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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.
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 ...
The Red Square Christmas Market (Russian: Рождественская ярмарка на Красной площади, romanized: Rozhdestvyenskaya yarmarka na Krasnoy ploshchadi) or Red Square New Year's Market (Russian: Новигодная ярмарка на Красной площади, romanized: Novigodnaya yarmarka na Krasnoy ploshchadi), officially the GUM-Fair (Russian: ГУМ ...
Since the introduction and familiarization of Russian culture during the socialist era, Mongolia has been celebrating the New Year's festivities as a formal holiday. Өвлийн өвгөн, Övliin Övgön (Grandfather Winter) is the Mongolian equivalent of Ded Moroz, who brings children and adult alike gifts on New Year's Eve. [46]
Russian and Turkish New Year's trees are of the same varieties as those used for Christmas trees, although a spruce tree is the most usual type. The decorations are the same as for Christmas trees; however the Russian style New Year's tree is completely secular and its decorations include no religious symbols. [3]
In the early Soviet Union, the holiday of Christmas was banned, together with other Christian traditions, until it was reinstated as a holiday of newly-independent Russia in 1991. [7] However, in 1935 the celebration of the New Year was allowed, which included, in part, the fir tree and Ded Moroz. At this time Snegurochka acquired a role of the ...
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.