Holidays and Memorable Days in Russia

Holidays in Russia - Overview

Holidays and memorable days of Russia are officially established in Russia holidays, professional holidays, memorable days, memorable dates, and days of military glory (victorious days) of Russia.

Non-working holidays in Russia are additional days off associated with the holidays and listed in the Labor Code of Russia. In addition to non-working holidays, there are working holidays in Russia - holidays that are not additional days off, but solemn events are still held.

Professional holidays are established in recognition of the merits of workers in the branches of the national economy and various fields of activity.

Memorable days are set in honor of significant events and dates in world history or the history of Russia. On June 22, the Day of Remembrance and Grief (the day of Nazi Germany’s attack on the USSR), there are no entertainment programs on TV and radio.

Memorable dates of Russia are officially established memorable dates in the history of Russia, connected with the most important historical events in the life of the state and society.

Days of military glory (victorious days) of Russia are set to commemorate the glorious victories of Russian troops, which played decisive roles in the history of the country.

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11 August, 2018  / On the second Saturday of August, Russia celebrates the Day of the Athlete - a professional holiday of coaches, physical training teachers, athletes, and just all lovers of physical activity. Today, in most cities of the country there are all kinds of sports events and competitions.

31 July, 2016  / On the last Sunday of July, Russia celebrates the Day of the Navy. A lot of memorable ceremonies, military parades and veterans meeting are held all over the country. The main celebrations take place in St. Petersburg.

9 May, 2015  / Today, Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union celebrate the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. It is a joyous and sad holiday. We want to honor the memory of all those killed in this hopefully last world war.

Russian holidays list

January

  • January 1-6, 8 (days off) - New Year Holidays
  • January 7 (day off) - Christmas
  • January 12 - Prosecutors Day (professional holiday)
  • January 13 - Day of the Russian Press (professional holiday)
  • January 21 - Day of Engineering Troops (memorable day)
  • January 25 - Tatyana’s Day (the holiday of all students) (memorable date)
  • January 27 - Day of the Lifting of the Siege of Leningrad (military glory day)

February

  • February 2 - Day of the Victory of the Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (military glory day)
  • February 8 - Day of Russian Science, International Day of Dentists (professional holiday)
  • February 9 - Day of Civil Aviation Employees, Day of Warehouse Workers (professional day)
  • February 10 - Day of Diplomatic Employees (professional day)
  • February 15 - Memorial Day for Soldiers-Internationalists (memorable date). February 15, 1989, the last column of Soviet troops left the territory of Afghanistan
  • February 23 (day off) - Defender of the Fatherland Day, informal holiday of all men in Russia
  • February 27 - Day of Special Operations Forces (professional day)

March

  • March 1 - Day of Expert-Criminalists, World Civil Defense Day (professional holiday)
  • March 8 (day off) - International Women’s Day
  • Second Sunday in March - Day of Specialists of Geodesy and Cartography (professional holiday)
  • March 11 - Day of Drug Control Specialists (professional holiday)
  • March 12 - Day of Employees of the Penitentiary System of the Ministry of Justice (professional holiday)
  • Third Sunday in March - Day of Employees of Trade, Consumer Services, Housing and Communal Services (professional day)
  • March 19 - Day of Seamen-Submariners (professional holiday)
  • March 23 - Day of the Hydrometeorological Service of Russia (professional holiday)
  • March 25 - Day of the Russian Culture (professional holiday)
  • March 27 - Day of Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (professional holiday)
  • March 29 - Day of Legal Service Specialists of the Russian Armed Forces

April

  • April 1 - Day of Laughter also known as April Fools’ Day (informal holiday)
  • April 2 - Day of Unity of Peoples
  • April 8 - Day of Military Commissariats (professional holiday)
  • First Sunday in April - Day of Geologists (professional holiday)
  • April 12 - Cosmonautics Day - commemoration of the first manned space flight (memorable date)
  • Second Sunday in April - Day of Air Defense Troops of Russia (memorable day)
  • April 15 - Day of Experts on Electronic Warfare (professional holiday)
  • April 18 - Day of the Victory of Russian Soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German Knights on Lake Peipus (the Battle on the Ice, 1242) (military glory day)
  • April 19 - Day of Russian Printing (professional holiday)
  • April 21 - Local Government Day
  • April 26 - Day of Memory of the Victims of Radiation Accidents and Disasters - the day of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster (memorable day)
  • April 27 - Notary Day (professional holiday), Day of Russian Parliamentarism
  • April 28 - International Labor Day
  • April 30 - Day of Firemen (professional holiday)

May

  • May 1 (day off) - Spring and Labor Day
  • May 7 - Day of Radio, Employees of All Branches of Communication, Day of the Presidential Regiment (professional holiday)
  • May 9 (day off) - Victory Day (military glory day)
  • Last Sunday in May - Day of Chemists (professional holiday)
  • May 20 - World Metrology Day, World Day of Trauma Doctors
  • May 21 - Day of Polar Explorers (professional holiday)
  • May 24 - Day of Slavic Writing and Culture, Day of Cadre Employees (professional holiday)
  • May 25 - Day of Philologists (professional holiday)
  • May 26 - Day of Russian Entrepreneurship (professional holiday)
  • May 27 - All-Russian Library Day (professional holiday)
  • May 28 - Day of Border Guards (professional holiday)
  • May 31 - Day of the Russian Bar Association (professional holiday)

June

  • June 1 - International Children’s Day
  • June 2 - Day of Satellite Monitoring and Navigation
  • June 5 - Day of Ecologists (professional holiday)
  • June 6 - Day of Russian Language
  • June 8 - Day of Social Specialists (professional holiday)
  • June 12 (day off) - Day of Russia (June 12, 1990, the declaration of sovereignty of Russia was adopted)
  • Second Sunday in June - Day of Textile and Light Industry Workers (professional holiday)
  • June 14 - Day of Migration Service Specialists (professional holiday)
  • Third Sunday in June - Day of Medical Specialists (professional holiday)
  • Last Saturday in June - Day of Inventors and Innovators (professional holiday)
  • June 22 - Day of Remembrance and Sorrow (memorable day)
  • June 27 - Youth Day
  • June 29 - Day of Partisans (memorable date)
  • June 30 - Day of Economists (professional holiday)

July

  • July 3 - Day of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate (professional holiday)
  • First Sunday in July - Day of Sailors of Sea and River Fleets (professional holiday)
  • July 8 - Day of Family, Love and Fidelity
  • July 10 - Day of the Victory in the Battle of Poltava (1709) (military glory day)
  • July 17 - Day of Ethnographers (professional holiday)
  • July 28 - Day of the Baptism of Rus (988) (memorable date)
  • Second Sunday in July - Day of Fishermen, Day of Russian Post (professional holidays)
  • Third Sunday in July - Day of Metallurgists (professional day)
  • Fourth Saturday in July - Day of Trade Employees (professional day)
  • Last Friday in July - Day of System Administrators (professional day)
  • Last Sunday in July - Day of the Russian Navy (memorable day)

August

  • August 1 - Day of Logistic Services of the Russian Armed Forces, Memorial Day of Russian soldiers killed in World War I
  • August 2 - Day of the Russian Airborne Forces (memorable day)
  • First Sunday in August - Day of Railroaders (professional day)
  • August 6 - Day of Railway Troops (memorable day)
  • August 9 - Day of the First Victory of the Russian Fleet over the Swedes at Cape Gangut (1714) (military glory day)
  • August 12 - Air Force Day (memorable day)
  • Second Saturday in August - Day of Athletes (professional holiday)
  • Second Sunday in August - Day of Builders (professional holiday)
  • Third Sunday in August - Day of the Air Fleet of Russia (professional holiday)
  • August 15 - Day of Archaeologists (professional holiday)
  • August 22 - Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation
  • August 23 - Day of the Victory of the Soviet Troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943) (military glory day)
  • Last Sunday in August - Day of Miners (professional holiday)
  • August 27 - Day of Russian Cinema (professional holiday)
  • August 31 - Day of Veterinarians (professional holiday)

September

  • September 1 - Day of Knowledge - the beginning of the academic year in Russia
  • September 2 - Day of the Russian Guard (memorable day), Day of the End of the Second World War (military glory day)
  • September 3 - Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism (memorable date)
  • September 4 - Day of Nuclear Weapons Specialists (professional holiday)
  • First Sunday in September - Day of Workers of Oil and Natural Gas Industry (professional holiday)
  • September 8 - Day of the Battle of Borodino (1812) (military glory day) Day of Financiers (professional holiday)
  • September 11 - Day of the Victory of the Russian Fleet over the Turkish Fleet at Cape Tendra (1790) (military glory day)
  • September 13 (September 12 in a leap year - the 256th day of the year) - Day of Programmers (professional holiday)
  • Second Sunday in September - Day of Tankmen (professional holiday)
  • September 19 - Day of Armourers (professional holiday)
  • September 21 - Day of the Russian Victory over the Mongols in the Kulikovo Battle (1380) (military glory day), Day of Origin of the Russian Statehood (862)
  • Third Sunday in September - Day of Forest and Timber Industry Workers (professional holiday)
  • September 24 - Day of System Analysts (professional holiday)
  • September 27 - World Tourism Day
  • September 28 - Day of Workers of the Nuclear Industry (professional holiday)
  • September 30 - Day of Translators (professional holiday)
  • Last Sunday in September - Day of Machine Builders (professional holiday)

October

  • October 1 - Day of the Elderly, Day of the Russian Land Forces (memorable day)
  • October 4 - Day of Space Forces (memorable day), Day of the Russian Civil Defense Forces
  • October 5 - Day of Teachers (professional holiday)
  • October 6 - Day of Insurers (professional holiday)
  • Second Sunday in October - Day of Workers of the Agriculture and Process Industry (professional holiday)
  • October 20 - Day of Military Communications Specialists (professional holiday)
  • Third Sunday in October - Day of Road Workers (professional holiday)
  • October 23 - Day of Advertising Specialists (professional holiday)
  • October 24 - Day of Special Purpose Units (memorable day)
  • October 25 - Day of Russian Customs Officers (professional holiday)
  • Last Sunday of October - Day of Motor Transport Workers (professional holiday)
  • October 30 - Memorial Day of the Victims of Political Repressions
  • October 31 - Day of Prison Staff (professional holiday)

November

  • November 1 - Day of Managers, Day of Bailiffs (professional holidays)
  • November 4 (day off) - Day of National Unity (military glory day)
  • November 5 - Day of Military Scouts (professional holiday)
  • November 7 - Day of Accord and Reconciliation
  • November 10 - Day of Russian Police (professional holiday)
  • November 11 - Day of Economists (professional holiday)
  • November 13 - Day of the Troops of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection (memorable day)
  • November 14 - Day of Sociologists (professional holiday)
  • November 19 - Day of Missile Troops and Artillery (memorable day)
  • November 21 - Day of Tax Authorities (professional holiday)
  • November 22 - Day of Psychologists (professional holiday)
  • November 27 - Marine Corps Day (memorable day)
  • Last Sunday in November - Mothers Day
  • November 30 - International Day of Information Protection

December

  • December 1 - Day of the Victory of the Russian Fleet over the Turkish Fleet at Cape Sinop (1853) (military glory day)
  • December 3 - Day of the Unknown Soldier (memorable date), Day of Lawyers (professional holiday)
  • December 5 - Day of the Beginning of the Soviet Counter-Offensive against the German Troops in the Battle of Moscow (1941) (military glory day)
  • December 9 - Day of Heroes of the Fatherland (memorable date)
  • December 12 - Day of the Russian Constitution (memorable date)
  • December 17 - Day of the Strategic Missile Forces (memorable day)
  • December 19 - Day of Military Counterintelligence (professional holiday)
  • December 20 - Day of National Security Services Officers (professional holiday)
  • December 22 - Day of Power Engineers (professional holiday)
  • December 24 - Day of the Capture of the Turkish Fortress of Izmail by Russian Troops (1790) (military glory day)
  • December 27 - Day of Lifesavers (professional holiday)

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