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Boris Yeltsin's 1999 New Year Address in which he announced his resignation Dmitry Medvedev's 2008 New Year Address Vladimir Putin's 2017 New Year Address. In Russia, tuning in before midnight to watch the President's speech (Russian: новогодние обращения) has become traditional. [1]
A New Year tree in Moscow in 2007–2008 Ded Moroz and Snegurochka in Belarus. Novy God or Noviy God (Russian: Новый Год, lit. 'New Year') is a New Year celebration observed in Russia, in post-Soviet states, and globally by the diasporas of post-Soviet states.
In addition to New Year's Day (Новый год, Novy god) on 1 January, 2–5 January are public holidays as well, [1] [2] called New Year holiday (новогодние каникулы, novogodniye kanikuly). The holiday includes 6 and 8 January, with Christmas being 7 January, declared as non-working days by law. Until 2005, only 1 and 2 ...
These are the best New Year quotes out there. Each one will inspire you to head into New Year's Eve—and 2024—with confidence and joy! ... “Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you ...
1–7 January – New Year's Day and Holidays; 7 January – Christmas (Orthodox) 23 February – Defender of the Fatherland Day; 24 February – Defender of the Fatherland Holiday; 8 March – International Women's Day; 10 March – International Women's Day Holiday; 1 May – Spring and Labour Day; 17 May – Constitution Day; 29 May ...
The Old New Year, the Orthodox New Year, also known as Ra's as-Sanah or Ras el-Seni in the Middle East, is an informal traditional holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the Old New Year falls on January 14 in the Gregorian calendar.
Nowadays, Snegurochka is a strongly capitalized figure in Russia, being an important part of the New Year's celebrations, culture and almost always used as the companion of the Ded Moroz. [12] [13] In 2020, a man from Russia tried to sue Coca Cola for bringing Santa Claus into their Russian ad instead of Ded Moroz and Snegurochka. [14]
The best-known was the New Year's Little Blue Light (Russian: Новогодний Голубой огонёк, romanized: Novogodny Goluboy ogonyok), aired on every New Year's Eve as a part of the late Soviet tradition: the Little Blue Light followed the New Year's speech by the General Secretary of the Communist Party with congratulations to ...