Calendar of significant dates for December. Help for the librarian. Under the auspices of the UN

December 1 - Day of military glory of Russia. Victory day of the Russian squadron under the command of Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (1853). (Installed federal law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”).

December 1 - World AIDS Day. (Noted since 1988).
December 1 - 120 years since the birth of the Russian military leader Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896-1974).

December 1 - 300 years birthday of the French sculptor Etienne Maurice Falcone (1716-1791).
December 3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities. (Noted since 1922).

December 3 - Lawyer's Day
December 4 - Informatics Day in Russia. (December 4, 1948 - the birthday of Russian informatics).

December 5 - Day of military glory of Russia. The day of the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops against the Nazi troops in the Battle of Moscow (1941). (Established by the Federal Law of March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ "On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia").

1803 -Fyodor Tyutchev, poet

Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803-1873) - Russian poet, diplomat, publicist. Tyutchev's poetic debut took place in 1836; a notebook of his poems was given to A.S. Pushkin, and he, having accepted the poems with enthusiasm, published them in his journal Sovremennik. However, recognition and fame would come to F.I. Tyutchev much later, in the 50s, when N.A. Nekrasov, I.S. Turgenev, A.A. Fet, N.G. Chernyshevsky and when a separate collection of his poems was published. And yet, F.I. Tyutchev does not become a professional writer, remaining in the public service until the end of his life. In 1858 he was appointed chairman of the foreign censorship committee, a post he held until his death.

Many of F.I. Tyutchev’s poems are among the masterpieces of Russian poetry: “Insomnia”, “Summer Evening”, “Vision”, “The Last Cataclysm”, “How the Ocean Embraces the Globe”, “Autumn Evening”, “Spring Waters”, “ These poor villages "... Each of us is well aware of Tyutchev's poems, his brilliant aphorisms, perhaps the most famous lines in Russian poetry - "Blessed is he who visited this world In his fatal moments ...", "The thought uttered is a lie ...", etc. .

1820 - Athanasius Fet, poet

1923 -Vladimir Tendryakov, writer

Vladimir Fedorovich Tendryakov (1923-1984) - Russian Soviet writer. The author's childhood passed in the countryside. Memories of this time were embodied later in the novel "A Date with Nefertiti" and in the stories "A couple of bays", "Bread for a dog", "Paranya". The facts of his military biography are reflected in the novel "Behind the Running Day", in "Radio Operator's Tales", in the short stories "Bonfires in the Snow", The Day that Displaced Life", "Seventh Day". In his work, VF Tendryakov often refers to the theme of love. One of the peaks of his work was the story “Spring shifters; her hero, Dyushka Tyagunov, having fallen in love with a girl, suddenly saw how vast and beautiful the world is. "Groma-love" made him stand up for the frog, come to the aid of a weak classmate, having entered into battle with the cynic Sanka. VF Tendryakov managed to write more than 20 novels and short stories, which received recognition from readers. There are performances based on his plays in theaters. The works have been published and are being published in many countries.

1945 - Nina Ruslanova, actress
December 5 - International Day of Volunteers for Economic and Social Development. World Volunteer Day. (Established by the UN General Assembly in 1985).

December 5 - 155 years Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin (1861-1939).
December 5 - 115 years birthday of American animator Walt Disney(1901-1966).
December 6 - Born on this day:

1813 - Nikolai Ogaryov, poet, essayist, revolutionary

1899 - Nikolai Batalov, actor

1927 - Vladimir Naumov, director, screenwriter, teacher.

1957 - Mikhail Evdokimov, entertainer, actor, statesman.

1958 - Alexander Baluev, actor.

1853 - Vladimir Gilyarovsky, writer

1929 - Zoya Zelinskaya, actress

1934 - Alisa Freindlich, actress

1945 - Evgeny Steblov, actor
December 9 - Commemorative date of Russia. Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. (Established by the Federal Law of February 28, 2007 No. 22-FZ “On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”).

This significant date is dedicated to the outstanding event of the era of the reign of Empress Catherine II - in 1769 she established the Order of St. George the Victorious. In those years, this order was awarded to soldiers who showed valor, courage and courage in battle. The Order of St. George had 4 degrees of distinction, of which the first was the highest. 4 people became cavaliers of all four degrees, among them the great Russian commanders M.I. Kutuzov and M.B. Barclay de Tolly. Emperors awarded themselves this award: Catherine II in honor of the establishment of the order and Alexander II on the occasion of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the order.

December 9 - 120 years from the birthday of Marshal of the Great Patriotic War Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (1896-1968).

Soviet and Polish military commander, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. The only marshal of two countries in the history of the USSR: Marshal of the Soviet Union and Marshal of Poland. He commanded the Victory Parade on June 24, 1945 on Red Square in Moscow. One of the greatest commanders of World War II.

• Was born December 21, 1896, Warsaw Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire
• Died August 3, 1968 (age 71), Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
  December 9 - 105 years Nikolai Vladimirovich Toman (1911-1974).
  December 10 - International Human Rights Day. (On this day in 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaimed the right of everyone to life, liberty and security).

December 10 - World Football Day. (Noted by UN decision).

December 10 - 195 years since the birth of a Russian poet, prose writer, critic, publisher Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821-1878).
December 11 - World Children's Television and Radio Day. (Celebrated on the second Sunday of December at the initiative of UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) since 1992).
December 11 - International Mountain Day.
December 12 - Commemorative date of Russia. Constitution Day of the Russian Federation. (Established by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005 No. 98-FZ “On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”).

December 12 - 250 years since the birth of a Russian writer, critic, historian, journalist Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766-1826).

Historian, the largest Russian writer of the era of sentimentalism, nicknamed "Russian Stern". The creator of the "History of the Russian State" - one of the first generalizing works on the history of Russia. Editor of the Moscow Journal and Vestnik Evropy.

• Was born December 12, 1766, Karamzinka
• Died June 3, 1826 (age 59), St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
• December 12 - 195 years birthday of the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880).
  12 December - Born on this day:

1905 - Vasily Grossman, writer

1925 - Vladimir Shainsky, composer

1928 - Chingiz Aitmatov, writer

December 13 - 170 years since the birth of the Russian artist Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko (1846-1898).
December 13th - Born on this day:

1873 - Valery Bryusov, poet

Valery Yakovlevich Boyusov (1873-1924) - poet, prose writer, playwright, critic, translator, literary critic and historian, one of the founders of symbolism and its recognized leader.

Reading and erudition V.Ya. Bryusov caused respectful surprise in everyone who came across him. In the 50-odd years of his life, he published 80 books. Bryusov wrote not only poetry and poems, but also prose, he translated a lot, especially his favorite Latin and French poets. Bryusov was a remarkable literary historian and critic, theoretician of verse. He diligently studied the work of A.S. Pushkin, V.I. Tyutchev, E.A. Baratynsky and other literary figures. The history of the culture of the ancient world and the Renaissance, the time of A.S. Pushkin in Russia, the philosophy of the ancients and the new philosophy, the history of mathematics, which he taught in a special course at the university, and much more were among the interests of V.Ya. Bryusov.

1903 - Evgeny Petrov, writer

Evgeny Petrovich Petrov (real name - Kataev) (1903-1942) - Russian Soviet writer, feuilletonist, co-author of I.A. Ilf. In 1927 with joint work E.P. Petrov and I.A. Ilf began a creative collaboration on the novel “The Twelve Chairs”. Subsequently, they wrote: the novel "The Golden Calf", the short stories "Unusual Stories from the Life of the City of Kolokolamsk", the fantastic story "Bright Personality", the short stories "1001 Days, or New Scheherazade". In 1935 - 1936. they made a trip around the USA, which resulted in the book “One-story America”, “The books of Ilf and Petrov were repeatedly staged and filmed.

1908 - Rostislav Plyatt, actor

1930 - Nikolai Rybnikov, actor

By church calendar December 14 is the day of memory of the holy prophet Nahum. It is known that he was born in Galilee in the VII BC. From ancient times, our people revered him as an assistant in all kinds of mental pursuits, which is why they called him the Literate. Therefore, on December 14, Russia celebrates the day of Nahum - Literacy

A long time ago in Rus', on this day, the youths were determined to study, believing that "Saint Naum sharpens the mind." And the role of teachers then was played by clerks. In a house where there was at least a little bit of prosperity and where they decided to “smart up”, i.e. to teach his son to read and write, a real performance was played out. The child-loving parents of the “teacher” greeted him with bows and cordial greetings, seated him in the front corner, and then the father brought the boy to him and, placing a whip on the bench near the teacher, respectfully stepped aside. The future student bowed three times to the mentor to the ground, and he hit him three times with a whip on the back. Then the mother came into play. She sat down at the table with her son and the teacher, and he took out the primer. Teaching began, and while they were learning “az” - the first letter of the alphabet - mother, lamenting and shedding tears, persuaded the mentor “not to starve her son too hard with a letter.” The teacher, allegedly heeding the mother's pleas, immediately interrupted the training. Then, having received a piece of lard, eggs, and most often a sieve cake wrapped in an embroidered towel as a gift, he left the house accompanied by his parents and already at the gate ordered them so that the lad would now go to him himself.

Compassionate mothers baked small cakes in the form of coins that day and gave them to their children and neighbors - for happiness and good luck.

Few in those days could give an apprenticeship to a teenager, as they used to say "undergrowth." However, they understood that it is much easier for a literate person to get out of eternal need. Even dreams were interpreted like this: for an illiterate to see the alphabet in a dream means grief and unforeseen troubles, and for a scientist - happiness and success in his enterprises.

By the way, the first primers were the grammar alphabets of Ivan Fedorov (1574) and Lavrenty Zinania (1596). In the 17th century (1694), Karion Istomin's illustrated primer was considered the best, in which subject drawings were attached to each letter. Well, the Slavic alphabet itself was created by the famous educator and preacher of Christianity Cyril. Back in 863, together with his brother Methodius, the Byzantine emperor sent him to Moravia (a historical region on the territory of modern Czech Republic and Slovakia) to preach Christianity in the Slavic language. Just before leaving, Kirill compiled the Slavic alphabet and, with the help of his brother, translated several liturgical books from Greek into Slavonic - selected readings from the Gospel, apostolic letters, a psalter, etc.

True, there is still no consensus among scientists about what kind of alphabet Cyril created - Glagolitic or Cyrillic (they differ from each other in the shape of the letters).

For a long time, Cyrillic and Glagolitic were used in parallel, but subsequently Glagolitic became widespread in the West among the Catholic Slavs, and Cyrillic in countries belonging to the Eastern Church. Over time, both the composition and the shape of the Cyrillic letters changed, and on its basis the alphabets of the southern and Eastern Slavs, as well as the Mongolian alphabet.

Education in Rus' began in the fall - on the day of Kozma and Demyan (November 14), and a month later - on the day of Naum Literacy - the students could already show their progress. This day was celebrated as a holiday of letters, as a holiday of initiation into disciples.

Every year on December 15, the world celebrates International Tea Day. It is believed that tea as a drink was discovered by the second emperor of China, Sheen Nung, around 2737 BC, when the emperor dipped tea tree leaves into a cup with hot water. In 400 - 600 years. AD In China, there is a growing interest in tea as a medicinal drink, in connection with which the processes of tea cultivation are developing.

In Europe and in Russia, tea has become known since the first half of the 17th century. And one of the most famous events in modern tea history is the Boston Tea Party, which took place on December 16, 1773, when American colonists threw boxes of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the British tax on tea. Today, many tea lovers, in addition to tea leaves, add onion, ginger, spices, or slices of lemon and orange to their favorite drink. Some peoples brew tea with milk. Many countries have their own traditions of tea drinking, but invariably one thing - tea continues to be one of the most beloved drinks on earth.

December 16 - 115 years from the birthday of the Russian military leader Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin (1901-1944).
December 16 - 150 years since the birth of the Russian artist Wassily Vasilyevich Kandinsky (1866-1944).

1915 - Georgy Sviridov, composer

1932 - Rodion Shchedrin, composer

1936 - Svetlana Druzhinina, actress, director

1948 - Yuri Nikolaev, TV presenter

December 19 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian poet, screenwriter Nikolai Evgenievich Virta(1906-1976).
December 19 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian writer Elena Nikolaevna Vereiskaya(1886-1966).

Elena Vereiskaya (maiden name - Kareeva) was born on December 19, 1886, in the family of professor-historian N.I. Kareev in St. Petersburg. There, in St. Petersburg, she graduated from the Schaffe gymnasium and the Higher Bestuzhev Women's Courses. Elena Vereiskaya began writing plays, short stories and poems as a child. In 1910, her first poem was published in the journal Vestnik Evropy. Then stories and other of her poems began to appear in this magazine. In 1917, Elena Vereiskaya accompanied her husband to the front and left with her children for a village near Smolensk, where she lived until 1922. Until 1919 she worked as a high school teacher rural school, taught Russian literature, history and geography. Then, when books were brought from the landowners' estates to the rural People's House, Elena Vereiskaya created a library, where she moved to work, and also organized and led a drama circle of amateur performances, for which she wrote plays.In the autumn of 1922 she returned to Petrograd and since 1923 actively participated in the Children's Writers' Circle under the leadership of S.Ya. Marshak. A visit to the circle determined the further path of Vereiskaya. She firmly decided to dedicate her work to children. In 1925, she wrote the first story for children, Earring in the Village. Then came her novels "Dvorovy Pashka" (1929), "Besik" (later known as "Grandma's Bun"), "Tanya the Revolutionary", "Jiahon Fionaf". During the Great Patriotic War, Elena Vereiskaya worked in a military hospital, where she performed the duties of a combatant, wrote stories and read them to wounded soldiers and officers. After the war, Vereiskaya wrote a cycle of historical and revolutionary stories, combined into the collections Memorable Day and In Those Years. Particularly popular was her story "Three Girls", which tells about the blockade of Leningrad. The last major works of Vereiskaya were the story "Otava" (1959) and "The Communard's Granddaughter" (1966). In 1966, the publishing house "Children's Literature" published a book of short stories "White Fur Coat", which, along with the title, included the stories "Karay", "Chicken Chefs", "Surprise".
December 19 - International Day to Help the Poor.

1906 - Leonid Brezhnev, statesman

1933 - Galina Volchek, director, actress

1944 - Anastasia Vertinskaya, actress

1975 - Vladimir Kristovsky, singer, composer

December 20 - Day of employees of the security agencies of the Russian Federation. (Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 20, 1995 No.

1879 - Joseph Stalin(Dzhugashvili), party and statesman

1925 -Olga Aroseva, actress

1792 - Pavel Katenin, poet

1937 - Eduard Uspensky, writer

1777. - AlexanderI Russian emperor (1801-1825)

1799 - Karl Bryullov, artist

Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (1799-1852) - an outstanding Russian historical painter, portraitist, landscape painter, author of monumental paintings. The work of Karl Bryullov became the pinnacle of late Russian romanticism. In an effort to learn new things, Karl mastered a variety of visual techniques. He was interested in everything: oil and watercolor, sepia and drawing. In his works, the artist put his own understanding of painting, which expanded significantly under the influence of acquaintance with the best examples of the works of old masters, a subtle sense of form, and amazing plasticity. In portraiture, Bryullov created a separate direction, later called a romantic portrait, in which color played a very significant role, helping to more expressively and vividly convey the mood and character of the characters.

1858 - Vladimir Nemirovich- Danchenko, theater theorist

1927 - Alexander Vedernikov, Opera singer

1931 -Lev Durov, actor

1934 - Natalya Fateeva, actress

December 23 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian poet Julia Chersanovich Kim(b.1936).
December 24 - Day of military glory of Russia. Day of the capture of the Turkish fortress Izmail Russian troops under the command of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (1790). (Established by the Federal Law of March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia)

December 24 - 115 years since the birth of a Russian writer, critic, publicist Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeev (1901-1956)

December 24 - 70 years since the birth of the Russian poet, actor, screenwriter Leonid Alekseevich Filatov (1946-2003)

December 24 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian writer Alexander Sergeevich Neverov(n.f. Skobelev) (1886-1923)

December 24 - 75 years birthday of brazilian writer Anna Maria Machado(b.1941)

1862 - Semyon Nadson, poet

1943 - Valery Priemykhov, actor

1949 -Mikhail Boyarsky, actor

1964 - Evgenia Dobrovolskaya, actress

1709 - Elizabeth Romanova, Russian empress (1741-1762)

1775 - Carl Rossi, architect

1942 - Vsevolod Abdulov, actor

1904 - Dmitry Kabalevsky, composer

Dmitry Borisovich Kobalevsky (1904-1987) - Soviet composer. The contribution of this talented composer to the musical culture of the twentieth century is enormous. He wrote many musical accompaniments for performances: "Mstislav Udaloy", "Jokers", "Death of the Squadron", "Glory", "Road of Flowers", "Measure for Measure", "Romeo and Juliet" and others; created music for many popular films: "Petersburg Night", "Aerograd", "Shchors", "First Grader", "The Eighteenth Year", "Gloomy Morning", "Sisters". Kobalevsky worked in a creative alliance with many songwriters: S.Ya. Marshak, O.I. Vysotskaya, E.A. " School years», « Good night”, “Not only boys”, “Artek waltz”, etc. The composer’s creative collection contains more than 150 works for piano, more than 20 for violin and piano, music for 10 Shakespeare’s sonnets, 4 symphonies.

1905 - Daniil Kharms(Yuvachev), poet, writer

1939 - Elena Chaikovskaya figure skating coach

December 31 - 105 years since the birth of a Russian writer, historian, geographer, local historian Georgy Ivanovich Kublitsky (1911 - 1989)

In Russia New Year began to be celebrated by decree of Peter I from January 1, 1700. Before that, the beginning of the new year was celebrated on September 1. The decree of Peter I said: “On the noble and passable streets at the gates and houses, make some decorations from trees and branches of pine, spruce and juniper, repair shooting from small cannons and guns, launch rockets and light fires. And for meager people, everyone should at least put a tree or a branch on the gate.

In general, the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree is very ancient, it is more than 2000 years old. Previously, people believed that all trees were endowed with good powers, that good spirits lived in them. People tried to please these spirits by hanging treats and gifts on trees. Evergreen spruce occupied a special place among all trees: it was a sacred center, a “world tree”, symbolizing life itself.

The New Year is one of the most ancient holidays, which is why so many legends have arisen around it. So, the tradition of decorating Christmas tree tinsel is also associated with the legend of a poor woman. On New Year's Eve, she wanted to decorate the Christmas tree to please her children, but there was nothing. Then she began to pray. Christ heard her request and asked the spiders to weave beautiful silver cobwebs. Since then, on New Year's Eve and Christmas trees have been decorated with shiny tinsel.

1 - Day of military glory of Russia: the victory of the Russian squadron under the command of P.S. Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (18-30.11.1853).

It is noted in accordance with the Federal Law of March 13, 1995 No. "On the days of military glory (victory days) of Russia."

The battle of Sinop is the last major naval battle of the era of the sailing fleet. The battle of Sinop took place on December 1 (November 18, according to the old style), 1853 near Cape Sinop. In this battle, the Russian Black Sea Fleet, led by Admiral Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov (then Vice Admiral), defeated the Turkish squadron.

1 - Day of the first President of Kazakhstan.

The national holiday was established in 2012. Parliament of the country and is dedicated to honoring the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose contribution to the development of the country is highly valued.

Nursultan Nazarbayev became President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on December 1, 1991, one of his first steps in the highest state post was the proclamation of the independence of the republic. During the years of his rule, Nazarbayev managed to turn the republic into a rapidly developing state, playing an important role in the international arena.

1 - World AIDS Day(World AIDS Day).

Declared by a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1988. after a meeting of ministers of health from all countries, which called for social tolerance and increased exchange of information on HIV/AIDS.

A new disease - AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was registered on 05.06.1981. American Center for Disease Control.

1 - All-Russian day of hockey.

It is held on the initiative of the President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretiak on the first winter day since 2007.

1 - International Day of the Neurologist (Neurologist).

The holiday has not yet received great popularity, is not enshrined in the list of memorable dates and is not known to everyone. medical workers.

Nervous system a person is one of the means of homeostasis (maintaining the state of the body through coordinated reactions). It interacts with all tissues and determines reflexes. There are diseases that violate such mechanisms. To identify and treat them, there are doctors specializing in such ailments.

2 - Day bank employee Russia(informal).

Celebrated since 2004. initiated by the Association of Russian Banks.

12/02/1990 were adopted in the first recent history Russian laws of the Russian Federation "On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)" and "On banks and banking activities", which laid the foundation for the formation of a modern banking system.

banks like credit institutions, appeared in Russia in 1724. In 1753 By decree of the Russian Empress Elizabeth, the Noble Loan Bank was established - the first state-owned bank in Russia.

In Murmansk, the first private bank, the Murmansk Agency of the Moscow People's Bank, was opened on May 1, 1919.

Another big banking holiday - the Day of employees of Sberbank of Russia - is celebrated on November 12th.

2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery(International Day for the Abolition of Slavery).

It is celebrated in the system of world and international days of the UN on the anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949).

International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is observed on 25 March.

2 - Day of 2D artists.

An unofficial professional holiday for 2D computer graphics designers.

3 - Day of the Unknown Soldier - a memorable day in Russia.

Established by the Federal Law of the Russian Federation “On Amendments to Article 1 of the Federal Law “On the Days of Military Glory and Commemorative Dates of Russia” dated 04.11.2014.

On 12/03/1966, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the defeat of German troops near Moscow, the ashes of the Unknown Soldier were transferred from the mass grave of Soviet soldiers, located on the 41st kilometer of the Leningrad Highway, and solemnly buried in the Alexander Garden near the walls of the Kremlin.

At the burial place on 05/08/1967. the memorial architectural ensemble "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" was opened and lit Eternal flame.

3 - Lawyer's Day in Russia.

Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin No. 130 "On the establishment of the Lawyer's Day" dated 04.02.2008.

General professional holiday for all categories of lawyers - lawyers, prosecutors, notaries, legal advisers, investigators, judges, etc.

According to one version, on December 03 (November 20 - Old Style), 1864, a series of judicial charters and other legislative acts were adopted in Russia, which became the basis of judicial reform, until 1917 this day was considered their professional holiday by Russian lawyers.

3 - Birthday of the civil nuclear fleet of Russia.

Established in 1991 on the initiative of the Murmansk Shipping Company and public organizations of the Murmansk region.

03.12.1959 The world's first nuclear-powered icebreaker "Lenin" was put into operation.

3 - International Day of People with Disabilities(International Day of Persons with Disabilities) - International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Russia.

Proclaimed in 1992 the UN General Assembly.

3 - World 3D Computer Graphics Day(informal).

The idea of ​​the event belongs to Alias.

The date of the holiday was not chosen by chance - it is the only one in the year that begins with a symbolic combination of symbols: 3D. Another name is "3December".

It is celebrated in many countries of the world.

3 - International Day against Pesticides.

Established in memory of the tragic events of December 3, 1984, when an environmental disaster occurred at a pesticide plant in Bhopal (India).

4 - Informatics Day in Russia(informal).

12/04/1948 The State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for the introduction of advanced technology in the national economy registered under the number 10475 the invention of Soviet scientists I.S.Bruk and B.I.Rameev - a digital electronic computer.

4 - Networker's Day in Russia.

professional holiday participants of network (multi-level, structural) marketing and direct sales business. Network marketing is also known as MLM - multi-level marketing (from the English. MultiLevel Marketing), as well as structured business.

Celebrated on the first Sunday of the month.

4 - Day of the bear.

The initiators of the holiday and the choice of date - the first Sunday of the month - are being specified.

4 – Orthodox holiday Entrance to the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos.

5 - Day of military glory of Russia: the beginning of the counteroffensive of the Soviet troops against the Nazi troops in the battle of Moscow (1941).

Established by the Federal Law "On the days of military glory (victorious days) of Russia" dated March 13, 1995.

The counteroffensive of the Soviet armed forces began on December 5-6, 1941. at the front from Kalinin to Yelets. The victory of the Soviet troops near Moscow and the beginning of the counter-offensive were not only of great military, but also political, international significance - for the first time in World War II, the invincible Wehrmacht was stopped and suffered a significant defeat.

5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development(International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development) - Volunteer Day.

Established in 1985 by the UN General Assembly and is dedicated to the activities of volunteers - volunteers.

5 - World Soil Day(World Soil Day).

It is celebrated in the UN system of international days with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

6 – National holiday Republic of Finland - Independence Day(1917). 12/06/1917 The Finnish parliament approved the Declaration of Independence of Finland, adopted two days earlier by the first government, by a vote of 100 against 88. The Soviet government recognized the independence of Finland on 12/31/1917.

7 - International Civil Aviation Day(International Civil Aviation Day). Officially proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on December 6, 1996. initiated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

It has been celebrated since 07.12.1994. in connection with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, in accordance with which ICAO was created.

8 - Day of the formation of the Russian Treasury - a professional holiday for employees of the Federal Treasury of the Russian Federation.

08.12.1992 President of Russia Boris N. Yeltsin signed Decree No. 1556 "On the Federal Treasury", according to which a system of bodies of the Federal Treasury of Russia was created.

Until 2005 the Treasury was part of the Ministry of Finance, however, from 01.01.2005. was transformed into a federal service, administered and accountable to the Ministry of Finance.

9 - A memorable date in Russia - the Day of the Heroes of the Fatherland.

Established by the Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 22-FZ of February 28, 2007. “On Amendments to Article 1-1 of the Federal Law “On the Days of Military Glory and Commemorative Dates of Russia”.

On this day, Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, holders of the Order of St. George and the Order of Glory are honored.

On 12/09/1769, by the highest decree of Empress Catherine II, the George Cross (the imperial military order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George) was established - one of the highest awards of the Russian Empire. Before 1917 on this day (November 26 - old style) in Russia, the feast of the Knights of St. George was celebrated. The status of the highest military award was returned to the order in 2000. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin No. 1463 of 08.08.2000. "On the approval of the statute of the Order of St. George, the provisions on the insignia - the St. George Cross."

9 - International Anti-Corruption Day(International Day Against Corruption). Marked by the decision of the UN.

On this day in 2003 In the Mexican city of Merida, at the Political Conference, the UN Convention against Corruption, adopted by the UN General Assembly on November 1, 2003, was opened for signing. The document obliges the signatory states to declare bribes, embezzlement of budgetary funds and laundering of corrupt proceeds as a criminal offense. According to one of the provisions of the Convention, it is necessary to return funds to the country from which they came as a result of corruption. Russia was among the first countries to sign the Convention.

9 - Day of departmental protection of railway transport of the Russian Federation.

12/09/1921 on the initiative of F.E. Dzerzhinsky issued a decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of Labor and Defense "On the organization of the protection of warehouses, warehouses and storerooms, as well as structures on railways and waterways."

Until 2003 security units were part of the Ministry of Railways of Russia, currently - the Federal State Enterprise "Departmental Guard of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation", subordinate to the Federal Agency for Railway Transport of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.

9 - International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Crime of Genocide, Honoring Their Dignity and Prevention of this Crime.

Installed in September 2015 by the UN General Assembly on the initiative of Armenia.

On this day in 1948 The General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

The fact of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 is recognized by many states, as well as by the European Parliament and the World Council of Churches. The persecution and persecution of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire began at the end of the 19th century, and by 1915. they peaked when more than 1.5 million people were massacred.

10 - Human Rights Day(Human Rights Day).

Installed on 04.12.1950. by the UN General Assembly on the date of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

10 - International Animal Rights Day(International Animal Rights Day).

Celebrated since 1988. on the same day as International Human Rights Day.

In the 1970s, the founders of the animal rights movement introduced the term "species discrimination" ("specialism") to refer to the infringement of the rights of one biological species by another, based on the conviction of one's own superiority. In their opinion, a person carries out such discrimination against animals: international agreements guarantee human rights, while other living creatures of the planet are deprived of these rights and cannot even defend themselves.

The Universal Declaration of Animal Rights was drawn up by the International League for Animal Rights in 1977. and was solemnly proclaimed on October 15, 1978. in Paris in the UNESCO building.

World Animal Day is celebrated on October 4, World Day for the Protection of Laboratory Animals on April 24, International Day of Homeless Animals on the third Saturday of August.

10 - Day of the creation of the communication service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

Established by order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation V.B. Rushailo No. 590 of 08/09/1999. "On the announcement of the Day of the creation of the communications service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia."

December 10, 1949 Order No. 785 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR “On the organization of a commission for the acceptance of station structures of the Automatic Telephone Exchange of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR” was signed, and a communication service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was created.

10 - Birthday of the Andreevsky flag.

12/10/1699 Peter I established the Andreevsky flag - the stern flag of the Russian fleet. Named in memory of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called, the patron saint of Russia, crucified on a cross that had the shape of the letter "X".

Used in Russia and the USSR until 1924. (with minor changes - in the central part of the guis in a white circle a red star with a sickle and a hammer was depicted - until 1932).

01/17/1992 By decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, the status of the Naval flag of Russia was returned to the St. Andrew's flag.

10 - World Football Day(World Football Day).

Marked by the decision of the UN.

11 - International Mountain Day(International Mountain Day).

Established by decision of the 57th UN General Assembly in January 2003.

11 - International Tango Day.

It has been celebrated since 1977 on the birthday of the Argentine singer and film actor, the famous "King of Tango" Carlos Gardel (12/11/1890) and the Argentine composer and conductor Julio de Caro (12/11/1899).

12 - Day of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, a memorable date in Russia.

The Constitution of the Russian Federation was adopted at the all-Russian referendum on December 12, 1993.

In 1994 decrees of the President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin "On the Day of the Constitution of the Russian Federation" and "On a non-working day on December 12", the day of December 12 was announced public holiday and day off.

December 24, 2004 The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted amendments to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, changing holiday calendar Russia. Since 2005 December 12 is no longer a day off, and Constitution Day on December 12 received the status of a memorable date in Russia.

The current Constitution was preceded by the one adopted in 1918. The Constitution of the RSFSR and the first Constitution of the USSR, adopted in 1924. Then came the Constitution of 1936. and the 1977 Constitution, which was in effect until the collapse of the Soviet Union.

in the USSR until 1977. Constitution Day was celebrated on December 5, the day the Constitution of the USSR was adopted in 1936. Then the holiday was postponed to October 7 (the day the new constitution of the USSR was adopted - the “Constitution of Developed Socialism”). At first, it persisted after the collapse of the USSR: in 1992-1993. celebrated the Constitution Day of a non-existent state.

14 - Monkey Day(Monkey Day).

An unofficial holiday dedicated to monkeys and all primates. The tradition of celebrating Monkey Day began in 2000, when American artist Casey Sorrow jokingly made a note on a friend's calendar about such a holiday.

15 - Day of Radio Engineering Troops of the Air Force (Air Force) in Russia.

December 15, 1951 The Council of Ministers of the USSR ordered the War Ministry to create a reliable detection, warning and guidance service.

15 - Day of commemoration of journalists who died in the line of professional duty.

Celebrated since 1991. on the initiative of the Union of Journalists of Russia. For the first time - 12/11/1991. in memory of the death of Russian television correspondent and cameraman Viktor Nogin and Gennady Kurennoy during the war with Yugoslavia. The journalists' bodies were never found.

15 - International Tea Day(International Tea Day).

Installed at the World Public Forums held in 2004. in Mumbai (India) and in 2005. in Port Allegre (Brazil).

Celebrated since 2004. in the world's leading tea producing countries.

17 - Day of the Strategic Missile Forces - a memorable day in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Initially established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin No. 1239 "On the establishment of the Day of the Strategic Missile Forces and the Day of the Military Space Forces" dated December 10, 1995, later - by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin No. 549 "On the establishment of professional holidays and Memorable Days in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” dated May 31, 2006.

December 17, 1959 By decision of the Government of the USSR, the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) were created as a branch of the Armed Forces.

17 - Day of employees of the State Courier Service of the Russian Federation.

Established by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 29, 1996 No.

A professional holiday for all those involved in courier communication: courier is called military couriers involved in the delivery of important government documents.

By decree of Emperor Paul I, issued on December 17, 1796, the Courier Corps was established in Russia.

17 - Realtor's Day in Russia(informal).

Conducted since 1996. real estate companies on the third Saturday of the month.

Realtor (English realtor) - an agent for the sale of real estate or real estate transactions. In Russia, the first real estate companies appeared in the early 90s of the 20th century.

In 2008 The National Council of the Russian Guild of Realtors proposed another date for celebrating the Day of the Russian Realtor - February 8th. Both dates are celebrated.

17 - International Day for the Protection of Sex Workers from Violence and Cruelty(International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers).

The date for this day in memory of the victims of the Green River Killer was proposed by former prostitute and porn star Annie Sprinkle. On this day, in many countries, "Red Umbrella Marches" are held.

18 - Day of employees of the registry office in Russia.

December 18, 1917 Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR "On civil marriage, on children and on the maintenance of books of acts of state, according to which legal consequences for acts of civil status were recognized only if they were registered with state bodies.

Initially, the general management of the registry offices of the RSFSR was carried out by the Central Department of the Civil Registry Office under the NKVD of the RSFSR.

18 - Day of the internal security units of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation. Established by order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 998 dated September 28, 2000.

In pursuance of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 18, 1995 No. Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated December 18, 1995 No. 050, the Department of Internal Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation was created.

In the USSR, the first units to work with the personnel of law enforcement agencies were created on February 28, 1924. in accordance with the Order of the OGPU “On the reform of the legal departments of the OGPU and the establishment of the position of a “special commissioner” under the Collegium.

18 - International Migrant Day(International Migrants Day).

Declared 04.12.2000 the UN General Assembly.

December 18, 1990 The UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

18 - World Day of the Arabic Language.

Celebrated at the initiative of the UN Department of Public Relations since 2010. December 18, 1973 The UN General Assembly has included Arabic as one of the official and working languages ​​of the United Nations.

19 - Day of military counterintelligence.

December 19, 1918 By decision of the Central Committee of the RCP (b), a Special Department of the Cheka was created under the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR, whose task was to combat counter-revolution in various forms of its manifestation.

During the period of its existence, the service changed its name several times, during the years of World War II - SMERSH (“death to spies”). Today, military counterintelligence is part of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

19 - Procurement Day, informal.

Celebrated since 2001 In many Russian companies and logistics departments on the initiative of Simplex, a supplier of polymer raw materials in Russia.

Symbol of the Day - Russian heroine folk tales- A goldfish that can get anything.

19 - International Day to Help the Poor.

Established by the UN General Assembly.

19 - The Russian Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of the World of Lycia (about 345), a miracle worker, revered as the heavenly patron of all sailors.

20 - Day of workers of the security agencies of the Russian Federation, formerly unofficially - Day of the Chekist. Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin dated 20.12.1995.

Professional holiday for employees of the FSB, FSO, SVR and other special services created on the basis of the departments of the KGB of the USSR.

On this day in 1917 By a decree of the Council of People's Commissars, the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (VChK) was formed, headed by F.E. Dzerzhinsky. Since 1922 - GPU under the NKVD of the RSFSR, since 1934. - NKVD of the USSR, from 13.03.1954. - KGB of the USSR, since April 1995. - The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

20 - Birthday of the Foreign Intelligence Service.

December 20, 1920 By the decision of the chairman of the Cheka F.E. Dzerzhinsky, a foreign department (INO) was created in the system of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (VChK). From 06.02.1922 - INO GPU of the NKVD of the RSFSR, from 02.11.1923. - INO of the United State Political Administration (OGPU) under the Council of People's Commissars (SNK). In subsequent years, foreign intelligence was transferred to the jurisdiction of various departments and departments: the 7th department of the Main Directorate of State Security of the NKVD of the USSR (1934); 1st Directorate of the NKGB of the USSR (1941); the Committee of Information under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, which united foreign political and military intelligence (1947); 1st Main Directorate of the USSR Ministry of State Security (1952), reorganized in 1954 into the 2nd Main Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs; 1st Main Directorate of the State Security Committee under the Council of Ministers, and then the KGB of the USSR (1978). Since November 1991, foreign intelligence has been an independent body, withdrawn from the KGB and renamed the Central Intelligence Service (CSR) of the USSR.

Since December 18, 1991 - The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR RF).

20 - International Day of Human Solidarity(International Solidarity Day). Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on December 22, 2005.

21 day winter solstice in the northern hemisphere The shortest day and longest night of the year.

On December 21, 2012 at 13:45 Moscow time, the Sun will descend to the maximum in the southern hemisphere of the sky, that is, moving along the ecliptic, it will reach its lowest declination - 23 degrees 26.457 minutes (in the constellation Sagittarius).

Astronomical winter is coming.

22 - Power Engineer's Day.

Initially established by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 05/23/1966. Celebrated on the anniversary of the opening in 1920. VIII All-Russian Congress of Soviets, which approved the State Plan for the Electrification of Russia - GOELRO.

Later - by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 3018-X of 01.10.1980. “On holidays and memorable days” - Power Engineers Day in the USSR was celebrated on the third Sunday of December.

22 - Day of formation of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation– the largest federal system of the country providing services in the field of social security citizens.

Established on 12/22/1990 Decree of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR No. 442-1 "On the organization of the Pension Fund of the RSFSR".

The first mention of the prototype pension payments to be looked for in history Ancient Rus' when the prince took upon himself the obligation to help provide for his soldiers in old age or after receiving wounds. Peter I for the first time at the level of the law introduced monetary pension provision for the highest ranks of the Russian fleet.

23 - Day of long-range aviation of the Russian Air Force.

Established in 1999 by order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force A. Kornukov.

December 23, 1913 the first test flight was carried out by a heavy four-engine bomber "Ilya Muromets" aircraft designer I.I. Sikorsky. December 23, 1914 By decree of Emperor Nicholas II, a resolution of the Military Council was approved on the formation of a squadron of such aircraft - the world's first air formation of heavy bombers.

24 - Day of military glory of Russia: the capture of the Turkish fortress Izmail by Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov (1790).

Established by Federal Law No. 32 dated March 13, 1995. "On the days of military glory (victory days) of Russia."

The assault on Izmail by Russian troops under the command of general-in-chief Alexander Suvorov was carried out in 1790 during the Russian-Turkish war of 1787-1791.

25 - The Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR adopted the Law on renaming the RSFSR into the Russian Federation (Russia) (1991).

25 - Christmas according to the Gregorian calendar celebrated by the Catholic Church, the Protestant Church (including in Finland and Norway), as well as parishes of the Orthodox Church located in Greece, Bulgaria and other European countries, as well as in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt.

26 - The Council of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted a declaration in which it stated cessation of the existence of the USSR as a state and subject of international law (1991).

27 - Day of the rescuer of the Russian Federation.

Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin No. 1306 "On the establishment of the Day of the Rescuer of the Russian Federation" dated November 26, 1995.

Professional holiday for employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, rescuers, firefighters and civil defense servicemen.

December 27, 1990 The Council of Ministers of the RSFSR adopted a resolution "On the Formation of the Russian Rescue Corps".

28 - International Cinema Day.

On this day in 1895 The Grand Café on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris hosted the first public demonstration of "live moving photography" using the cinematograph invented by the Lumiere brothers. The Lumières presented to the general public on the big screen the film "Exit of the Workers from the Factory", which opened the famous first ten-film pay-per-view.

The day of Russian cinema during the years of perestroika was combined into one day with international day cinema, however, in 2002, at the initiative of the Cinematography Service of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, it again became an independent holiday, which is celebrated on August 27.

28 – Cathedral of the Kola Saints- a holiday of the Russian Orthodox Church in honor of the saints associated with the historical territory of the Kola district.

Installed since 2003 with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II on the day of memory of St. Tryphon of Pechenga.

The list of Kola saints includes: St. Tryphon of Pechenga (XVI century), St. Theodoret of Kola (XVI century), St. Varlaam of Keretsky (XVI century), Hieromartyr Jonah of Pechenga (XVI century), St. monastery, killed by the Swedes in 1589. (total 116 martyrs of Pechenga), Venerable Asterius (Axius) (XV century), Auxentius (XVI century) and Tarasius of Kashkaran (XVII century), Hieromartyr Moses (Kozhin) (XX century, new martyr), Martyr Theodore (Abrosimov) (XX century , new martyr).

29 - Polar bear's birthday.

Announced in 2008 Public Scientific Council for Marine Mammals and WWF Russia.

Prepared by Mikhail Demin.

2006-2016 - Decade of Rehabilitation and Development of the Affected Regions

(third decade after Chernobyl)

2010-2020 - Decade to Combat Desertification

2011-2020 - Decade of Biodiversity

Decade of Action for Road Safety

2012-2017 - Decree of the President of the Russian Federation "On the National Strategy for Action in the Interests of Children for 2012-2017"

2013-2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures

JANUARY

January 3 - 80 years old Nikolai Mikhailovich Rubtsov (1936-1971)

6th January - 120 years Efim Nikolaevich Permitin (1896-1971)

January 8 - 70 years old since the birth of a Russian writer, translator Mikhail Davidovich Yasnova (1946)

13th of January - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Arkady Alexandrovich Vainer (1931-2005)

January 14 - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov (1911-1999)

January 15 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian poet Osip Emilievich Mandelstam (1891-1938)

January 24 - 240 years birthday of the German writer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)

January 27 - 190 years since the birth of the Russian satirist writer Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889)

January 27 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenburg (1891-1967)

January 29 - 150 years since the birth of the French prose writer, playwright Romain Rolland (1866-1944)

FEBRUARY

February 5th - 180 years since the birth of the Russian critic, publicist Nikolai Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov (1836-1861)

February 9th - 575 years since the birth of the Uzbek poet Nizamaddin Mir Alisher Navoi (1441-1501)

February 10 - 135 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Boris Konstantinovich Zaitsev (1881-1972)

February 13 - 135 years old since the birth of the English children's writer, the first laureate of the International Literary Prize. H. K. Andersen Elinor Farjeon (1881-1965)

February, 15 - 110 years from the birthday of the Tatar poet Musa Jalil (1906-1944)

February 16 - 185 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Semenovich Leskov (1831-1895)

February 17 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian children's poet Agnia Lvovna Barto (1906-1971)

February 17 - 160 years Joseph Roni(senior) (1856-1940)

February 22 - 195 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Alexei Mikhailovich Zhemchuzhnikov (1821-1905)

24 February - 230 years since the birth of the German writer, philologist Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)

24 February - 85 years old since the birth of the Israeli writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. K. Andersen (1996) Uri Orleva (1931)

25 February - 145 years old since the birth of the Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913)

25 February - 105 years old Agnia Alexandrovna Kuznetsova (1911-1996)

28th of February - 150 years since the birth of the Russian symbolist poet Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866-1949)

MARCH

March 4 - 110 years, winner of the International Prize. H. K. Andersen Meindert De Jong (1906-1991)

5th of March - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Vladimirovich Bogdanov (1906-1989)

March 12 - 80 years old since the birth of the American writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. C. Andersen (1992) Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002)

March 25 - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Alexey Ivanovich Musatov (1911-1976)

March 27 - 135 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (1881-1925)

March 27 - 145 years old since the birth of a German writer, public figure Heinrich Mann (1871-1950)

APRIL

12th of April - 85 years old Vitaly Titovich Korzhikov (1931-2007)

April 12 - World Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics. 55 years from the day first manned flight into space(1961) (noted by UNESCO)

April 13 - 110 years birthday of Irish writer, Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

April 15 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilyov (1886-1921)

April 15 - 90 years old from the birthday of the Russian poetess Emma Efraimovna Moshkovskaya (1926-1981)

April 18th - 115 years old birthday of the Hungarian writer Laszlo Nemetha (1901-1975)

April 24 - 225 years Nikolai Alexandrovich Bestuzhev (1791-1855)

April 28 - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Makeevich Markov (1911-1991)

April 28 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian poet, prose writer Viktor Alexandrovich Sosnory (1936)

April 30 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Viktor Ivanovich Likhonosov (1936)

MAY

May 2 - 160 years since the birth of the Russian writer, philosopher Vasily Vasilyevich Rozanova (1856-1919)

May 2 - 105 years old since the birth of the Tajik poet Mirzo Tursun-Zade (1911-1977)

5 May - 170 years from the birthday of the Polish writer, Nobel Prize winner in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916)

May 7 - 155 years birthday of indian writer Rabindranath Tagore (Thakur) (1861-1941)

May 11 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vera Kazimirovna Ketlinskaya (1906-1976)

May 15 - 160 years birthday of american children's writer Lyman Frank Bauma (1856-1919)

May 15 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891-1940)

May 20 - 105 years since the birth of the Dutch writer, poet, laureate of the International Prize H. K. Andersen (1988) Anna Schmidt (1911-1995)

May, 23rd - 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Susanna Mikhailovna Georgievskaya (1916-1974)

May 28 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (1886-1939)

May 29 - 60 years since the birth of the Russian writer Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili - Boris Akunin (1956)

May 31 - 90 years old since the birth of the German writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. K. Andersen James Crews (1926-1997)

JUNE

2 June - 140 years since the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Andreevich Trenev (1876-1945)

June 4 - 195 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Apollon Nikolaevich Maikov (1821-1897)

June 11 - 205 years since the birth of the Russian critic Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky (1811-1878)

June 14 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Alexander Melentievich Volkov (1891-1977)

June 14 - 205 years birthday of American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)

June 17 - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Viktor Platonovich Nekrasov (1911-1987)

June 20 - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian children's writer Anatoly Markovich Markushi (1921-2005)

21st of June - 200 years Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)

June 22 - Day of memory and sorrow, 75 years old since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and defense of the Brest Fortress (1941)

22nd of June - 160 years Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925)

30 June - 105 years old from the birthday of the Polish writer Cheslava Milos (1911-2004)

JULY

3 July - 90 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Osipovich Bogomolov (1926-2004)

July 17th - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Boris Andreevich Lavrenev (1891-1959)

July 17th - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian children's writer Sergei Anatolievich Ivanov (1941)

July 18 - 205 years birthday of the English writer William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)

July 22 - 90 years old since the birth of the Russian prose writer, poet Sergei Alexandrovich Baruzdin (1926-1991)

26 July - 160 years birthday of the English playwright, writer George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

A B G U S T

August 7 - 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vitaly Grigorievich Melentiev (1916-1984)

August 9 - 110 years birthday of the English writer Pamela Lyndon Travers (1906-1996)

August 14 - 150 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Sergeevich Merezhkovsky (1866-1941)

August 20 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Georgievich Belykh (1906-1938)

August 21 - 145 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev (1871-1919)

August 22 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Leonid Panteleev (Alexey Ivanovich Eremeev) (1906-1987)

August 22 - 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Veniaminovich Kalinin (1916-2008)

August 27 - 145 years old birthday of the American writer Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945)

SEPTEMBER

September 1 - 160 years since the birth of the Russian poet Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky (1856-1909)

September 2 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian science fiction writer Alexander Petrovich Kazantsev (1906-2002)

September 3 - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov (1941-1990)

September 7 - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Nikolaevich Krupin (1941)

12-th of September - 95 years old from the birthday of the Polish science fiction writer Stanislav Lem (1921)

12-th of September - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Nikolaevich Markov (1906-1979)

September 14 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Alexander Semenovich Kushner (1936)

September 15th - 125 years birthday of the English writer Agatha (Clarissa) Christie (Miller) (1891-1976)

September 19 - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Seeds of Izrailevich Lipkin (1911-2003)

September 21 - 150 years birthday of the English science fiction writer H. G. Wells (1866-1946)

September 22nd - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Ruvim Isaevich Fraerman (1891-1972)

23 September - 80 years old Edward Stanislavovich Radzinsky (1936)

September 24 - 120 years birthday of the American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)

September 28 - 110 years from the birthday of the Russian playwright Alexander Petrovich Stein (1906-1993)

September 30th - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Lyubov Fedorovna Voronkova (1906-1976)

OCTOBER

October 1 - 225 years since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (1791-1859)

October 6 - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian poet, prose writer, playwright Roman Sefa (1931-2009)

October 8 - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Julian Semenovich Semenov (1931-1993)

October 13 - 80 years old since the birth of the Austrian children's writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. K. Andersen, laureate of the Astrid Lindgren International Memorial Prize Christine Nestling (1936)

17 October - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Ignatievich Pristavkin (1931-2008)

October 21 - 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer, playwright Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz (1896-1958)

NOVEMBER

November 4 - 65 years old since the establishment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO (1945)

November 7 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian writer Mark Alexandrovich Aldanov (1886-1957)

November 7 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Andreevich Furmanov (1891-1926)

November 7 - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Andrey Dmitrievich Zharikov (1921)

11th of November - 195 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881)

11th of November - 115 years old since the birth of the Russian writer, illustrator Evgeny Ivanovich Charushin (1901-1965)

November 18th - 70 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Pietsukh (1946)

November 19 - 305 years since the birth of the Russian poet, scientist Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765)

20 November - 100 years since the birth of the Russian poet Mikhail Alexandrovich Dudin (1916-1994)

November 22 - 215 years since the birth of the Russian philosopher, lexicographer, ethnographer Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl (1801-1872)

November 28 - 135 years old from the birth of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig
(1881-1942)

November 28 - 110 years since the birth of a Russian outstanding public figure, philosopher Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev (1906-1999)

DECEMBER

5th of December - 115 years old birthday of American film director, artist Walt Disney(Disney, 1901-1966)

9th December - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian children's writer Nikolai Vladimirovich Toman (1911-1974)

December 10 - 195 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821-1877)

December 11th - 160 years since the birth of the Russian philosopher, publicist Georgy Valentinovich Plekhanov (1856-1918)

12 December - 195 years old birthday of the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

12 December - 250 years since the birth of the Russian writer, historian Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766-1826)

December 14 - 100 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Viktor Ivanovich Banykin (1916-1986)

December 24 - 115 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeev (1901-1956)

December 25 - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Ruslan Timofeevich Kireev (1941)

Anniversary books 2016

695 years (1321)

A. Dante "The Divine Comedy"

290 years (1726)

J. Swift "Gulliver's Travels"

235 years(1781)

D. I. Fonvizin "Undergrowth"

225 years (1791)

R. E. Raspe "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"

200 years (1816)

E. T. Hoffman "Nutcracker"

195 years old (1821)

A. S. Pushkin "Prisoner of the Caucasus"

190 years (1826)

V. Gauf "Collection of fairy tales for 1826»

Brothers Grimm "Fairy tales"(first Russian translation)

J. Cooper "Last of the Mohicans"

185 years (1831)

N. V. Gogol "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka"

A. S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit"

V. Hugo "Notre Dame Cathedral"

A. S. Pushkin "The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda", "The Tale of Tsar Saltan, His Son, the Glorious and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and the Beautiful Princess Swan"

Stendhal "Red and black"

O. de Balzac "Shagreen leather"

180 years(1836)

Ch. Dickens The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

A. S. Pushkin "Captain's daughter"

175 years (1841)

J. Cooper "St. John's Wort, or the First Path of War"

170 years (1846)

A. Dumas "The Count of Monte Cristo"

E. Lear "Book of Nonsense"

165 years (1851)

G. Melville "Moby Dick, or the White Whale"

160 years (1856)

S. T. Aksakov "Family Chronicles"

Ch. Dickens "Little Dorrit"

155 years (1861)

F. M. Dostoevsky "Humiliated and Insulted"

N. A. Nekrasov "Peasant Children"

150 years (1866)

F. M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment"

T. Mine Reed "Headless horseman"

145 years old (1871)

L. Carroll "Alice in the Wonderland"

140 years (1876)

N. A. Nekrasov "Who in Rus' to live well"

M. Twain "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

135 years old (1881)

C. Collodi "The Story of Pinocchio"

N. S. Leskov "The Tale of the Tula Oblique Lefty and the Steel Flea"

130 years (1886)

M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin "Fairy tales"

125 years (1891)

A. Conan Doyle "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"

120 years (1896)

F. E. Burnett "Little Lord Fauntleroy"

115 years old (1901)

A. Conan Doyle "The Hound of the Baskervilles"

90 years old (1926)

A. S. Green "Running on the waves"

A. Milne "Winnie the Pooh"

V. A. Obruchev "Sannikov Land"

K. I. Chukovsky "Fedorino grief", "Wonder Tree", "Confusion", "Phone"

M. A. Sholokhov "Don stories"

85 years old (1931)

I. Ilf and E. Petrov "Golden calf"

80 years old (1936)

V. P. Belyaev "Old Fortress"

V. P. Kataev "The lonely sail turns white"

S. V. Mikhalkov "Uncle Stepa"

A. N. Tolstoy « The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio"

K. Capek "War with the Salamanders"

75 years old (1941)

A. P. Gaidar "Timur and his team", "Timur's Oath"

L. Panteleev "Honestly"

70 years old (1946)

N. M. Verzilin "In the footsteps of Robinson"

E. Ilyina "The Fourth Height"

A. Lindgren "The famous detective Kale Blomkvist"

65 years old (1951)

N. N. Nosov "Vitya Maleev at school and at home"

J. Rodari "The Adventures of Cipollino"

D. Salinger "Catcher in the rye"

60 years (1956)

Ya. L. Akim "Clumsy"

J. Durrell "My family and other animals"

A. Rybakov "Bronze Bird"

55 years (1961)

V. Yu. Dragunsky "He's alive and glowing"

N. N. Nosov "The Adventures of Tolya Klyukvin"

50 years (1966)

S. S. Vangeli "The Adventures of Gugutse"

B. V. Zakhoder "Comrade children"

O. Preusler "Little Baba Yaga", "Little Waterman", "Little Ghost"

N. I. Sladkov "Underwater Newspaper"

45 years (1971)

N. N. Nosov The Dunno Trilogy

O. Preusler "Krabat. Legends of the old mill»

G. N. Troepolsky "White Bim Black Ear"

40 years (1976)

A. G. Aleksin "Mad Evdokia"

V. G. Rasputin "Farewell to Matera"

35 years (1981)

A. Lindgren "Roni, the Robber's Daughter"

Anniversaries of newspapers and magazines

155 years (1861) magazine "Around the world"

80 years (1936) magazine "Literary review"

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Without the past, there would be no present, which is why it is so important to remember and honor holidays and memorable dates. Culture, politics, sports, science, people and mentality - all this changed over time, traditions and customs were added, holidays were introduced, we won wars and battles, our scientists invented and discovered something new and unusual. And today all this is already history that needs to be remembered. However, there are so many significant events that it is very difficult to keep everything in your head, and even more so in modern world when there is not enough time for anything. Therefore, the editors of our site tried to collect in one article all significant and memorable dates of the Russian Federation for 2016 so that our readers do not miss any significant event.

Memorable and significant dates in Russia in 2016

2016 in Russia

• 2016 - Year of Russian cinema.
• 2016 - 160 years of the State Tretyakov Gallery.
• 2016 is the cross Year of Greece in Russia and the Year of Russia in Greece
• 2016 - Russia and Türkiye plan to hold a cross Year of Tourism
• 2016 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and Russia celebrate 20 years of partnership. At the 13th conference in Jakarta, it was decided to declare this year the Year of Russian Culture for the ASEAN countries and the Year of Culture of the ASEAN countries in Russia.

Under the auspices of the UN

• 2006-2016 - Decade of rehabilitation and sustainable development affected regions (third decade after Chernobyl)
• 2008-2017 - Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
• 2010-2020 - United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification
• 2011-2020 Decade of Action for Road Safety
• 2011-2020 - Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
• 2011-2020 - United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
• 2013-2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures
• 2014-2024 Decade of Sustainable Energy for All
• 2015-2024 - International Decade for People of African Descent
• 2016 - International Year legumes
• 2016 - International Year of Camelids
• 2016 - 70 years of UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
• 2016 - 60 years of the Hans Christian Andersen International Prize.

Under the auspices of UNESCO

• 2016 - 70 years of UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
• 2016 - Wroclaw (Poland) is declared World Book Capital 2016. The city was awarded this honorary title for successful projects in promoting the culture of reading, supporting libraries and developing publishing activities.

Under the auspices of the EU

• 2016 is the Year of Combating Violence Against Women
• 2016 - Ljubljana (Slovenia) is named the "Green Capital of Europe 2016". The capital of Slovenia is awarded this title thanks to positive changes in the field of sustainable transport, as well as a number of solutions to combat pollution. environment. It is noted that 70% of purchases financed from the city budget of Ljubljana are related to "green" technologies. In addition, the city has made significant strides in developing cycling infrastructure and advocating for a reduction in the number of private cars. Bicycle and electric car rental services are available in the city.
• 2016 - San Sebastian (Spain) and Wroclaw (Poland) will become European Capitals of Culture.
• 2016 - the city of Ganja (Azerbaijan) was chosen as the Youth Capital of Europe.

In the Commonwealth of Independent States

• 2016 - Year of Education in the CIS countries in order to develop humanitarian ties between countries, as well as to bring interstate education standards closer (Decision of the Council of CIS Heads of State on October 10, 2014, Minsk)

Anniversaries of famous people of Russia and the world, memorable dates of historical events, world, international, national days in 2016

• 1000th anniversary Russian monasticism on Mount Athos. This significant event will unite all Orthodox believers.
• 850 le tons since the founding of the city of Velikiye Luki (1166).
• 700th anniversary ruble. For the first time, the word "ruble" was found in the treaty charter of Novgorod and Tver Prince Mikhail Yaroslavin (1316). And for 700 years, the ruble has remained the main coin and symbol of the Russian state. According to some sources, the ruble is even older than the end of the 12th century.
• 565 years since the birth of Amerigo Vespucci (between 1451 and 1454-1512), Spanish navigator.
• 565 years since the birth of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Spanish navigator.
• 450 years since the founding of the city of Orel (1566).
• 350 years since the founding of Ulan-Ude (1666).
• 335 years since the birth of Vitus Ionasesn Bering (Ivan Ivanovich, 1681-1741), Russian navigator.
• 300 years since the founding of the city of Omsk (1716).
• 275 years Back in 1741, Buddhism was officially recognized in Russia by decree of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna.
• 175 years since the birth of the Russian artist Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (January 1841-1910).
• 150 years the first domestic telegraph agency (1866 Russian Telegraph Agency).
• 105 years old ago, the first organized gathering of the Russian Olympic Committee took place (1911).
• 100th anniversary since the foundation of the Barguzinsky Reserve (1916).
• 100 year old The anniversary will be marked by the first botanical community in Russia. In December 1916, the first meeting of the society took place in Moscow. The first president of the society was a prominent Russian botanist I. P. Borodin.
• 50th anniversary the first round-the-world voyage of Soviet submarines (without a single surfacing along the route) (1966).

Days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia in 2016

The list is given in accordance with Federal Law No. 32-FZ of March 13, 1995, with subsequent amendments. Dates of battles that took place before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar are obtained in the Law by adding 13 days to the "old calendar" date. However, the difference between the old and the new style of 13 days accumulated only by the 20th century. And, for example, in the XVII century the difference was 10 days. Therefore, other dates are accepted in historical science than in this law.

The following days of Russian military glory are established in the Russian Federation:

• January 27, 2016- Day of the complete liberation by the Soviet troops of the city of Leningrad from the blockade of its Nazi troops (1944);
• February 2, 2016- Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by the Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943);
• February 23, 2016- Defender of the Fatherland Day;
• April 18, 2016 - Victory Day of the Russian soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipus (Battle on the Ice, 1242, actually happened on April 12 according to the new style or April 5 according to the old one);
• May 9, 2016- 71st anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (1945);
• July 7, 2016- Day of the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesma (1770);
• July 10, 2016- Victory Day of the Russian army under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709, actually happened on July 8 according to the new style or June 27 according to the old style);
• August 9, 2016- The day of the first naval victory in Russian history of the Russian fleet under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes at Cape Gangut (1714, actually happened on August 7);
• August 23, 2016 - Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by the Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943);
• September 8, 2016- Day of the Borodino battle of the Russian army under the command of M.I. Kutuzov with the French army (1812, actually happened on September 7 according to the new style or August 26 but the old style);
• September 11, 2016- Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of F.F. Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Tendra (in fact, it happened on September 8-9 according to the new style or August 28-29 according to the old style);
• September 21, 2016- Victory Day of the Russian regiments led by Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy over the Mongol-Tatar troops in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380, actually happened on September 16 according to the new style or September 8 but the old style);
• November 4, 2016- National Unity Day.
• November 7, 2016- The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941);
• December 1, 2016- Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of P.S. Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (1853, actually happened on November 30 according to the new style or November 18 but the old style);
• December 5, 2016- Day of the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops against the Nazi troops in the battle of Moscow (1941);
• December 24, 2016- The day of the capture of the Turkish fortress Izmail by Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov (1790, actually happened on December 22 according to the new style or December 11 according to the old style).

In the Russian Federation, the following memorable dates for Russia are set for 2016:

• January 25 - Day of Russian students;
• February 15 - Day of Remembrance for Russians who performed their official duty outside the Fatherland;
• April 12 - Cosmonautics Day;
• April 26 - Day of participants in the liquidation of the consequences of radiation accidents and disasters and the memory of the victims of these accidents and disasters;
• April 27 - Day of Russian parliamentarism;
• June 22 - Day of Memory and Sorrow - the day the Great Patriotic War began (1941);
• June 29 Day of partisans and underground fighters:
• July 28 - Day of the Baptism of Rus';
• August 1 - Day of Remembrance of Russian soldiers who died in the First World War of 1914-1918;
• September 2 - Day of the end of World War II (1945);
• September 3 - Day of Solidarity in the fight against terrorism;
• November 7 - Day of the October Revolution of 1917;
• December 9 - Day of Heroes of the Fatherland;
• December 12 - Constitution Day of the Russian Federation.

Memorable and significant dates in January 2016

January 3, 2016 - Cocktail straw birthday. On January 3, 1888, Marvin Stone patented his invention, the straw. He received documents from the Washington Patent Office for the invention of a paper straw for drinking cocktails and other liquids.

January 4-10, 2016 - Museum and Children Week. Week of science and technology for children and youth.

January 6, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov (1911-1993), Soviet film actor.

January 7, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Maria Vladimirovna Mironova, actress (1911-1997).

January 8, 2016 - Children's Film Day. Established by the Government of Moscow on the initiative of the Moscow Children's Fund in 1998 in connection with the centenary of the first screening of a film program for children in Moscow.

January 9, 2016 - 215 years since the birth of Osip (Jozef) Mikhailovich Kovalevsky (1801-1878), Polish and Russian historian.

January 11, 2016 - World Thank You Day. It is believed that the Russian word "thank you" was born in the 16th century from the often pronounced phrase "God save." Interestingly, the roots of the English counterpart - Thank you - also go much deeper than simple gratitude. This suggests that both the Russian “thank you” and “thank you”, pronounced in almost all languages ​​of the world, have been and are extremely important for the culture of any people.

January 11, 2016 - Day of Reserves and National Parks. It has been celebrated since 1997 at the initiative of the Wildlife Conservation Center and the World Wildlife Fund in honor of the first Russian reserve - Barguzinsky, which opened in 1916

January 12, 2016 - 80th birthday of Raimonds (Raimondas) Voldemar Pauls (1936), Latvian composer.

January 13, 2016 - Russian Press Day. It has been celebrated since 1991 in honor of the publication of the first issue of the Russian printed newspaper Vedomosti by decree of Peter the Great in 1703.

January 15, 2016 - Wikipedia's birthday. 15 years since the launch of the world encyclopedia in 2001.

January 17, 2016 - World Religion Day. It has been celebrated annually on the third Sunday of January since 1950 at the initiative of the UN.

January 17, 2016 - Children's Invention Day. This day was chosen in honor of the birthday of the American statesman, diplomat, scientist, inventor and journalist Benjamin Franklin. He made his first invention at the age of 12.

January 17, 2016 - 310 years since the birth of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American statesman.

January 21, 2016 - 75th birthday of Placido Damingo (Jose Placido Damingo Embil, 1941), Spanish opera singer.

January 22, 2016 - 455 years since the birth of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English historian, philosopher, politician, founder of English materialism.

January 23, 2016 - Handwriting Day (Handwriting Day). The initiator of this holiday was the Association of manufacturers of writing instruments, choosing this date in honor of the birthday of the American statesman - John Hancock (1737), who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

January 24, 2016 - world snow day(at the initiative of the International Ski Federation). It is celebrated annually on the penultimate Sunday of January.

January 25, 2016 - Day of Russian students (Tatiana's Day). (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation "On the Day of Russian Students" dated January 25, 2016 - 2005, No. 76). On January 12 (Old Style) 1755, on the day of memory of the “Holy Martyr Tatiana the Virgin”, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna signed a decree “On the Establishment of Moscow University”.

January 27, 2016 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day (since 2005 by decision of the UN General Assembly)

January 28, 2016 - 175 years since the birth of the Russian historian Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky (1841-1911).

January 30, 2016 - Day of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. It's ancient pagan holiday. These days, fairy tales and legends about Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden are usually told.

Memorable and significant dates in February 2016

February 1, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1931-2007), Russian statesman, first president of the Russian Federation.

February 3, 2016 - World Safer Internet Day (celebrated since 2004 on the first Tuesday of February).

February 3, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Sergei Vladimirovich Obruchev (1891-1965), Soviet geologist.

February 4, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov (1881-1969), statesman, military leader.

February 8, 2016 - Day of Remembrance of the young anti-fascist hero. Celebrated in the world since 1964, it was approved by the next UN Assembly, in honor of the dead participants in anti-fascist demonstrations - the French schoolboy Daniel Feri (1962) and the Iraqi boy Fadil Jamal (1963).

February 8, 2016 - Russian Science Day. On this day in 1724, Peter the Great signed a decree establishing the Academy of Sciences in Russia.

February 10, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (1911-1978), Russian mathematician, mechanic.

February 12, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Anna Pavlovna (Matveevna) Pavlova (1881-1931), one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century.

February 14, 2016 - 80 years since the birth of the Polish singer Anna German (1936-1982), a Soviet pop star.

February 15, 2016 - Internationalist Warriors Memorial Day (02/15/1989 - the last column of Soviet troops left the territory of Afghanistan).

February 15, 2016 - International Day of Children with Cancer.

February 17, 2016 - Day spontaneous manifestation Kindness is one of the recent initiatives of international charities. This holiday is of global importance and is celebrated regardless of citizenship, nationality and religious beliefs. In Russia, this holiday is still little known. On this day, as the organizers urge, one should try to be kind to everyone. And not just kind, but kind infinitely and disinterestedly.

February 20, 2016 - world day of social justice(since 2009 by decision of the UN General Assembly).

February 21, 2016 - International Mother Language Day(proclaimed by the UNESCO General Conference on 17 November 1999, celebrated every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity).

February 23, 2016 - Defender of the Fatherland Day. Day of military glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Red Army over the Kaiser troops in 1918.

February 25, 2016 - 175 years since the birth of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), French painter, graphic artist, sculptor, one of the main representatives of impressionism.

February 27, 2016 - 185 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge (1831-1891), Russian artist, master of portraits, historical and religious paintings.

Memorable and significant dates in March 2016

March 1, 2016 - World Cat Day. The professional holiday of felinologists (felinology is the science of cats) was approved in 2004 at the initiative of the Cat and Dog magazine and the Moscow Museum of Cats.

March 1, 2016 - Day of Remembrance of the paratroopers of the 6th paratrooper company of the 104th regiment of the Pskov Airborne Division, who heroically died in the Argun Gorge on March 1, 2000 (celebrated from 01/31/2013).

March 1, 2016 - 155 years (1861) since the abolition of serfdom in Russia by Emperor Alexander II.

March 1, 2016 - 170 years since the birth of Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev (1846-1903), Russian geologist and soil scientist, founder of the national school of soil science and soil geography.

March 2, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931), Soviet and Russian statesman and public figure, the first and only president of the USSR.

March 5, 2016 - 305 years since the establishment of the Senate by Peter the Great as the highest state body for legislation and public administration.

March 6, 2016 - International Children's Television and Radio Day. It is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of March. Established at the initiative of the United Nations Children's Fund in Cannes in April 1994.

March 7, 2016 - 1695 years since the announcement of Sunday as a non-working day (decree of Emperor Constantine the Great) (321).

March 7, 2016 - 75 years since the birth of Andrei Aleksandrovich Mironov (1941-1987), Soviet actor.

March 8, 2016 - International Women's Day. In 1910, at the International Conference of Socialists in Copenhagen, K. Zetkin proposed to annually hold the Day of Solidarity of working women around the world. It has been celebrated in Russia since 1913.

March 8, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Shalva Alexandrovich Amonashvili (1931), Russian teacher, psychologist. One of the innovative educators who proclaimed the pedagogy of cooperation.

March 9, 2016 - Barbie doll's birthday. Barbie (her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts) first appeared at the American International Toy Fair on March 9, 1959. Today this day is celebrated as her birthday. She became a unique phenomenon: there was a time when three Barbie dolls were sold every second in the world. The "mother" of the famous doll is American Ruth Handler.

March 10, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Alexander Sergeevich Zatsepin, Soviet and Russian composer (1926), author of music for many popular films.

March 12, 2016 - Day of workers of the Penitentiary system of the Ministry of Justice of Russia.

March 17, 2016 - 160 years since the birth of Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel (1856-1910), Russian artist, one of the major representatives of symbolism and modernity.

March 18, 2016 - World Sleep Day (since 2008). It is held annually, on Friday of the second full week of March, within the framework of the World Health Organization (WHO) project on sleep and health problems.

March 19, 2016 - Day of the sailor-submariner(creation of submarine forces of the Russian fleet).

March 20, 2016 - Day of Trade, Consumer Services and Housing and Communal Services Workers (third Sunday in March).

March 24, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov (1891-1951), Soviet physicist, public figure and popularizer of science, founder of the scientific school of physical optics in the USSR.

March 24, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Claudia Ivanovna Shulzhenko (1906-1984), Soviet pop singer, actress

March 25, 2016 - Day of the cultural worker of the Russian Federation. Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation on August 27, 2007

March 25, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar (1871-1960), Soviet artist, art critic.

March 28, 2016 - International campaign "Earth Hour"(celebrated since 2007 at the initiative of the World Wildlife Fund on the last Saturday of March).

March 29, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Stanislav Sergeevich Govorukhin (1936), Russian film director, screenwriter, actor.

March 30, 2016 - 270 years since the birth of Francisco Goya (1746-1828), Spanish painter. One of the most prominent figures of the era of Spanish romanticism.

March 30, 2016 - 270 years since the birth of Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776-1857), Russian artist, master of realistic and romantic portraits.

March 30, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Galina Andreevna Bannikova (1901-1972), graphic artist, type artist.

March 31, 2016 - 420 years since the birth of René Descartes (1596-1650), French scientist and philosopher.

Memorable and significant dates in April 2016

April 1, 2016 - Brownie Awakening Day. The ancient Slavs believed that the brownie hibernated for the winter and woke up when spring had already fully come into its own. Over time, everyone forgot about the meeting of spring and the cajoling of the brownie, but the tradition of joking, playing and deceiving on this day remained.

April 2, 2016 - 100 years since the birth of Oleg Leonidovich Lungstrem (1916-2005), Soviet and Russian musician, jazzman.

April 6, 2016 - World Cartoon Day. Established in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association and celebrated all over the world. Animators from all over the world exchange film programs and arrange screenings for an appreciative audience.

April 7, 2016 - World Health Day. It has been celebrated since 1948 by decision of the UN World Health Assembly.

April 11, 2016 - 240 years since the birth of John Constable (1776-1837), English Romantic painter.

April 12, 2016 - World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day. 55 years have passed since the day when a citizen of the Soviet Union, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, on the Vostok spacecraft, made the world's first orbital flight around the Earth. He made one revolution around the globe, lasting 108 minutes.

April 15, 2016 - June 5, 2016 - All-Russian days protection from environmental hazards.

April 15, 2016 - World Day of Culture (since 1935 on the day of signing the International Treaty - the Peace Pact, or the Roerich Pact).

April 16, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov (1901-1968), theater director, artist, teacher.

April 18, 2016 - International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites. It has been celebrated since 1984 by the decision of UNESCO.

April 18, 2016 - 180 years since the birth of Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky (1836-1904), an outstanding Russian surgeon and scientist.

April 21, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Elizabeth II Windsor, Queen of England (1926).

April 22, 2016 - International Earth Day. It has been celebrated since 1990 by decision of UNESCO in order to unite people in the cause of protecting the environment.

April 23, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian composer, pianist, conductor, teacher Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev (1891-1953).

April 23, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Leonid Vladimirovich Zankov (1901-1977), Soviet teacher. Developed problems of psychology of memory, thinking and speech of children.

April 26, 2016 - Day of Remembrance for those killed in radiation accidents and catastrophes (in memory of the events of April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant)

April 27, 2016 - 225 years since the birth of Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American inventor, artist. The most famous inventions are the electromagnetic writing telegraph and the Morse code.

April 29, 2016 - International Dance Day. It has been celebrated since 1982 by decision of UNESCO on the birthday of the French choreographer, reformer and theorist of choreographic art, Jean-Georges Nover, who went down in history as the "father of modern ballet".

April 29, 2016 - 330 years since the birth of Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (1686-1750), historian, statesman.

April 30, 2016 - International Jazz Day (since 2011 by decision of the UNESCO General Conference).

Memorable and significant dates in May 2016

May 1, 2016 - Spring and Labor Day . The first of May, the day of international solidarity of workers, has been celebrated in the Russian Empire since 1890. In the Russian Federation, it is celebrated as the Holiday of Spring and Labor.

May 4, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky (1881-1970), politician, statesman, head of the Provisional Government (1917).

May 6, 2016 - 160 years since the birth of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), an Austrian psychiatrist, the founder of psychoanalysis.

May 7, 2016 - 305 years since the birth of David Hume (1711-1776), English philosopher, psychologist, economist. Representative of empiricism, formulated the principles of skepticism.

May 9, 2016 - Victory Day of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).

May 15, 2016 - International Day of the Family, established by the UN General Assembly in 1993.

May 15, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov, Russian writer and playwright.

May 17, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (1871-1955), artist, engraver, landscape master.

May 21, 2016 - 545 years since the birth of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), German painter, engraver, art theorist. The greatest painter of the German Renaissance.

May 21, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian physicist and public figure. One of the creators of the hydrogen bomb. One of the leaders of the human rights movement in the USSR.

May 21, 2016 - Day of the Polar Explorer (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin No. 502 dated May 21, 2013 "On the Day of the Polar Explorer" in recognition of the merits of people in this profession).

May 22, 2016 - 160 years of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the National Museum of Russian Fine Arts (1856).

May 22, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Yanenko (1921-1984), an outstanding Soviet mathematician and mechanic.

May 23, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Grigory Naumovich Chukhrai (1921-2001), film director, screenwriter.

May 23, 2016 - 65 years since the birth of Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov (1951), Soviet and Russian chess player.

May 24, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky (1906-1975), chief surgeon of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

May 24, 2016 - 330 years since the birth of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), German physicist. Known as the inventor of the mercury thermometer and the temperature scale named after him.

May 26, 2016 - 195 years since the birth of Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (1821-1894), Russian mathematician, mechanic.

May 27, 2016 - European Neighborhood Day. The holiday was founded in 2000 in Paris, which is celebrated annually on the last Friday of May.

May 27, 2016 - All-Russian day of libraries. Established in 1995 by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

May 30, 2016 - 170 years since the birth of Karl Gustavovich Faberge (1846-1920), a famous Russian jeweler. He became famous for his Faberge Eggs series.

May 31, 2016 - World Blonde Day. Blondes celebrated this date for the first time in 2006, namely, they decided to give themselves what they deserved and become laureates of an exclusive award - "Diamond Hairpin" (this is the first special award for blondes).

Memorable and significant dates in June 2016

June 1, 2016 - World Milk Day. It has been celebrated since 2001 at the suggestion of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

June 2, 2016 - Healthy Eating Day

June 3, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov (1881-1964), Russian artist, one of the founders of the Russian avant-garde.

June 3, 2016 - 140 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Burdenko (1876-1946), a Soviet surgeon, one of the founders of neurosurgery.

June 8, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Oleg Koshevoy (1926-1943), one of the organizers of the underground Komsomol anti-fascist organization "Young Guard" (Krasnodon), Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).

June 11, 2016 is World Public Knitting Day. Celebrated every second Saturday in June 2016 - since 2005. First time in Paris. The knitting lover Danielle Landss came up with this fun, which has become a tradition. It passes unusually: everyone who loves to knit or crochet gathers in some public place- in the park, in the square, in a cafe - and indulge in their favorite pastime.

June 12, 2016 - Day of Textile and Light Industry Workers (second Sunday in June).

June 13, 2016 - 185 years since the birth of James Maxwell (1831-1879), English physicist, mathematician, mechanics.

June 15, 2016 - Day of the creation of the youth movement. On June 15, 1918, the first out-of-school institution for young nature lovers was opened in Moscow.

June 18, 2016 - 335 years since the birth of Feofan Prokopovich (1691-1736), scientist, writer, church leader, associate of Peter the Great.

June 19, 2016 - 230 years since the birth of Fyodor Nikolaevich Glinka (1786-1880), poet, writer, Decembrist.

June 22, 2016 - Day of memory and sorrow. Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation on June 8, 1996 in honor of the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

June 23, 2016 - International Olympic Day. It has been celebrated at the initiative of the International Olympic Committee since 1948.

June 23, 2016 - Balalaika Day - international holiday folk musicians. The first Balalaika Day was celebrated in 2008.

June 24, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky (1881-1925), a participant in the Civil War in Russia, a Soviet military and political figure.

June 26, 2016 - International Day Against Drug Addiction and Illicit Drug Trafficking.

June 29, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky (1906-1945), Soviet military leader

Memorable and significant dates in July 2016

July 2, 2016 - International Sports Journalist Day (since 1995, by decision of the International Sports Press Association).

July 5, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Sergei Vladimirovich Obraztsov (1901-1992), Russian theatrical figure, actor, director of the puppet theater.

July 6, 2016 - World Kissing Day, which was first invented in the UK, and then it was approved by the United Nations.

July 6, 2016 - 70th birthday of Sylvester Stallone (1946), American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer.

July 8, 2016 - All-Russian day of family, love and fidelity. It has been noted on the initiative of the deputies of the State Duma since 2008.

July 15, 2016 - 410 years since the birth of Rembrandt Harmes van Rijn (1606-1669), the great Dutch painter and engraver.

July 17, 2016 - 170 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maclay (1846-1888), Russian traveler, anthropologist, ethnographer.

July 20, 2016 - International Chess Day. It has been celebrated by decision of the World Chess Federation since 1966.

July 24, 2016 - Day of the trade worker (established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2013 N 459 "On the Day of the trade worker").

July 27, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (partisan pseudonym Grachev) (1911-1944), Soviet military intelligence officer, Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).

July 27, 2016 - 80 years since the birth of Maris-Rudolf Eduardovich Liepa (1936-1989), Soviet ballet dancer, ballet teacher, film actor.

July 28, 2016 - Day of the Baptism of Rus'. On this day, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, the Baptist of Rus'.

July 28, 2016 - 210 years since the birth of Alexander Andreevich Ivanov (1806-1858), Russian painter, creator of works on biblical and ancient mythological subjects, representative of academicism, author of the grandiose canvas "The Appearance of Christ to the People".

Memorable and significant dates in August 2016

August 1, 2016 - All-Russian day of the collector. On this day in 1939, the collection service was established at the State Bank of the USSR.

August 5, 2016 - International Traffic Light Day. It is celebrated in honor of an event that took place in 1914. On this day, the first forerunner of modern devices appeared in the American city of Cleveland. It had red and green lights, and when the light switched, it emitted a sound signal.

August 6, 2016 - International Day "Physicians of the World for Peace". It is celebrated on the anniversary of the terrible tragedy - the day of the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

August 6th is the 135th birthday of Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), English microbiologist. In 1945 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with X.Flory and E.Chain) for the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.

August 6, 160 years since the birth of Appolinary Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1856-1933), Russian painter and graphic artist, master of landscape and historical painting.

August 9, 2016 - 120 years since the birth of Jean Piaget (1896-1980), Swiss psychologist and philosopher.

August 12, 2016 - International Youth Day. Established by the UN General Assembly on December 17, 1999 at the suggestion of the World Conference of Ministers for Youth, held in Lisbon on August 8-12, 1998. The first time International Youth Day was celebrated on August 12, 2000.

August 12, 2016 - Day Air Force(Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 31, 2006 No. 549).

August 13, 2016 - International Left-Handed Day. International Left-Handed Day was first celebrated on August 13, 1992, at the initiative of the British Left-Handed Club, established in 1990. On this day, left-handers around the world seek to draw the attention of manufacturers of goods to the need to take into account their convenience, arrange a variety of events and competitions.

August 15, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev (1931-1996), Soviet and Russian composer.

August 17, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (1911-1995), Soviet chess player.

August 19, 2016 - Photo Day. The date of the holiday was not chosen by chance: on August 9, 1839, the French artist, chemist and inventor Louis Daguerre presented to the French Academy of Sciences the process of obtaining a daguerreotype - an image on a light-sensitive metal plate, and on August 19, the French government proclaimed his invention "a gift to the world."

August 19, 2016 - 255 years since the birth of Andreian (Andrian) Dmitrievich Zakharov (1761-1811), Russian architect, representative of the Empire style.

August 22, 2016 - 275 years since the birth of Jean Francois de Galo Laperouse (1741-1788), French navigator.

August 27, 2016 - 120 years since the birth of Faina Ranevskaya (1896-1984), Soviet theater and film actress.

August 29, 2016 - International Day against Nuclear Tests (since 2010 by decision of the UN General Assembly).

August 30, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Ernst Rutherford (1871-1937), English physicist. One of the creators of the doctrine of radioactivity and the structure of the atom.

August 31, 2016 - Blog Day. The idea to celebrate Blog Day on August 31 came about in 2005.

Memorable and significant dates in September 2016

September 2, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Evgeny Pavlovich Leonov (1926-1994), a famous Soviet theater and film actor.

September 3, 2016 - Day of Solidarity in the fight against terrorism. This is a new memorable date for Russia, established by the Federal Law "On the Days of Military Glory of Russia" dated July 6, 2005. Associated with the tragic events in Beslan.

September 4, 2016 - Day of the nuclear security specialist (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 31, 2006 No. 549)

September 4, 2016 - Day of Oil, Gas and Fuel Industry Workers (first Sunday in September).

September 8, 2016 - International Literacy Day. It has been celebrated since 1967 by the decision of UNESCO.

September 9, 2016 - World Beauty Day. The initiative of the holding belongs to the International Committee of Aesthetics and Cosmetology.

September 11, 2016 - Lake Baikal Day. Established in 1999 and since then it has been annually celebrated on the fourth Sunday of August, but since 2008, by the decision of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region, Baikal Day has been moved to the second Sunday of September.

September 15, 2016 - the birthday of the international environmental organization Greenpeace (September 15, 1971 - the day of the first organized action of environmentalists against nuclear testing).

September 16, 2016 - Juliet's birthday. On this day, the Italian city of Verona celebrates the birthday of Juliet, the famous Shakespearean heroine.

September 19, 2016 - Smiley's birthday. On September 19, 1982, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman first proposed the use of three consecutive characters - a colon, a hyphen, and a closing bracket - to indicate a "smiling face" in text that is typed on a computer.

September 21, 2016 - International Day of Peace as a day of universal ceasefire and non-violence.

September 21, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Mark Naumovich Bernes (1911-1969), Soviet singer and film actor.

September 22, 2016 - 225 years since the birth of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), the great English physicist.

September 24, 2016 - World Maritime Day. It was established at the 10th session of the Assembly by the International Maritime Organization, has been noted since 1978. Included in the system of world and international days of the UN. Until 1980, it was celebrated on March 17, but then it began to be celebrated on one of the days last week September. September 24th is celebrated in Russia.

September 25, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1906-1975), Russian composer, teacher, pianist, classic of world musical culture of the 20th century.

September 30, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Otto Yulievich Schmidt (1891-1956), Soviet scientist, geographer, explorer of the Arctic.

Memorable and significant dates in October 2016

October 1, 2016 - International Music Day. Established in 1975 by decision of UNESCO. One of the initiators of the institution international day Music is the composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

October 1, 2016 - International Day of Older Persons. It was proclaimed at the 45th session of the UN General Assembly on December 14, 1990, celebrated since October 1, 1991.

October 2, 2016 - International Day of Non-Violence. Established by a resolution of the UN General Assembly on June 15, 2007. The date was not chosen by chance: on October 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement and the founder of the philosophy of non-violence, was born. In accordance with the UN resolution, the International Day serves as an additional occasion to "promote non-violence, including through educational and public outreach work."

October 3, 2016 - World Architecture Day (first Monday in October). This holiday was established by the International Union of Architects.

October 3-9, 2016 - International Writing Week. Held annually during the week of World Post Day.

October 4, 2016 - Day of the beginning of the space age of mankind (since 1967, by decision of the International Federation of Astronautics).

October 8, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny (1871-1949), athlete, wrestler, circus performer.

October 10, 2016 - 155 years since the birth of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Norwegian polar explorer.

October 9, 2016 - Day of the Worker of Agriculture and Processing Industry (second Sunday of October, Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 31, 1999 No. 679).

October 14, 2016 - World Egg Day. In 1996, at a conference in Vienna, the International Egg Commission announced that the World Egg Day would be celebrated on the second Friday in October.

October 15, 2016 is World Handwashing Day. It is noted but the initiative of the United Nations Children's Fund.

October 15, 2016 - 175 years since the birth of Savva Ivanovich Mamontov (1841-1918), a famous industrialist, Russian philanthropist.

October 19, 2016 - Day of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. All-Russian Lyceum Day. This holiday owes its appearance to an educational institution - on October 19, 1811, the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum was opened, in which Alexander Pushkin and many other people who glorified Russia were brought up.

October 21, 2016 - Apple Day (or the weekend closest to this date). In the UK, this event was first organized in 1990, at the initiative of one of the charitable organizations. Although the holiday is called “Apple Day”, it is dedicated not only to apples, but also to all orchards, as well as local island attractions.

October 22, 2016 - White Cranes Festival. A holiday of poetry and memory of the fallen on the battlefields in all wars. Appeared at the initiative of the poet Rasul Gamzatov.

October 22, 2016 - 205 years since the birth of Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor.

October 24, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Arkady Isaakovich Raikin (1911-1987), Soviet theater, stage, film actor, comedian.

October 24, 2016 - International Day of School Libraries (4th Monday in October).

October 25, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (1926-2012), Russian opera singer.

October 25, 2016 - 135th birthday of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), French painter.

October 25, 2016 - International Day of Women's Struggle for Peace (since 1980, by decision of the Women's International Democratic Federation).

October 28, 2016 - International Animation Day. Established at the initiative of the French branch of the International Animated Film Association in 2002 in honor of the 110th anniversary of the public presentation of the first animation technology.

Memorable and significant dates in November 2016

November 3, 2016 - 215 years since the birth of Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Italian composer.

November 4, 2016 - National Unity Day. This holiday is established in honor of an important event in the history of Russia - the liberation of Moscow from the Polish invaders in 1612.

November 7, 2016 - Day of consent and reconciliation. Day of the October Revolution. The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941).

November 8, 2016 - International KVN Day (since 2001). The idea of ​​the holiday was proposed by the president of the international club KVN Alexander Maslyakov. The date of the celebration was chosen in honor of the anniversary of the first game of the Club of the cheerful and resourceful, which aired on November 8, 1961.

November 9, 2016 - 80 years since the birth of Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal (1936-1992), Soviet chess player.

November 11, 2016 - 305 years since the birth of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711-1755), Russian scientist and traveler, explorer of Siberia and Kamchatka.

November 13, 2016 - International Day of the Blind. On November 13, 1745, Valentin Gayuy was born in France - a famous teacher who founded several schools and enterprises for the blind in Paris and St. Petersburg. By decision of the World Health Organization, this date became the basis for the International Day of the Blind.

November 20, 2016 - No Smoking Day (celebrated on the third Thursday of November). It was established by the American Cancer Society in 1977.

November 19, 2016 - 305 years since the birth of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), the great Russian scientist.

November 21, 2016 - World Hello Day (since 1973). This holiday was invented by two brothers - Michael and Brion McCormack from the US state of Nebraska in 1973. In this holiday-game, the rules are very simple: it is enough to say hello to ten strangers on this day.

November 22, 2016 - 215 years since the birth of Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl (1801-1872), Russian writer, linguist, ethnographer.

November 26, 2016 - World Information Day. It has been celebrated annually since 1994 at the initiative of the International Informatization Academy and the World Informationological Parliament. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum took place.

November 27, 2016 - 315 years since the birth of Anders Celsius (1701-1744), Swedish astronomer, physicist, meteorologist.

November 29, 2016 - World Conservation Society Foundation Day. On this day, in 1948, the World Conservation Union was founded, which is the largest international non-profit environmental organization. The Union brings together 82 states into a unique global partnership (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology).

Memorable and significant dates in December 2016

December 1, 2016 - 300th anniversary of the birth of Etienne Maurice Falcone (1716-1791), French sculptor: The Bronze Horseman monument.

December 1, 2016 - 120 years since the birth of Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896-1974), Soviet military leader, statesman. Marshal of the Soviet Union.

December 5, 2016 - 155 years since the birth of Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin (1861-1939), Russian painter, theater artist, teacher.

December 5, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Walt Disney (1901-1966), American animator, film director, actor, screenwriter and producer, founder of Walt Disney Productions.

December 10, 2016 - International Human Rights Day. The date was chosen in honor of the adoption and proclamation by the UN General Assembly in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

December 12, 2016 - 65 years since the birth of Fyodor Filippovich Konyukhov (1951), Russian professional traveler.

December 15, 2016 - Day of Remembrance for journalists who died in the line of duty.

December 16, 2016 - 150 years since the birth of the painter, the founder of abstract art, Wassily Vasilyevich Kandinsky (1866-1944).

December 18, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (1921-1997), circus and film artist.

December 19, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet state and party leader.

December 23, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Lev Konstantinovich Durov (1931-2015), actor, director.

December 27, 2016 - 445 years since the birth of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). eminent German astronomer.

December 28, 2016 - International Cinema Day. December 28, 1895 in Paris in the "Grand Cafe" on the Boulevard des Capucines, the first session of the Lumiere brothers' cinematograph was held.

December 1 - Day of military glory of Russia. Victory day of the Russian squadron under the command of Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (1853). (Established by the Federal Law of March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ "On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia").
December 1 - World AIDS Day. (Noted since 1988).
December 1 - 120 years since the birth of the Russian military leader Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896-1974).
December 1 - 300 years since the birth of the French sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791).
December 3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities. (Noted since 1922).
December 4 - Informatics Day in Russia. (December 4, 1948 - the birthday of Russian informatics).
December 5 - Day of military glory of Russia. The day of the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops against the Nazi troops in the Battle of Moscow (1941). (Established by the Federal Law of March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ "On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia").
December 5 - International Day of Volunteers for Economic and Social Development. World Volunteer Day. (Established by the UN General Assembly in 1985).
December 5 - 155 years since the birth of the Russian artist Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin (1861-1939).
December 5 - 115 years since the birth of the American director-animator Walt Disney (1901-1966).
December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day.
December 9 - Commemorative date of Russia. Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. (Established by the Federal Law of February 28, 2007 No. 22-FZ “On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”).
December 9 - 120 years since the birth of Marshal of the Great Patriotic War Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (1896-1968).
December 9 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Vladimirovich Toman (1911-1974).
December 10 - International Human Rights Day. (On this day in 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaimed the right of everyone to life, liberty and security).
December 10 - World Football Day. (Noted by UN decision).
December 10 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian poet, prose writer, critic, publisher Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821-1878).
December 11 - World Children's Television and Radio Day. (Celebrated on the second Sunday of December at the initiative of UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) since 1992).
December 11 - International Mountain Day.
December 12 - Commemorative date of Russia. Day of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. (Established by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005 No. 98-FZ “On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”).
December 12 - 250 years since the birth of the Russian writer, critic, historian, journalist Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766-1826).
December 12 - 195 years since the birth of the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880).
December 13 - 170 years since the birth of the Russian artist Nikolai Alexandrovich Yaroshenko (1846-1898).
December 14 - Day of Naum the Literate (“Prophet Naum will guide the mind.” There was a custom on the first day of December, according to the old style, to apprentice youths to deacons, retired soldiers and other rural literates, the so-called literacy masters).
December 16 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian military leader Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin (1901-1944).
December 16 - 150 years since the birth of the Russian artist Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky (1866-1944).
December 19 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian poet, screenwriter Nikolai Evgenievich Virta (1906-1976).
December 19 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian writer Elena Nikolaevna Vereiskaya (1886-1966).
December 20 - Day of the worker of the security agencies of the Russian Federation. (Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 20, 1995).
December 20 - International Day of Human Solidarity.
December 23 - Day of Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Air Force. (The holiday was established in 1999 by order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force).
December 23 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian poet Yuli Chersanovich Kim (b. 1936).
December 24 - Day of military glory of Russia. The day of the capture of the Turkish fortress Izmail by Russian troops under the command of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (1790). (Established by the Federal Law of March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ "On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia").
December 24 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer, critic, publicist Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeev (1901-1956).
December 24 - 70 years since the birth of the Russian poet, actor, screenwriter Leonid Alekseevich Filatov (1946-2003).
December 24 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian writer Alexander Sergeevich Neverov (n. f. Skobelev) (1886-1923).
December 24 - 75 years since the birth of the Brazilian writer Anna Maria Machado (b. 1941).
December 25 - Catholic Christmas.
December 27 - Day of the rescuer of the Russian Federation. (Noted since 1995).
December 28 - International Cinema Day.
December 31 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer, historian, geographer, local historian Georgy Ivanovich Kublitsky (1911-1989).