Calendar year with holidays and weekends. Holidays and abbreviated days according to the calendar

Public holidays in 2018 in Russia are classified according to this type: state, church, professional and historical. Do not forget that most official public holidays are accompanied by days off. On the territory of Russia, solemn events are held these days.

Weekend dates for winter holidays:

  • 1st of January
  • January 2
  • January 3
  • 4 January
  • 5 January
  • 6th January
  • Jan. 7
  • January 8

1st of January - New Year. Holiday holidays last until January 8 inclusive. The celebration of the New Year was postponed to January 1 by Peter I, who issued a decree in 1700 to celebrate the New Year for seven days only on January 1. The decree followed that residents were required to install spruce or juniper branches in the yards. In these holidays there were festivities and fireworks.

January 7 - Christmas. Orthodox Christians celebrate this holiday later than the New Year, unlike Catholics. In 1914, the Bolsheviks banned the holiday of the birth of Christ, but in 1935 the tradition returned to put a fir tree with a star on top in the house, only now it has become a five-pointed star, a symbol of the USSR. Over time, Christmas was celebrated by the majority of Orthodox Russians in the country.

February 23 - Defender of the Fatherland Day. The national holiday of Russia, which honors the brave and courageous men who, without a doubt, can protect their homeland and their families. The historical beginning of the holiday takes from the date of the creation of the Red Army. In 1919, a decision was made to create a holiday - Red Army Day, but by chance the holiday was postponed to February 23. Soon the holiday was forgotten and only in 1922 it appeared again, but already as the Day of the Soviet Army and Navy. With the passage of time, the political background faded into the background. The celebration of the date falls on Friday and gives all citizens three days off, pre-holiday Thursday February 22 is one hour less in terms of the number of working hours.

Spring holidays

March 8 - International Women's Day. The foremother of this holiday is Clara Zetkin, who in 1910 insisted on establishing this day as a symbol of women's struggle for gender freedom. Over time, the holiday began to take on the lyrical nature of the chanting of a woman, as spring flower. The public holiday Thursday will be a day off, and Wednesday, March 7, will be one working hour shorter. Friday 9 March will be a working day.

May 1 - Spring and Labor Day. A public holiday in Russia has become a day off. This holiday is celebrated in 140 countries of the world and symbolizes the solidarity of all workers. The pre-holiday day of April 30 will also become a day off, because holidays are being postponed, and Russians will have a rest from April 28 to May 1 inclusive.

May 9 - Victory Day. In 2018, this holiday is celebrated on Tuesday and will also be an official day off. Victory in the Great Patriotic War ended on May 8, 1945, when the Soviet army in Berlin raised the Soviet flag over the Reichstag. On May 9, festive parades and concerts are held throughout the country, where veterans are honored. This year, the holiday falls on Wednesday, and pre-holiday Tuesday is a shortened working day.

summer holiday date

June 12 - Day of Russia. This holiday is based on the Declaration of state sovereignty Russia, which was approved by Boris Yeltsin in 1994. The holiday carries an understanding of the power of unity and awareness by citizens of the power of the country. On this day, concerts and events are held in Russia, especially for the holiday. In 2018, the date of the holiday falls on Tuesday, which means that the pre-holiday Saturday will be a working day and rest on Russian Federation There will be three days: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

autumn holiday date

November 4 - Day national unity. This holiday falls on a Sunday in 2018, and the law stipulates that if the holiday falls on a weekend, the celebration should be moved to a weekday. Russians rest three days in a row: Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Public holidays in Russia for 2018 were officially approved by the government, but they can be adjusted and this will become known at the end of 2017.

Information assistants that facilitate the work of accounting and personnel are various calendars with the dates of important tax and statistical reporting painted in them. One of these popular "reminders" was the production calendar 2018. It is compiled annually. It is based on the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, which regulates the transfer of days off during the current year. It ensures the rational use of working days, weekends and holidays. A new legislative act on the distribution of days off in 2018 was issued on June 20, 2017.

Links to other calendar options at the end of the article ↓↓↓

From this day on, all departments of the enterprise can plan vacation schedules, work hours calculations, action plans for any period by month or quarter. But the standard working time is a five-day week: working days from Monday to Friday and two days off. Working hours vary from 8 hours (normal) to 4.8 hours (short day). Accordingly, the working week can be 40, 36 and 24 hours.
The amount of working time is determined on the basis of the Procedure, which is approved by the order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development. The formula by which the rate is calculated is given in the above document. It is quite simple: the number of working hours in a week, for example, 40 divided by 5, then the resulting number is multiplied by the number of days of work that is in the month, and finally, subtract the hours of reduced working days. But today accounting and personnel can forget even about these simple calculations. After all, the production calendar 2018 already contains the necessary numbers, comments and tips.


247 working days, weekends 118. The first quarter (January, February, March) of the year probably has the largest number of holidays - New Year's and Christmas holidays in January.

  • The first month of the year begins with the holidays that all Russians are waiting for, they will last from December 30, 2017 to January 8, 2018. They also include Christmas, the 7th. January 2018 has 17 working shifts, six days off and eight public holidays.
  • February - Defender of the Fatherland Day, February 23 in the 18th year falls on a working day of a five-day week. Therefore, the day preceding it, the 22nd, is a shortened pre-holiday day. That is, one of the days off will be “long”, from February 23 to February 25.
  • In March, with holidays and weekends, there are 31 days. Twenty working days, ten days off and one holiday non-working day.

Here, the Government of the Russian Federation carried out the transfer of Saturday January 6 to Friday March 9. As a result, we got a small spring break, because together with Saturday and Sunday there were four days of rest: 8,9,10, March 11.

Second quarter


The next period is April, May, June. In it, state transfers affected all three months.

  • There are 30 days in April, of which 21 are working, 9 days off. The 28th day of the month is pre-holiday, according to the first part of Article 95 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, it is shortened by one hour. It is affected by the postponement - this Saturday has been postponed to Monday, April 30th. So there was a continuous, four-day, rest period. The first holidays in May begin on April 29 and will last until May 2 inclusive.
  • In total, May contains twenty working days, 9 days off and two holidays - Victory Day and the Spring and Labor Day. The second holiday of May falls in the middle working week. It was not affected by the transfers, so May 8 is shortened by one hour according to the current labor legislation, and May 9 (Wednesday) is a non-working holiday.
  • The June work schedule in 2018 consists of 20 days of work, nine days off and Russia Day. This holiday, June 12, falls on Tuesday. Government Decree "On the postponement of days off" dated 06/20/17. Saturday, June 9 goes to the nearest Monday, June 11. The Russians are waiting for a working Saturday, and then a period of continuous rest includes June 10, 11, 12.

Third quarter


In the third quarter of 18 - July, August and September. There are no holidays during these months, but the period is significant in terms of accounting and the work of the labor protection service.

  • In July, before the 27th, the accounting department submits an important report on the profits of the enterprise and organization and pays the tax of the same name.
  • Until August 1, the structures of the organization responsible for labor safety submit to the FSS an action plan for labor protection to reimburse part of the costs that have already been made or are planned to be completed by the end of the year.
  • September, twenty working days and ten days off is the traditional start of business activity, more employees took their regular annual holidays.

If during the vacation there were reviews and or sick leave, it is possible to adjust its continuation, including being guided by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on the transfer of days.

fourth quarter


The last quarter, consisting of October, November and December, includes one holiday, November 4, National Unity Day.

  • October, as determined by the production calendar for 2018 with holidays, becomes the leader in the number of working days: there are 23 of them and eight days off.
  • November consists of 21 working days and 9 non-working days, including a public holiday. It falls on Sunday, which means, according to Article 112 of the Labor Code, it is transferred to a working day, Monday, November 5th. The first weekend of November becomes extended - from Saturday, November 3 to Monday, November 5. For those businesses that operate a six-day work week, Saturday will be a shortened pre-holiday day.
  • And in December, on the contrary, one of the Saturdays will be shortened, but working - December 29, the Government moved to December 31, ensuring the continuity of the rest period of Russians during the New Year holidays.

Briefly at the end of the year

The calendar of production dates for the 18th year, approved by the government, does not contain fundamentally new legislative initiatives. Despite the draft laws on the abolition of New Year holidays or to the addition of their duration to the May holiday, it reflects nothing of the kind. It can be downloaded here in a convenient format with comments and necessary footnotes to print or just save. The relevance of all information available in the calendar strictly complies with regulatory documents.

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Obviously, all accountants and personnel officers need a production calendar to work, because it contains all the necessary information about working days, weekends, non-working holidays, and working time standards established in a particular year.

What will be the production calendar for 2018 you will learn from our material.

Production calendar 2018 with holidays and days off

All holidays that are non-working days are listed in the Labor Code. These include (Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation):

  • New Year - January 1-6 and 8,
  • Christmas - January 7,
  • Defender of the Fatherland Day - February 23,
  • International Women's Day - March 8,
  • Holiday of Spring and Labor - May 1,
  • Victory Day - May 9,
  • Russia Day - June 12,
  • National Unity Day - 4 November.

All these dates reflect the 2018 calendar with public holidays. According to the rules of the same article 112 of the Labor Code, a holiday coinciding with a weekend is “shifted” to the working day immediately following the holiday. In 2018, such a day is Sunday November 4, which means that Monday November 5 will also be non-working.

But there is an exception to this rule that applies to New Year's "holidays": the days from January 1 to 8, coinciding with days off, can be transferred to other days of the year, as a rule, they are added to other holidays, thereby "lengthening" them and changing the calendar of working days. For example, in 2017, due to January 1 and 7, which coincided with the weekend, the February and May holidays increased by 1 day (Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 08/04/2016 No. 756).

What transfers are offered in 2018? At the suggestion of the Ministry of Labor, a Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 14, 2017 No. 1250 was prepared, according to which the production calendar for 2018 contains the following days off:

  • New Year and Christmas "holidays" will last from December 30, 2017 to January 8, 2018,
  • "holiday" days off from January 6 and 7 are transferred to March 9 and May 2, respectively,
  • holidays from Saturdays April 28, June 9 and December 29, 2018 are proposed to be moved to working days April 30, June 11 and December 31, 2018, so as not to break the "long" weekend.

If the Government adopts such a version of the resolution, then this is how everyone who works on the “five-day” will rest. For those working on a six-day week, they will remain working days on March 9, April 30, June 11 and December 31, since the transfer of weekends to these dates is planned from Saturdays that coincided with non-working holidays, and Saturday is not a day off for the six-day week.

Timesheet calendar for 2018: production time standards for "five days"

The norm of working time is calculated according to the schedule of a five-day working week with days off Saturday and Sunday, based on the duration of daily work or shift (Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation of August 13, 2009 No. 588n). This calculation procedure is also applied to the “six-day period”.

For the "five-day" week, the timesheet calendar for 2018 indicates the following annual norms of working time:

  • with a 40-hour week (8 hours a day) - 1970 hours,
  • at 36-hour (7.2 hours per day) - 1772.4 hours,
  • at 24-hour (4.8 hours per day) - 1179.6 hours.

The duration of work before the holidays, according to the 2018 timesheet calendar, is reduced by an hour on February 22, March 7 and May 8. Also, working hours are reduced by 1 hour on working Saturdays April 28, June 9 and December 29, due to which the rest is postponed to Mondays.

The norm of working time for any month is calculated as follows: the number of hours of the working week must be divided by 5, multiplied by the working days of the “five-day period” in a particular month and subtract the hours by which work is reduced on pre-holiday days.

For example: the production calendar-2018 in June shows 20 working days, incl. 1 pre-holiday (June 9). Working hours in June with a 40-hour week will be 159 hours (40 hours: 5 days x 20 days - 1 hour).

The total number of working days on the “five-day period” in 2018 is 247, of which 6 are pre-holiday “reduced” days, and 118 days off with holidays.

The 2018 production calendar with holidays for the five-day work week can be seen below.

2018 calendar of working hours with a six-day working week

The norms of working time for the "six-day work" in 2018, similarly to the five-day week, cannot exceed 40 hours per week (Article 91 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

The reduction of pre-holiday working days by an hour, for those working six days a week, is provided for on February 22, March 7, April 30, May 8, June 11, November 3, December 31.

Working days with a six-day week will be 299 days, and non-working days - 66 days.

The 2018 calendar with holidays and weekends (six-day week) can be found in this post below.

Symbols in the calendar-2018 with holidays and weekends

Traditionally, weekends and holidays are marked on the calendar with a different color than weekdays, usually red. Pre-holiday days, when the work should end 1 hour earlier, are marked with an asterisk.

With update from 05.05.2018

Production Calendar (PC)- this is an unofficial document, which, taking into account the norms of the law, facilitates the regulation and accounting of working hours in the current year. In 2018, the main legal and accounting portals published 2 types of PCs: for 5-day and 6-day working weeks. Every year, the procedure for compiling the PC is tacitly based on the norms of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation.

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The production calendar is implemented in all modern accounting systems.

The PC can be used in both paper and electronic format. The second is preferable, because:

  • many services have a pre-notification function, and the calendar user will never miss holidays and their periods, as well as official transfers;
  • makes the calculation part easier thanks to built-in working time calculators

Production calendar for 2018 with a 5-day week by quarter

31 - holiday / day off

31* - pre-holiday shortened day

31 - working day

Short version

Q1 2018

January
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 1 2 3 4
February
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
29 30 31 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22* 23 24 25
26 27 28 1 2 3 4
March
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
26 27 28 1 2 3 4
5 6 7* 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 1

II quarter 2018

April
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
26 27 28 29 30 31 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28* 29
30 1 2 3 4 5 6
May
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
30 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8* 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31 1 2 3
June
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
28 29 30 31 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9* 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 1

III quarter 2018

July
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
25 26 27 28 29 30 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31 1 2 3 4 5
August
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
30 31 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
September
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

IV quarter 2018

October
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 1 2 3 4
19
November
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
29 30 31 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 1 2
December
Mon Tue Wed thu Fri Sat sun
26 27 28 29 30 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29* 30
31 1 2 3 4 5 6

Working hours for 2018 in the production calendar

So, all the norms for the number of days off and working days, as well as the number of working hours for 40-, 36-, 24-hour working weeks can be combined into one visual table:

Period Amount of days Working hours per week
Calendar workers Weekend 40 hours 36 hours 24 hours
January 31 17 14 136 122,4 81,6
February 28 19 9 151 135,8 90,2
March 31 20 11 159 143 95
1 quarter 90 56 34 446 401,2 266,8
April 30 21 9 167 150,2 99,8
May 31 20 11 159 143 95
June 30 20 10 159 143 95
2 quarter 91 61 30 485 436,2 289,8
1st half 181 117 64 931 837,4 556,6
July 31 22 9 176 158,4 105,6
August 31 23 8 184 165,6 110,4
September 30 20 10 160 144 96
3 quarter 92 65 27 520 468 312
9 months 273 182 91 1451 1305,4 868,6
October 31 23 8 184 165,6 110,4
November 30 21 9 168 151,2 100,8
December 31 21 10 167 150,2 99,8
4 quarter 92 65 27 519 467 311
2 semester 184 130 54 1039 935 623
2018 365 247 118 1970 1772,4 1179,6

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Explanations on working hours

Art. Art. 91 and 92 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation standardize the length of working hours for certain categories of workers:

  • generally accepted - 40-hour work week;
  • for employees of the enterprise under 16 years old - up to 24 hours / week;
  • from 16 to 18 years old - up to 35 hours / week;
  • for disabled people of 1 and 2 degrees - up to 35 hours / week;
  • for workers in hazardous and heavy industries - up to 36 hours / week.

There are also special arrangements for students and part-time workers. According to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and the order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development No. 588n dated 13.08.09, any company by collective agreement can establish a different working time, which cannot exceed the maximum established by the Labor Code.

Important!

  • In organizations with a summarized accounting of time for periods equal to a month or a year or another period of time, their norm of the day, week and month is calculated based on the norm of the period of work established in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
  • When summarizing overtime, work on holidays and weekends included in this period will not be recognized. Such is recognized as processing over the time period.
  • So, if the period is the 3rd quarter of 2018, then the norm will be 520 hours. This means that overtime is recognized as hours worked from 521 hours.
  • It is worth noting that in this case there will be no violation of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, since payment for work on holidays / weekends will have to be made in double the amount.

But in any case, the daily rate is calculated from the standard assumption about the length of the week - 5/2. Even if the organization is on a 6-day trip. The norm is calculated by dividing the weekly time by 5:

  • 40 hours / 5 = 8 hours
  • 36h. / 5 = 7.2 hours
  • 24 hours / 5 = 4.8 hours
  • And so on.

Standard option production calendar takes into account all the norms of working hours provided for by the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. The accountant can only find out the category of the employee in order to calculate his salary.

The monthly rate (MN) is calculated based on the daily rate (DN):

DN * number of working days in a month = MN,

if a reduction in the working day is expected in a month due to a subsequent holiday, then the number of hours of reduction is subtracted from MN.

For example, the monthly norm of working time in November 2018 with a 5-day (40-hour) week:

(40 hours / 5) * 21 \u003d 8 * 21 \u003d 168 hours.

The annual rate of working hours is calculated by the formula:

DV* number of working days in a year - hours of "decrease".

Holidays and abbreviated days according to the calendar

So, what holidays await us in 2018 and what days will be shortened before these holidays, we will describe in detail below.

Holidays

So, the list of official non-working holidays on federal level given in Article 112 of the Labor Code.

But Russia is a multi-confessional country, and holidays for its citizens may differ. Therefore, Art. 6 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and Article 4 of the Federal Law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations” stipulate that the authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation may declare holidays and other days, taking into account local traditions and beliefs. So, for example, in the Republic of Tatarstan these are: June 25, August 30, September 1. Holidays of the subject are included in the PC of this subject and affect the norm of working hours.

Holiday-day off

Part 2 of Article 112 fixes: if the holiday fell on a non-working Saturday or Sunday, then instead of this day off, another day of rest is provided - the next working day. This rule is valid for all times except New Year holidays. So, November 4, 2018, National Unity Day, is Sunday, so November 3, 4 and 5 will be days off.

In accordance with Article 113, it is forbidden to involve employees in work on holidays. This is easy to remember using a PC: the dates are highlighted and when you hover the arrows over them, pop-up hints - warnings appear.

Shortening the working day before the holiday

In addition to holidays, the calendar also includes pre-holiday days with a note about the mandatory reduction of the working day by one hour (according to Art. 95 of the Labor Code). The "smart" PC will also take into account the days of transferring holidays from a weekend to a weekday.

Weekend transfers in 2018

There are many holidays in the Russian Federation and sometimes these days do not fall out very conveniently for citizens. In order to optimize rest time, the legislator in the same article 6 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation provided for the possibility of transferring holidays to other days. It is issued by the annual Government Decree. From the New Year holidays, you can transfer no more than 2 days, which has been done for several years in a row.

In 2018, the transfers will be as follows:

  • From Saturday 6 January to Friday 9 March
  • From Sunday 7 January to Wednesday 2 May
  • From Saturday 28 April to Monday 30 April
  • From Saturday 9 June to Monday 11 June
  • From Saturday 29 December to Monday 31 December

All transfers became officially known in the fall of 2017, but nevertheless, adjustments are still possible, keep this in mind.

Download calendar files to print

The files can be downloaded in PDF or PNG format:

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Production calendar with a 6-day work week

Pre-holiday shortened days with a 6-day week this year are provided for February 22, March 7, April 30, May 8, June 11, November 3 and December 31.

A calendar in a convenient Word format is available at the link below:

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Regional calendars

Separate calendars are used for Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and Crimea:


A few more words about the calendar

What data can be seen on the production calendar

PC is an unofficial document, its introduction and use is not regulated by law. However, in essence, the PC is a reflection of some articles of laws on a regular calendar.

In addition to, in fact, the usual calendar with notes on working, weekends and holidays (official and national) days, the PC includes:

  • tables with calculated norms of working / non-working hours by months and quarters,
  • numerical information on the number of working and days off in each reporting period (from a month to a year),
  • information about the postponement of holidays and the reduction of the length of the working day before them.

Who needs a calendar

The working population of the Russian Federation almost always turns to the PC when planning a vacation.

Accountants use a PC to calculate disability payments, vacation pay, and salaries. Full accrual occurs when the norm of working hours in a month is fulfilled. Proportional accrual will be made in the case when the employee has not worked the whole month.

In "gray" companies, PCs are used by personnel officers, who are usually responsible for calculating part of the salary "in envelopes". They also draw up work and shift schedules based on it, count the number of vacation days to which the employee is entitled.

The rest of the population learns from the PC about professional and other holidays, days off; uses different information.

The production calendar is indispensable for an accountant, so it should always be in sight.

Holidays for Russians are a very important and significant event, and not only because. That this is a good reason to get everyone together at a large and deliciously laid table and have fun, but also a good chance to take a break from work for at least a few days. That is why official public holidays in 2018 is one of the most discussed topics, since each of the holidays that bears this status and title entails a series of certain days off. But, more about everything.

Holidays in winter in Russia.

It is during this period of time that Russians expect quite a long vacation and rest. What will happen this year? Will the situation remain at the same level, or is it still necessary and worth expecting any changes and changes? -blockquote>First of all, it is worth mentioning the days off, which according to the schedule are scheduled for the period from January 1 to January 8.

But what holidays and days in winter have a strictly official status?

Spring holidays.

This list can include the following holidays, each of which has its own history, customs and traditions of celebration.

  1. March 8 - International Women's Day. Officially a public holiday in Russia in 2018. The foremother of this holiday is Clara Zetkin, who in 1910 insisted on establishing this day as a symbol of women's struggle for gender freedom. Over time, the holiday began to take on the lyrical character of singing a woman like a spring flower. The public holiday Thursday will be a day off, and Wednesday, March 7, will be one working hour shorter. Friday 9 March will be a working day.
  2. May 1 - Spring and Labor Day. A public holiday in Russia has become a day off. This holiday is celebrated in 140 countries of the world and symbolizes the solidarity of all workers. The pre-holiday day of April 30 will also become a day off, because holidays are being postponed, and Russians will have a rest from April 28 to May 1 inclusive.
  3. May 9 - Victory Day. In 2018, this holiday is celebrated on Tuesday and will also be an official day off. The victory in the Great Patriotic War ended on May 8, 1945, when the Soviet army in Berlin raised the Soviet flag over the Reichstag. On May 9, festive parades and concerts are held throughout the country, where veterans are honored. This year, the holiday falls on Wednesday, and pre-holiday Tuesday is a shortened working day.

Holidays in summer.

In hot weather and time, the inhabitants of the country expect only one holiday, but which is quite important. This, of course, is June 12, the Day of Russia. The basis of this holiday was the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Russia, which was approved by Boris Yeltsin in 1994. The holiday carries an understanding of the power of unity and awareness by citizens of the power of the country. On this day, concerts and events are held in Russia, especially for the holiday. In 2018, the date of the holiday falls on Tuesday, which means that the pre-holiday Saturday will be a working day and there will be three days of rest in the Russian Federation: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Autumn.

This is a golden time, which is also famous for just one public holiday, or, more precisely, November 4 - the Day of National Unity. This holiday falls on a Sunday in 2018, and the law stipulates that if the holiday falls on a weekend, the celebration should be moved to a weekday. Russians rest three days in a row: Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

It should be understood that, despite the fact that all of the above holidays are of an official and state nature, nevertheless, according to the law, they can be changed and adjusted. But, if this happens, then this must be brought to the attention of the inhabitants of the country. Although, for this year, no changes should be expected.