The most significant holidays of 2017, celebrated throughout Russia, include eight major dates.
Official public holidays of Russia
January 1 (Sun) - celebration;
January 7 (Sat) - church holiday Christmas;
February 23 (Thu) - Day of Defenders of the Fatherland;
March 8 (Wed) - International Women's Day;
May 1 (Mon) - Holiday of Spring and Labor;
May 9 (Tue) - Victory Day;
June 12 (Mon) - Day of Russia;
November 4 (Sat) - National Unity Day.
All of the listed dates and holidays are official non-working days, according to Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and are accompanied by festivities and the observance of special rituals and traditions of celebrating each of the listed events (see holiday calendar below).
Church Orthodox Holidays in 2017
January 7 (Sat) - Nativity of Christ;
January 19 (Thu) - Baptism of the Lord;
February 15 (Wed) - The Presentation of the Lord;
April 7 (Fri) - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
April 9 (Sun) - Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem;
April 16 (Sun) - in 2017;
May 25 (Thu) - Ascension of the Lord;
June 4 (Sun) - Orthodox Trinity;
August 19 (Sat) - Transfiguration of the Lord;
August 28 (Mon) - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
September 21 (Thu) - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
September 27 (Wed) - Exaltation of the Holy Cross;
December 4 (Mon) - Introduction to the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
All other church 2017 holidays, as well as one-day and many-day Orthodox posts, parental Saturdays and solid weeks, you will find by opening.
Calendar of Russian holidays for 2017
Other important holidays
January 25 (Wed) - Tatyana’s day. It is connected with the feat of the great martyress Tatyana (Tatiana of Rome - patroness of students). It was founded by Empress Elizabeth on the inspiration of I. Shuvalov in honor of the opening of Moscow University, which became a symbol of Russian enlightenment and education.
April 12 (Wed) - Cosmonautics Day. This is one of the most significant days in the history of not only Russian, but also world cosmonautics. It was on April 12, 1961 that the first manned flight into space was made, which opened up unprecedented prospects for the development of technology and science for all of mankind. The whole modern world of technology is directly dependent on this holiday date.
May 1 (Mon) - Labor Day, remained from the time of the existence of the USSR and entrenched in the minds of people, as the beginning of the warm summer season. May 1, it is customary to meet with shock work: cleaning the territories, farming, putting the house in order after the winter period.
June 6 (Tue) - Pushkin Day of Russia. The name of the holiday is associated with the name of the most famous Russian poet and writer A.S. Pushkin. On this date, Russia reveres not only the beloved classic, but also the wealth of the native Russian language.
September 1 (Fri) - Day of Knowledge. Since 1984, this holiday is a state holiday and is a tear-off point for the countdown of the new school year.
October 5 (Thu) - Teacher's Day. This holiday is dedicated to an educational worker, celebrated all over the world, but in Russia this date falls on October 5th, when in many other countries, including countries of the former USSR, it is celebrated on a different date.
November 27 (Mon) - Mother's Day in Russia. A holiday dedicated to all mothers and pregnant women, singing the joy and responsibility of motherhood, the difficult female share and respect for all aspects of a woman’s life as a parent.
December 12 (Tue) - Constitution Day of the Russian Federation. Date of adoption of the current Constitution of the Russian Federation.
The production calendar of Russia for 2017 contains information on how many working days are in a year, how Russians relax, how many days the New Year holidays, May holidays last, and also on the transfer of weekends and non-working holidays. It provides norms of working hours for months, quarters, half-years and for the whole year for a 40-, 36- and 24-hour five-day working week.
Russian production calendar for 2017
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Coming soon 2019 will be rightfully given to the omnipotent Earthen Pig. The indicated time is not negative leap, therefore, during its duration there are exactly 365 days. Official holidays 2019 in Russia are listed in the calendar. Every year, our Russia meets festive events that are important to all Russians, in honor of which long or short additional weekends are provided to workers.
Russian public holidays in 2019
An annual calendar of holidays is created and then approved, which indicates what periods of rest are laid out for the working people in connection with the solemn arrival of a significant date.
Russian legislation established the following official events:
- january - 1 - a festive meeting of a merry New Year;
- january -7 - the feast of the Orthodox Birth of Christ;
- february -23 - a moment dedicated to the Russian defender of our Fatherland;
- march - 8 - celebration of the day of all women;
- may - 1 - meeting of spring day and universal labor;
- may - 9 - honor and respect for the great Victory Day;
- june -12 is the day of Russia;
- november - 4 - a period dedicated to the day of universal national unity.
All of the above public holidays in Russia 2019 have an official status, and an extra weekend is provided for the honor of their calendar offensive to the working people. If the holiday event occurs at the weekend of the week, then the day of the rest period is transferred to the next or previous day. All transfers of holidays as well as holidays are set by the Russian government.
The longest festivities throughout the year are the New Year holidays, their approximate duration lasts about 10 days. Previously, these festive events throughout the country were celebrated in a crushed mode, that is, the working people first celebrated the beginning of the festive New Year, then proceeded to direct professional weekdays, and then again went to the rightful moment of rest in connection with the solemn onset of Orthodox and official Christmas. In these years, these events were combined into a single New Year's holiday, so the working people begin to celebrate celebrations from the end of the month of December, and begin to compulsory labor duties after January 8th or even 10th (depending on the schedule of calendar holiday dates).
In just a few days, 2017 will come into its legal rights as a ruler, which means it is time to talk about what will be the period of rule of the Fire Rooster. It is important that at this time only 365 days are planned, which means that the year will not be negative from its leap-hole point of view. All official public holidays in 2017 have already been included in the production calendar, which means that you can talk in more detail about how Russia will rest from January 1.
Public holidays
Every year, the Russian government creates, and then approves, a calendar of festivities for the next 365 days, which indicates the exact time frame for workers to relax in connection with a celebration. It remains only to examine in more detail all the important dates of the warlike year of the Rooster.
So, the legislation of Russia made sure that the following days could be called the time of official events:
All these dates have acquired official status, and in honor of their onset, working citizens of the country have the right to an extra weekend. Moreover, if the holiday season falls on the day off, it means it automatically moves to the nearest working time. The transfers of all ceremonial dates are established by the government of the Russian Federation. 
Detailed festive season 2017
The longest and most anticipated weekend of the whole year is considered to be the New Year holidays. Their approximate duration does not change - 10-11 days. Previously, a whole set of important and beloved holidays was carried out in crushed mode: at first the New Year was celebrated, then the workers took up their duties for several days, then again broke off at Christmas time and again remembered their professional need. It turns out that really enjoying the weekend was simply impossible. Because of this, now, for the last year in a row, the Russian people have been meeting all winter holidays with long vacations beginning in late December. Their ending falls in the period from January 8 to 10.
Next year, the indicated time begins on a day off, so the long-awaited Christmas Christmas time will start for Russia on December 31 on Saturday. The day before, on the 30th of Friday, the whole country will celebrate the final working day of the outgoing year. The subsequent solemn time will continue until January 8 - Sunday. This means that on Monday 9 Russians will again return to their immediate professional duties. 
Further on the plan - January 23 or Defender of the Fatherland Day. The indicated holiday falls on Thursday and it would be just wonderful if the following Friday was also a day off. But ... this time the government of the Russian Federation renounced the logical transfer, and therefore workers will receive a fractional week: three days of work, then a whole day to meet the most desired holiday among the male half of the population, later another 24 hours before the end of the working week and two days of legal weekend.
March 8 will be celebrated in almost the same scenario - since International Women's Day next year falls on Wednesday, there can be no talk of any transfer. This only says that the working population of the country will again have at its disposal a crushed week. 
The next holiday is May 1. Spring is in full swing, which means the time has come for another celebration - May Day. According to labor laws and official government orders, Russians will be able to enjoy their long-awaited vacation from April 29 - Saturday. The completion of events is celebrated on May 1 on Monday. In this case, we get a short three-day break in work, after which the Russians will be able to return to their labor duties again.
One of the most significant dates for the Russian people falls on Tuesday. This applies to Victory Day, the official "vacation" in honor of which will start on Saturday May 6th. It turns out that the country will celebrate the next anniversary of the Victory 4 days.
Another, equally important holiday of national importance, is considered Russia Day. It is celebrated annually on June 12th. Next year, in honor of such a celebration, since it falls on Monday, a small vacation of 3 days is automatically provided - a wonderful summer bonus on vacation or just extra time to soak up the sun that has not yet had time to heat up.
It remains only to recall the last big holiday - unity Day November 4.This occasion also deserves a 3-day weekend: the celebration itself falls on Saturday, so it is automatically moved to Monday 6. 
Weekend transfers
It remains only to clearly demonstrate which holidays are being dragged to other days for the duration of the weekend. In total, there will be 3 such permutations in 2017:
- January 1, Sunday, February 24, Friday;
- January 7, Saturday, May 8, Monday;
- November 4, Saturday, November 6, Monday.
In conclusion, it remains only to add that although there are so many official holidays next year, this time will be enough to enjoy them and take a break from the usual working routine.
Imagine - every day in Russia is celebrated another holiday, event, date, and as a rule, not one. Personal experience tells us - remembering all the holidays of the year is incredibly difficult, and common sense whispers - no need. And indeed, why remember church holidays, state, professional, and personal dates, such as the birthdays of relatives and a couple of dozen friends, wedding anniversaries, and others, are still worth adding to them. Therefore, the calendar created by SuperTosty for every day will solve the problem of remembering dates and events for you, will remind you of Orthodox holidays, Russian holidays, celebrated professional dates and other equally important holidays. C events of a personal nature, well, you have to deal with it yourself, fortunately they are also enough to write in a notebook, or rather a mobile phone, where you can turn on a reminder - the twenty-first century in the yard after all!
Our calendar reflects all the holidays of winter, spring, summer and autumn. For each holiday, we picked up congratulations, toasts, greeting cards and SMS. Now not a single holiday of the year will pass by you, you will be in the know about the events of Russia, its dates, you will be able to congratulate colleagues and friends on their working and professional holidays in time. Indeed, all year round, every day hundreds of events are celebrated, dates dedicated to teachers, doctors, and other professions, church holidays, city days, military glory and other no less interesting holidays.
Holidays, dates and events of the year
January holiday calendar
January- (Latin Januarius), received, according to legend, his name from the Roman king Numa Pompilia in honor of the Roman god Janus, personifying the beginning of the two-faced god who looks with one face into the past, the other into the future. Janus was also dedicated to the first day of January. January was introduced as one of the months in ancient Rome around 700 BC. e., in 46 BC e. Julius Caesar began the year on January 1.The Slavic name Prosin is apparently from an increase in the day, the addition of heavenly blue.
January is the beginning of the year, winter is the middle, and spring is the grandfather.
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February Holiday Calendar
February- (lat. Februarius), named after the ancient Greek god of the underworld, Februus or Febra.
There is another version - in ancient times, February was the last of the year. In ancient Rome, for example, in February they tried to clear themselves of all the bad things that had been accumulated over the year. Hence, its name is based on the name of the rite of cult cleansing from sins, repentance in Dr. Rome - februarius (lat. - purifying), in those days February was the last month of the year.
In addition to the official, there are a number of popular names: "snowflake", "steeple", "zimobor", "bokogrey", "kryvororog", "kazibrod", "kazidoroga".
Slavic names - section (cf. Ukrainian. Sichen - January) (according to the text of the Vologda Gospel), snowflake (according to the text of the Polotsk Gospel). Other Slavic names of the month: fierce, Welch, candle, Druinik (that is, the second, candle). Bokogrey - cattle in the sun goes to bask. They also called it “low water” (the interval between winter and spring). In the annals he was called wedding, from winter weddings performed from the day of the Epiphany to Shrovetide.
March holidays calendar
March- (lat. Martius). In the calendar of the ancient Romans, the year began with the month on which the day of the vernal equinox fell. It was called primidilis - according to its serial number.
After the reform of this calendar, the first month of the year and spring became Martus (lat. Mars), in honor of the ancient Roman god Mars, the father of Romulus. Mars was the god of war, but, at the same time, and in its more ancient meaning, he was the god of farmers, rural workers.
The modern name of March came to us from Byzantium. And before that, in Ancient Russia, he was called "gobble" - evil for birches, flowed as they burned birch on coals this month.
In the Russian folk calendar, March is called a prosthetics. Melt water is a "snowball", according to popular belief, is healing. She washed the floors in the house, watered flowers, washed her linen, taken from sick people. And the walls of the house were renewed, home plants were gaining strength, and the sick person was left by thinness, twig. Other names of this month related to natural phenomena are also known: winterbird, mojito, dry (from the winds drying the moisture), berezol or berezozol, flyby - spring began from this month, the harbinger of summer. Although March itself is not spring, but premonition.
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April holidays calendar
April- (Latin Aprilis), named after the goddess Venus, more precisely - her Greek counterpart Aphrodite. Other options: from lat. apricus - "warmed by the sun, in the sun" or aperio - "open", i.e. the month when the shoots appear, the kidneys open.
The Slavic name is Berezol, another - the pollen coincides with Ukrainian. a receipt.
A common Russian name - play gullies, speaks of streams from melting snow.
Other names: snowman, berezozol, pollen, light snow.
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May holidays calendar
May- (lat. Majus), named for the Roman goddess Maya, mother of Mercury, personifying flourishing nature and fertility. There is also a version that the name is not based on the name of the Roman, but the Greek Maya - the goddess of the mountains, which at this time are covered with greenery. The Anglo-Saxons called May "trimilkom" - in May, cows began to milk three times a day. The Danes are “bloomand.”
Slavic and Ukrainian the name is grass. The Slavs also called him flying. Other names: herbalist, herbal, light shade, rosacea, rosacea, pollen, sunday, bird chickpea, nightingale month, rosemary, rosacea, rosacea, great grass, neck or shviban, May. There was another name - yarets (in honor of the Slavic god of the sun, Yaryla).
May is considered unhappy among the people. This is a bad month for weddings. "In May to marry - a century toil." "I would be glad to marry, but May not command."
Most often, the cold falls on the flowering period of bird cherry (from May 4). They say: "When bird cherry blossoms, the cold always lives." Colds in May are called "wild cherry."
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June holiday calendar
June - (Latin Junius), named for the goddess Juno, the wife of Jupiter, the goddess of fertility, the mistress of the rain and the guardian of marriage. According to another version, the name of the month goes back to the word "junior", which means "young", "younger".
June is the month of the radiant sun, the longest days and white nights, the brightest month of the year is mucus. And also June - a songy and gracious month, harvesting and skopidom, baking, he saves a crop for the whole year, riches our house. June is the blush of the year, and the first grass, and the anthill. The time of tall grasses and hayfields, bright flowers was also called colorful, pink, strawberry.
If in June the nights are warm - to the abundance of fruits.
What June is like hay.
Strong dews are fertile, and frequent fogs promise a mushroom crop.
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July holiday calendar
July- (lat. Julius, named for Julius Caesar. Before that - Quintilis). Slavic names - Lipets (Ukrainian name - Lipen), from the time of linden flowering; a senozarnik (“hay” and “ripen”) and haylord reflected hay maturation and stacking; The Russian name "scarlet" comes from the old Russian word "scarlet", i.e. red, beautiful. July is called the beauty of summer, its hope, the midpoint of color. They call it the green feast of the year, the month of fragrant berries, honey herbs, a generous sweet tooth, lush, lush and multi-colored.
July is popularly called senostav, fry, haymaker, sickle, pribirikh and sufferer. Due to frequent heavy rains and thunderstorms, they called July a thunderstorm and a thunderstorm. It is not without reason that people say that July throws lightnings and cripples oaks. July is also kosen and kosach, a haymaker and a haymaker, green strada and the minion of sudden and fleeting rains. July is the central month of summer, the zenith of heat, radiant beauty. People spoke of July: since July he looked into the yard, it was time to cram sickles; the harvest is an expensive time; there is no peace for anyone here. With the most intense heat, sparks began, knitted the first, zhino-night sheaf.
If July is hot, then December will be frosty. In July, clouds stretch across the sky in stripes - it will rain. The greenish color of the puddle is a sign of severe drought. In the morning fog spreads across the grass - the weather will be fine. If the grass is dry in the morning, expect rain by night.
Holidays calendar for august
August - (lat.Augustus). Name after the Roman emperor Augustus. The eighth month of the year. The name is not Russian; it came to our fathers from Byzantium. The root, Slavic names of this month were different.
Other names: sickle (from the word "sickle", harvest time), glow (from the glow of lightning), gustar (everything is plentiful, densely eaten), zhenchk, reaper, prashnik, great-serpent, insemination (8th), mistress, great-saber, kimovets, kolovots, zornik.
Depending on customs, many different ceremonies are held on Zarev (among which all three Savior are apple, honey, and nut).
Proverbs and sayings about August: August does not order a walk. In August, the sickles warm, the water cools. Oats and flax in August, look, earlier they are unreliable. A peasant in August has three worries: to mow, and to plow, and to sow. Augustus crashes, and then amuses. August hard labor, but then there will be a rebellion. Augusta cabbage, and March sturgeon. Babam in August is a holiday, a harvest, and in September it is a summer of women. Augustus catcher or reserve.
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September calendar
September (lat. September) - the first month of autumn. Plumber. Pensive. Howler. Fieldfare. Veresen. Zorevnik. Frown. Sentemarium. Rouen. Ruin. The end of the summer.
The name of the month is reflected in the autumn season: Howler - it rains, bad weather; Frown - fading of sunlight, gloomy sky; Rouen - the yellow color of autumn; Ruin is the roar of deer.
In September, it was customary to finish field work, and it was no coincidence that once it was the first month of the year: the old year was ending, and the year of the new crop began. In September, in the 2nd half, the color of maple, linden, oak, and birch leaves changes. From the end of the first decade, linden leaves, elm, warty birch are dropped; the crowns of hawthorn, maple, bird cherry, aspen, ash, red elderberry, and oak are thinning. Linden and poplar begin leaf fall from below; Elm, hazel ash - on top.
Signs of September: Thunder in September portends a warm autumn. While the leaf from the cherries has not fallen, no matter how much snow falls, a thaw will drive it away. If the cranes fly high, slowly and "talk" - there will be a good autumn. The web spreads over the plants - to heat.
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October holiday calendar
October - (lat. October). The ancient Russian name of the month is October, October. Muddy. Leaf fall. Hibernation. The winter man. Wedding. Pazdernik. The winter. Measure. Measured. Praise the month. The names of the month of October are mainly borrowed from the Greek language. October is a late period of autumn. The sunshine rate is 80 hours. The weather is very changeable. The day decreases for 2 hours 10 minutes.
The eighth month of the Old Roman year, beginning before Caesar's reform in March. The name received from lat. octo is eight. In connection with the transition to winter time, it is the longest month of the year (745 hours).
October will cover the earth, where a leaf, where snow. In October, neither on wheels nor on a sled. October took everyone, but the peasant does not go. In October there are seven weathers in the yard: sows, blows, twists, stirs, roars, pours from above, sweeps from below. Late leaf fall - for a difficult year.
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November calendar
November - English November - from lat. novem "nine", such was the account of the Romans;
The ancient Russian name is chestnut, from "pile" - frozen ground in piles, not covered by snow, in Old Russian, for example. Nestor the Chronicler has a winter road in general. The Ukrainian name is leaf fall. Other names for November: Listov. Leafy. Leafy. Breast. Lollipop. Freeze up. Midfielder. Singing winter. The gates of winter. Wedding. The last month of autumn.
The most foggy month of the year. November is the gateway to winter. November - September grandson, October son, winter father November - twilight of the year. In November, winter fights with autumn. In November, a man with a cart says goodbye, gets into the sled. November nights before the snow are dark. In November, it will inflate snow - bread will arrive. Everything in November in bulk - and on the table, and on the ground, and on the water. Still gives generously, in the fall of November. But the road potholes, between the villages - a mess. Do not drive, do not pass.
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December holiday calendar
December (lat. December) - the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar. The tenth month of the Old Roman year, beginning before Caesar's reform in March. The name received from lat. decem - ten. After the shift of the beginning of the year to January, it became the twelfth, last month of the year.
The ancient Russian name is winter road, jelly, cold, cold. Ukrainian name is chestnut. December is called by the people the gates of winter. It’s time to protect the peasant’s good from severe frosts, from poverty, to watch so that in the bread grains the nourishing spirit does not go out, does not dry out, the grain does not freeze. In December they said: “heat flows from the eyes”, i.e. frost breaks through to tears.
Popular signs: If December is dry, spring and summer will be dry. If this month is cold, snowy, with hoarfrost and winds - there will be a crop.
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