Talk:Public holidays in Russia

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bitch new year[edit]

Obviously the Orthodox Easter is missing. A different question: is the "Old New Year" worth noting? --Irpen 19:32, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Students' Day in Russia ?[edit]

Is January 25 still celebrated as the Students' Day in Russia ? See Moscow State University#University history. -- 199.71.174.100 05:50, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Public Holidays[edit]

Please note that this is a list of PUBLIC holidays, which means people don't (generally) work on this day, and schools are closed. Of course, there is a lot more holidays in Russia.

How can National Flag Day be a public holiday, yet not a "day-off"?124.197.15.138 (talk) 03:52, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cyrillic Alphabet Day[edit]

Is Saints Cyril and Methodius Day celebrated in Russia? Evertype 15:04, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Imperial?[edit]

Occupying imperial army? Sounds like a soviet term rathern than an academic one. Unless you are refering to the Kaiser's armies occupying Ruussian land, I think it should be changed. The German armies are very rarely mentioned as imperial, even though the Kaiser was an "emperor".Tourskin 19:08, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article needs to be fixed[edit]

It doesn't specify official holiday duration (5 days for New Year's Holiday in 2007) and possibly needs other important fixes. Perhaps a nice table format should not hurt as well. Such an information can easily be found, for example, here. Cmapm 17:25, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Motherland or Fatherland?[edit]

In the section title, it is Defender of the Motherland Day, but in the text it is Defender of the Fatherland Day. Are these two different translations of the same word, or is one correct and not the other? Zyxw59 (talk) 01:16, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The official term is "День защитника Отечества," which translates to Defender of the Fatherland. Generally, I think that the term fatherland has been used primarily by officials, whereas Motherland is more colloquial and in a way, affectionate. The term does redirect to a separate page called "Defender of the Fatherland Day." It would be good to get a native speaker's opinion on this if at all possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.163.1.133 (talk) 14:47, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Programmers' Day[edit]

In the article Programmers' Day#Official_recognition is stated that on September 11, 2009 an executive order on a new professional holiday celebrating the Programmers' Day was signed. May you add it in the list of holidays, or question the fact on such an article, please? --Soujak (talk) 11:30, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]