Russian Holidays

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Here is the list of official holidays in Russian Federation. Not all of the holidays are days off but all of them are important and observed. Don’t forget to greet your Russian girlfriend!

January 1-5 (days off) New Year Holidays
January 7 (day off) Christmas
January 14 Old New Year (a popular holiday in memory of Old Calendar)
January 25 Students’ Day (Tatiana’s Day)
February 14 St Valentine’s Day
February 23 (day off) Fatherland defender’s day (formerly Soviet Army Day)
March 8 (day off) Women’s Day
April 1 All Fulls’ Day
April 2 Unity of Nations Day
April 12 Cosmonautics Day
May 1 (day off) Labor Day
May 9 (day off) Victory Day
May 28 Frontiersmen’s Day
June 1 International Children’s Day
June 6 Pushkin’s Day
June 12 (day off) Russia Day
The 3rd Sunday of June Heath Care Worker’s Day
June 22 Memorial Day (day of the Beginning of the Great Patriotic War in 1941)
June 27 Youth Day
The 3rd Sunday of August Air Fleet Day
August 22 Russian Federation Flag Day
September 1 Knowledge Day
October 5 Teacher’s Day
November 4 (day off) National Unity Day
November 7 Day of Accord and Reconciliation (the former national holiday of the Great October Socialist Revolution)
November 10 Militia Day
Last Sunday of November Mother’s Day
December 12 Constitution Day

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