Military dates in a year. Days of military glory

Without the past, there would be no present, which is why it is so important to remember and honor holidays and memorable dates. Culture, politics, sports, science, people and mentality - all this changed over time, traditions and customs were added, holidays were introduced, we won wars and battles, our scientists invented and discovered something new and unusual. And today all this is already history that needs to be remembered. However, there are so many significant events that it is very difficult to keep everything in your head, and even more so in 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 2017 so that our readers do not miss any significant event.

Memorable and significant dates in Russia in 2017

2017 in Russia

2017 has been 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 North and South Russia by Prince Veshchim Oleg into one state with the center in Kyiv (882);
• 980 years ago, Yaroslav the Wise founded the first library of Ancient Russia at the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv (1037);
• 775 years ago, Prince Alexander Nevsky defeated the Crusaders on Lake Peipsi (April 5, 1242);
• 870 years since the first annalistic mention of Moscow (1147);
• 405 years of the expulsion of the Polish invaders from Moscow by the militia under the leadership of 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 for all the 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 (the 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 of March 13, 1995, with subsequent amendments. Dates of battles that took place before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar are obtained in the Law by adding 13 days to the "old calendar" date. However, the difference between the old and the new style of 13 days accumulated only by the 20th century. And, for example, in the XVII century the difference was 10 days. Therefore, other dates are accepted in historical science than in this law.

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

• January 27, 2017- Day of the complete liberation by the Soviet troops of the city of Leningrad from the blockade of its Nazi troops (1944);
• February 2, 2017- Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by the Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943);
• February 23, 2017- Defender of the Fatherland Day;
• April 18, 2017- The day of the victory of Russian soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipsi (Battle on the Ice, 1242, actually happened on April 12 according to the new style or April 5 according to the old one);
• May 9, 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 Chesma (1770);
• July 10, 2017- Victory Day of the Russian army under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709, actually happened on July 8 according to the new style or June 27 according to the old style);
• August 9, 2017- The day of the first naval victory in Russian history of the Russian fleet under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes at Cape Gangut (1714, actually happened on August 7);
• August 23, 2017 - Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by the 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 according to the new style or August 26 but 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 according to the new style or August 28-29 according to the old style);
• September 21, 2017- Victory Day of the Russian regiments led by Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy over the Mongol-Tatar troops in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380, actually happened on September 16 according to the new style or September 8 but the old style);
• November 4, 2017- National Unity Day.;
• November 7, 2017- The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941);
• December 1, 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 according to the new style or November 18 but the old style);
• December 5, 2017- Day of the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops 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, actually happened on December 22 according to the new style or December 11 according to the old style).

In the Russian Federation, the following memorable dates for Russia are set for 2017:

• The 25th of January - Day of Russian students;
• February, 15 - Day of Remembrance for Russians who performed their official duties outside the Fatherland;
• April 12th - Cosmonautics Day;
• 26 April - Day of participants in the liquidation of the consequences of radiation accidents and disasters and the memory of the victims of these accidents and disasters;
• April 27 - Day of Russian parliamentarism;
• 22nd of June - Day of Memory and Sorrow - the day of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (1941);
• June 29 - Day of partisans and underground workers:;
• July 28th - Day of the Baptism of Russia;
• 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 - Day of Heroes of the Fatherland;
• 12 December - Day of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Memorable and significant dates in January 2017

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

January 1, 2017 - New Year's holiday; World Peace Day; 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); “The Cases and Horrors of Zhenya Osinkina”, “Not for Adults: Time to Read!”

January 3, 2017 - 125 years since the birth of the English writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973);

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

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

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

January 6, 2017 - 195 years since 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 Film Day. Established by the Government of Moscow on the initiative of the Moscow Children's Fund in 1998 in connection with the centenary of the first screening of a film program for children in Moscow.

January 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 counterpart - Thank you - also go much deeper than simple gratitude. This suggests that both the Russian “thank you” and “thank you”, pronounced in almost all languages ​​of the world, have been and are extremely important for the culture of any people.

January 11, 2017 - Day of Reserves and National Parks. It has been celebrated since 1997 at the initiative of the Wildlife Conservation Center and the World Wildlife Fund in honor of the first Russian reserve - Barguzinsky, which opened in 1916

January 12, 2017 - Prosecutor's Day. On January 12, 1722, by decree of Peter the Great, the post of Prosecutor General was first established under the Senate. The Decree literally read: “The Prosecutor General and the Chief Prosecutor must be in the Senate, as well as in any Collegium for the Prosecutor, who 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 - 110 years since the birth of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, designer (1907-1966);

January 13, 2017 - Russian Press Day; It has been celebrated since 1991 in honor of the publication of the first issue of the Russian printed newspaper Vedomosti by decree of Peter the Great in 1703.

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

January 14, 2017 - 190 years since the birth of Petr Petrovich Semyonov-Tian-Shan 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 the French comedian, actor, stage art reformer Jean Baptiste Molière (1622-1673);

January 16, 2017 is 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 - 135 years since 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 manufacturers of writing instruments, choosing this date in honor of the birthday of the American statesman - John Hancock (1737), who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

January 23, 2017 - 185 years since the birth of Edouard Manet, French painter (1832-1883);

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

January 25, 2017 - Tatyana'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 January 12 (Old Style) 1755, on the day of memory of the “Holy Martyr Tatiana the Virgin”, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna signed a decree “On the Establishment of Moscow University”. January 25, 2017 - 185 years since the birth of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, artist (1832-1898);

January 27, 2017 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day(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 - 185 years since 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 turns white”, “Son of the regiment”, “Flower-seven-flower”;

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

January 30, 2017 - Day of Father Frost and Snow Maiden. This is an ancient pagan holiday. These days, fairy 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 "The 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);
• 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 - Russian Science Day; 120 years since the birth of Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky, biophysics (1897-1964);

February 8, 2017 - Day of Remembrance 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 - Russian Science Day. 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 commander (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 - Spontaneous Acts of Kindness Day is one of the recent initiatives of international charities. This holiday is of global importance and is celebrated regardless of citizenship, nationality and religious beliefs. In Russia, this holiday is still little known. On this day, as the organizers urge, one should try to be kind to everyone. And not just kind, but kind infinitely and disinterestedly.

February 20, 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 UNESCO General Conference on 17 November 1999, celebrated every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity).

February 23, 2017 - Defender of the Fatherland Day. Day of military glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Red Army over the Kaiser troops in 1918.

February 24, 2017 - 125 years since 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 American writer John Steinbeck (1902-1969);

February 28, 2017 - 225 years since the birth 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 Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper 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 Cat and Dog magazine 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 heroically died in the Argun Gorge on March 1, 2000 (celebrated from 01/31/2013).

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

March 9, 2017 - Barbie doll's birthday. Barbie (her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts) first appeared at the American International Toy Fair on March 9, 1959. Today this day is celebrated as her birthday. She became a unique phenomenon: there was a time when three Barbie dolls were sold every second in the world. The "mother" of the famous doll is American Ruth Handler.

March 12, 2017 - Day of workers 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 Russian writer Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin (b. 1937);

March 15, 2017 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian writer Valentin Grigoryevich 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). It is held annually, on Friday of the second full week of March, within the framework of the World Health Organization (WHO) project on sleep and health problems.

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

March 18, 2017 - 85th birthday of American writer John Hoyer Updike; (1932-2009); Witches of Eastwick, Centaur, Almshouse Fair;

March 19, 2017 - Day of the sailor-submariner(creation of submarine forces of the Russian fleet).

March 20, 2017 - trade workers day consumer services of the population and housing and communal services (third Sunday of March).

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

March 25, 2017 - International campaign "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 cultural worker of the Russian Federation. Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation on August 27, 2007

March 28, 2017 - 425 years since the birth of the Czech thinker, writer and teacher Jan Amos "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

• 350 years ago, a peasant war began 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 (1937) was published;
• 75 years ago, the legendary ace pilot A.I. Maresyev (1942);
• 25 years ago, the Moscow book publishing house Vagrius was founded (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 hibernated for the winter and woke up when spring had already fully come into its own. Over time, everyone forgot about the meeting of spring and the cajoling of the brownie, but the tradition of joking, playing and deceiving on this day remained.

April 2, 2017 - 155 years since the birth of Pyotr Arkadyevich 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. Established in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association and celebrated all over the world. Animators from all over the world exchange film programs and arrange screenings for an appreciative audience.

April 7, 2017 - World Health Day. It has been celebrated since 1948 by decision of the UN World Health Assembly.

April 9, 2017 - Day of the Air Defense Forces (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 Cosmonautics Day. 55 years have passed since the day when a citizen of the Soviet Union, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, on the Vostok spacecraft, made the world's first orbital flight around the Earth. He made one revolution around the globe, lasting 108 minutes.

April 15, 2017 - June 5, 2017 - All-Russian days of protection from environmental hazards.

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

April 15, 2017 - 565 years since 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. It has been celebrated since 1984 by the 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. It has been celebrated since 1990 by decision of UNESCO in order to unite people in the cause of protecting the environment.

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

April 26, 2017 - Day of Remembrance for 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 Aleksandrovna Oseeva (1902-1969);

April 29, 2017 - International Dance Day. It has been celebrated since 1982 by decision of UNESCO on the birthday of the French choreographer, reformer and theorist of choreographic art, Jean-Georges Nover, who went down in history as the "father of modern ballet".

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

Memorable and significant dates in May 2017

• 325 years ago, the first warship in Russia was launched, the creation of the Russian fleet began (1692);
• 305 years ago, Peter I moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg (1712);
• 190 years ago Russian artist O.A. Kiprensky created one of the first lifetime portraits of A.S. Pushkin (1827);
• 150 years ago the Red Cross Society in Russia was founded (1867);
• 105 years ago the first issue of the Pravda newspaper was published (1912);
• The Russian Book Chamber was founded 100 years ago (1917);
• 95 years ago, the first issue of the Young Guard magazine (1922) was published;
• 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 . The first of May, the day of international solidarity of workers, has been celebrated in the Russian Empire since 1890. In the Russian Federation, it is celebrated as the Holiday of Spring and Labor.

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

May 9, 2017 - Victory Day 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", "The door to someone else's life";

May 13, 2017 - 80th birthday of American science fiction writer Roger Joseph Zelazny; (1937-1995) "Prince of Light", "Isle of the Dead", "Dream Maker";

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

May 16, 2017 - 200 years since 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 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer, literary critic Evgenia Alexandrovna Taratuta (1912-2005);

May 21, 2017 - Day of the Polar Explorer (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin No. 502 of May 21, 2013 "On the Day of the Polar Explorer" in recognition of the merits of people in 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 Alexandrovna Teffi (n. f. Lokhvitskaya); (1872-1952) "House without fire", "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 Decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

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

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

May 29, 2017 - 125 years since 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 Russian songwriter Lev Ivanovich Oshanin (1912-1996);

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

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

Memorable and significant dates in June 2017

• 205 years since the start 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 Peasant Woman magazine (1922) was published;

June 1, 2017 - World Milk Day. It has been celebrated since 2001 at the suggestion of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

June 2, 2017 - Healthy Eating Day

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), German astronomer who first saw Neptune;

June 10, 2017 is World Public Knitting Day. Celebrated every second Saturday in June 2017 - since 2005. First time in Paris. The knitting lover Danielle Landss came up with this fun, which has become a tradition. It takes place in an unusual way: everyone who loves to knit or crochet gather 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 youth movement. On June 15, 1918, the first out-of-school institution for young nature lovers was opened in Moscow.

June 15, 2017 - 150 years since the birth of K.D. Balmont (1867-1942), Russian poet, essayist, 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 director-animator;

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

June 23, 2017 - International Olympic Day. It has been celebrated at the initiative of the International Olympic Committee since 1948.

June 23, 2017 - Balalaika Day - the international holiday of populist musicians. The first Balalaika Day was 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 - 305 years since the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), French writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment;

June 28, 2017 - 150 years since the birth of Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936), Italian writer, playwright;

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

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 magazine "Roman-gazeta" (1927) was published;
• 75 years ago since the start of the Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942);
• The Knowledge Society was founded 70 years ago (1947);

July 2, 2017 - International Sports Journalist Day (since 1995, by 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 - 140 years since the birth of A.M. Remizov (1877-1957), Russian writer abroad;

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

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

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

July 7, 2017 - 110th birthday 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 - 125 years since 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. It has been celebrated by decision of the World Chess Federation since 1966.

July 21, 2017 - 130 years since the birth of David Burliuk (1882-1967), poet, publisher of the Russian diaspora;

July 23, 2017 - 225 years since 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's 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 - 195 years since the birth of Apollon Grigoriev (1822-1864), Russian poet, translator, memoirist;

July 28, 2017 - Day of the Baptism of Russia. On this day, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of 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

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

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

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

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;

August 5, 2017 - International Traffic Light Day. It is celebrated in honor of an event that took place in 1914. On this day, the first forerunner of modern devices appeared in the American city of Cleveland. It had red and green lights, and when the light switched, it emitted a sound signal.

August 6, 2017 - International Day "Physicians of the World for Peace". It is celebrated on the anniversary of the terrible tragedy - the day of the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

August 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 Ostrov, Pskov province;

August 10, 2017 - 105th birthday 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 suggestion of the World Conference of Ministers for Youth, held in Lisbon on August 8-12, 1998. The first time International Youth Day was celebrated on August 12, 2000.

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

August 13, 2017 - International Left-Handed Day. International Left-Handed Day was first celebrated on August 13, 1992, at the initiative of the British Left-Handed Club, established in 1990. On this day, left-handers around the world seek to draw the attention of manufacturers of goods to the need to take into account their convenience, arrange a variety of events and competitions.

August 14, 2017 - 150 years since the birth of John Galsworthy (1867-1933), English novelist and playwright;

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

August 17, 2017 - 180 years since the birth of A.P. Philosophova (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 - Photo Day. The date of the holiday was not chosen by chance: on August 9, 1839, the French artist, chemist and inventor Louis Daguerre presented to the French Academy of Sciences the process of obtaining a daguerreotype - an image on a photosensitive metal plate, and on August 19, the French government proclaimed 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 Bolesław Prus (1847-1912), Polish writer;

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

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

August 29, 2017 - International Day against Nuclear Tests (since 2010 by 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 about 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) ended;
• 205 years since the Battle of Borodino in the Patriotic War of 1812 (September 7, 1812);
• 195 years ago, A.S. Pushkin’s poem “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, the story of L.N. Tolstoy "Childhood" (1852);
• 155 years ago the St. Petersburg Conservatory was founded (September 20, 1862);
• 155 years ago, a monument to the Millennium of Russia was opened 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 A.T. Tvardovsky "Vasily Terkin" (1942);

September 2, 2017 - 90 years since the birth of Evgeny 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" dated 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 - Day of Oil, Gas and Fuel Industry Workers (first Sunday of September).

September 4, 2017 - Day of the nuclear security 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 - 200 years since 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. It has been celebrated since 1967 by the decision of UNESCO.

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

September 10, 2017 - 145 years since the birth of V.K. Arsenyev (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 birthday of Herluf Bidstrup (1912-1988), Danish cartoonist;

September 10, 2017 - Lake Baikal Day. Established in 1999 and since then it has been annually celebrated on the fourth Sunday of August, but since 2008, by the decision of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region, Baikal Day has been moved to the second Sunday of September.

September 11, 2017 - 155th birthday 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 Iosif 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 testing).

September 16, 2017 - Juliet's birthday. On this day, the Italian city of Verona celebrates 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 Maxim Tank (1912-1995), Belarusian national 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 bracket - to indicate a "smiling face" in text that is 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, has been noted since 1978. Included in the system of world and international days of the UN. Until 1980, it was celebrated on March 17, but then it began to be celebrated on one of the days of the last week of September. September 24th is celebrated in Russia.

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 - 115th birthday of William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and short story writer;

September 29, 2017 - 470 years since the birth of M. Cervantes (1547-1616), Spanish writer of the Renaissance;

September 29, 2017 - 195 years since 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 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 since the first football match was held in Russia (October 24, 1897);
• 95 years ago, the book and magazine publishing house "Young Guard" was created in Moscow (1922);
• 60 years ago, the 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 in our country the world's first artificial Earth satellite was launched (October 4, 1957);

October 1, 2017 - International Music Day. 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 a resolution of the UN General Assembly on June 15, 2007. The date was not chosen by chance: on October 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement and the founder of the philosophy of non-violence, was born. In accordance with the UN resolution, the International Day serves as an additional occasion to "promote non-violence, including through educational and public outreach work."

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

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

October 4, 2017 - 170 years since the birth of Louis Henri Boussinard (1847-1911), French writer;

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

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

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

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

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

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

October 15, 2017 is World Handwashing Day. It is noted but the initiative of the United Nations Children's Fund.

October 19, 2017 - Day of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. All-Russian Lyceum Day. This holiday owes its appearance to an educational institution - on October 19, 1811, the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum was opened, in which Alexander Pushkin and many other people who glorified Russia were brought up.

October 21, 2017 - Apple Day (or the weekend closest to this date). In the UK, this event was first organized in 1990, at the initiative of one of the charitable organizations. Although the holiday is called “Apple Day”, it is dedicated not only to apples, but also to all orchards, as well as local island attractions.

October 22, 2017 - White Cranes Festival. A holiday of poetry and memory of the fallen on the battlefields in all wars. Appeared at the initiative of the poet Rasul Gamzatov.

October 23, 2017 - International Day of School Libraries (4th Monday in October).

October 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), Dutch naturalist;

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

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

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

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 A.K. Doyle's "Study in Scarlet" (1887);
• 100 years ago, the RSFSR was formed (1917), now the Russian Federation;
• 55 years ago, the novel by A.I. Solzhenitsyn "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 - 135 years since 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 is established in honor of an important event in the history of Russia - the liberation of Moscow from the 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 consent and reconciliation. Day of the October Revolution. The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941).

November 8, 2017 - International KVN Day (since 2001). The idea of ​​the holiday was proposed by the president of the international club KVN Alexander Maslyakov. The date of the celebration was chosen in honor of the anniversary of the first game of the Club of the cheerful and resourceful, which aired on November 8, 1961.

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

November 11, 2017 - 95th birthday of Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American novelist;

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. By 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 - 155th birthday of Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), German playwright and novelist;

November 16, 2017 - No Smoking 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 Hello Day (since 1973). This holiday was invented by two brothers - Michael and Brion McCormack from the US state of Nebraska in 1973. In this holiday-game, the rules are very simple: it is enough to say hello to ten strangers on this day.

November 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of B. Spinoza (1632-1677), 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. It has been celebrated annually since 1994 at the initiative of the International Informatization Academy and the World Informationological Parliament. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum took place.

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

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 brings together 82 states into a unique global partnership (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology).

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

Memorable and significant dates in December 2017

• 265 years ago, the Moscow Cadet Corps was established 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 "Marriage" (1842);
• 145 years ago, the Polytechnic Museum opened in Moscow (1872);
• 115 years ago, the premiere of M. Gorky's play "At the Bottom" (1902) took place at the Moscow Art Theater;

December 1, 2017 - 225 years since 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 sportsman;

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

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

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.

December 13, 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 figure;

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

December 18, 2017 - 70th birthday 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, graphic artist;

December 21, 2017 - 100 years since the birth of Heinrich Böll (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), Russian emperor;

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

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

December 27, 2017 - 195th birthday 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 Cinema Day. December 28, 1895 in Paris in the "Grand Cafe" on the Boulevard des Capucines, the first session of the Lumiere brothers' cinematograph was held.

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

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

February 2 - On this day in 1943, Soviet troops defeated the Nazi troops in the Battle of Stalingrad.
February 9 - On this day in 1904, the Russian cruiser "Varyag" and the gunboat "Koreets" heroically fought the Japanese squadron in Chemulpo Bay.
February 13 - On this day in 1945, Soviet troops liberated the city of Budapest. In heavy fighting for the capture of the capital of Hungary, occupied by the Germans, our troops lost over 80 thousand people. But the Soviet soldier brought freedom to the Hungarians - "And on his chest shone a medal for the city of Budapest."
February 15 is the Day of Remembrance for Russians who performed their official duties outside the Fatherland. On this day in 1989, Soviet troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan.
February 16 - On this day in 1916, Russian troops under the command of Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich took the Turkish fortress of Erzerum.
February 23 - In 1918 (January 28), the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army was created.

March 3 - On this day in 1799, the Russian squadron under the command of Fedor Fedorovich Ushakov stormed the fortress of Corfu.
March 18 - On this day in 1809, Russian troops completed the heroic transition on the ice of the Gulf of Bothnia during the war with Sweden.
March 22 - On this day in 1915, Russian troops, after a months-long siege, took the largest Austrian fortress Przemysl.
March 27 - On this day in 1111, Vladimir Monomakh won a brilliant victory over the Polovtsy in the Battle of Salnitsa. Thanks to the heroism and determination of the Russian squads, a huge Polovtsian army was defeated, and the Polovtsy raids on Russia stopped.
March 31 - On this day in 1814, Russian troops led by Emperor Alexander I triumphantly entered Paris after the battle at its walls. The capture of the capital of France was the final battle of the foreign campaign of the Russian army. After the fall of Paris, Napoleon abdicated.

April 4 - On this day in 1945, Soviet troops liberated the main city of Slovakia - Bratislava from Nazi invaders.
April 9 - On this day in 1945, the troops of Marshal Vasilevsky stormed the fortress city of Koenigsberg - the capital of East Prussia.
April 10 - On this day in 1944, Malinovsky's troops liberated Odessa from the Nazis.
April 13 - On this day in 1945, the troops of Marshal Tolbukhin liberated the capital of Austria - the city of Vienna - from Nazi invaders.
April 16 - On this day in 1945, the Berlin strategic offensive operation began. The Battle of Berlin was the culmination of the Great Patriotic War.
April 18 - In 1242 (April 5), the Russian soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky defeated the German knights on Lake Peipus.
April 25 - On this day in 1945, a meeting of Soviet and American troops took place on the Elbe. The handshake on the Elbe has become a symbol of the brotherhood in arms of the countries that fought together against Nazi Germany. The remnants of the Wehrmacht were now split into two parts - northern and southern.

May 2 - On this day in 1945, Soviet troops launched the Prague operation - the last strategic operation of the Great Patriotic War. On the night of May 9, the guards armies made a swift 80-kilometer throw, entered Prague and cleared the city of the enemy. During the operation, which ended on May 11, the German troops of Army Group Center were captured.
May 6 - On this day in 1945, the troops of the 1st Belorussian Front Marshal Zhukov and the 1st Ukrainian Front Marshal Konev completely captured Berlin. After a desperate resistance, the capital of the fascist "Reich" fell under the victorious blows of our army. By 15 o'clock the enemy's resistance had ceased, the remnants of the Berlin garrison had surrendered.
May 9 - On this day in 1945 in Berlin, Marshal Zhukov signed the surrender of Nazi Germany. The Day of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War has become the main holiday of our country. Moscow saluted the valiant troops of the Red Army with thirty artillery volleys from a thousand guns. Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the battles for the freedom and independence of our Motherland!
May 12 - On this day in 1944, the Crimean offensive operation ended. It was distinguished by well-balanced directions of the main strikes, good interaction between strike groups of troops, aviation and navy forces. At the beginning of the war, it took the Germans 250 days to capture the heroically defended Sevastopol. Our troops liberated Crimea in just 35 days.
May 28 - On this day in 1918, the Border Guard of the RSFSR was established, into which officers of the border guard corps moved. In 1941, the border guards were the first to meet the Nazi hordes, defending the borders of the Motherland to the last drop of blood. And in peacetime, the border troops always remain at the forefront, always on alert. Happy holiday, fellow border guards!
May 31 - On this day in 1814, the Treaty of Paris was signed and the war against the Napoleonic Empire ended.

June 4 - On this day in 1916, during the First World War, the offensive of Russian troops under the command of Alexei Alekseevich Brusilov began.
June 18 - On this day in 1855, Russian troops, during the defense of Sevastopol, repulsed the assault of the Anglo-French-Turkish troops on Malakhov Kurgan.
June 22 - On this day in 1941, Nazi Germany attacked the USSR. Day of Remembrance for those killed in the Great Patriotic War. 26.6 million people gave their lives for the sake of the Victory ... But it was on this day that the words were first heard on the radio: “Our cause is just. The enemy will be defeated. Victory will be ours". And so it happened.
June 29 - Day of Remembrance of the partisans and underground workers who fought against the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War.

July 3 - On this day in 1944, during the operation "Bagration", our tanks, developing the offensive, broke into Minsk. The capital of Soviet Belarus was liberated from enemy invaders. This date marks the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus.
July 7 - On this day in 1770, the Russian fleet won a triumphant victory in the Battle of Chesma, defeating the Turkish fleet. In honor of this victory, Catherine II ordered a medal to be minted, on which only one word was written - “Was”. This meant "There was a Turkish fleet, but it is not now."
July 10 - On this day in 1709, the Russian army under the command of Peter the Great defeated the Swedish troops in the Battle of Poltava. “At this hour, the fate of the Fatherland is being decided,” Peter the Great addressed the troops before the battle. The skill of our commanders and the courage of the Russian soldiers made the defeat of the Swedes inevitable.
July 12 - On this day in 1943, the largest oncoming tank battle in history took place near Prokhorovka, up to 1200 tanks and self-propelled guns participated on both sides. The Germans lost 300 tanks out of 400 - for the German army it was a disaster ... There was a turning point in the entire Battle of Kursk.
July 13 - On this day in 1944, during the operation "Bagration", the city of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, was liberated from the Nazi invaders. Moscow saluted the troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front with 24 volleys of 324 guns. Distinguished units received the name "Vilna".
July 15 - On this day in 1410, Russian troops and their allies - Lithuanians, Czechs and Poles - defeated the German knights in the Battle of Grunwald. The Smolensk regiments withstood the onslaught of the knights of the Teutonic Order, prejudging the outcome of the battle. The defeat of the Germans and their allies from 22 European countries was complete, the Order could no longer recover from it.
July 18 - On this day in 1770, the Russian army of Peter Rumyantsev defeated the Turkish army, which outnumbered twice the number. For the victory on the Larga River, in present-day Moldova, Rumyantsev was the first of the military leaders to be awarded the Order of St. George, I degree.
July 23 - On this day in 1240, the Swedes were defeated by the Russian army of Alexander Yaroslavich in the battle on the Neva River. Alexander himself, according to the annals, wounded the Swedish military leader Jarl Birger: he put "a seal on his face with his sharp copy." Prince Alexander received the honorific nickname Nevsky.

August 1 - On this day in 1770, the Russian army defeated the Turkish army at Cahul.
August 1 - On this day in 1914, Germany declared war on Russia. The heroism of our soldiers and officers became the key to victory in the "Great War for Civilization" - this is how our allies called the First World War.
August 2 - On this day in 1572, the commanders of Ivan the Terrible, Vorotynsky and Khvorostinin, defeated the army of the Crimean Khan, which was twice as large. Historians say that in terms of significance for the future of Russia, the Battle of Molodi is comparable to Kulikovo.
August 6 - On this day in 1915, the defenders of the Osovets fortress, against whom the Germans used poison gases, were able to counterattack. The enemy was so amazed at the stamina and courage of the Russian soldiers that he left the battlefield. This heroic episode will go down in history as the "attack of the dead".
August 9 - On this day in 1714, near Cape Gangut, the Russian fleet under the command of Peter I won a naval victory over the Swedes for the first time in Russian history. Peter said then: "A state that has one land army, has one hand, and which has a fleet, has both hands."
August 12 - On this day in 1759, the army under the command of Saltykov defeated the Prussian troops in the battle of Kunersdorf, which became the crown of Russian victories in the Seven Years' War. The defeat of the army of Frederick II was complete, and he himself was almost captured by the Cossacks. After this battle, Russian troops entered Berlin.
August 15 - On this day in 1799, Suvorov's army defeated the French in the Battle of Novi. 7 thousand French soldiers were killed on the battlefield, 3 thousand were captured. This battle is one of a series of brilliant victories won by Suvorov during the Italian campaign.
August 20 - On this day in 1914, Russian troops defeated the German army in the Battle of Gumbinnen.
August 20 - On this day in 1939, Soviet troops launched an offensive against the Japanese army that invaded Mongolia near the Khalkhin Gol River. The losses of the Japanese amounted to 60 thousand people, 3 times more than ours. The victory of the Red Army in the Mongolian steppes kept Japan from war against the USSR, revealed G.K. Zhukov.
August 23 - On this day in 1943, the Battle of Kursk ended, ending with the liberation of Kharkov, which lasted 50 days and nights. The enemy lost 500 thousand soldiers, 1500 tanks, 3700 aircraft. The victory in the gigantic Battle of Kursk completed a radical turning point in the Great Patriotic War.
August 24 - On this day in 1944, Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, was liberated. The Iasi-Chisinau operation began on August 20, its goal was to encircle the German-Romanian group that covered the Balkan direction. Our troops managed to advance 140 km and eliminate 18 enemy divisions.
August 28 - On this day in 1739, Russian troops under the command of Burkhard Munnich defeated the Turkish army near Stavucany.
August 29 - On this day in 1813, the Russian guards distinguished themselves in the battle against the French army at Kulm.
August 29 - On this day in 1944, the Iasi-Kishinev operation ended, during which Moldova was liberated, and Romania was withdrawn from the war.
August 30 - On this day in 1757, Russian troops under the command of Stepan Fedorovich Apraksin defeated the Prussian army in the battle of Gross-Egersdorf.

On September 2 - September 2, 1945, representatives of the Soviet Union, the USA, China, Great Britain, France and other allied states put their signatures under the act of surrender of Japan. This day marked the end of World War II.
September 8 - September 8, 1812, the Russian army under the command of Kutuzov withstood the general battle with the French army near the village of Borodino. “It is not for nothing that all of Russia remembers the day of Borodin”: the fate of Napoleon’s “Great Army” after this battle was a foregone conclusion.
September 11 - September 11, 1790, the Russian squadron under the command of Fyodor Ushakov defeated the Turkish squadron at Cape Tendra. The losses of the Turks amounted to 2000 people, the Turkish ships that survived the defeat left the northern part of the Black Sea. We lost 21 people.
September 21 - September 21, 1380 in the Battle of Kulikovo, the Russian regiments of Dmitry Donskoy defeated the Horde army. After the victory on the Kulikovo field, on which Sergius of Radonezh blessed Donskoy, Russia gained independence and unity.
September 24 - September 24, 1799, the troops under the command of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov made a heroic transition through the St. Gotthard Pass in Switzerland. Suvorov's crossing of the Alps was unprecedented in history.
September 26 - September 26, 1914, Russian armies under the command of General Nikolai Ivanov defeated the Austro-Hungarian troops in the Battle of Galicia. After the defeat at the very beginning of the First World War on its own territory, Austria-Hungary no longer undertook independent large-scale offensive operations.

October 1 - On this day in 1609, the heroic long-term defense of Smolensk from the Polish-Lithuanian troops began.
October 9 - On this day in 1760, Russian troops took Berlin for the first time during the Seven Years' War. As if foreseeing the years 1813 and 1945, Count Shuvalov then said: “You can’t reach Petersburg from Berlin, but you can always get Berlin from Petersburg.”
October 14 - On this day in 1811, the Russian troops of Kutuzov crossed the Danube and with an unexpected blow completely defeated the 20,000-strong Turkish army near Ruschuk (now the Bulgarian city of Ruse). The Russians lost only 9 people during the attack.
October 18 - On this day in 1813, Russian troops with their allies defeated Napoleon in the "Battle of the Nations" near Leipzig. The French lost up to 80 thousand people and almost all of their artillery. The defeat of the Napoleonic army deprived France of all territorial gains in Europe.
October 20 - On this day in 1827, the Russian fleet with its allies defeated the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Navarino off the coast of Greece. The Russians did not lose a single ship. The losses of the Turkish fleet amounted to 60 ships. The flagship of the Russian squadron "Azov" alone destroyed 5 Turkish ships.

November 4 - November 4, 1612, the militia of Minin and Pozharsky liberated Moscow from foreign invaders. Prince Pozharsky entered Kitai-Gorod with the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God - the patroness of the Fatherland. A decisive moment in overcoming the Time of Troubles, in the struggle for freedom and independence.
November 6 - November 6, 1943, Soviet troops liberated Kyiv from the Nazi invaders. The 1st Ukrainian Front under the command of Vatutin carried out the Kyiv offensive operation in 10 days. Our irretrievable losses in it amounted to less than 1 percent.
November 7 - During the Battle of Moscow on November 7, 1941, troops marching to the front paraded through Red Square. In his speech on the podium of the Mausoleum, Stalin called on the fighters: “Let the courageous image of our great ancestors - Nevsky, Donskoy, Minin, Pozharsky, Suvorov, Kutuzov inspire you!”
November 11 - November 11, 1480, the Standing on the Ugra ended - the Khan of the Golden Horde did not dare to accept the battle with the army of Grand Duke Ivan III and retreated. So, without a fight, only by a demonstration of strength and determination, the Russian state finally gained independence.
November 11 - November 11, 1918 World War I ended. The Russian soldier bore the brunt of it. The Gumbinnen battle, the defense of the Osovets fortress, the Erzerum operation, the Brusilov breakthrough are glorious milestones in our history. The victory of our allies in the "war for civilization" is the merit of Russia.
November 16 - On this day in 1805, Russian troops under the command of Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration opposed the many times superior French forces at Shengraben.
November 19 - On this day in 1942 at 7.30 in the morning in Stalingrad, an 80-minute artillery preparation began with volleys of Katyushas. 3500 guns smashed the defense of the Nazi troops. The enemy was suppressed by crushing fire, and at 8.50 an offensive operation of the Soviet troops began under the code name "Uranus".
November 26 - November 26, 1904, the Russian garrison of the Port Arthur fortress, which had been holding out for 10 months, repelled the fourth - general - assault. Near Port Arthur, the Japanese army was crushed (110 thousand dead). Its commander subsequently committed hara-kiri.
November 29 - On this day in 1941, the Soviet troops of the Southern Front liberated Rostov-on-Don.

December 1 - December 1, 1853, the Russian squadron under the command of Nakhimov defeated the Turkish fleet at Cape Sinop. With the victory in the last battle of the era of sailing ships, the Russian fleet gained complete dominance in the Black Sea and disrupted the landing of Turkish troops in the Caucasus.
December 3 - On this day in 1966, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the defeat of German troops near Moscow, the ashes of the unknown soldier were transferred from the mass grave at the 41st kilometer of the Leningradskoye highway and solemnly buried near the Kremlin wall. On May 8, 1967, the Eternal Flame was lit.
December 5 - On this day in 1941, the counter-offensive of the Red Army against the Nazi troops in the battle of Moscow began. “As a result of the launched offensive, the enemy groups have been defeated and hastily retreat, abandoning equipment, weapons and suffering huge losses,” the 41st Soviet Information Bureau reported in December.
December 9 - On this day in 1769, Catherine II established the Order of St. George - the highest military award. The St. George Ribbon symbolically connected the heroes of different eras. On the winter day of St. George the Victorious, we honor the Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of Russia, holders of the Order of Glory and the Order of St. George.
December 10 - On this day in 1877, Russian troops took the Plevna fortress in Bulgaria. In the battle that predetermined the outcome of the Russian-Turkish war, we lost 192 people. Turkish losses - up to 6,000 killed and 44,000 captured. The grateful Bulgarians promised that this battle "will forever remain in the memory of our descendants"...
December 17 - On this day in 1788, Russian troops under the command of Prince Potemkin took the Turkish fortress of Ochakov on the Black Sea coast near the mouth of the Dnieper. Griboyedov's winged expression "the times of the Ochakovskys and the conquest of the Crimea" immortalized the glorious victory of the commander Catherine II.
December 23 - December 23, 1914, by decree of Emperor Nicholas II, the decision of the Military Council on the formation of the first squadron of Ilya Muromets aircraft was approved. This marked the beginning of long-range (strategic) aviation not only in Russia, but also in the world. Day of Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Air Force.
December 24 - On this day in 1790, the Russians under the command of Suvorov took the Turkish fortress of Izmail. Starting the assault before dawn, Suvorov took the impregnable fortress on the Danube in a few hours. Of the entire garrison, only one man was able to escape. Russian trophies were 400 Turkish banners.
December 28 - On this day in 1877, Russian troops defeated the Turkish army at Sheinovo at the Shipka Pass.

Since ancient times, the Russian people have honored and remembered their history, passing from generation to generation stories about the exploits of their ancestors. In pre-revolutionary Russia, according to church custom, there were a number of dates on which special services were held. On them, the parishioners were told about the military battles in which the grandfathers and great-grandfathers who participated under divine care gave their lives in order to provide future generations with a decent life in their native land. The days on which such services were held were called victorious.

Law "On the Days of Military Glory and Commemorative Dates of Russia"

After the collapse of the USSR, the Russian government decided to renew the historical injustice and perpetuate memorable historical events who played a culminating role in the history of our country by issuing a decree on the establishment of memorable dates.

Thus, on March 13, 1995, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted federal law No. 32-FZ "On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia." Today we will tell you about the main days and dates of the military history of Russia, which will be celebrated in 2017.

Calendar of military glory of Russia for 2017

Important memorable military dates in 2017

February 23 - Defender of the Fatherland Day. The original name is Red Army Day. The holiday was established in honor of the events of 1918, when a young army under the red banner of the revolution stopped the German attack near Pskov.

April 18 - Battle on the Ice (1242). At the mouth of the Neva River stood 100 Swedish ships with troops on board. Alexander Yaroslavich - The Novgorod prince, who was at the head of a less numerous army, was able to defeat the enemies ... After this victory, the people called the prince Alexander Nevsky. The decisive battle, which completely changed history, was held in April 1242 on Lake Peipsi. Due to the heavy armor and ineptitude of the Swedish troops, the enemies suffered a crushing defeat, and after his death, Alexander Nevsky was canonized.

July 10 - Victory Day in the Battle of Poltava (1709). The battle near Poltava called into question the power of the Swedish troops. After this victory, the outcome of the Northern War was predetermined.

September 8 - Battle of Borodino (1812). In this battle, the Russian troops, led by the commander-in-chief M. I. Kutuzov, were able to repulse the Napoleonic army.

September 21 - Battle of Kulikovo (1380). During the battle on the Kulikovo field, the power of the Tatar-Mongol yoke was seriously undermined, which for many years terrorized the Russian lands, forcing them to pay tribute. After this event, the Russian principalities united and were able to give a confident rebuff to the golden horde.

December 5 - Battle of Moscow in 1941. With severe frost and snowstorms, Russian troops were able to push back the onslaught of the Nazis on their native land. Starting from that date, the outcome of hostilities changed its priorities. From now on, the Russian army acquired a military spirit, which helped the entire Soviet army in further battles.

See also: 2017 calendar.

2017 has been declared the Year of the Environment in Russia.

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

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

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

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

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  January 27, 2017- Day of the complete liberation by the Soviet troops of the city of Leningrad from the blockade of its Nazi troops (1944);
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  February 2, 2017- Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by the Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943);
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  February 23, 2017- Defender of the Fatherland Day;
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  April 18, 2017- The day of the victory of Russian soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipsi (Battle on the Ice, 1242, actually happened on April 12 according to the new style or April 5 according to the old one);
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  May 9, 2017- 71st anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (1945);
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  July 7, 2017- Day of the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesma (1770);
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  July 10, 2017- Victory Day of the Russian army under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709, actually happened on July 8 according to the new style or June 27 according to the old style);
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  August 9, 2017- The day of the first naval victory in Russian history of the Russian fleet under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes at Cape Gangut (1714, actually happened on August 7);
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  August 23, 2017 - Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by the Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943);
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  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 according to the new style or August 26 but the old style);
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  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 according to the new style or August 28-29 according to the old style);
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  September 21, 2017- Victory Day of the Russian regiments led by Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy over the Mongol-Tatar troops in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380, actually happened on September 16 according to the new style or September 8 but the old style);
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  November 4, 2017- National Unity Day.;
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  November 7, 2017- The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941);
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  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 according to the new style or November 18 but the old style);
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  December 5, 2017- Day of the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops against the Nazi troops in the battle of Moscow (1941);
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  December 24, 2017- The day of the capture of the Turkish fortress Izmail by Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov (1790, actually happened on December 22 according to the new style or December 11 according to the old style).

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

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

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

January 3, 2017 - 125 years since the birth of the English writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973);

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

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

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

January 6, 2017 - 195 years since 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 Film Day. Established by the Government of Moscow on the initiative of the Moscow Children's Fund in 1998 in connection with the centenary of the first screening of a film program for children in Moscow.

January 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." It is interesting that the roots of the English analogue - Thank you - also go much deeper than simple gratitude. This suggests that both the Russian “thank you” and “thank you”, pronounced in almost all languages ​​of the world, have been and are extremely important for the culture of any people.

January 11, 2017 - Day of Reserves and National Parks. It has been celebrated since 1997 at the initiative of the Wildlife Conservation Center and the World Wildlife Fund in honor of the first Russian reserve - Barguzinsky, which opened in 1916

January 12, 2017 - Prosecutor's Day. On January 12, 1722, by decree of Peter the Great, the post of Prosecutor General was first established under the Senate. The Decree literally read: “The Prosecutor General and the Chief Prosecutor must be in the Senate, as well as in any Collegium for the Prosecutor, who 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 - 110 years since the birth of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, designer (1907-1966);

January 13, 2017 - Russian Press Day; It has been celebrated since 1991 in honor of the publication of the first issue of the Russian printed newspaper Vedomosti by decree of Peter the Great in 1703.

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

January 14, 2017 - 190 years since the birth of Petr Petrovich Semyonov-Tian-Shan 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 the French comedian, actor, stage art reformer Jean Baptiste Molière (1622-1673);

January 16, 2017 is 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 - 135 years since 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 manufacturers of writing instruments, choosing this date in honor of the birthday of the American statesman - John Hancock (1737), who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

January 23, 2017 - 185 years since the birth of Edouard Manet, French painter (1832-1883);

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

January 25, 2017 - Tatyana'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 January 12 (Old Style) 1755, on the day of memory of the “Holy Martyr Tatiana the Virgin”, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna signed a decree “On the Establishment of Moscow University”. January 25, 2017 - 185 years since the birth of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, artist (1832-1898);

January 27, 2017 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day(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 - 185 years since 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 turns white”, “Son of the regiment”, “Flower-seven-flower”;

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

January 30, 2017 - Day of Father Frost and Snow Maiden. This is an ancient pagan holiday. These days, fairy 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

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

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 - Russian Science Day; 120 years since the birth of Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky, biophysics (1897-1964);

February 8, 2017 - Day of Remembrance 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 - Russian Science Day. 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 commander (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 - Spontaneous Acts of Kindness Day is one of the recent initiatives of international charities. This holiday is of global importance and is celebrated regardless of citizenship, nationality and religious beliefs. In Russia, this holiday is still little known. On this day, as the organizers urge, one should try to be kind to everyone. And not just kind, but kind infinitely and disinterestedly.

February 20, 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 UNESCO General Conference on 17 November 1999, celebrated every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity).

February 23, 2017 - Defender of the Fatherland Day. Day of military glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Red Army over the Kaiser troops in 1918.

February 24, 2017 - 125 years since 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 American writer John Steinbeck (1902-1969);

February 28, 2017 - 225 years since the birth of Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Italian composer (1792-1868);

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  525 years ago, the expedition of H. Columbus discovered the island of San Salvador (the official date of the discovery of America) (1492);
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  145 years ago Russian electrical engineer A.N. Lodygin applied for the invention of an electric incandescent lamp (1872);
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  130 years ago, the premiere of the opera by P.I. Tchaikovsky's "The Enchantress" at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg (1887);
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  120 years since the first football match was held in Russia (October 24, 1897);
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  95 years ago, the book and magazine publishing house "Young Guard" was created in Moscow (1922);
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  60 years ago, the 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;
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  60 years ago in our country the world's first artificial Earth satellite was launched (October 4, 1957);

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

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

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

October 4, 2017 - 170 years since the birth of Louis Henri Boussinard (1847-1911), French writer;

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

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

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

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

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

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

October 15, 2017 is World Handwashing Day. It is noted but the initiative of the United Nations Children's Fund.

October 19, 2017 - Day of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. All-Russian Lyceum Day. This holiday owes its appearance to an educational institution - on October 19, 1811, the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum was opened, in which Alexander Pushkin and many other people who glorified Russia were brought up.

October 21, 2017 - Apple Day (or the weekend closest to this date). In the UK, this event was first organized in 1990, at the initiative of one of the charitable organizations. Although the holiday is called “Apple Day”, it is dedicated not only to apples, but also to all orchards, as well as local island attractions.

October 22, 2017 - White Cranes Festival. A holiday of poetry and memory of the fallen on the battlefields in all wars. Appeared at the initiative of the poet Rasul Gamzatov.

October 23, 2017 - International Day of School Libraries (4th Monday in October).

October 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), Dutch naturalist;

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

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

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

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

Memorable and significant dates in November 2017

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  130 years ago A.K. Doyle's "Study in Scarlet" (1887);
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  100 years ago, the RSFSR was formed (1917), now the Russian Federation;
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  55 years ago, the novel by A.I. Solzhenitsyn "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (1962);
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  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 - 135 years since 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 is established in honor of an important event in the history of Russia - the liberation of Moscow from the 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 consent and reconciliation. Day of the October Revolution. The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941).

November 8, 2017 - International KVN Day (since 2001). The idea of ​​the holiday was proposed by the president of the international club KVN Alexander Maslyakov. The date of the celebration was chosen in honor of the anniversary of the first game of the Club of the cheerful and resourceful, which aired on November 8, 1961.

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

November 11, 2017 - 95th birthday of Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American novelist;

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. By 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 - 155th birthday of Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), German playwright and novelist;

November 16, 2017 - No Smoking 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 Hello Day (since 1973). This holiday was invented by two brothers - Michael and Brion McCormack from the US state of Nebraska in 1973. In this holiday-game, the rules are very simple: it is enough to say hello to ten strangers on this day.

November 24, 2017 - 385 years since the birth of B. Spinoza (1632-1677), 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. It has been celebrated annually since 1994 at the initiative of the International Informatization Academy and the World Informationological Parliament. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum took place.

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

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 brings together 82 states into a unique global partnership (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology).

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

Memorable and significant dates in December 2017

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

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

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

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

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.

December 13, 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 figure;

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

December 18, 2017 - 70th birthday 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, graphic artist;

December 21, 2017 - 100 years since the birth of Heinrich Böll (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), Russian emperor;

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

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

December 27, 2017 - 195th birthday 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 Cinema Day. December 28, 1895 in Paris in the "Grand Cafe" on the Boulevard des Capucines, the first session of the Lumiere brothers' cinematograph was held.

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

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