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  2. Soviet calendar - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Julian calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts of Oriental Orthodoxy as well as by the Amazigh people (also known as the Berbers).

  4. List of adoption dates of the Gregorian calendar by country

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    Except where stated otherwise, the transition was a move by the civil authorities from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. In religious sources it could be that the Julian calendar was used for a longer period of time, in particular by Protestant and Eastern Orthodox churches. The historic area does not necessarily match the present-day area ...

  5. Old Style and New Style dates - Wikipedia

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    Countries that adopted the Gregorian calendar after 1699 needed to skip an additional day for each subsequent new century that the Julian calendar had added since then. When the British Empire did so in 1752, the gap had grown to eleven days; [b] when Russia did so (as its civil calendar) in 1918, thirteen days needed to be skipped. [c]

  6. Old New Year - Wikipedia

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    This traditional dating of the New Year is sometimes commonly called "Orthodox" because it harks back to a time when governments in Russia and Eastern Europe used the Julian calendar, which is still used by some jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church's liturgical year actually begins in September.

  7. Byzantine calendar - Wikipedia

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    [note 10] It was only in AD 1700 that the Byzantine calendar in Russia was changed to the Julian calendar by Peter the Great. [14] It still forms the basis of traditional Orthodox calendars up to today. September AD 2000 began the year 7509 AM. [note 11]

  8. Slavic Native Faith's calendars and holidays - Wikipedia

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    According to the Rodnover questions–answers compendium Izvednik (Изведник), almost all Russian Rodnovers rely upon the Gregorian calendar and celebrate the "sunny holidays" (highlighted in yellow in the table herebelow), with the addition of holidays dedicated to Perun, Mokosh and Veles (green herebelow), the Red Hill ancestral holiday (orange herebelow), and five further holidays ...

  9. Public holidays in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russian Orthodox Christmas Service in St. Petersburg on 7 January 2019. Christmas in Russia (Рождество Христово, Rozhdestvo Khristovo) is celebrated on 25 December (Julian calendar) which falls on 7 January (Gregorian calendar) and commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ.