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City Day is a time when everyone has the opportunity to confess their love to their native or native metropolis, and once again look around with surprise and realize that I live in one of the most beautiful places on the planet!In 2017, the Russian capital will celebrate 870th anniversary... For the first time, a city day in Moscow was celebrated in the winter of 1847 - by order of Nicholas I, festivities and the distribution of gifts took place. Under Soviet rule, the celebration was postponed until the fall, and in our time, Moscow's birthday has finally turned into a citywide holiday with concerts, fairs, festivities and the final fireworks.

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What date is a city day in Moscow?

Traditionally, this holiday does not have a specific date - it is celebrated on the first or second Saturday of September. In 2017, the day of the city of Moscow is officially scheduled for 9th of September... But, as in previous years, the festivities will last all week, and the organizers will leave the most interesting for September 9 and 10. Every year this holiday becomes more and more large, and the program of events is more and more extensive. Among the many concerts, fairs, exhibitions, competitions, parades and theatrical performances, everyone will find entertainment to their liking.

Where to go, what to see on a city day?

In the anniversary 2017, the city authorities promise an unprecedented scale of celebrations. Festivities will cover not only the center of Moscow - festive events will take place in all major parks of the capital. At the bottom of the city in Moscow, everyone will spend time with pleasure.

12:00-22:00

Celebrating city day in city parks

12:00-22:00

Festival "Theater March". The largest open-air theater festival in Russia.

13:00

General musical start of the City Day
The anthem of Moscow will sound at all city venues, which will serve as a symbolic start of the City Day celebration.

City concert venues

13:00-22:00

22:00

Festive fireworks
The final chord of the holiday is a one-time burst of festive fireworks in all districts of Moscow.

13:00-22:00

Festival of theatrical art and creativity "Bright people"
The best world-famous theaters will stage a real theatrical marathon in Gorky Park.

Events dedicated to the Moscow City Day in 2017

	Event	Location
August 26 - September 3, 2017	International military music festival "Spasskaya Tower" You can find out the full program, the list of participants and buy tickets for the festival.
09 September - 10 September 2017	Free admission to museums Exhibition halls and galleries subordinated to the Moscow Department of Culture can be visited absolutely free. Detailed list.

Where to watch fireworks on Moscow Day

Moscow City Day in 2017 promises to be diversified - the program of entertainment events is very rich. But no matter how interesting and exciting the festive events are, many are still looking forward to the fireworks, which usually end celebrations.

AT 22.00 festive fireworks and fireworks will thunder throughout the capital. “Peonies”, “chrysanthemums”, “snakes”, “hearts”, flickering figures and other colorful drawings will be launched into the sky. A total of 13,260 volleys will sound over the city. Fireworks will be launchedon Vorobyovy Gory, on Poklonnaya Hill, on Bolshaya Akademicheskaya, in the Izmailovo and Kuzminki parks, at the Kursk railway station, in Yuzhny Butovo, Solntsevo, Nagatino, Otradnoye, Mitino, in Zelenograd and in Troitsk.

The festive extravaganza will last 10-15 minutes. Where to observe it depends on many factors. If you have not yet decided on this issue, choosing a place from where you will admire the fantastic sky, keep in mind that the most stunning views of the festive fireworks open from Red Square, Vorobyovy Gory, the observation deck "Moscow City" and on the bridges across Moscow. the river.

Where to stay in Moscow during the holidays?

If you are planning for the holidays, then it is worth taking care of booking a place to stay in advance, as cheap and profitable rooms in mini-hotels run out quickly. We recommend that you do not delay the choice of a hotel and use the services of Booking.com, which offers for booking. You can choose a hotel using a variety of filters: star rating, type (hotel, apartment, villa, hostel, etc.), cost, location, ratings of people who visited the hotel, Wi-Fi availability and much more.

Imagine - every day in Russia there is another holiday, event, date, and, as a rule, more than one. Personal experience tells us that remembering all the holidays of the year is incredibly difficult, but common sense whispers - it is not necessary. And indeed, why memorize church holidays, state, professional, and to them it is also worth adding personal dates, such as birthdays of relatives and a couple of dozen friends, wedding anniversaries, and others. Therefore, the calendar for every day created by the SuperTosty website will solve the problem of remembering dates and events for you, remind you of Orthodox holidays, weekends in Russia, celebrated professional dates and other equally significant holidays. With events of a personal nature, what can you do, you will have to cope on your own, fortunately, it is also enough to write them down in a notebook, or better a mobile phone, where you can turn on a reminder - the twenty-first century is in the yard after all!
All the holidays of winter, spring, summer and autumn are reflected in our calendar. For each holiday, we have selected congratulations, toasts, greeting cards and SMS. Now not a single holiday of the year will pass you by, you will be aware of the events of Russia, its dates, you will be able to congratulate colleagues and friends on time on their working and professional holidays. After all, all year round, every day hundreds of events are celebrated, dates dedicated to teachers, doctors, and other professions, church holidays, days of cities, military glory and other equally interesting holidays.

Holidays, dates and events of the year

January holiday calendar

January- (lat. Januarius), according to legend, received his name from the Roman king Numa Pompilius in honor of the Roman god Janus, personifying the beginning of the two-faced god, who looks with one face into the past, the other into the future. The first day of January was also dedicated to Janus. January was introduced as one of the months in Ancient Rome around 700 BC. e., in 46 BC. e. Julius Caesar established the beginning of the year on January 1.
The Slavic name Prosinets - apparently from the increase in the day, the addition of the heavenly blue.
January is the beginning, winter is middle, spring is grandfather.

January holidays:

February holiday calendar

February- (lat. Februarius), named after the ancient Greek god of the underworld Februus or Febru.
There is another version - in ancient times, February was the last of the year. In ancient Rome, for example, in February they tried to cleanse themselves of all the bad things that had accumulated over the year. Hence, its name - after the name of the rite of cult cleansing from sins, repentance in Dr. Rome - februarius (Latin - cleansing), in those days February was the last month of the year.
In addition to the official name, there are a number of popular names: "snow", "kruten", "winter", "bokogrey", "krivodorog", "kazybrod", "kazidoroga".
Slavic names - cross (cf. Ukr. Sichen - January) (according to the text of the Vologda Gospel), snow (according to the text of the Polotsk Gospel). Other Slavic names of the month: fierce, velcha, candlestick, druinik (that is, the second, candlestick). Bokogrey - the cattle comes out to warm in the sun. They also called it "low water" (the boundary between winter and spring). In the annals it was called wedding, from winter weddings, performed from the day of the Epiphany to Maslenitsa.

Holidays calendar for March

March- (lat.Martius). In the calendar of the ancient Romans, the year began with the month on which the vernal equinox fell. It was called primidilis - after its ordinal number.
After the reform of this calendar, the first month of the year and spring became Martus (Latin Mars), in honor of the ancient Roman god Mars, the father of Romulus. Mars was the god of war, but, at the same time, and in its more ancient meaning, he was the god of farmers, rural workers.
The modern name for March came to us from Byzantium. And before that, in Ancient Russia he was called "tarn" - evil for birches, like this month they burned birch on coals.
In the Russian folk calendar, March is called the protalnik. Melt water - "snow", according to popular belief, is curative. She washed the floors in the house, watered flowers, washed linen taken from sick people in it. And the walls of the house were renewed, houseplants were gaining strength, and thinness and ailments left the sick person. There are other names for this month associated with natural phenomena: winter winter, droplet, dry (from the winds drying out moisture), birch or birch, transient - spring began from this month, the harbinger of summer. Although March itself is not spring, but an anticipation.

March Holidays:

April holiday calendar

April- (lat. Aprilis), named after the goddess Venus, or rather her Greek counterpart Aphrodite. Other options: from lat. apricus - "warmed by the sun, located in the sun" or aperio - "to open", i.e. month, when shoots appear, buds open.
The Slavic name is birch, another - pollen coincides with the Ukrainian. quiten.
A common Russian name - play ravines, speaks of streams from melting snow.
Other names: snowman, birch ash, pollen, light snow.

April Holidays: Floating dates 1st Sunday in April - (Date for 2018 is April 1) The week before Easter - (April 1 is the date for 2018) Thursday before Easter - (April 5 is the date for 2018) 2 Sunday April - (Date for 2018 is April 8) The first Sunday after the spring full moon and after the Jewish Passover - (The date of celebration for 2018 is April 8) 1 Sunday after Easter - (April 15 is the date for 2018) Day 9 from Easter - (April 17 is the date for 2018) Saturday that falls in the time interval from mid-April to mid-May, and closest to the day when the moon is visible in the first quarter phase - (Date for 2018 is April 21) Wednesday of the last full week of April - (Date for 2018 is April 25) Last Sunday in April - (April 29 is the date for 2018)

May holiday calendar

May- (lat. Majus), named after the Roman goddess Maya, the mother of Mercury, who personified the blossoming nature and fertility. There is also a version that the name is based not on the Roman, but on the Greek Maya - the goddess of the mountains, which at this time are covered with green. The Anglo-Saxons called May "trimilk" - from May, cows began to milk three times a day. Danes - "bloomandom".
Slavic and Ukrainian name - grass. The Slavs also called it flyby. Other names: herbalist, herbal, light-bloom, rose flower, rose flower, pollen, light day, bird whistle, nightingale month, queten, rose flower, roznyak, great herbal, shevoy or Schwiban, May. There was one more name - yarets (in honor of the Slavic sun god Yarila).
May is popularly considered unhappy. This is a bad month for weddings. "Marrying in May is a century to suffer." "I would be glad to get married, but May does not order."
Most often, the cold falls on the blooming period of the bird cherry (from May 4). They say: "When the bird cherry blossoms, the cold always lives." Colds in May are called "cherry".

May holidays:

June holiday calendar

June - (Latin Junius), named after the goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter, goddess of fertility, mistress of rain and guardian of marriage. According to another version, the name of the month goes back to the word "junior", which means "young", "younger".
June is the month of the radiant sun, the longest days and white nights, the brightest month of the year is milky. And June is also a songful and blessed month, grain grower and hoarder, grain-growing, he saves the harvest for the whole year, enriches our house. June is the blush of the year, and the first grass, and the anthill. The time of tall grasses and hayfields, bright flowers was also called multi-colored, rose, strawberry.
If the nights are warm in June - to an abundance of fruits.
What June is, so is the hay.
Strong dew - to fertility, and frequent fogs promise a harvest of mushrooms.

June Holidays:

July holiday calendar

July- (Latin Julius, named after Julius Caesar. Before that - Quintilis). Slavic names - lipets (Ukrainian name - linden), from the time of flowering of linden; hay-grass ("hay" and "ripen") and hay stands reflected the maturation of hay and its laying in haystacks; The Russian name "cherven" comes from the old Russian word "scarlet", i.e. red, beautiful. July is called the beauty of summer, its hope, the middle of color. They call it the green feast of the year, the month of fragrant berries, honey herbs, generous sweet tooth, exuberant, lush and multicolored.
July is popularly called senostav, roaster, hay-grass, sickle, pribirikha and sufferer. Because of the frequent torrential rains and thunderstorms, July was called a thunderstorm and a thunderstorm. It is not for nothing that the people say that July thunders lightning, cripples oaks. July is also a kosach and kosach, a haymaker and a haymaker, a green harvest and a darling of sudden and transient rains. July is the central month of summer, the zenith of warmth, radiant beauty. People were talking about July: since July has looked into the yard, it's time to cram sickles; the harvest is a precious time, no one rests here. With the most intense heat, zazinki began, the first, late night sheaf was knitted.
If July is hot, then December will be frosty. In July, clouds spread across the sky in stripes - it will rain. The greenish color of the puddle is a sign of the onset of severe drought. In the morning the fog spreads over the grass - the weather will be fine. If the grass is dry in the morning, expect rain by night.

August holiday calendar

August - (lat.Augustus). Named after the Roman emperor Augustus. Eighth month of the year. The name is not Russian; it came to our fathers from Byzantium. The indigenous, Slavic names of this month were different.
Other names: serpen (from the word "sickle", harvest time), dawn (from the lightning lightning), gustar (everything is abundant, they eat thickly), zhench, zhneiska, prashnik, velikserpen, osemin (octopus), mistress, great men, kimovets, kolovots, zornichnik.
Depending on customs, many different rituals are held on Zarev (among which all three Savior - apple, honey, nut).
Proverbs and sayings about August: August doesn't let you walk. In August, the sickles warm, the water cools. Look for oats and flax in August, they were previously unreliable. A peasant has three worries in August: to mow, to plow, and to sow. August crashes, but afterwards he consoles. August is hard labor, but after that there will be mint. August is cabbage, and March is sturgeon. Babam in August is a holiday, harvest, and from September and Indian summer. August gathering or supply.

August holidays:

September holiday calendar

September (lat. September) - the first month of autumn. Sheet cutter. Pensive. Howler. Fieldfare. Veresen. Zorevnik. Gloomy. Sentemarius. Ruen. Ryuin. End of summer.
The name of the month reflects the autumn season: Howler - rains, bad weather; Gloomy - extinction of sunlight, gloomy sky; Ruen is the yellow color of autumn; Ryuin is the roar of deer.
It is customary to finish field work in September, and it was no coincidence that it was once the first month of the year: the old year ended and the new harvest began. In September, in the second half, the color of leaves of maple, linden, oak, birch changes. From the end of the first decade, linden leaves, elm, warty birch have been dropped; the crowns of hawthorn, maple, bird cherry, aspen, ash, red elder, and oak are thinning. Linden and poplar begin leaf fall from below; elm, hazel ash - on top.
September signs: Thunder in September foreshadows a warm autumn. Until the leaf from the cherries has fallen, no matter how much snow falls, the thaw will drive it away. If the cranes fly high, unhurriedly and “talk”, it will be a good autumn. The cobweb spreads over the plants - to the warmth.

September Holidays:

October holiday calendar

October - (lat.October). The old Russian name for the month is October, October. Dirt. Leaf fall. Podzimnik. Pozimnik. Wedding. Pazdernik. Zazimye. Measure it. Measured. Praise the month. The names of the month of October are mostly borrowed from the Middle Greek language. October is the late autumn period. The sunshine rate is 80 hours. The weather is very changeable. The day decreases by 2 hours 10 minutes.
The eighth month of the old Roman year, which began in March before Caesar's reform. Received the name from lat. octo is eight. Due to the transition to winter time, it is the longest month of the year (745 hours).
October will cover the earth, where with a leaf, where with a snowball. In October, neither on wheels nor on sleds. October took everyone, but the peasant has no move. In October, there are seven weather outside: sowing, blowing, twisting, stirring up, roaring, pouring from above, sweeping from below. Late leaf fall - for a difficult year.

October Holidays:

Holidays calendar for November

November - English. November - from lat. novem "nine", such as it was among the Romans;
The ancient Russian name for breast, from "heap" - frozen ground in heaps, not covered with snow, in Old Russian, for example. Nestor the chronicler has a winter road. Ukrainian name for leaf fall. Other names for November: Leaves. Leafy. Leafy. Breast. Ice. Freezing up. Half-winter. Zapevka winter. Winter gate. Wedding. The last month of autumn.
The most foggy month of the year. November is the gateway to winter. November - September is a grandson, October is a son, a native father in winter. November is the twilight of the year. In November, winter fights autumn. In November, a man says goodbye to the cart, climbs into the sleigh. November nights are dark before snow. In November, the snow will blow up - bread will arrive. Everything in November en masse - on the table, on the ground, and on the water. It also gives generously, autumn-style November. But the road is potholes, the road between the villages is a freak. Do not pass, do not pass.

November Holidays:

Holidays calendar for December

December (lat. December) - the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar. The tenth month of the old Roman year, which began in March before Caesar's reform. Received the name from lat. decem - ten. After the shift in the beginning of the year, January became the twelfth, last month of the year.
The ancient Russian name is winter road, jelly, cold, cold. Ukrainian name for breasts. December is popularly called the gate of winter. It is time to protect the peasant's good from the fierce frosts, from poverty, to look so that the nourishing spirit does not end up in the grain bottom, does not dry out, the grain does not freeze. In December they said: "warmth flows from the eyes", i.e. the frost breaks through to tears.
Folk omens: If December is dry, spring and summer will be dry. If this month is cold, snowy, with frost and winds, there will be a harvest.

December Holidays:

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Some anniversaries of 2017:

1155th anniversary of the emergence of Russian statehood (862 - the calling of Rurik by the elders of the intertribal state of Northern Russia)

1135th anniversary of the unification by Prince Oleg of Northern and Southern Russia into one state with the center in Kiev (882)

980 years ago, the first library of Ancient Rus was founded by Yaroslav the Wise at the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev (1037)

870 years since the first mention of Moscow in the annals (1147)

680 years since the founding of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra (1337)

660 years since the founding of the Andronikov Monastery (c. 1357)

405 years of the expulsion of the Polish interventionists from Moscow by the militia led by K. Minin and D. Pozharsky (October 26, 1612)

295 years ago, Peter I approved the Table of Ranks of all ranks of the Russian Empire (1722)

295 years ago, Peter I issued a decree on the creation of the prosecutor's office (1722)

260 years since the founding of the Russian Academy of Arts (1757)

January

180 years ago, A.S. Pushkin with Dantes on the Black River (1837)

170 years ago, the first issue of the Sovremennik magazine published an essay by I.S. Turgenev "Khor and Kalinych" (1847)

145 years ago, the foundation was laid for the formation of the weather service in Russia (1872)

January marks:

January 2 - 180 years since the birth of M.A. Balakirev (1837-1910), Russian musician, public figure

January 3 - 125th anniversary of the birth of J. Ronald Tolkien (1892-1973), English writer, philosopher, historian of language

January 4 - 205 years since the birth of E.P. Rostopchina (1812-1858), Russian poetess, writer

January 7 - 130 years since the birth of I.I. Golikov (1887-1937), Russian master, founder of Palekh art

January 9 - 220 years since the birth of F.P. Wrangel (1797-1870), Russian traveler, admiral, one of the founders of the Russian Geographical Society. Born in Pskov

January 12 - 110 years since the birth of S.P. Korolev (1907-1966), Soviet scientist and designer in the field of rocketry and cosmonautics

January 15 - 395 years since the birth of Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poclein) (1622-1673), French playwright

January 16 - 150 years since the birth of V.V. Veresaev (1867-1945), Russian prose writer, literary critic

January 16 - 135 years since the birth of A.V. Lentulov (1882-1943), Russian artist, set designer

January 18 - 135 years since the birth of A.A. Milne (1882-1956), English playwright, classic of English children's literature

January 22 - 135 years since the birth of P.A. Florensky (1882-1937), Russian thinker, encyclopedic scientist

January 23 - 185th birth anniversary of Edouard Manet (1832-1883), French impressionist painter

January 24 - 285 years since the birth of Auguste Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799), French playwright

January 24 - 105 years since the birth of S.A. Dangulov (1912-1989), Russian writer, journalist

January 25 - 185 years since the birth of I.I. Shishkin (1832-1898), Russian painter, master of landscape

January 27 - 185th birthday of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), English writer, philosopher and mathematician

January 28 - 130th anniversary of the birth of Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982), Polish and American pianist

February

315th anniversary of the founding of the Baltic Navy (1702)

180 years ago M.Yu. Lermontov wrote the final 16 lines of the poem "Death of a Poet" (1837)

165 years ago, the opening of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg took place (1852)

140 years ago, the premiere of P.I. Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake" (1877)

February marks:

February 7 - 205th birth anniversary of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English writer, novelist

February 11 - 115 years since the birth of L.P. Orlova (1902-1975), Russian theater and film actress

February 15 - 155 years since the birth of S.T. Morozov (1862-1905), Russian textile manufacturer, philanthropist

February 17 - 105th anniversary of the birth of A. Norton (pseudonym Alice Mary Norton, 1912-2005), American science fiction writer

February 20 - 165 years since the birth of N.G. Garin-Mikhailovsky (1852-1906), Russian writer

February 25 - 195th anniversary of the birth of L.A. Mei (1822-1862), lyric poet, playwright

February 27 - 210th birth anniversary of Henry Longfellow (1807-1882), American romantic poet

February 28 - 95 years since the birth of Yu.M. Lotman (1922-1993), Russian literary critic, culturologist and semiotics

March

555 years since the beginning of the reign of Ivan III Vasilyevich, the first sovereign of all Russia, the builder of the united Russian state (March 27, 1462)

310 years ago, Peter I issued a decree on the defense of the Fatherland (1707)

295 years ago, by order of Peter I, systematic observations of the weather began in St. Petersburg (1722)

100 years ago, the first issue of the Izvestia newspaper was published (1917)

95 years ago, the former family estate of the Hannibals-Pushkins became the State Memorial Museum-Reserve of A.S. Pushkin (1922)

75 years ago the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" first published a poem by A.A. Surkov "In the dugout" (1942)

March marks:

March 2 - 100 years ago Nicholas II signed the abdication of the throne. The fall of the monarchy in Russia (1917)

March 5 - 505 years since the birth of Gerard Mercator (Gerard van Kremer) (1512-1594), Flemish cartographer, geographer

March 24 - 235 years since the birth of O.A. Kiprensky (1782-1836), Russian portrait painter and graphic artist, representative of romanticism

March 27 - 90 years since the birth of M.L. Rostropovich (1927-2007), an outstanding cellist and conductor

March 31 - 145 years since the birth of S.P. Diaghilev (1872-1929), Russian theater and art figure

March 31 - 135 years since the birth of K.I. Chukovsky (1882-1969), Russian writer, critic, literary critic

April

The peasant war under the leadership of Stepan Razin began 350 years ago (1667)

105 years ago in the North Atlantic sank the superliner "Titanic" (04/15/1912)

80 years ago, the first issue of the magazine "Theater" (1937) was published

75 years ago, the legendary ace pilot A.I. Maresyev (1942)

The Moscow book publishing house "Vagrius" was founded 25 years ago (1992)

April marks:

April 6 - 205 years since the birth of A.I. Herzen (pseudonym Iskander) (1812-1870), Russian writer, philosopher

April 9 - 105th anniversary of the birth of L.Z. Kopelev (1912-1997), critic, literary critic, writer of the Russian diaspora

April 12 - 130th anniversary of the birth of E.I. Dmitrieva (literary pseudonym - Cherubina de Gabriak) (1887-1928), poetess of the Russian diaspora

April 12 - 105 years since the birth of E.Z. Kopelyan (1912-1975), Soviet theater and film actor

April 14 - 155 years since the birth of P.A. Stolypin (1862-1911), Russian statesman

April 15 - 565 years since the birth of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian painter, scientist of the Renaissance

April 16 - 105 years since the birth of E.V. Samoilov (1912-2006), Russian theater and film actor

April 19 - 125th anniversary of the birth of G.V. Adamovich (1892-1972), Russian poet, literary critic, translator

April 22 - 310th birth anniversary of Henry Fielding (1707-1754), English novelist and playwright

April 28 - 110 years since the birth of Z.I. Voskresenskaya (1907-1992), Russian children's writer

April 30 - 240 years since the birth of K.F. Gauss (1777-1855), German mathematician, astronomer, surveyor

May

325 years ago, the launching of the first warship in Russia took place, the beginning of the creation of the Russian fleet (1692)

305 years ago, Peter I moved the capital from Moscow to Petersburg (1712)

190 years ago the Russian artist O.A. Kiprensky created one of the first lifetime portraits of A.S. Pushkin (1827)

The Red Cross Society in Russia was founded 150 years ago (1867)

105 years ago the first issue of the newspaper "Pravda" was published (1912)

The Russian Book Chamber was founded 100 years ago (1917)

95 years ago, the first issue of the magazine "Young Guard" (1922) was published

95 years ago, the first issue of the journal "Physical Culture and Sport" (1922)

75 years ago, the Order of the Patriotic War I and II degrees was established (1942)

May marks:

May 2 - 115 years since the birth of Alan Marshall (1902-1984), Australian writer, publicist

May 4 - 245 years since the birth of Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772-1823), a German publisher, founder of the "dictionary" dynasty and the Brockhaus company.

May 5 - 155 years since the birth of Niko Pirosmani (N.A. Pirosmanishvili) (1862-1918), Georgian artist

May 5 - 140 years since the birth of G.Ya. Sedov (1877-1914), Russian hydrographer and explorer of the Arctic

May 28 - 140 years since the birth of M.A. Voloshin (1877-1932), Russian poet, critic, artist

June

105 years ago, the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin (June 13, 1912)

95 years ago the first issue of the magazine "Krestyanka" was published (1922)

June marks:

June 9 - 345 years since the birth of Peter I the Great (1672-1725), Russian emperor, statesman

June 9 - 205 years since the birth of I.G. Halle (1812-1910), German astronomer who first saw Neptune

June 13 - 205 years since the birth of I.I. Sreznevsky (1812-1880), Russian philologist, ethnographer, paleographer

June 15 - 150 years since the birth of K.D. Balmont (1867-1942), Russian poet, eseist, translator, critic

June 18 - 75 years since the birth of D.P. McCartney (1942), English musician, one of the founders of the Beatles

June 20 - 85 years since the birth of R.I. Rozhdestvensky (1932-1994), Soviet poet, translator

June 25 - 165 years since the birth of N.E. Heinze (1852-1913), Russian prose writer, journalist and playwright

June 28 - 440th anniversary of the birth of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the great Flemish painter

June 28 - 305th anniversary of the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), French writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment

June 28 - 150th anniversary of the birth of Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936), Italian writer, playwright

June 28 - 95 years ago V.V. died. Khlebnikov (1885-1922), Russian poet and prose writer, theorist of futurism

July

320 years since the annexation of Kamchatka to Russia (1697)

90 years ago the first issue of the magazine "Roman-Gazeta" (1927)

The Knowledge Society was founded 70 years ago (1947)

July marks:

July 2 - 140th birth anniversary of Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), German novelist, poet, critic

July 6 - 80 years since the birth of V.D. Ashkenazi (1937), Soviet and Icelandic pianist and conductor

July 7 - 135th anniversary of the birth of Yanka Kupala (1882-1942), national Belarusian poet, translator

July 7 - 110th birthday of Robert Hanlein (1907-1988), American science fiction writer

July 8 - 130 years since the birth of N.V. Narokova (Marchenko) (1887-1969), prose writer of the Russian diaspora

July 8 - 125th anniversary of the birth of Richard Aldington (1892-1962), English writer, poet, critic

July 10 - Day of Military Glory. Victory of the Russian army under the command of Peter I over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709)

July 13 - 155 years since the birth of N.A. Rubakin (1862-1946), Russian bibliologist, bibliographer, writer

July 21 - 135 years since the birth of David Burliuk (1882-1967), poet, publisher of the Russian diaspora

July 28 - 195th anniversary of the birth of Apollo Grigoriev (1822-1864), Russian poet, translator, memoirist

July 29 - 200 years since the birth of I.K. Aivazovsky (1817-1900), Russian marine painter, philanthropist

August

95 years ago, the first issue of the magazine "Crocodile" (1922) was published

30 years ago, a resolution was adopted on the establishment of the State Memorial Museum-Reserve of I.S. Turgenev "Spasskoye-Lutovinovo" in the Oryol region (1987)

In August it will be:

August 4 - 260 years since the birth of V.L. Borovikovsky (1757-1825), Russian artist, master of portrait

August 4 - 155 years since the birth of S.N. Trubetskoy (1862-1905), Russian philosopher, public figure

August 4 - 105 years since the birth of A.D. Aleksandrov (1912-1999), Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher

August 7 - 70 years since the birth of S.M. Rotaru (1947), Ukrainian and Russian pop singer

August 9 - 135 years since the birth of Sergei Gorny (Otsup Alexander-Mark Avdeevich) (1882-1949), a writer of the Russian diaspora. Born in the town of Ostrov, Pskov province

August 14 - 150th anniversary of the birth of John Galsworthy (1867-1933), English prose writer and playwright

August 15 - 230 years since the birth of A.A. Alyabyev (1787-1851), Russian composer, pianist and conductor

August 17 - 75 years since the birth of M.M. Magomayev (1942-2008), Soviet, Azerbaijani singer, composer

August 19 - 80 years since the birth of A.V. Vampilov (1937-1972), Russian playwright and prose writer

August 21 - 145th birth anniversary of Aubrey Beardsley (Beardsley) (1872-1898), English graphic artist, illustrator

August 23 - Day of Military Glory. The defeat by the Soviet troops of the German fascist troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943)

August 29 - 155 years since the birth of Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), Belgian writer, playwright, philosopher

August 30 - 105 years since the birth of E.N. Stamo (1912-1987), Soviet architect, builder of the Olympic Village for the 1980 Moscow Olympics

September

495 years ago, the first round-the-world voyage of the expedition of Fernando Magellan (1522) ended

195 years ago, Alexander Pushkin's poem "The Prisoner of the Caucasus" (1822) was published

180 years ago, the inventor of the telegraph apparatus S. Morse transmitted the first telegram (1837)

165 years ago in the journal "Sovremennik" was published the story of L.N. Tolstoy's Childhood (1852)

155 years ago, a monument to the Millennium of Russia was unveiled in the Novgorod Kremlin (sculptor M.O. Mikeshin) (1862)

95 years ago, prominent representatives of the intelligentsia were forcibly expelled from Soviet Russia, including N.A. Berdyaev, L.P. Karsavin, I.A. Ilyin, Pitirim Sorokin and others (1922)

September marks:

September 3 - 90 years since the birth of A.M. Adamovich (Ales Adamovich) (1927-1994), Belarusian writer

September 5 - 200th anniversary of the birth of A.K. Tolstoy (1817-1875), Russian poet, writer, playwright

September 6 - 80 years since the birth of G.F. Shpalikov (1937-1974), Soviet screenwriter, poet

September 10 - 145 years since the birth of V.K. Arseniev (1872-1930), Russian explorer of the Far East, writer, geographer

September 10 - 110 years since the birth of V.I. Nemtsov (1907-1994), Russian science fiction writer, publicist

September 10 - 105th anniversary of the birth of Herluf Bidstrup (1912-1988), Danish caricaturist

September 11 - 140 years since the birth of F.E. Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), statesman, revolutionary

September 11 - 135 years since the birth of B.S. Zhitkov (1882-1938), Russian children's writer, teacher

September 14 - 170th anniversary of the birth of P.N. Yablochkov (1847-1894), Russian inventor, electrical engineer

September 17 - 160 years since the birth of K.E. Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), Russian scientist and inventor

September 17 - 105 years since the birth of G.P. Menglet (1912-2001), Russian theater and film actor

September 17 - 105 years since the birth of Maxim Tank (1912-1995), the Belarusian national poet

September 24 - 140th anniversary of the birth of G.A. Duperron (1877-1934), founder of Russian football and the Olympic movement in Russia

September 25 - 120th birth anniversary of William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and short story writer

September 29 - 470 years since the birth of M. Cervantes (1547-1616), Spanish writer of the Renaissance

October

525 years ago, the expedition of H. Columbus discovered the island of San Salvador (the official date of the discovery of America) (1492)

145 years ago, the Russian electrical engineer A.N. Lodygin applied for the invention of the electric incandescent lamp (1872)

130 years ago, the premiere of the opera by P.I. Tchaikovsky's "The Enchantress" at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg (1887)

95 years ago in Moscow was created a book and magazine publishing house "Young Guard" (1922)

60 years ago, a film directed by M. Kalatozov "The Cranes Are Flying" (1957) was released on the screens of the country. At the Cannes Film Festival in 1958, the film was awarded the Palme d'Or

60 years ago, our country launched the world's first artificial Earth satellite (October 4, 1957)

October marks:

October 1 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Gumilyov (1912-1992), Russian historian-ethnologist, geographer, writer

October 7 - 65 years old Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (1952), President of the Russian Federation, statesman

October 12 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Koshkin (1912-1992), Soviet engineer-inventor

October 24 - 385th birthday of Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), Dutch naturalist

October 26 - 175 years since the birth of V.V. Vereshchagin (1842-1904), Russian painter, writer

October 27 - 235 years since the birth of Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840), Italian composer, violinist

October 31 - 385 years since the birth of Jan Vermeer (Vermeer) of Delphi (1632-1675), Dutch artist

October 31 - 180th anniversary of the birth of Louis Jacolliot (1837-1890), French writer and traveler

November

130 years ago, the novel by A.K. Doyle's Study in Crimson (1887)

100 years ago, the RSFSR was formed (1917), now the Russian Federation

November marks:

November 3 - 220 years since the birth of A.A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (1797-1837), Russian writer, critic, Decembrist

November 3 - 135 years since the birth of Y. Kolas (1882-1956), Belarusian writer, poet and translator

November 3 - 130 years since the birth of S.Ya. Marshak (1887-1964), Russian poet, playwright and translator

November 7 - 90 years since the birth of D.M. Balashov (1927-2000), Russian writer, folklorist, publicist

November 15 - 155 years since the birth of Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), German playwright and novelist

November 18 - 230 years since the birth of Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), French artist, inventor, one of the creators of photography

November 18 - 90 years since the birth of E.A. Ryazanov (1927-2015), Russian director, screenwriter, poet

November 24 - 385 years since the birth of B. Spinoza (1632-1677), the Dutch rationalist philosopher

November 28 - 260th anniversary of the birth of William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and printmaker

November 28 - 110 years since the birth of Alberto Moravio (1907-1990), Italian writer, journalist

November 30 - 350th anniversary of the birth of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), English satirist and philosopher

December

The Mop Cadet Corps was established in St. Petersburg 265 years ago (1752)

205 years since the end of the Patriotic War of 1812

175 years ago, the first production of the comedy by N.V. Gogol's "The Marriage" (1842)

The Polytechnic Museum was opened in Moscow 145 years ago (1872)

115 years ago at the Moscow Art Theater the premiere of M. Gorky's play "At the Bottom" (1902)

December marks:

December 5 - 205th anniversary of the birth of Ambrose Optinsky (A.M. Grenkov, 1812-1891), a Russian religious leader

December 6 - 90 years since the birth of V.N. Naumov (1927), Russian film director, screenwriter, actor

December 9 - 175th anniversary of the birth of P.A. Kropotkin (1842-1921), Russian anarchist revolutionary, scientist

December 13 - 220 years since the birth of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German poet, prose writer and critic

December 13 - 115 years since the birth of E.P. Petrov (E.P. Kataeva, 1902-1942), Russian writer, journalist

December 14 - 95 years since the birth of N.G. Basov (1922-2001), Russian physicist, inventor of the laser

December 16 - 145 years since the birth of A.I. Denikin (1872-1947), Russian military and political leader

December 18 - 70th birthday of Steven Spielberg (1947), American director, screenwriter and producer

December 20 - 115 years since the birth of T.A. Mavrina (1902-1996), Russian illustrator, graphic artist

December 21 - 100th anniversary of the birth of Heinrich Belle (1917-1985), German short story writer, prose writer and translator

December 22 - 80 years since the birth of Eduard Uspensky (1937), Russian writer, screenwriter, author of children's books

December 25 - 90 years since the birth of A.E. Reemchuk (1927), Russian prose writer, screenwriter, publicist

December 26 - 155 years since the birth of A.V. Amfitheatrova (1862-1938), Russian writer, playwright and feuilletonist

December 27 - 195th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French microbiologist and chemist

December 28 - 120th anniversary of the birth of I.S. Konev (1897-1973), Russian military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union

December 30 - 95 years since the formation of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (1922)

The exact date of birth has not been established

230 years to A. Pogorelsky (1787-1836), Russian writer

The calendar of significant dates is not just a set of dates and numbers, it is an informative publication that carries a lot of useful and interesting information. We all remember state and public holidays, but few know that in 2017 we will have many significant and anniversary dates, which many of us even suspect. What are these dates and why are they needed?

Every year our outlook on life changes. What was important to our parents no longer excites our minds. However, everything that happens on the planet is of great historical value. Every important event changes our world and should be known to everyone. Calendar of significant and memorable dates for 2017 is a unique edition. Here you can find very interesting memorable dates that can shed light on many of today's events.

Here you can also find birthdays of great writers, birthdays of composers in 2017, anniversaries of Russian cities, round dates since the creation of famous works, historical holidays, film anniversaries, anniversaries of writers and poets in 2017, and other interesting significant dates.

The coming year is very interesting in terms of significant dates. The calendar of significant dates for 2017 has a large number of historical and cultural anniversaries. If you want to know more about the history of interesting events, you should definitely have such a unique calendar. You can find it on our website. We have prepared for you a selection of the most interesting dates for the next year. We have collected for you the most interesting anniversaries of the Russian Federation.

History

April 4, 2017 in Russia marks exactly 870 years since the first description of our capital in the ancient annals. The Ipatiev Chronicle preserved information that on 04.04.1147 Prince Yu.Dolgoruky received Svyatoslav Olegovich with his friends and allies as a guest in Moscow. Before this, there is no mention of the main city of Russia anywhere.

530 years since the founding of the Moscow Kremlin. It is now the Kremlin for us is the hallmark of Moscow.

However, more than five hundred years ago, they began to build it as a defensive structure.

For this, 2 great architects of those times were invited from Italy - M. Ruffo and P. Sollari. Part of the old Kremlin exists to this day.

The coat of arms of Russia will also mark the round date in 2017. It was in 1747 that the two-headed eagle appeared on the first prints. These seals were put by Tsar John III on donations to appanage princes about the transfer of land to them. At the same time, the coat of arms appeared in the Faceted Chamber of the Kremlin.

Next year one of the oldest monasteries in Russia will celebrate 660 years. The Spaso-Andronikov Monastery was founded in 1357. However, the original structure did not last long, it was destroyed by fire. After, a stone monastery was erected on this place. This monastery is the cultural and historical heritage of our country. Thousands of pilgrims come here every year to ask for forgiveness and receive healing.

Another ancient monastery near Moscow will celebrate 680 years in the coming year. This monastery is called the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. The history of its foundation dates back to 1357. It was in those years that Father Sergius came and settled in the holy lands, later people who shared his views joined him, and they founded a monastery.

The Sretensky Monastery is also celebrating its 620th anniversary in the coming year. This desert was founded thanks to a real miracle. In those years, Russia was subjected to frequent raids by the Mongol-Tatar yoke. In 1395, Tamerlane decided to conquer Moscow for himself. It seemed that nothing could stop him.

In order to avoid trouble, the miraculous icon of the Mother of God from Vladimir was sent here.

Ordinary people headed by Metropolitan Cyprian went to meet the holy face. The shrine was met and taken to Moscow. A day later, the enemy troops retreated, and the city was safe. It was in the place where the icon was greeted by the metropolitan and the faithful that the Sretensky Monastery was founded.

Several Russian cities will celebrate their 240th anniversary next year. All of them were founded in 1777. You can learn more about the anniversary cities from the calendar of significant dates on our website.

Another interesting jubilee in the coming year will be the 1st century since the October Revolution. This event radically changed the course of events in our country. Today there are many opinions about whether we needed this revolution or not. But it happened and marked the beginning of a new history of Russia. Moreover, the change of power in tsarist Russia had a significant impact on the entire world history.

Culture and society

In 2017, the masterpiece of classical ballet "Swan Lake" will be 140 years old. This ballet was shown for the first time on 04.03.1877 on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. However, that premiere failed miserably. A successful version appeared only 8 years later, directed by Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa. Culture dates will be of interest to art lovers.

2017 marks 340 years since the invention of the first copper engraving machine. This event could have remained unnoticed if this machine had not become the path to the opening of music printing in Russia. It was thanks to Simon Gutovsky's machine that the era of music printing began in Russia.

3 centuries and 30 years marks the birth and higher education in our homeland next year. In 1687, on the initiative of Simion of Polotsk, a teacher of tsarist children in Russia, the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy was founded. The peculiarity of the academy was that children from all strata of the population could study there. The Academy gave our country a lot of great scientists and artists, among them V. Bazhenov, M. Lomonosov, A. Kantemir and others.

The 90th anniversary of the first space exhibition also falls on 2017. On April 21, 1927, the world's first exhibition of spacecraft, materials and mechanisms was opened in Moscow.

This was not a government event.

The exposition was organized by A. Fedorov in order to draw attention to the inventions of his friend K. Tsiolkovsky. Scientists - inventors from the USA, Romania and France also took part in the exposition.

October 4, 2017 celebrates its 60th anniversary of the launch of the first artificial earth satellite "Sputnik-1". The launch was carried out under the guidance of S. Korolev and his staff. Today, October 4 is considered the day of the space forces.

10 years later, on April 23, the first manned spacecraft Soyuz-1 was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. This start will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. The ship was operated by M. Komarov. Unfortunately, this launch cannot be called successful, although it has become a landmark in the history of Russian astronautics. Then the ship crashed, and the pilot died tragically. But it was this flight that determined the further development of space exploration in our country, and thanks to it, the more famous flight of Yuri Gagarin became possible.

Also, the 50th anniversary in Russia in 2017 will be celebrated by the Ostankino TV Tower. Its construction was completed on November 4 50 years ago.

At that time, it was the tallest building in the world.

The main architect of the building was N. Nikitin, who saw the future tower in an inverted lily flower.

One of the most beloved Soviet comedies "Prisoner of the Caucasus" celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 1. This film masterpiece still rivets the eyes of viewers to TV screens. There is not a single person in our country who has not seen this film. The film was directed by L. Gaidai. Until now, many phrases from this film are pronounced by us in everyday life. The anniversary of the film will be celebrated by all film lovers.

Literature

Among the literary dates for 2017, many events can be distinguished, but we have tried to collect the most significant and interesting for you. In 2017, such great literary works will celebrate their anniversaries:

• The story "About Peter and Euronius of Murom". Ermolai-Erasmus. 470 years old.
• Poem "Borodino". Yu. Lermontov. 180 years old.
• The novel "The Gadfly". L. Voynich. 120 years old.
• The story "Scarlet Sails". By A. Green. 95 years old.
• The story "The Fate of a Man". M. Sholokhov. 60 years.
• The novel "The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin". A.N. Tolstoy. 90 years old.
• The story "Republic SHKID". L. Panteleev. G. Belykh. 90 years old.

Other significant dates

The list of significant dates in 2017 contains not only anniversaries, there are simply days that everyone needs to know about, because for some of us they are very important. These include days of remembrance, professional holidays or birthdays of people great for Russia, among them the dates of 2017:

• 09/21/2017 - International Day of Peace.
• 01.10.2017 - Day of the Elderly.
• 11/08/2017 - KVN Day.
• 11/16/2017 - Day of Tolerance and Tolerance.
• 04/07/2017 - Holiday of Health.
• 09/03/2017 - Day of the fight against terrorism.
• 11/27/2017 - Mother's Day.
• 03.12.2017 - Day of Disabled People.
• 10/05/2017 - Russian Teachers Day.

Also in the calendar of significant events you will find birthdays of great actors and politicians, anniversaries of composers, professional holidays and significant historical and cultural dates.

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 has 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 must be remembered. However, there are so many significant events that it is very difficult to keep everything in mind, and even more so in the 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 2017so that our readers do not miss a single significant event.

Memorable and significant dates of Russia in 2017

2017 in Russia

2017 is declared the Year of the Environment in Russia.

• 1155th anniversary of the birth of Russian statehood (862 - the calling of Rurik by the elders of the intertribal state of Northern Russia);
• 1135th anniversary of the unification of Northern and Southern Russia by Prince Oleg Prophetic into one state with the center in Kiev (882);
• 980 years ago, the first library of Ancient Rus was founded by Yaroslav the Wise at the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev (1037);
• 775 years ago, Prince Alexander Nevsky defeated the Crusaders on Lake Peipsi (April 5, 1242);
• 870 years since the first mention of Moscow in the chronicles (1147);
• 405 years of the expulsion of the Polish interventionists from Moscow by the militia led by K. Minin and D. Pozharsky (October 26, 1612);
• 205 years since the Battle of Borodino in the Patriotic War of 1812;
• 295 years ago, Peter 1 approved the Table of Ranks of all ranks of the Russian Empire (1722);
• 295 years ago, Peter 1 issued a decree on the creation of the prosecutor's office (1722);
• 260 years since the founding of the Russian Academy of Arts (1757);
• 155 years since the founding of the St. Petersburg Conservatory (September 20, 1862);

Under the auspices of the UN

• 2015-2024 - International Decade for People of African Descent;
• 2014-2024 - Decade of Sustainable Energy for All;
• 2013-2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures;
• 2011-2020 - Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism;
• 2011-2020 - United Nations Decade on Biodiversity;
• 2011-2020 - Decade of Action for Road Safety;
• 2010-2020 - United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification;
• 2008-2017 - Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty;
• 2017 - in Russia: the year of ecology and the year of specially protected natural areas;
• The book capital of 2017 is the West African city of Conakry (capital of Guinea).

Days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia in 2017

The list is given in accordance with Federal Law No. 32-FZ dated 13.03.1995 with subsequent amendments. The dates of the battles that took place before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in the Law are obtained by adding 13 days to the "old calendar" date. However, the difference between the old and the new style of 13 days only accumulated by the 20th century. And, for example, in the 17th century, the difference was 10 days. Therefore, in historical science, different dates are adopted than in this law.

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

• January 27, 2017 - Day of the complete liberation of the city of Leningrad by Soviet troops from the blockade by German fascist troops (1944);
• 02 February 2017 - Day of the defeat by Soviet troops of the nsmsiko-fascist troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943);
• 23 February 2017 - Defender of the Fatherland Day;
• April 18, 2017 - The day of the victory of the Russian soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipsi (Battle of the Ice, 1242, actually happened on April 12 in the new style or April 5 in the old style);
• May 9, 2017 - 71st anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (1945);
• July 7, 2017 - Day of the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesme (1770);
• July 10, 2017- Day of the victory of the Russian army under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709, in fact, it happened on July 8, new style, or June 27, old style);
• August 9, 2017- The day of the first in Russian history naval victory 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, 2017 -Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943);
• September 8, 2017 - 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 in the new style or August 26 in the old style);
• September 11, 2017 - 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, new style, or August 28-29, old style);
• September 21, 2017 - The day of the victory of the Russian regiments led by Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy over the Mongol-Tatar troops in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380, in fact, it happened on September 16 in the new style or September 8 in the old style);
• November 4, 2017 - Day of National Unity .;
• November 7, 2017 - 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, 2017 - 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 in the new style or November 18 in the old style);
• December 5, 2017 - Day of the beginning of the Soviet counter-offensive against the Nazi troops in the battle of Moscow (1941);
• December 24, 2017 - The day of the capture of the Turkish fortress Izmail by Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov (1790, in fact, it happened on December 22 in the new style or December 11 in the old style).

The following memorable dates of Russia for 2017 are established in the Russian Federation:

• The 25th of January - Day of Russian Students;
• February, 15 - Day of Remembrance of the Russians who performed their official duty outside the Fatherland;
• 12th of April - Cosmonautics Day;
• 26 April - Day of participants in the elimination 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 of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (1941);
• June 29 - Day of partisans and underground fighters :;
• July 28th - 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;
• 9th December - Heroes of the Fatherland Day;
• 12 December - Day of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Memorable and significant dates in January 2017

• 180 years ago, A.S. Pushkin with Dantes on the Black River (1837);
• 170 years ago, the first issue of the Sovremennik magazine published an essay by I.S. Turgenev "Khor and Kalinych" (1847);
• 145 years ago, the foundation was laid for the formation of a weather service in Russia (1872);
• 75 years ago, the newspaper Pravda published K. Simonov's poem Wait for Me (1942);

January 1, 2017 - New Year's holiday; World Day of Peace; Day of the epic hero Ilya Muromets; 90 years since the birth of Lev Ivanovich Davydychev, children's writer (1927-1988);

January 2, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian writer, literary critic and public figure Marietta Omarovna Chudakova (b. 1937); "Cases and Horrors of Zhenya Osinkina", "Not for Adults: Time to Read!"

January 3, 2017 - 125th anniversary of the birth of the English writer John Ronald Ruel Tolkien (1892-1973);

January 3, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of literary critic, critic Benedict Mikhailovich Sarnov (1927-2014); Birthday cocktail straws. On January 3, 1888, Marvin Stone patented his invention - a straw. He received documents from the Washington Patent Office for the invention of a paper straw for drinking cocktails and other liquids.

January 6, 2017 - 185 years since the birth of the French graphic artist Gustave Dore (1832-1884); Illustrations for books: "The Bible"; Rabelais F. "Gargantua and Pantagruel" Raspe R. E. "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"; Perrault S. "Tales of Mother Goose"

January 6, 2017 - 145 years since the birth of Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin, composer, pianist (1872-1915);

January 6, 2017 - 195th anniversary of the birth of Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (1822-1890);

January 7, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian writer Pavel Andreevich Blyakhin (1886-1961); "Red Devils", "Moscow on Fire";

January 8, 2017 - Children's cinema day... Established by the Moscow government 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 11, 2017 - 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 analogue - Thank you - also go much deeper than mere gratitude. This suggests that both the Russian "thank you" and "thank you", pronounced in almost all languages \u200b\u200bof the world, had and are extremely important for the culture of any nation.

January 11, 2017 - Day of nature reserves and national parks... 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, 2017 - Day of the Prosecutor's Office Worker... On January 12, 1722, by the decree of Peter the Great at the Senate, the post of Prosecutor General was first established. The Decree literally read: "The Prosecutor General and the Ober Prosecutor should be with the Senate, as well as in any College for the Prosecutor, which will have to report to the Prosecutor General."

January 12, 2017 - 245 years since the birth of Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky, statesman (1772-1839);

January 12, 2017 - 110th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, designer (1907-1966);

January 13, 2017 - Day of the Russian press; Celebrated since 1991 in honor of the publication of the first issue of the Russian print newspaper Vedomosti by order of Peter the Great in 1703.

January 13, 2017 -140 years since the birth of Ivan Alekseevich Novikov, writer, poet (1877-1959).

January 14, 2017 - 190th anniversary of the birth of Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansk geographer (1827-1914);

January 15, 2017 - World Religion Day. According to the UN initiative, this holiday is celebrated every year on the third Sunday of January.

January 15, 2017 - 395 years since the birth of Jean Baptiste Moliere (1622-1673), French comedian, actor, reformer of the stage art;

January 16, 2017 - World Beatles Day, which has been celebrated annually by UNESCO since 2001.

January 16, 2017 - 150 years since the birth of Vikenty Vikentievich Veresaev, writer, translator, literary critic (1867-1945);

January 17, 2017 -170 years since the birth of Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky, mechanical scientist (1847-1921);

January 17, 2017 - 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 18, 2017 - 135 years since the birth of the English writer, poet, playwright Alan Milne (1882-1956);

January 21, 2017 - 95 years since the birth of the Russian poet Yuri Davidovich Levitansky (1922-1996);

January 22, 2017 - 135th anniversary of the birth of Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky, philosopher, theologian (1882-1937);

January 23, 2017 - Handwriting Day (Handwriting Day). The initiator of this holiday was the Association of Writers' Manufacturers, choosing this date in honor of the birthday of the American statesman - John Hancock (1737), who was the first to put his signature on the Declaration of Independence.

January 23, 2017 - 185th birth anniversary of Edouard Manet, French artist (1832-1883);

January 24, 2017 - 285 years since the birth of the French playwright Pierre Augustin Beaumarchais (1732-1799);

January 25, 2017 - Tatiana's Day - the day of Russian students. (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation "On the Day of Russian Students" dated January 25, 2017 - 2005, No. 76). On the day of commemoration of the "Holy Martyr Tatiana the Virgin", January 12 (old style), 1755, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna signed a decree "On the establishment of Moscow University." January 25, 2017 - 185 years since the birth of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, artist (1832-1898);

January 27, 2017 - International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust (since 2005 by decision of the UN General Assembly)

January 27, 2017 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Rimma Fedorovna Kazakova (1932-2008);

January 27, 2017 - 185th anniversary of the birth of the English writer Lewis Carroll (1832-1898);

January 28, 2017 - 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer Valentin Petrovich Kataev (1897-1986); "The Lonely Sail Gets White", "The Son of the Regiment", "The Seven-Blossom Flower";

January 29, 2017 - World Snow Day (initiated by the International Ski Federation). Celebrated annually on the penultimate Sunday of January.

January 30, 2017 - Day of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden. This is an ancient pagan holiday. These days, tales and legends about Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden are usually told.

January 31, 2017 - 220 years since the birth of Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (1797-1828);

January 31, 2017 - 65 years since the birth of Nadezhda Nikolaevna Rusheva, artist (1952-1969);

Memorable and significant dates in February 2017

• 315 years since the founding of the Baltic Navy (1702);
• 180 years ago M.Yu. Lermontov wrote the final 16 lines of the poem Death of a Poet (1837);
• 165 years ago, the opening of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg took place (1852);
• 140 years ago, the premiere of P.I. Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake (1877);
• 100 years of the February Revolution in Russia (1917);

February 1, 2017 - 160 years since the birth of Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev, psychiatrist (1857-1927);

February 3, 2017 - World Safer Internet Day (celebrated since 2004 on the first Tuesday of February);

February 7, 2017 - 205 years since the birth of the English writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870);

February 8, 2017 - Day of Russian Science; 120th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky, biophysicist (1897-1964);

February 8, 2017 - Memorial Day of the young anti-fascist hero. Celebrated in the world since 1964, 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, 2017 - Day of Russian Science. On this day in 1724, Peter the Great signed a decree establishing the Academy of Sciences in Russia;

February 9, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev, military leader (1887-1919);

February 15, 2017 - Internationalist Warriors Memorial Day (02/15/1989 - the last column of Soviet troops left the territory of Afghanistan).

February 17, 2017 - The Day of Spontaneous Acts of Kindness is one of the recent initiatives of international charities. This holiday has a worldwide significance 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, you need to try to be kind to everyone. And not just kind, but kind, unlimited and disinterested.

February 20, 2017 - World day of social justice (since 2009 by decision of the UN General Assembly).

February 20, 2017 - 165 years since the birth of the Russian writer, publicist Nikolai Georgievich Garin-Mikhailovsky (1852-1906);

February 21, 2017 - International Mother Language Day (proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO on November 17, 1999, celebrated every year since February 2000 with the aim of promoting linguistic and cultural diversity).

February 23, 2017 - Defender of the Fatherland Day. Day of Military Glory of Russia. Day of Victory of the Red Army over the Kaiser's troops in 1918.

February 24, 2017 - 125th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Alexandrovich Fedin (1892-1977);

February 25, 2017 - 310 years since the birth of Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (1707-1793);

February 26, 2017 - 95 years since the birth of the literary critic, cultural historian Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman (1922-1993);

February 26, 2017 - 215 years since the birth of the French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1885);

February 27, 2017 - 210 years since the birth of Henry Longfellow, American poet (1807-1882);

February 27, 2017 - 115 years since the birth of the American writer John Steinbeck (1902-1969);

February 28, 2017 - 225th birth anniversary of Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Italian composer (1792-1868);

Memorable and significant dates in March 2017

• 555 years since the beginning of the reign of Ivan III Vasilyevich, the first sovereign of all Russia, the builder of the united Russian state (March 27, 1462);
• 310 years ago, Peter I issued a decree on the defense of the Fatherland (1707);
• 295 years ago, by decree of Peter I, systematic observations of the weather began in St. Petersburg (1722);
• 100 years ago the first issue of the Izvestia newspaper was published (1917);
• 95 years ago, the former family estate of the Hannibals-Pushkins became the State Memorial Museum-Reserve of A.S. Pushkin (1922);
• 75 years ago, the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" first published a poem by A.A. Surkov "In the dugout" (1942);

March 1, 2017 - World Cat Day. The professional holiday of felinologists (felinology is the science of cats) was approved in 2004 at the initiative of the magazine "Cat and Dog" and the Moscow Museum of Cats.

March 1, 2017 - Day of Remembrance of the paratroopers of the 6th paratrooper company of the 104th regiment of the Pskov Airborne Division, who died heroically in the Argun Gorge on March 1, 2000 (celebrated from 31.01.2013).

March 5, 2017 - International Children's Television and Radio Broadcasting Day. Celebrated annually on the first Sunday in March. Established at the initiative of the United Nations Children's Fund in Cannes in April 1994;

March 9, 2017 - Birthday of the Barbie doll. Barbie (her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts) first appeared at the American International Toy Fair on March 9, 1959. Now 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 12, 2017 - Day of employees of the Penitentiary System of the Ministry of Justice of Russia.

March 12, 2017 - 280 years since the birth of Vasily Ivanovich Bazhenov, architect (1737-1799);

March 13, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin (b. 1937);

March 15, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian writer Valentin Grigorievich Rasputin (1937-2015);

March 16, 2017 - 230 years since the birth of Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist (1787-1854);

March 17, 2017 - World Sleep Day (since 2008). Held annually, on Friday, the second full week of March, as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) project on sleep and health.

March 18, 2017 - 115 years since the birth of Lydia Yakovlevna Ginzburg, literary critic (1902-1990);

March 18, 2017 - 85th anniversary of the birth of American writer John Hoyer Updike; (1932-2009); "Eastwick Witches", "Centaur", "Fair at the Almshouse";

March 19, 2017 - Submariner's Day (creation of the submarine forces of the Russian fleet).

March 20, 2017 - Trade workers day, consumer services for the population and housing and communal services (third Sunday in March).

March 24, 2017 - 110th anniversary of the birth of Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya, writer (1907-1996);

March 25, 2017 - International action "Earth Hour" (celebrated since 2007 at the initiative of the World Wildlife Fund on the last Saturday of March).

March 25, 2017 - Day of the worker of culture of the Russian Federation. Established by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation on 27.08.2007.

March 28, 2017 - 425 years since the birth of the Czech thinker, writer and teacher Jan Amos March 31, 2017 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian writer, translator and art critic Dmitry Vasilyevich Grigorovich (1822-1900) "Anton-Goremyka". "Village". "Gutta-Percha Boy";

March 31, 2017 - 135 years since the birth of the Russian poet, writer and translator Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882-1969).

Memorable and significant dates in April 2017

• The peasant war began 350 years ago under the leadership of Stepan Razin (1667);
• 105 years ago, the superliner "Titanic" sank in the North Atlantic (04/15/1912);
• 80 years ago the first issue of the Theater magazine was published (1937);
• 75 years ago, the legendary ace pilot A.I. Maresyev (1942);
• The Moscow book publishing house "Vagrius" was founded 25 years ago (1992);

April 1, 2017 - 95 years since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Petrovich Alekseev (1922-2008);

April 1, 2017 - Brownie Awakening Day. The ancient Slavs believed that the brownie fell into hibernation for the winter and woke up when the spring had already fully come into its own. Over time, everyone forgot about the meeting of spring and cajoling the brownie, but the tradition of joking, playing and cheating on this day remained.

April 2, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of Pyotr Arkadievich Stolypin, statesman (1862-1911);

April 6, 2017 - 205 years since the birth of the Russian writer, publicist Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (1812-1870);

April 6, 2017 - World Cartoon Day. Founded in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association and is celebrated all over the world. Animators from all over the world exchange film programs and organize screenings for a grateful audience.

April 7, 2017 - World Health Day. Celebrated since 1948 by the decision of the UN World Health Assembly.

April 9, 2017 - Air Defense Forces Day (second Sunday in April).

April 10, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (1937-2010);

April 12, 2017 - World Aviation and Astronautics Day... 55 years since the day when a citizen of the Soviet Union, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin on the Vostok spacecraft made the first orbital flight around the Earth for the first time in the world. He made one orbit around the globe, lasting 108 minutes.

From April 15, 2017 - to June 5, 2017 - All-Russian days of protection against environmental hazards.

April 15, 2017 - World Day of Culture (since 1935 on the day of signing the International Treaty - the Pact of Peace, or the Roerich Pact).

April 15, 2017 - 565th anniversary of the birth of Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist, scientist, engineer (1452-1519);

April 18, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Yuri Mikhailovich Druzhkov (Postnikov); (1927-1983); "The Adventures of Pencil and Samodelkin";

April 18, 2017 - International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites. Celebrated since 1984 by decision of UNESCO.

April 19, 2017 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin (1903-1989);

April 22, 2017 - International Earth Day. Celebrated since 1990 by UNESCO's decision to unite people in the protection of the environment.

April 25, 2017 - 100 years since the birth of Vasily Pavlovich Soloviev-Sedoy. composer (1907-1979);

April 26, 2017 - Day of Remembrance of those killed in radiation accidents and disasters (in memory of the events of April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant)

April 27, 2017 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Valentina Alexandrovna Oseeva (1902-1969);

April 29, 2017 - International Dance Day. Celebrated since 1982 by the decision of UNESCO on the birthday of the French ballet master, reformer and theorist of choreographic art Jean-Georges Novers, who went down in history as the “father of modern ballet”.

April 30, 2017 - International Day of Jazz (since 2011 by decision of the General Conference of UNESCO).

Memorable and significant dates in May 2017

• 325 years ago, the launching of the first warship in Russia took place, the beginning of the creation of the Russian fleet (1692);
• 305 years ago, Peter I moved the capital from Moscow to Petersburg (1712);
• 190 years ago the Russian artist O.A. Kiprensky created one of the first lifetime portraits of A.S. Pushkin (1827);
• The Red Cross Society in Russia was founded 150 years ago (1867);
• 105 years ago, the first issue of the newspaper Pravda (1912) was published;
• The Russian Book Chamber was founded 100 years ago (1917);
• The first issue of the "Young Guard" magazine (1922) was published 95 years ago;
• 95 years ago, the first issue of the journal "Physical Culture and Sport" (1922) was published;
• 75 years ago, the Order of the Patriotic War I and II degrees was established (1942);

May 1, 2017 - Spring and Labor Day ... May 1, the day of international workers' solidarity, was celebrated in the Russian Empire since 1890. In the Russian Federation, it is celebrated as the Day of Spring and Labor.

May 5, 2017 - 140 years since the birth of Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov, hydrograph, conqueror of the North (1877-1914);

May 9, 2017 - Day of the Victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).

May 10, 2017 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Galina Nikolaevna Shcherbakova (1932-2010); "You never dreamed of", "The door to someone else's life";

May 13, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of the American science fiction writer Roger Joseph Zelazny; (1937-1995) "Prince of Light", "Island of the Dead", "Creator of Dreams";

May 15, 2017 - International Day of the Family, established by the UN General Assembly in 1993.

May 16, 2017 - 200th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Ivanovich Kostomarov, historian (1817-1885);

May 16, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet Igor Severyanin (Igor Vasilyevich Lotarev); (1887-1941);

May 17, 2017 - 105th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer, literary critic Evgenia Alexandrovna Taratuta (1912-2005);

May 21, 2017 - Polar Explorer Day (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin No.\u003e 502 of May 21, 2013 "On the Polar Explorer Day" in recognition of the merits of the people of this profession).

May 21, 2017 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Maya Ivanovna Borisova (1932-1996);

May 21, 2017 - 145 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Teffi (n.f. Lokhvitskaya); (1872-1952) "A House Without Fire", "An Inanimate Beast";

May 27, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian writer Andrei Georgievich Bitov (b. 1937);

May 27, 2017 - European Neighborhood Day. The holiday was founded in 2000 in Paris, which is celebrated annually on the last Friday of May.

May 27, 2017 - All-Russian Day of Libraries. Established in 1995 by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

May 28, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet, artist, literary critic Maximilian Aleksandrovich Voloshin (1877-1932);

May 29, 2017 - 230 years since the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Nikolaevich Batyushkov (1787-1855);

May 29, 2017 - 125th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Nikolaevich Plavilshchikov (1892-1962);

May 30, 2017 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Ivan Sergeevich Sokolov-Mikitov (1892-1975);

May 30, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian songwriter Lev Ivanovich Oshanin (1912-1996);

May 31, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov, artist (1862-1942);

May 31, 2017 - 125th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky (1892-1968);

Memorable and significant dates in June 2017

• 205 years since the beginning of the Patriotic War of 1812;
• 105 years ago, the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin (June 13, 1912);
• 95 years ago the first issue of the magazine "Krestyanka" (1922) was published;

June 1, 2017 - World Milk Day. Celebrated since 2001 at the suggestion of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

June 2, 2017 - Healthy Eating Day (the day of avoiding excesses in food has been celebrated since 2011).

June 7, 2017 - 145 years since the birth of L.V. Sobinov (1872-1934), Russian opera singer;

June 8, 2017 - 180 years since the birth of I.N. Kramskoy (1837-1887), Russian artist, critic;

June 9, 2017 - 345 years since the birth of Peter I the Great (1672-1725), Russian emperor, statesman;

June 9, 2017 - 205 years since the birth of I.G. Halle (1812-1910), the German astronomer who first saw Neptune;

June 10, 2017 - World Public Knitting Day. Celebrated every second Saturday in June 2017 - since 2005. First held in Paris. Knitting lover Danielle Landss invented this fun that has become a tradition. It takes place in an unusual way: everyone who loves to knit or crochet gathers in some public place - in a park, in a square, in a cafe - and indulge in their favorite pastime.

June 11, 2017 - Day of Textile and Light Industry Workers (second Sunday in June).

June 13, 2017 - 205 years since the birth of I.I. Sreznevsky (1812-1880), Russian philologist, ethnographer, paleographer;

June 15, 2017 - Day of the creation of the Junnat movement. On June 15, 1918, the first out-of-school institution for young nature lovers was opened in Moscow.

June 15, 2017 - 150th anniversary of the birth of K.D. Balmont (1867-1942), Russian poet, eseist, translator, critic;

June 18, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of V.T. Shalamov (1907-1982), Russian writer and poet;

June 18, 2017 - 75 years since the birth of D.P. McCartney (1942), English musician, one of the founders of the Beatles;

June 20, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of V.M. Kotenochkin (1927-2000), Russian animation director;

June 20, 2017 - 85 years since the birth of R.I. Rozhdestvensky (1932-1994), Soviet poet, translator;

June 21, 2017 - 220 years since the birth of V.K. Kuchelbecker (1797-1846), Russian poet and public figure;

June 22, 2017 - Day of Remembrance and Sorrow. Established by the 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, 2017 - International Olympic Day. Celebrated at the initiative of the International Olympic Committee since 1948.

June 23, 2017 - Balalaika Day - an international holiday of populist musicians. The Balalaika Day was first celebrated in 2008.

June 24, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of S.N. Filippov (1912-1990), Soviet film actor;

June 25, 2017 - 165 years since the birth of N.E. Heinze (1852-1913), Russian prose writer, journalist and playwright;

June 26, 2017 - International Day Against Drug Addiction and Illicit Drug Trafficking.

June 28, 2017 - 440 years since the birth of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the great Flemish painter;

June 28, 2017 - 305th anniversary of the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), French writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment;

June 28, 2017 - 150th anniversary of the birth of Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936), Italian writer and playwright;

June 28, 2017 - 90 years ago V.V. died. Khlebnikov (1885-1922), Russian poet and prose writer, theorist of futurism;

Memorable and significant dates in July 2017

• 320 years since the annexation of Kamchatka to Russia (1697);
• 255 years since the beginning of the reign of Catherine II the Great (July 9, 1762);
• 90 years ago, the first issue of the Roman-Gazeta magazine was published (1927);
• 75 years ago since the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942);
• The Knowledge Society was founded 70 years ago (1947);

July 2, 2017 - International Day of the Sports Journalist (since 1995 by the decision of the International Sports Press Association).

July 2, 2017 - 140 years since the birth of Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), German novelist, poet, critic;

July 5, 2017 - 215 years since the birth of P.S. Nakhimov (1802-1855), an outstanding Russian naval commander;

July 6, 2017 - 140th anniversary of the birth of A.M. Remizov (1877-1957), writer of the Russian diaspora;

July 6, 2017 - World Kiss Day, which was first invented in the UK and then approved by the United Nations.

July 6, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of V.D. Ashkenazi (1937), Soviet and Icelandic pianist and conductor;

July 7, 2017 - 135 years since the birth of Yanka Kupala (1882-1942), national Belarusian poet, translator;

July 7, 2017 - 110th anniversary of the birth of Robert Hanlein (1907-1988), American science fiction writer;

July 8, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of N.V. Narokova (Marchenko) (1887-1969), prose writer of the Russian diaspora;

July 8, 2017 - 125th anniversary of the birth of Richard Aldington (1892-1962), English writer, poet, critic;

July 10, 2017 - Day of Military Glory. The victory of the Russian army under the command of Peter I over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709);

July 13, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of N.A. Rubakin (1862-1946), Russian bibliologist, bibliographer, writer;

July 20, 2017 - International Chess Day. Celebrated by the decision of the World Chess Federation since 1966.

July 21, 2017 - 130th anniversary of the birth of David Burliuk (1882-1967), poet, publisher of the Russian Diaspora;

July 23, 2017 - 225th anniversary of the birth of P.A. Vyazemsky (1792-1878), Russian poet, critic, memoirist;

July 24, 2017 - 215 years since the birth of Alexandre Dumas (father) (1802-1870), French writer;

July 24, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of N.O. Gritsenko (1912-1979), Soviet theater and film actor;

July 24, 2017 - Trade Worker Day (established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2013 N 459 "On the Day of the Trade Worker")

July 28, 2017 - 195th anniversary of the birth of Apollo Grigoriev (1822-1864), Russian poet, translator, memoirist;

July 28, 2017 - Day of the Baptism of Rus. On this day, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, the Baptist of Russia.

July 29, 2017 - 200 years since the birth of P.K. Aivazovsky (1817-1900), Russian marine painter, philanthropist;

July 31, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of E.S. Piekha (1937), Russian pop singer, actress;

Memorable and significant dates in August 2017

• The first issue of the Krokodil magazine (1922) was published 95 years ago;
• 30 years ago, a resolution was adopted on the establishment of the State Memorial Museum-Reserve of I.S. Turgenev "Spasskoye-Lutovinovo" in the Oryol region (1987);

August 1, 2017 - All-Russian day of the collector. On this day in 1939, a collection service was created at the State Bank of the USSR.

August 4, 2017 - 260 years since the birth of V.L. Borovikovsky (1757-1825), Russian artist, master of portrait;

August 4, 2017 - 225 years since the birth of P.B. Shelley (1792-1822), English romantic poet;

August 4, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of S.N. Trubetskoy (1862-1905), Russian philosopher, public figure;

August 4, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of A.D. Alexandrov (1912-1999), Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher;

5 August 2017 - International Traffic Light Day. Celebrated in honor of an event that took place in 1914. On this day, the first predecessor of modern devices appeared in the American city of Cleveland. He had red and green lights, and when he switched the light, he made a sound signal.

6 August 2017 - International Doctors of the World for Peace Day. 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 7, 2017 - 180 years since the birth of K. K. Sluchevsky (1837-1904), Russian writer and poet, translator;

August 7, 2017 - 70 years since the birth of S.M. Rotaru (1947), Ukrainian and Russian pop singer;

August 9, 2017 - 135 years since the birth of Sergei Gorny (Otsup Alexander-Mark Avdeevich) (1882-1949), writer of the Russian diaspora. Born in the town of Ostrov, Pskov province;

August 10, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of Jorge Amado (1912-2001), Brazilian writer;

August 12, 2017 - International Youth Day. Established by the UN General Assembly on December 17, 1999 at the proposal of the World Conference of Ministers for Youth Affairs, held in Lisbon on August 8-12, 1998. For the first time, International Youth Day was celebrated on 12 August 2000.

August 12, 2017 - Day of the Air Force (established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 05/31/2006 No. 549).

August 13, 2017 - International Day of the Left. International Left-Handed Day was first celebrated on August 13, 1992 at the initiative of the British Left-Handed Club, created in 1990. On this day, left-handers around the world strive 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 14, 2017 - 150th anniversary of the birth of John Galsworthy (1867-1933), English prose writer and playwright;

August 15, 2017 - 230 years since the birth of A.A. Alyabyev (1787-1851), Russian composer, pianist and conductor;

August 17, 2017 - 180 years since the birth of A.P. Filosofova (1837-1912), Russian public figure;

August 17, 2017 - 75 years since the birth of M.M. Magomayev (1942-2008), Soviet, Azerbaijani singer, composer;

August 19, 2017 - Day of photography. 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 declared his invention a "gift to the world."

August 19, 2017 - 75 years since the birth of A.V. Vampilov (1937-1972), Russian playwright and prose writer;

August 20, 2017 - 190 years since the birth of Charles de Coster (1827-1879), Belgian writer;

August 20, 2017 - 170 years since the birth of Boleslav Prus (1847-1912), Polish writer;

August 21, 2017 - 225 years since the birth of P.A. Pletnev (1792-1865), Russian poet and critic;

August 21, 2017 - 145 years since the birth of Aubrey Beardsley (Beardsley) (1872-1898), English graphic artist, illustrator;

August 22, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer;

August 23, 2017 - Day of Military Glory. The defeat of the Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943);

August 25, 2017 - 205 years since the birth of N.N. Zinin (1812-1880), Russian organic chemist;

August 27, 2017 - Miner's Day in Russia (since 1947 last Sunday in August).

August 28, 2017 - 105 years since the beginning of the expedition G.Ya. Sedov to the North Pole (1912);

August 29, 2017 - International Day against Nuclear Tests (since 2010 by the decision of the UN General Assembly).

August 29, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of John Locke (1632-1704), English teacher, philosopher;

August 29, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), Belgian writer, playwright, philosopher;

August 30, 2017 - 100 years since the birth of E.N. Stamo (1912-1987), Soviet architect, builder of the Olympic Village for the 1980 Moscow Olympics;

August 31, 2017 - 145 years since the birth of M.F. Kshesinskaya (1872-1971), Russian ballerina;

August 31, 2017 - Blog Day. The idea to celebrate Blog Day on August 31 came in 2005.

Memorable and significant dates in September 2017

• 495 years ago, the first round the world voyage of the expedition of Fernando Magellan (1522) was completed;
• 205 years since the Battle of Borodino in the Patriotic War of 1812 (September 7, 1812);
• 195 years ago, Alexander Pushkin's poem "The Prisoner of the Caucasus" (1822) was published;
• 180 years ago, the inventor of the telegraph apparatus S. Morse transmitted the first telegram (1837);
• 165 years ago in the journal "Sovremennik" was published the story of L.N. Tolstoy's Childhood (1852);
• The St. Petersburg Conservatory was founded 155 years ago (September 20, 1862);
• 155 years ago, a monument to the Millennium of Russia was unveiled in the Novgorod Kremlin (sculptor M.O. Mikeshin) (1862);
• 95 years ago, prominent representatives of the intelligentsia were forcibly expelled from Soviet Russia, including N.A. Berdyaev, L.P. Karsavin, I.A. Ilyin, Pitirim Sorokin and others (1922);
• 75 years ago, the publication of the poem by A.T. Tvardovsky "Vasily Terkin" (1942);

September 2, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (1926-1994), a famous Soviet theater and film actor.

September 3, 2017 - 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" of July 6, 2005. Associated with the tragic events in Beslan.

September 3, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of A.M. Adamovich (Ales Adamovich) (1927-1994), Belarusian writer;

September 3, 2017 - Oil, Gas and Fuel Industry Workers Day (first Sunday in September).

September 4, 2017 - Day of a nuclear support specialist (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 31, 2006 No. 549)

September 4, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of P.P. Soikin (1862-1938), Russian book publisher;

September 5, 2017 - 200th anniversary of the birth of A.K. Tolstoy (1817-1875), Russian poet, writer, playwright;

September 6, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of G.F. Shpalikov (1937-1974), Soviet screenwriter, poet;

September 8, 2017 - 205 years since the birth of N.N. Goncharova (1812-1863), wife of A.S. Pushkin;

September 8, 2017 - International Literacy Day. Celebrated since 1967 by decision of UNESCO.

September 9, 2017 - World Beauty Day. The initiative belongs to the International Committee of Aesthetics and Cosmetology.

September 10, 2017 - 145 years since the birth of V.K. Arseniev (1872-1930), Russian explorer of the Far East, writer, geographer;

September 10, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of V.I. Nemtsov (1907-1994), Russian science fiction writer, publicist;

September 10, 2017 - 105th birth anniversary of Herluf Bidstrup (1912-1988), Danish cartoonist;

September 10, 2017 - Day of Lake Baikal. It was established in 1999 and since then 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 postponed to the second Sunday in September.

September 11, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of O. Henry (1862-1910), American writer;

September 11, 2017 - 140 years since the birth of F.E. Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), statesman, revolutionary;

September 11, 2017 - 135 years since the birth of B.S. Zhitkov (1882-1938), Russian children's writer, teacher;

September 11, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of Joseph Kobzon (1937), Russian pop singer;

September 14, 2017 - 170 years since the birth of P.N. Yablochkov (1847-1894), Russian inventor, electrical engineer;

September 15, 2017 - Birthday of the international environmental organization Greenpeace (September 15, 1971 - the day of the first organized action of environmentalists against nuclear tests).

September 16, 2017 - Juliet's birthday. On this day, the Italian city of Verona celebrates a holiday - the birthday of Juliet, the famous Shakespearean heroine.

September 17, 2017 - 160 years since the birth of K.E. Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), Russian scientist and inventor;

September 17, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of G.P. Menglet (1912-2001), Russian theater and film actor;

September 17, 2017 - 100 years since the birth of Maksim Tank (1912-1995), the national Belarusian poet;

September 19, 2017 - 65 years since the birth of V.V. Erofeev (1947), Russian prose writer, essayist;

September 19, 2017 - 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 parenthesis - to represent a "smiling face" in text typed on a computer.

September 21, 2017 - International Day of Peace as a day of universal ceasefire and non-violence.

September 24, 2017 - World Maritime Day. It was established at the 10th session of the Assembly by the International Maritime Organization, it is celebrated since 1978. Included in the UN system of world and international days. Until 1980 it was celebrated on March 17, but then it began to be celebrated on one of the days of the last week of September. In Russia it is celebrated on September 24.

September 24, 2017 - 140 years since the birth of G.A. Duperron (1877-1934), founder of Russian football and the Olympic movement in Russia;

September 25, 2017 -220 years since the birth of I.I. Lazhechnikov (1792-1869), Russian writer;

September 25, 2017 - 115 years since the birth of William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and short story writer;

September 29, 2017 - 470th birthday of M. Cervantes (1547-1616), Spanish writer of the Renaissance;

September 29, 2017 - 195th anniversary of the birth of A.V. Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817-1903), Russian playwright;

Memorable and significant dates in October 2017

• 525 years ago, the expedition of H. Columbus discovered the island of San Salvador (the official date of the discovery of America) (1492);
• 145 years ago, the Russian electrical engineer A.N. Lodygin applied for the invention of an electric incandescent lamp (1872);
• 130 years ago, the premiere of the opera by P.I. Tchaikovsky's The Enchantress at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg (1887);
• 120 years from the date of the first football match in Russia (October 24, 1897);
• 95 years ago, a book and magazine publishing house "Young Guard" was created in Moscow (1922);
• 60 years ago, a film directed by M. Kalatozov "The Cranes Are Flying" (1957) was released on the screens of the country. At the Cannes Film Festival in 1958, the film was awarded the Palme d'Or;
• 60 years ago, our country launched the world's first artificial Earth satellite (October 4, 1957);

October 1, 2017 - International Day of Music. Established in 1975 by decision of UNESCO. One of the initiators of the establishment of the International Day of Music is the composer Dmitry Shostakovich.

October 1, 2017 - 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 1, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Gumilyov (1912-1992), Russian historian-ethnologist, geographer, writer;

October 2, 2017 - International Day of Non-Violence. Established by the resolution of the UN General Assembly of 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 reason to "promote non-violence, including through educational and public awareness work."

October 2, 2017 - World Architecture Day (first Monday in October). This holiday was established by the International Union of Architects.

October 3-9, 2017 - International Letter Week. Held annually during the week of World Post Day.

October 4, 2017 - 170th birthday of Louis Henri Boussinard (1847-1911), French writer;

October 4, 2017 - Day of the beginning of the space age of mankind (since 1967 by the decision of the International Federation of Astronautics).

October 7, 2017 - 65 years old Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (1952), President of the Russian Federation, statesman;

October 8, 2017 - Day of the worker in agriculture and processing industry (second Sunday in October, Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 05/31/1999 No. 679).

October 12, 2017 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Koshkin (1912-1992), Soviet engineer-inventor;

October 14, 2017 - 275th anniversary of the birth of Ya.B. Knyazhnin (1742-1791), Russian playwright, poet;

October 14, 2017 - World Egg Day. In 1996, at a conference in Vienna, the International Egg Commission announced that the World Egg Festival would be celebrated on the second Friday of October.

October 15, 2017 - World Handwashing Day. It is noted on the initiative of the UN Children's Fund.

October 19, 2017 - Day of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. All-Russian Lyceum Student 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, 2017 - Apple Day (or the weekend closest to this date). In the UK, this event was first organized in 1990, at the initiative of a charitable organization. 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, 2017 - White Crane Festival. A holiday of poetry and memory of those who fell on the battlefield in all wars. It appeared on the initiative of the poet Rasul Gamzatov.

October 23, 2017 - International School Libraries Day (fourth Monday in October).

October 24, 2017 - 385th birthday of Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), Dutch naturalist;

October 24, 2017 - 135th birthday of Imre Kalman (1882-1953), Hungarian composer;

October 25, 2017 - International Women's Day for Peace (since 1980 by the decision of the International Democratic Federation of Women).

October 26, 2017 - 175 years since the birth of V.V. Vereshchagin (1842-1904), Russian painter and writer;

October 27, 2017 - 235 years since the birth of Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840), Italian composer, violinist;

October 28, 2017 - International Animation Day. Established at the initiative of the French branch of the International Association of Animated Films in 2002 in honor of the 110th anniversary of the public presentation of the first animation technology.

October 31, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of Jan Vermeer (Vermeer) of Delphi (1632-1675), Dutch artist;

October 31, 2017 - 180 years since the birth of Louis Jacolliot (1837-1890), French writer, traveler;

Memorable and significant dates in November 2017

• 130 years ago, the novel by A.K. Doyle's Etude in Crimson (1887);
• 100 years ago the RSFSR was formed (1917), now the Russian Federation;
• 55 years ago, the novel by A.I. Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962);
• 20 years ago the all-Russian state channel "Culture" went on the air (1997);

November 3, 2017 - 220 years since the birth of A.A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (1797-1837), Russian writer, critic, Decembrist;

November 3, 2017 - 135th anniversary of the birth of Y. Kolas (1882-1956), Belarusian writer, poet and translator;

November 3, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of S.Ya. Marshak (1887-1964), Russian poet, playwright and translator;

November 4, 2017 - National Unity Day. This holiday was established in honor of an important event in the history of Russia - the liberation of Moscow from Polish invaders in 1612.

November 6, 2017 - 165 years since the birth of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912), Russian writer;

November 7, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of D.M. Balashov (1927-2000), Russian writer, folklorist, publicist;

November 7, 2017 - Day of Accord and Reconciliation. Day of the October Revolution. 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, 2017 - International KVN Day (since 2001). The idea of \u200b\u200bthe holiday was proposed by the president of the international club of 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, aired on November 8, 1961.

November 9, 2017 - 180th anniversary of the birth of Emile Gaboriau (1832-1873), French writer;

November 11, 2017 - 95th anniversary of the birth of Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American prose writer;

November 13, 2017 - 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. According to the decision of the World Health Organization, this date became the basis for the International Day of the Blind.

November 14, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), Swedish writer;

November 15, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), German playwright and novelist;

November 16, 2017 - Smoking Cessation Day (celebrated on the third Thursday of November). It was established by the American Cancer Society in 1977.

November 18, 2017 - 230 years since the birth of Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), French artist, inventor, one of the creators of photography;

November 18, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of E.A. Ryazanov (1927-2015), Russian director, screenwriter, poet;

November 20, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of V.S. Tokareva (1937), Russian prose writer, screenwriter;

November 21, 2017 - World Greetings Day (since 1973). This holiday was invented by two brothers - Michael and Brion McCormack from the American 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 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of B. Spinoza (1632-1677), the Dutch rationalist philosopher;

November 25, 2017 - 455 years since the birth of Lope de Vega (1562-1635), Spanish playwright, poet;

November 25, 2017 - 300 years since the birth of A.P. Sumarokov (1717-1777), Russian playwright, poet;

November 26, 2017 - World Information Day. Celebrated annually since 1994 at the initiative of the International Academy of Informatization and the World Information Science Parliament. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum was held.

November 28, 2017 - 260 years since the birth of William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and printmaker;

November 28, 2017 - 110 years since the birth of Alberto Moravio (1907-1990), Italian writer, journalist;

November 29, 2017 - 215 years since the birth of Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827), German writer;

November 29, 2017 - 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 unites 82 states in a unique global partnership (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment).

November 30, 2017 - 350 years since the birth of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), English satirist and philosopher;

Memorable and significant dates in December 2017

• The Mop Cadet Corps was established 265 years ago in St. Petersburg (1752);
• 205 years since the end of the Patriotic War of 1812;
• 175 years ago, the first production of the comedy by N.V. Gogol's "The Marriage" (1842);
• The Polytechnic Museum was opened in Moscow 145 years ago (1872);
• 115 years ago the Moscow Art Theater hosted the premiere of M. Gorky's play At the Bottom (1902);

December 1, 2017 - 225th anniversary of the birth of N.I. Lobachevsky (1792-1856), Russian mathematician;

December 1, 2017 - 95 years since the birth of V.M. Bobrov (1922-1979), Soviet athlete;

December 5, 2017 - 145 years since the birth of Al. Altayev (M.V. Yamshchikova, 1872-1959), Russian children's writer, publicist;

December 5, 2017 - 205 years since the birth of Ambrose Optinsky (A.M. Grenkov, 1812-1891), a Russian religious leader;

December 6, 2017 - 205 years since the birth of N. S. Pimenov (1812-1864), Russian sculptor;

December 6, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of V.N. Naumov (1927), Russian film director, screenwriter, actor;

December 8, 2017 - 215 years since the birth of A.I. Odoevsky (1802-1839), Russian poet, Decembrist;

December 9, 2017 - 175 years since the birth of P.A. Kropotkin (1842-1921), Russian anarchist revolutionary, scientist;

December 10, 2017 - 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.

13 December 2017 - 220 years since the birth of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German poet, prose writer and critic;

December 13, 2017 - 115 years since the birth of E.P. Petrov (E.P. Kataeva, 1902-1942), Russian writer, journalist;

December 14, 2017 - 95 years since the birth of N.G. Basov (1922-2001), Russian physicist, inventor of the laser;

December 15, 2017 - Day of Remembrance for journalists who died in the line of duty.

December 15, 2017 - 185 years since the birth of A.G. Eiffel (1832-1923), French engineer;

December 16, 2017 - 145 years since the birth of A.I. Denikin (1872-1947), Russian military and political leader;

December 16, 2017 - 85 years since the birth of R.K. Shchedrin (1932), Russian composer and pianist;

December 18, 2017 - 70 years since the birth of Steven Spielberg (1947), American director, screenwriter and producer;

December 20, 2017 - 115 years since the birth of T.A. Mavrina (1902-1996), Russian illustrator and graphic artist;

December 21, 2017 - 100th anniversary of the birth of Heinrich Belle (1917-1985), German short story writer, prose writer and translator;

December 22, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of Eduard Uspensky (1937), Russian writer, screenwriter, author of children's books;

December 23, 2017 - 240 years since the birth of Alexander I (1777-1825), the Russian emperor;

December 25, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of A.E. Reemchuk (1927), Russian prose writer, screenwriter, publicist;

December 26, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of A.V. Amfitheatrov (1862-1938), Russian writer, playwright and feuilletonist;

December 27, 2017 - 195th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French microbiologist and chemist;

December 27, 2017 - 185 years since the birth of P.M. Tretyakov (1832-1898), Russian merchant and philanthropist;

December 28, 2017 - International Film Day. On December 28, 1895, the first screening of the Lumiere brothers' cinematography took place in the Grand Cafe on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris.

December 28, 2017 - 120 years since the birth of I.S. Konev (1897-1973), Russian military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union;

December 30, 2017 - 95 years since the formation of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (1922);