{"id":1527,"date":"2010-11-03T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:00:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:00:39","slug":"looking-for-a-russian-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/looking-for-a-russian-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Russian Holiday to Celebrate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00ab<\/strong>\u041a\u0430\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0439 <\/strong>\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0431\u0438\u0442 <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [What kind of a Russian doesn\u2019t like to celebrate]! Russians celebrate with \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u043c\u0430\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [gusto] both the well-established holidays and the newly adopted ones. Holidays that lose their \u00ab<\/strong>\u0431\u043b\u0435\u0441\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [luster] are never discarded, but instead reinvented. And even the ones that get forgotten or cast aside tend to \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432\u043e\u0437\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [reappear].<\/p>\n

With reportedly over 200 recognized \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [holidays], it happens from time to time that some days or weeks are more heavily celebrated than others. Consider 7 November – \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u0434\u044c\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0435 <\/strong>\u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong>. Until just a few years ago this one day had to accommodate not one, not two, but FOUR holidays!<\/p>\n

First, there was \u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u041e\u043a\u0442\u044f<\/span>\u0431\u0440\u044c\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution]. The entire phrase is such an exhausting mouthful that you might not even concentrate on the fact that this historical October event is celebrated in November. (If you know why this is, leave a comment here or on our Facebook<\/a> page)<\/p>\n

Once upon a time this might have been a big and sincere holiday. But when I was growing up, it became mostly just another reason to have \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432\u044b\u0445\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [a day off], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f <\/strong>\u0441 <\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u0451<\/span>\u0439 <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u0434\u0440\u0443\u0437\u044c\u044f<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [get together with family and friends], eat \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0430\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0442 <\/strong>\u041e\u043b\u0438\u0432\u044c\u0435<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [the Olivier salad], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432\u044b<\/span>\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [have a drink], and watch \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0430\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0434 <\/strong>\u043d\u0430 <\/strong>\u041a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u043f\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u0449\u0430\u0434\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [parade in Red Square].<\/p>\n

Then in 1995 the Great Revolution stopped being great and giving a day off for a non-politically correct holiday seemed lame. To fill the void or perhaps because the authorities realized that taking away an official holiday (and a corresponding day off ) might start another revolution 7 November became \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0441\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [Day of Military Glory]. Actually, it became one of the Days of Military Glory since there were several of them celebrated throughout the year. This particular one was celebrated in honor of \u00ab<\/strong>\u043e\u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 <\/strong>\u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u044b<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [liberation of Moscow] from Poles in 1612.<\/p>\n

Starting in 1996, \u00ab\u0441\u0435\u043c\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0432\u044f\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u044f\u044f <\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0449\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430 <\/strong>\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [79th<\/sup> anniversary of the Revolution], the day was officially celebrated as \u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0441\u043e\u0433\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u044f <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [Day of Unity and Reconciliation].<\/p>\n

When \u00ab<\/strong>\u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440 <\/strong>\u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [Vladimir Putin] became Russian President, he added his own touch to the holiday. Starting in 2005, the day was to celebrate another \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0441\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [Day of Military Glory], this time – the date of the famous Red Square parade of 1941 that marked \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u0447\u0435\u0442\u0432\u0451<\/span>\u0440\u0442\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0449\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430 <\/strong>\u041e\u043a\u0442\u044f<\/span>\u0431\u0440\u044c\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [the 24th<\/sup> anniversary of the October Revolution].<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re keeping count, that\u2019s four holidays in one day.<\/p>\n

Sensibly, trying not to overwhelm the people with all that celebratory fervor, VVP (Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin) moved the Day of Unity and Reconciliation aka National Unity Day to November 4th<\/sup> and made the 4th<\/sup> an official \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0438\u0439 <\/strong>\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [day off from work] instead of the 7th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

With all these changes or maybe in spite of them, 36% of Russians<\/a> still celebrated \u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u041e\u043a\u0442\u044f<\/span>\u0431\u0440\u044c\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [the October Socialist Revolution Day] in 2008. Note how the word \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043a\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [great] was quietly dropped from the name as \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0443\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [inappropriate] and \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0436\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u043a <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0448\u043b\u043e\u0433\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [relic of the past].<\/p>\n

If all this sounds confusing, here\u2019s a quick list of the holidays at the beginning of November:<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u0427\u0435\u0442\u0432\u0451<\/span>\u0440\u0442\u043e\u0435 <\/strong>\u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [November 4th<\/sup>] – \u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e <\/strong>\u0435\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [National Unity Day] and also \u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0441\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [Day of Military Glory] – it\u2019s a day off.<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u0421\u0435\u0434\u044c\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0435 <\/strong>\u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [November 7th<\/sup>] – another \u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0441\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [Day of Military Glory] and also \u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u041e\u043a\u0442\u044f<\/span>\u0431\u0440\u044c\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [Day of October Socialist Revolution] – it\u2019s not a day off unless it falls on a weekend.<\/p>\n

In case you need to fill the days between the 4th<\/sup> and the 7th<\/sup>, you can also celebrate \u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0432\u043e\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e <\/strong>\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0447\u0438\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Military Intelligence Officer Day<\/a>] on November 5th<\/sup> and \u00ab<\/strong>\u041c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u043c\u0443\u0436\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [Men\u2019s World Day<\/a>] on November 6th<\/sup> (not to be confused with \u00ab<\/strong>\u0418\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u043c\u0443\u0436\u0441\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0439 <\/strong>\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [International Men\u2019s Day] on November 19th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

\u00ab\u041a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043d\u0435 \u043b\u044e\u0431\u0438\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb [What kind of a Russian doesn\u2019t like to celebrate]! Russians celebrate with \u00ab\u0441\u043c\u0430\u043a\u00bb [gusto] both the well-established holidays and the newly adopted ones. Holidays that lose their \u00ab\u0431\u043b\u0435\u0441\u043a\u00bb [luster] are never discarded, but instead reinvented. And even the ones that get forgotten or cast aside tend to \u00ab\u0432\u043e\u0437\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb [reappear]…<\/p>\n

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