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This order is used in both the all-numeric date (for example "28.08.17") and the expanded form (for example "28 августа 2017 г.". Note: The trailing "г" is short for "года" ("of the year"). Coincidentally, in Polish the word for year is "rok", so a similar date format is used by the Poles e.g. 1987r).
A new animated video from The Infographics Show on YouTube explains the urban myth of the Russian Sleep Experiment and what might have really happened.
The Soviet calendar was a modified Gregorian calendar that was used in Soviet Russia between 1918 and 1940. Several variations were used during that time. The Gregorian calendar, under the name "Western European calendar", was implemented in Soviet Russia in February 1918 by dropping the Julian dates of 1–13 February 1918.
As a result of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, local authorities in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol decreed that clocks in the newly proclaimed Russian federal subjects should jump ahead two hours at 10 p.m. on 29 March 2014 to switch from Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) to Moscow Time (UTC+04:00). [23]
The same date will be assigned to the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland, who deserve to have their own holiday." This memorial date was established by the State Duma of the Russian Federation on 26 January 2007, when the Russian parliamentarians adopted
The Russian Sleep Experiment's popularity has led to various adaptations over the years. A novel inspired by the original short story was published in 2015 but is now out-of-print. [9] The 2019 play Subject UH1317 - When Science Traces A Deadly Turn is based on the short story. [10]
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Logo from a stamped envelope issued for Knowledge Day in the USSR in 1986. Knowledge Day (Russian: День знаний, romanized: Den' znaniy), often simply called 1 September, is the day when the school year traditionally starts in Russia and many other former Soviet republics as well as other countries in the former Eastern Bloc (excluding Romania, where it falls on September 11; the ...