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The following is the list of official public holidays recognized by the Government of Russia. On these days, government offices, embassies and some shops, are closed. If the date of observance falls on a weekend , the following Monday will be a day off in lieu of the holiday.
Maslenitsa (Belarusian: Масленіца; Russian: Мaсленица; Rusyn: Пущаня; Ukrainian: Масниця), also known as Butter Lady, Butter Week, Crepe week, or Cheesefare Week, is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday which has retained a number of elements of Slavic mythology in its ritual.
Other Russian Christmas attributes and traditions, such as gift-giving, Ded Moroz's visits and Christmas decorations, lost their religious significance and became associated with New Year's celebrations, which were secular in nature. [6] In 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Christmas was reinstated alongside other religious holidays.
Verteps parade. Lviv, Ukraine Koleduvane in Poland. 2019 Koleduvane in Russia. 2013. Koliada or koleda (Cyrillic: коляда, коледа, колада, коледе) is the traditional Slavic name for the period from Christmas to Epiphany or, more generally, for Slavic Christmas-related rituals, some dating to pre-Christian times. [1]
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 ...
Pages in category "Public holidays in Russia" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Celebrations at the Monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow, 2018. Unity Day, also called the Day of People's Unity or National Unity Day (Russian: День народного единства, romanized: Denʹ narodnogo yedinstva), is a national holiday in Russia held on 4 November [O.S. 22 October].
Public holidays in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Public holidays in Norfolk Island; Public holidays in Austria; Public holidays in Azerbaijan; Public holidays in the Bahamas; Public holidays in Bahrain; Public holidays in Bangladesh; Public holidays in Barbados; Public holidays in Belarus; Public holidays in Belgium; Public holidays in Belize ...