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 |
