counterpart Aphrodite. Other options: from Lat. apricus - “warmed by the sun, located in the sun” or aperio - “to open”, i.e. month, when shoots appear, buds open.
The Slavic name berezol, another - pollen, coincides with the Ukrainian. kviten.
The common Russian name - play the ravines, speaks of streams of melting snow.
Other names: snowgon, berezozol, pollen, light the snow.
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Holiday calendar for May
May- (lat. Majus), named after the Roman goddess Maya, the mother of Mercury, who personified blossoming nature and fertility. There is also a version that the name is based on the name not of the Roman, but of the Greek Maya - the goddess of the mountains, which at this time are covered with greenery. The Anglo-Saxons called May "trimilk" - from May, cows began to be milked three times a day. The Danes call it "blumaandom".
Slavic and Ukrainian name - grass. The Slavs also called it proletny. Other names: herbalist, herbal, light bloomer, pink flower, rose flower, pollen, daylight, bird whistling, nightingale moon, kveten, rose flower, roznyak, great traven, sheva or shwiban, May. There was another name - Yarets (in honor of the Slavic sun god Yarila).
May is popularly considered unlucky. This is a bad month for weddings. “To get married in May is to suffer forever.” “I would be glad to get married, but May doesn’t tell me.”
Most often, cold weather occurs during the flowering period of bird cherry (from May 4). They say: “When the bird cherry blossoms, there is always cold.” The cold in May is called “cheremkhovaya”.
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Holiday calendar for June
June- (lat. Junius), named after the goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter, goddess of fertility, mistress of rain and guardian of marriage. According to another version, the name of the month goes back to the word “junior”, which means “young”, “younger”.
June is the month of radiant sun, the longest days and white nights, the brightest month of the year is Milk. And June is also a songful and fertile month, grain-growing and hoarding, grain-bearing, it accumulates harvest for the whole year, enriches our home. June and the blush of the year, and the first grass, and the anthill. The time of tall grasses and hayfields, bright flowers was also called multi-colored, retail, strawberry.
If the nights are warm in June, there will be an abundance of fruits.
Like June, so is the hay.
Heavy dew is a sign of fertility, and frequent fogs promise a mushroom harvest.
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Holiday calendar for July
July- (lat. Julius, named after Julius Caesar. Before that - Quintilis). Slavic names - lipets (Ukrainian name - lipen), from the time of flowering of the linden tree; the hay barn (“hay” and “to ripen”) and the hay barn reflected the ripening of hay and its placement in stacks; The Russian name "cherven" comes from the old Russian word "chervleny", i.e. red, beautiful. July is called the beauty of summer, its hope, the middle of color. They call it the green feast of the year, the month of fragrant berries, honey herbs, generous sweet tooth, lush, lush and colorful.
July is popularly called senostav, zharnik, senozarnik, sickle, pribirikha and sufferer. Due to frequent rain showers and thunderstorms, July was called a month of thunderstorms and thunderstorms. It’s not without reason that people say that July throws lightning and cripples oak trees. July is also mowing and mowing, hay-growing and hay-growing, green suffering and the darling of sudden and fleeting rains. July is the central month of summer, the zenith of heat, radiant beauty. People talked about July: since July came into the yard, it’s time to cram sickles; The harvest is an expensive time, there is no peace for anyone here. With the most intense heat, the harvest began and the first, nightly sheaf was knitted.
If July is hot, December will be frosty. In July, clouds stretch across the sky in stripes - it will rain. The greenish color of a puddle is a sign of the onset of severe drought. In the morning the fog spreads across the grass - the weather will be good. If the grass is dry in the morning, expect rain by night.
Holiday calendar for August
August- (lat. Augustus). Named after the Roman Emperor Augustus. Eighth month of the year. The name is not Russian; it came to our fathers from Byzantium. The indigenous, Slavic names of this month were different.
Other names: serpen (from the word “sickle”, harvest time), dawn (from the radiance of lightning), gustar (they eat everything abundantly, thickly), zhench, zhneyska, prashnik, velikserpen, osemnik (eighth), mistress, velikomesnyak, kimovets, kolovets, morning watcher.
Depending on the customs, many different rituals are held on Zarev (including all three Spas - apple, honey, nut).
Proverbs and sayings about August: August does not tell you to walk. In August, the sickles are warm and the water is cold. Look at oats and flax in August, earlier they are unreliable. A peasant has three worries in August: mowing, plowing, and sowing. August destroys, but then amuses. August is hard labor, but after that there will be a riot. August cabbage, and March sturgeon. For women, there is a holiday in August, the harvest, and from September it is Indian summer. August of the gathering or supply.
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Holiday calendar for September
September(lat. September) - the first month of autumn. Leaf grower. Pensive. Howler. Fieldfare. Veresen. Zorevnik. Khmuren. Centemary. Ruen. Ruin. End of summer.
The name of the month reflects the autumn season: Revun - it is raining, bad weather; Gloomy - fading sunlight, gloomy sky; Ruen - yellow color of autumn; Ryuin - roar of deer.
It is customary to finish field work in September, and it is no coincidence that it was once the first month of the year: the old year ended and the year of the new harvest began. In September, in the 2nd half, the color of the leaves of maple, linden, oak, and birch changes. From the end of the first ten days, linden, elm, and warty birch leaves fall; The crowns of hawthorn, maple, bird cherry, aspen, ash, red elderberry, and oak are thinning. Linden and poplar begin to fall leaves from below; elm, hazel and ash - on top.
Signs of September: Thunder in September foreshadows a warm autumn. Until the leaves fall from the cherries, no matter how much snow falls, the thaw will drive it away. If the cranes fly high, slowly and “talk,” it will be a good autumn. The web spreads over the plants - to warmth.
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Holiday calendar for October
October- (lat. October). The ancient Russian name for the month October, October. Muddy. Leaf fall. Podzimnik. Pozimnik. Wedding party. Pazdernik. Zazimye. Freeze. Measured. Praise the month. The names of the month October are mainly borrowed from Central Greek. October is the late period of autumn. The norm of sunshine is 80 hours. The weather is very changeable. The day decreases by 2 hours 10 minutes.
The eighth month of the old Roman year, which began in March before Caesar's reform. Got its name from Lat. octo - eight. Due to the transition to winter time, it is the longest month of the year (745 hours).
October will cover the earth, sometimes with leaves, sometimes with snow. In October, neither on wheels nor on sleds. It's October for everyone, but the guy has no choice. In October there are seven weather conditions: sowing, blowing, twisting, stirring, roaring, pouring from above, sweeping from below. Late leaf fall means a difficult year.
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Holiday calendar for November
November- English November - from lat. novem "nine", which is what the Romans considered it to be;
The Old Russian name is gruden, from “gruda” - frozen earth in piles, not covered with snow, in Old Russian, for example. Nestor the chronicler generally has a winter road. Ukrainian name for leaf fall. Other names for November: Leaves. Leafy. Leafy. Breast. Ice cream. Freezing over. Half-winter road. Zapka winter. Gate of winter. Wedding party. The last month of autumn.
The most foggy month of the year. November is the gate of winter. November - September's grandson, October's son, winter's dear father. November is the twilight of the year. In November, winter fights with autumn. In November, the man says goodbye to the cart and climbs into the sleigh. November nights are dark before the snow. In November there will be snow - bread will arrive. Everything in November is en masse - on the table, on the land, and on the water. November also gives generously, like autumn. But the road is full of potholes, and there is confusion between the villages. Don't pass, don't pass.
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Holiday calendar for December
December(Latin: December) - the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar. The tenth month of the Old Roman year, which began in March before Caesar's reform. Got its name from Lat. decem - ten. After shifting the beginning of the year to January, it became the twelfth and last month of the year.
The ancient Russian name is winter road, studen, stuzhaylo, studenny. Ukrainian name for breast. December is popularly called the gates of winter. It’s time to protect the peasant’s goods from severe frosts, from scarcity, to see that the nourishing spirit in the grain bottoms does not run out, the grain does not dry out, or freeze. In December they said: “warmth flows from the eyes,” i.e. the frost breaks through to tears.
Folk signs: If December is dry, spring and summer will be dry. If this month is cold, snowy, with frost and winds, there will be a harvest.
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