There's a holiday in Russia on November 4th. I asked my classmates to explain the reason for this sign of generousity, - this university has no significant breaks during autumn semesters like my home university - but nobody could describe why this holiday exists. I decided to find this out by myself then.
Denʹ narodnogo yedinstva can be translated as "Unity Day", "Day of People's Unity" or "National Unity Day". Originally this day was celebrated in memory of year 1612, when Polish-Lithuanian occupation forces were pushed away from Moscow by a popular uprising, lead by Kuzma Minin and Dmitri Pozharsky. Other events celebrated are the ends of the Time of Troubles (1598-1613) and Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618). The celebration of this day lasted till year 1917, when it was replaced with a commemoration of Russian Revolution on 7th of November. This holiday became also replaced in 2005 with 4th of November again, in order to have a holiday that would belong to all the nationalities in Russia.
Sounds confusing. No wonder Russians do not know about this celebration much. But at least we have one more reason among others to stay at home with a pure conscience and do nothing :)
(Sources: 1, 2)
Denʹ narodnogo yedinstva can be translated as "Unity Day", "Day of People's Unity" or "National Unity Day". Originally this day was celebrated in memory of year 1612, when Polish-Lithuanian occupation forces were pushed away from Moscow by a popular uprising, lead by Kuzma Minin and Dmitri Pozharsky. Other events celebrated are the ends of the Time of Troubles (1598-1613) and Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618). The celebration of this day lasted till year 1917, when it was replaced with a commemoration of Russian Revolution on 7th of November. This holiday became also replaced in 2005 with 4th of November again, in order to have a holiday that would belong to all the nationalities in Russia.
Sounds confusing. No wonder Russians do not know about this celebration much. But at least we have one more reason among others to stay at home with a pure conscience and do nothing :)
(Sources: 1, 2)
your post is full of information, i have remembered, thank you:)
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