Holidays in Russia (3) There are manynational holidays in Russia, when people all over the country donot work and have special celebrations. The major holidays are:New Years Day, Womens Day, May Day, Victory Day, andIndependence Day.The first holidayof the year is New Years Day. People see the new year in atmidnight on the 31st of December. They greet the new year withchampagne and listen to the Kremlin chimes beating 12 oclock.There are lots ofNew Year traditions in Russia. In every home there is a New Yeartree glittering with coloured lights and decorations. Childrenalways wait for Father Frost to come and give them a present.Many people consider New Years Day to be a family holiday. Butthe young prefer to have New Year parties of their own.A renewed holidayin our country is Christmas. It is celebrated on the 7th ofJanuary. Its a religious holiday and a lot of people go tochurch services on that day.Non-official"Mens Day" is the 23d of February, it is a public holidaycalled "The Homeland Defenders Day". All men in Russia areliable for call-up (including reservists), so they all arecelebrities. On this day women usually give men small gifts.
On the 8th of March we celebrate Womens Day when men aresupposed to do everything about the house and cook all themeals. This is pretty nice — at least once a year women can takea break and forget about all those dishes, cooking, kids, take amagazine and relax on a coach.The 1st of May isthe Day of Labour. During Soviet time there were hugedemonstrations on this day, as everybody was obliged to show hisloyalty to the state; now only communists organize meetings onthis date.The greatestnational holiday in our country is Victory Day. On the 9th ofMay, 1945, the Soviet Army and its allies completely defeatedthe German fascists and the Second World War and the GreatPatriotic War ended. A magnificent memorial on Poklonnaya Gorahas been built to commemorate the Victory. Many veterans takepart in the military parade and lay wreaths on the Tomb of theUnknown Soldier. Radio and television broadcast popular warsongs. A lot of guests from differentcountries of the . world come to Moscow to participate in thecelebrations.Independence Dayis anew holiday in our country. On the 12th of June, 1992, thefirst President of Russia was elected.The 1st ofSeptember is the Day of Knowledge — its the beginning of aschool year. Children go to schools with flowers for teachers,there are meetings before the classes start.The 12th ofDecember — the Constitution Day. This day the first Constitutionof the Russian Federation was adopted in 1993 (previousConstitutions were all Soviet Unions).Russians love tocelebrate. We adopted the Western holidays such as St.Valentine, and Halloween. We also appreciate Chinese New Year,Muslim and Jewish holidays, as Russians are very tolerant toother religions.We also celebrateEaster and lots of professional holidays which are not publicholidays and banks, offices and schools do not close.
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