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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. 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.

  4. 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]

  5. Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.

  6. Public holidays in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    Date English name Russian name Notes 1 January: New Year's Day: Russian: Новый год Most of the traditions that were originally associated with Christmas in Russia, such as Father Frost and decorated fir-trees, have been moved to New Year's Day since the October Revolution, arguably making New Year's Day the largest celebration in the Soviet Union and modern Russia.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Mark Your Calendar: 13 Dates To Keep on Your Radar in 2023 - AOL

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    This is also the final day to make IRA and HSA contributions for 2022 June 15 On June 15, U.S residents living abroad must pay their taxes, or file an extension to push the deadline to Oct. 16.

  9. Slavic calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Slavic names of the months have been preserved by a number of Slavic people in a variety of languages. The conventional month names in some of these languages are mixed, including names which show the influence of the Germanic calendar (particularly Slovene, Sorbian, and Polabian) [1] or names which are borrowed from the Gregorian calendar (particularly Polish and Kashubian), but they have ...