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  2. Christmas in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Russian Christmas festivities start on Christmas Eve, which is celebrated on 6 January [O.S. 24 December]. Christmas was largely erased from the Russian calendar for much of the 20th century due to the Soviet Union's anti-religious policies , but many of its traditions survived, having been transplanted to New Year's Day . [ 4 ]

  3. Matryoshka doll - Wikipedia

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    Matryoshka dolls may have been inspired by a nesting doll imported from Japan. [5] [7] The Children's Education workshop where Zvyozdochkin was a lathe operator received a five piece, cylinder-shaped nesting doll featuring Fukuruma in the late 1890s, [8] which is now part of the collection at the Sergiev Posad Museum of Toys. [8]

  4. Koliada (deity) - Wikipedia

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    Koleduvane is a ceremony with pagan roots that is still performed on Christmas Eve in many Slavic countries. Koleda is the modern Bulgarian word for Christmas. Koliadka , Koliada or Kaleda is a traditional song usually sung in Eastern Slavic countries ( Belarus and Ukraine ) only on Orthodox Christmas holidays, between the 7 and 14 of January

  5. Snegurochka - Wikipedia

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    In the late Russian Empire Snegurochka was part of Christmas celebrations, in the form of figurines to decorate the fir tree and as a character in children's pieces. [1] 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 ...

  6. Koliada - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. 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.

  8. Ded Moroz - Wikipedia

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    The Russian-language website provides "real-time tracking" of Ded Moroz, "news" of Ded Moroz throughout the year, a form to send e-mail to Ded Moroz, photos, videos, streaming audio of Russian songs, poems and verses from children's letters to Ded Moroz, information on Veliky Ustyug in Vologda Oblast (considered to be Ded Moroz's hometown) and ...

  9. Russian nesting doll - Wikipedia

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