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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 ...
Sakha people celebrate the New Year twice a year – in winter with the rest of citizens of Russia, and in summer – according to the ancient traditions. Yakutia is the largest region of Russia. The winter temperatures sometimes reach −60 °C, while the summer is very short, lasting only three months.
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.
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.
Vladimir Putin made a pledge to Russia’s soldiers in his pre-recorded New Year address. In his address to the nation on Tuesday (31 December), the Russian President praised his country’s ...
New Year celebrations, including fireworks at the Burj Khalifa at midnight. ... Novy God has remained a popular celebration in modern Russia, [118] [119] [113] ...
It is called a New Year's tree because it is specific to the New Year and, with about 95% of Turkey's population being Muslim, most Turks do not celebrate Christmas. After the modernisation of Turkey, the Islamic calendar and the fiscal calendar were replaced by the Gregorian calendar and New Year's celebrations started in the late 1920s. The ...