Significant dates in June for libraries. Calendar of significant dates
CALENDAR OF SIGNIFICANT AND MEMORABLE DATES FOR 2016
UNESCO celebrates the following international decades,
declared by the UN General Assembly:
2014-2024 — A decade of sustainable energy for all.
2011-2020 — United Nations Decade of Biodiversity.
2011-2020 — Decade of Action for Road Safety.
2010-2020 — United Nations Decade for Deserts
and combating desertification.
2008-2017 — Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty.
2006 -2016 — Decade of rehabilitation and sustainable development of the affected regions (third decade after Chernobyl).
2016 The CIS has declared the year of education.
2016 declared the Year of Greece in Russia and Russia in Greece.
2016 — International Year of Pulses, International Year of Camelids
Anniversary dates of 2016:
1105 years from the date of the conclusion of the First Treaty of Rus' with Byzantium (911).
565 years since the birth of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Spanish navigator.
430 years since the production of the “Tsar Cannon” by A. Chokhov (1586). Installed in the Moscow Kremlin.
425 years since the completion of the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow (1591).
305 years since the invention of the piano by B. Cristofori (1711).
285 years since the creation of the Russian Pacific Fleet (1731).
185 years since the creation of the Rumyantsev Museum (1831).
150 years since the founding of the Russian Telegraph Agency (1866).
150 years since the founding of the Moscow Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky (1866)
140 years since the invention of the first telephone set by A.G. Bell (1876).
105 years since the invention of the first backpack parachute by G.E. Kotelnikov (1911).
90 years old since the creation of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf (1926).
80 years old since the creation of the sports society "Lokomotiv" (1936).
75 years old since the advent of the field rocket artillery system - "Katyusha" (1941).
55 years since the completion of the State Kremlin Palace (1961).
50 years since the creation of the Russian Academy of Education (1966)
January
1st of January — 85th birthday Anatoly Vladimirovich Romashin (1931), actor.
January 3— 80 years old Nikolai Mikhailovich Rubtsov (1936-1971)
6th January - 120 years Efim Nikolaevich Permitin (1896-1971).
January 6 - 105th birthday Maria Vladimirovna Mironova(1911-1997), actress.
translator, publisher, librarian.
January 8 - 70 years old on the birthday of the Russian writer, translator Mikhail Davidovich Yasnova (1946)
musician.
& Swiss educator.
1942), Russian poet, writer.
Weiner (1931-2005)
Rybakova (1911-1999)
Russian composer.
January 15 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian poet Osip Emilievich Mandelstam
Russian musician, virtuoso balalaika player, composer, organizer and
leader of the first folk instruments orchestra.
poet, playwright, publicist.
writer, screenwriter, journalist, playwright.
(1941), Spanish singer.
January 21 - 110 years since birth (1906-2007),
ballet dancer and choreographer. January 21 is International Hug Day.
(Originated in the USA in 1986 and quickly spread throughout the world).
January 21 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer
Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseev (1906-2007).
Armenian composer, pianist.
January 22 - 455th birthday Francis Bacon(1561-1626), English philosopher.
Montferana,(1786-1858), architect.
Hoffman (1776-1822).
Austrian composer.
Itinerant artist, graphic artist.
January 27— 190 years on the birthday of the Russian satirist writer Mikhail Evgrafovich
& Saltykova-Shchedrin (1826—1889).
January 27— 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet Ilya Grigorievich
Ehrenburg (1891-1967).
children's writer.
historian, writer.
January 29 - 150 years on the birthday of the French prose writer and playwright Romain Rolland
(1866-1944).
Belarusian writer and public figure.
World Snow Day(celebrated on the penultimate Sunday of January since 2012).
National holiday of the peoples of the North “Hello, sun!” (celebrated on the last Sunday of January since 1969).
February
& statesman, first President of Russia.
February 2 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The day of the defeat of Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943)
largest Russian publisher and bookseller.
(1836-1861), literary critic, publicist.
Afghan poet.
mathematics, mechanics, statesman.
(1881-1931), ballerinas.
1906-1944), Tatar poet.
February 16 - 85th birthday Nikolai Semenovich Leskov(1831-1895), writer.
poetesses.
French writer.
(Volyanskaya) (1911-1963), writer.
February 19 - 85th birthday Alla Dmitrievna Larionova (1931-2000),
actresses.
philologist, writer.
(1871-1913), Ukrainian poetess.
French artist.
artist.
March
March 2 - 85th birthday Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev ( 1931),
statesman, public figure. President of the USSR in 1990-1991.
March 7 - 75th birthday Andrey Mironov(1941-1987), People's Artist
RSFSR
March 8 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian director Alexander Arturovich Row
(1906-1973)
March 10 - 90 years since the birth of the Russian composer Alexander Sergeevich
Zatsepin (1926)
March 13 - 80 years since the birth of the children's writer Gennady Nikolaevich
Mashkina(1936-2005)
March 14 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian graphic artist, painter Vladimir Andreevich
Favorsky.
March 17 - 160th birthday Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel ( 1856-1910),
artist.
March 25 - 145th birthday Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar (1871-1960),
artist, art critic
March 27 - 135 years since the birth of the Russian satirist writer Arkady Timofeevich
Averchenko (1881-1925)
March 29 - 80th birthday Stanislav Sergeevich Govorukhin (1936),
film director.
March 30 - 240th birthday Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776-1857),
artist.
March 30 - 270th birthday Francisco José de Goya(Goya Y Lucientes, 1746-
1828), Spanish artist.
April
April 1 - 70th birthday Ekaterina Yurievna Genieva(1946 -2015), director
All-Russian State Library of Foreign Literature
April 1 - 585th birthday Francois Villon(April 1, 1431 or April 19, 1432
after 1464), French poet.
April 2 - 100th birthday Oleg Leonidovich Lundstrem (1916-2005),
Russian musician.
April 3 - 210th birthday Ivan Vasilievich Kireevsky (1806- 1856),
philosopher, writer.
April 6 - 175 years since the birth of the Russian poet Ivan Zakharovich Surikov
(1841-1880)
April 6 - 180th birthday Nikolai Vasilievich Sklifosovsky (1836-1904),
scientist, surgeon.
12th of April - 85 years old on the birthday of the Russian children's writer Vitaly Titovich
Korzhikova (1931—2007)
April 12 is World Aviation and Space Day. 55 years from the day first flight
man into space(1961) (noted by UNESCO)
April 13— 110 years anniversary of the birth of the Irish writer, Nobel laureate
& Samuel Beckett (1906—1989)
April 15— 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilyov
(1886—1921).
April 15— 90 years old on the birthday of the Russian poetess Emma Efraimovna Moshkovskaya
& (1926—1981).
April 18th - 115 years on the birthday of the Hungarian writer Laszlo Nemeta (1901—1975)
April 21 - 200th birthday Charlotte Bronte(1816-1855), English
& writers
April 22 - 250th birthday Anne Louise Germaine de Stael (1766-1817),
& French writer
April 23 - 125th birthday Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev (1891-1953),
Soviet composer
April 24— 225 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, historian Nicholas
& Alexandrovich Bestuzhev (1791-1855)
April 27 - 225th birthday Samuel Morse(1791-1872), American
& inventor, artist
April 28— 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Makeevich Markov
& (1911-1991).
April 28— 80 years old on the birthday of the Russian poet, prose writer Viktor Alexandrovich
& Sosnory (1936)
April 29 - 330th birthday Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev(1686-1750), historian,
statesman
April 30 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Viktor Ivanovich Likhonosov
(1936)
April 30 - 90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Yuri Dmitrievich Dmitriev
& (1926-1989)
May
May 2 - 160 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, philosopher Vasily Vasilievich
Rozanova (1856 -1919)
May 2 - 105 years since the birth of the Tajik poet Mirzo Tursun-Zade (1911-1977)
literature Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846—1916)
May 6 - 160th birthday Sigmund Freud(1856-1939), Austrian psychiatrist and
psychologist.
May 7— 155 years birthday of Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore (Thakur)
May 11— 110 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Vera Kazimirovna Ketlinskaya
May 15 - 160 years birthday of American children's writer Lyman Frank
Bouma (1856-1919)
May 15 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov
1945), Russian science fiction writer)
International H. C. Andersen Prize (1988) Anna Schmidt (1911-1995)
public figure
Georgievskaya (1916—1974).
May 23 - 95th birthday Grigory Naumovich Chukhrai (1921-2001),
film director.
brothers Cyril and Methodius
May 28— 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich
May 29 - 60 years since the birth of the Russian writer Grigory Shalvovich
Chkhartishvili - Boris Akunin (1956)
May 30 - 585 years since the death Joan of Arc(c. 1412-1431), folk heroine
France
May 31 - 90 years old on the birthday of the German writer, laureate of the International Prize
them. H. C. Andersen James Crews (1926-1997)
June
June 2 - 140th birthday Konstantin Andreevich Trenev, writer (1876-
1945)
4
June - 135th birthday Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (1881-1962),
female artists.
translator(1916-1992)
underground organization in the fascist rear
literary critic
writer
June 14 - 205 years since birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe, American writer
(1811-1896).
writer
June 19 - 230th birthday Fyodor Nikolaevich Glinka ( 1786-1880), poet,
writer, Decembrist
June 20 - 95th birthday Anatoly Markovich Markushi (1921-2005)
Russian writer
June 22 - 160th birthday Henry Rider Haggart(1856-1925), English
writer
writers
July
July 1 - 115th birthday Vladimir Alexandrovich Lugovsky (1901-1957),
Soviet poet
July 5 - 115th birthday Sergei Vladimirovich Obraztsov (1901-1992),
Russian theater figure, actor, director
July 6 - 220th birthday Nicholas I(Nikolai Pavlovich Romanov, 1796-1855),
Russian Emperor
July 7 - 80th birthday Igor (Garik) Mironovich Guberman (1936),
Russian poet
July 8 - 395th birthday Jean Lafontaine(1621-1695), French poet,
fabulist
July 10 is Military Glory Day. Victory of the Russian army under the command of Peter I over
by the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709)
July 15 - 410th birthday Rembrandt Harmes van Rijn (1606-1669),
great Dutch painter and graphic artist
July 17 - 170th birthday Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklouho-Maclay (1846-1888),
Russian traveler
July 18 - 205th birthday William Makepeace Thackeray(1811-1864), English
writer.
July 18 - 195th birthday Pauline Viardot-Garcia(1821-1910), French
singer, close friend of I.S. Turgenev
July 19 - 120th birthday Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896-1981),
English writer
July 22 - 90th birthday Sergei Alekseevich Baruzdin (1926-1991),
Soviet writer.
July 23 - 190th birthday Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev (1826-1871),
collector and researcher of Russian folklore, historian of Russian literature.
July 26 - 160th birthday Bernard Shaw(1856-1950), English playwright,
critic, publicist. Nobel Prize winner (1925).
July 27 - 105th birthday Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (Grachev) (1911-1944),
Soviet military intelligence officer
July 27 - 80th birthday Marisa-Rudolf Eduardovich Liepa (1936-1989),
ballet dancer
July 28 - 210th birthday Alexander Andreevich Ivanov (1806-1858),
Russian painter, author of the painting “The Appearance of Christ to the People”
July 28 - 145th birthday Sergei Nikolaevich Bulgakov (1871-1944),
philosopher, theologian
Soviet writer and poet
August
August 5 - 90th birthday Pera Valyo(1926-1975), Swedish writer, author
& detectives
August 6 - 160th birthday Apollinary Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1856-1933),
& artist
August 6-7 - 55 years ago, a 25-hour space flight of the Vostok-2 spacecraft took place,
piloted by cosmonaut G.S. Titov
August 8 - 115th birthday Nina Nikolaevna Berberova (1901-1993),
& writers from Russian diaspora
August 9 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The first Russian victory in Russian history
& fleet under the command of Peter I over the Swedes at Cape Gangut (1714)
August 12 - 335th birthday Vitus Jonassen Bering(Ivan Ivanovich, 1681
1741), Russian navigator
August 14 - 150th birthday Dmitry Sergeevich Merezhkovsky (1866-1941),
poet, literary critic, influential representative of symbolism
August 15 - 245th birthday Walter Scott(1771-1832), English writer
August 15 - 85th birthday Mikael Leonovich Tariverdieva (1931-1996),
composer
August 16 - 140th birthday Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin(1876-1942), Russian
graphic artist, illustrator of Russian fairy tales, theater artist
August 17 - 105th birthday Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (1911-1995),
Soviet chess player
August 19 - 265th birthday Matvey Ivanovich Platov (1751-1818),
military leader.
August 21 - 145th birthday Leonida Andreeva(1871-1919), Russian prose writer,
playwright, journalist
August 22 - 275th birthday Jean François de Galo La Perouse (1741-1788),
French navigator.
August 23 is Military Glory Day. The defeat of the fascist Germans by Soviet troops
troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943).
August 25 - 180th birthday Francis Bret Harte(1836-1902), American
writer.
August 27 - 145th birthday Theodore Dreiser(1871-1945), American
writer.
August 30 - 145th birthday Ernest Rutherford(1871-1937), English physicist.
August 31 - 205th birthday Théophile Gautier(1811-1872), French writer.
September
September 1 - 160th birthday Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky (1856-1909),
poet
September 2 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian science fiction writer
Alexander Petrovich Kazantsev
September 3 - 105th birthday Sergei Grigorievich Ostrovoy(1911-2005), poet
September 14 - 80th birthday Alexander Semenovich Kushner (1936),
poet, essayist.
September 14 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Leonid Dmitrievich Platov
(1906-1979)
September 16 - 85 years since the founding of the Central Puppet Theater under the direction of
S.V. Obraztsova
September 17 - 175th birthday Fyodor Mikhailovich Reshetnikov (1841-1871),
writer
September 19 - 105 years since the birth of the English writer William Golding
(1911-1993)
September 19 - 80 years since the birth of the writer Stanislav Romanovsky(b. 1936)
September 21 - September Day of Military Glory of Russia - Victory Day of Russian Regiments
in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380)
September 21 - 150 years since the birth of the English writer Herbert George Wells
(1866-1946)
September 22 - 125 years since the birth of the writer Reuben Isaevich Fraerman
(1891-1972)
September 23 - 80 years since the birth of the writer, playwright Edward Stanislavovich
Radzinsky(b. 1936)
September 24 - 120 years since the birth of the American writer
Francis Scott Fitzgerald(1896-1940)
September 25 - 105th birthday Mark Naumovich Bernes (1911-1969),
film actor, singer
September 25 - 110th birthday Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1906-1975),
composer.
85 years since opening Central Puppet Theater named after. S.V. Obraztsova in Moscow (1931)
75 years since the start Moscow battle (1941)
October
October 1 - 225th birthday Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov(1791-1859), writer.
October 8 - 80th birthday Alexander Mikhailovich Ginevsky
& (b.1936), writer
& writer
October 9 - 90th birthday Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Evstigneev
& (1926-1992), actor.
October 15 - 175th birthday Savva Ivanovich Mamontov (1841-1918),
entrepreneur, philanthropist.
October 22 - 205th birthday Franz Liszt (1811-1886),
Hungarian composer, pianist
October 24 - 105th birthday Arkady Isaakovich Raikin (1911-1987),
pop artist. People's Artist of the USSR.
October 25 - 135th birthday Pablo Picasso(Ruiz y Picasso, 1881-1973),
French artist of Spanish origin
October 28 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian theater director Roman Viktyuk
November
November 2 - 110th birthday Daniil Leonidovich Andreev (1906-1959),
poet, writer.
November 2 - 110 years since the birth of the Italian director Luchino Visconti (1906-1976)
November 4 - 60 years since the birth of the Russian singer, poet, composer
Igor Talkov (1956-1991)
November 7 - Day of Military Glory of Russia - Day of the military parade on Krasnaya
square in 1941
November 17 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian film director Ivan Pyryeva (1901-1968)
November 18 — Birthday Santa Claus
November 7 - 125th birthday Dmitry Andreevich Furmanov (1891-1926),
writer
November 11 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian writer Fedor Mikhailovich
Dostoevsky (1821-1881)
November 11 - 115 years since the birth of the prose writer, children's writer Evgeniy Ivanovich
Charushina (1901-1965)
& natural scientist, poet
November 20 - 115th birthday Irina Valerianovna Karnaukhova
(1901-1959), writer
November 20 - 100th birthday Mikhail Alexandrovich Dudin
(1916-1993), Russian poet
November 22 - 215 years since the birth of the Russian writer, lexicographer Vladimir
Ivanovich Dahl (1801-1872)
November 28 - 110th birthday Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev
(1906-1999), writer, scientist
November 28 - 135th birthday Stefan Zweig(1881-1942), Austrian writer
December
December 1 - 120th birthday Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896-1974),
military leader and statesman.
December 5 - Day of Military Glory of Russia - Day of the start of the counter-offensive of Soviet troops
V battle of Moscow
December 5 - 115th birthday Walt Disney(1901-1966), American
& film director, artist and producer
December 5 - 155th birthday Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin (1861-1939),
artist.
Russian poet, writer
Russian historian, writer
writer
Russian artist
December 18 - 95th birthday Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (1921-1997),
circus and film artist.
1968), military leader.
director
December 24 - 70 years since the birth of the Russian actor, film director, writer Leonida
Filatova (1946-2003)
December 31 - 70th birthday Nikolai Timonovich Fedorov(b.1946), writer
31th of December - New Year
Anniversary books of 2016
695 years - Dante A. “The Divine Comedy” (1321)
665 years - Boccaccio "Decameron" (1351, writing the book)
500 years - More T. Utopia (1516, writing a book)
435 years - Fedorov I. “Ostrozh Bible” (1581, book publication)
415 years - Shakespeare W. “Hamlet” (1601, writing the tragedy)
410 years - Shakespeare W. “Macbeth” (1606, writing the play)
345 years - Moliere J.B. "The Bourgeois in the Nobility" (1671, publication of the comedy)
290 years - J. Swift “Gulliver’s Travels” (1726, publication of a satire)
250 years - Lessing G.F. “Laocoon, or On the Limits of Painting and Poetry” (1766, publication of a treatise)
245 years - Sumarokov A.P. “Dmitry the Pretender” (1771, publication of the tragedy)
235 years - Raspe R.E. "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1781, first publication of stories)
215 years - Schiller F. “Mary Stuart” (1801, publication of the play)
200 years - Hoffmann E.T.V.A. “The Nutcracker” (1816, publication of the fairy tale)
195 years - Pushkin A.S. "Prisoner of the Caucasus" (1821, writing)
190 years - The first Russian translation of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm by V.A. Zhukovsky. (1826)
190 years - Gauf V. “Collection of fairy tales for 1826” (1826)
190 years - Cooper J. "The Last of the Mohicans, or the Narrative of 1757" (1826, writing and publication)
185 years - Gogol N.V. “Evenings on a farm near Dikanka” (1831, publication)
185 years - Pushkin A.S. “The Tale of Tsar Saltan...” (1831, writing)
185 years - Balzac O. de “Shagreen skin” (1831, writing)
185 years - Hugo V. “Notre Dame Cathedral” (1831, publication of the novel)
180 years - Gogol N.V. "The Inspector General" (1836, publication)
180 years - Pushkin A.S. "The Captain's Daughter" (1836, publication)
180 years - Dickens Ch. “Posthumous Notes of the Pickwick Club” (1836, first publication)
180 years - Alfred de Musset “Confession of a son of the century” (1836, writing a novel)
175 years old - Odoevsky V.F. "Moroz Ivanovich" (1841, writing)
175 years - Cooper J. “St. John's wort, or the first warpath” (1841, publication)
170 years - Dostoevsky F.M. “Poor People” (1846, publication of a novel), “Double” (1846, publication of a story)
170 years - E. Lear “The Book of Nonsense” (1846, book publication)
165 years - Melville G. “Moby Dick, or the White Whale” (1851, publication)
165 years old - Miller F.B. “One, two, three, four, five, the bunny went out for a walk...” (1851)
160 years - Aksakov S.T. "Family Chronicle" (1856)
160 years - Ershov P.P. “The Little Humpbacked Horse” (1856, publication of the complete edition of the tale)
155 years - Dostoevsky F.M. “Humiliated and Insulted” (1861, publication of the novel)
155 years old - Nekrasov N.A. “Peasant Children”, “Peddlers” (1861, writing poems)
150 years - Dostoevsky F.M. "Crime and Punishment", "The Gambler" (1866, publications)
150 years - Greenwood J. “The True Story of a Little Ragged Man” (1866, publication)
150 years - Surikov I.Z. “Childhood” (“Here is my village, here is my home…”) (1866)
145 years - Lewis Carroll “Alice Through the Looking Glass” (1871, writing a fairy tale)
145 years - Pothier E. “The Internationale” (1871, writing)
140 years - Nekrasov N.A. “Who Lives Well in Rus'” (1866-1876, publication)
140 years - Twain M. “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876, publication)
135 years old - Leskov N.S. "Lefty" (1881, publication)
130 years old - Burnett F.E. "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1886, novel publication)
130 years old - Stevenson R.L. "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886, story edition)
125 years - Oscar Wilde “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (1891, publication of the novel as a separate book)
120 years - Kuprin A.I. “Moloch” (1896, publication of the story)
120 years old - Stanyukovich K.M. “Maksimka” (1896, writing a story)
120 years - Chekhov A.P. "The Seagull" (1896, writing and directing the play)
120 years - Wells G.D. “The Island of Doctor Moreau” (1896, novel edition)
115 years - Gorky M. “The Bourgeois” (1901, writing a play)
115 years old - Svirsky A.I. “Ryzhik” (1901, writing a story)
115 years - Doyle Arthur Conan “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1901, publication of the story)
115 years - Wells G. “The First Men on the Moon” (1901, publication of the novel)
110 years - Blok A.A. “The Stranger”, “Showroom”, “The King in the Square” (1906, publication of plays)
110 years - London D. “White Fang” (1906, publication of the story)
105 years old - Kuprin A.I. “The Garnet Bracelet” (1911, story published)
100 years - Joyce D. “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (1916, novel edition)
95 years old - Akhmatova A.A. “Plantain” (1921, publication of a collection of poems)
95 years old - Averchenko A.T. “A Dozen Knives in the Back of the Revolution” (1921, publication of a collection of stories in Paris)
95 years old - Gumilyov N. “Tent” (1921, publication of a collection of poems)
90 years old - Mayakovsky V.V. “Every page is either an elephant or a lioness...” (1926, writing a poem).
90 years old - Obruchev V.A. “The Land of Sannikov, or the Last Onkilons” (1926, first publication of the novel)
90 years old - Platonov A.P. “City of Grads” (1926, story published)
90 years old - Trenev K.A. “Yarovaya Love” (1926, play edition)
90 years old - Chukovsky K.I. “Fedorino’s grief”, “Confusion”, “Telephone” (1926, writing poems)
90 years old - Sholokhov M.A. “Don Stories” (1926, collection published)
90 years old - Milne A. “Winnie the Pooh” (1926, first separate edition of the book)
90 years old - Hemingway E. “The Sun Also Rises” (1926)
85 years old - Ilf I. and Petrov E. “The Golden Calf” (1931, publication of the novel)
85 years old - Pasternak B.L. “Safety certificate” (1931, publication of an autobiographical story)
85 years old - Antoine de Saint-Exupery “Night Flight” (1931, novel edition)
80 years old - Barto A.L. “Toys” (1936, publication of a collection of poems)
80 years old - Belyaev V.P. “The Old Fortress” (1936, publication of the first part of the trilogy)
80 years old - Gaidar A.P. "The Blue Cup" (1936, story published)
80 years old - Kataev V.P. “The Lonely Sail Whitens” (1936, writing and publication of the story)
80 years old - Mikhalkov S.V. “Uncle Styopa” (1936, publication of the poem as a separate book)
80 years old - Tvardovsky A.T. “The Country of Ant” (1936, edition of the poem)
80 years old - Tolstoy A.N. “The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio” (1936, writing and publishing a fairy tale)
80 years old - Mitchell M. “Gone with the Wind” (1936, publication of the novel)
80 years old - Capek K. “War with the Newts” (1936, publication of a dystopian novel)
75 years old - Vasilenko I.D. "The Magic Box" (1941, publication)
75 years old - Gaidar A.P. “Timur’s Oath” (1941, publication of a literary script)
75 years old - Panteleev L. “Honest word” (1941, writing and publication)
70 years old - Verzilin N.M. “In the Footsteps of Robinson” (1946, book publication)
70 years old - Ilyina E. “The Fourth Height” (1946, publication of the story)
70 years old - Lindgren A. “The famous detective Kalle Blumkvist” (1946, publication of the story)
65 years old - Nosov N.N. “Vitya Maleev at school and at home” (1951, publication of the story)
65 years old - Lem S. “Astronauts” (1951, Raman edition)
65 years old - Rodari J. “The Adventures of Cipollino” (1951, publication of a fairy tale)
65 years old - Salinger D. “The Catcher in the Rye” (1951, publication of the novel)
60 years - the first post-revolutionary (October, 1917) publication in the USSR of the Bible and the New Testament (1956)
60 years old - Rybakov A.N. “The Bronze Bird” (1956, story edition)
60 years old - Schwartz E.L. “An Ordinary Miracle” (1956, edition of a fairy tale-play)
60 years old - Darrell J. “My Family and Other Animals” (1956, publication of the story)
60 years old - Lindgren A. “Rasmus the Tramp” (1956, book publication)
60 years old - Preusler O. “Little Waterman” (1956, publication of a fairy tale)
55 years old - Abramov F.A. “Fatherlessness” (1961, publication of the story)
55 years old - Aksenov V.P. "Star Ticket" (1961, writing a novel)
55 years old - Verzilin N.M. “Through the Gardens and Parks of the World” (1961, book edition)
55 years old - Dragunsky V.Yu. “He is alive and glowing” (1961, edition of the author’s 1st book)
55 years old - Nosov N.N. “The Adventures of Tolya Klyukvin” (1961, publication of the story)
50 years - Azimov A. “Neutrino”, “Universe”
50 years old - Zakhoder B.V. “To Comrade Children” (1966, first edition of the collection)
50 years old - Sladkov N. I. “Underwater Newspaper” (1966)
50 years old - Uspensky E.N. “Gena the Crocodile and His Friends” (1966, publication of the story)
50 years old - Preusler O. “Little Ghost” (1966, first publication of a fairy tale)
45 years old - Nosov N.N. “Trilogy about Dunno” (1971, trilogy edition)
45 years - Strugatsky A. and B. “Inhabited Island” (1971, publication of the story)
45 years old - Troepolsky G.N. “White Bim, Black Ear” (1971, story edition)
45 years old - Preusler O. “Krabat. Legends of the Old Mill" (1971, publication of a fairy tale)
40 years old - Aleksin A.G. “Mad Evdokia” (1976, publication of the story)
40 years old - Astafiev V.P. “Tsar Fish” (1976, publication of the story in the magazine “Our Contemporary”, No. 4-6)
40 years old - Rasputin V.G. “Farewell to Matera” (1976, publication of the story in the magazine “Our Contemporary”, No. 11)
40 years old - Trifonov Yu.V. “House on the Embankment” (1976, publication of the story)
35 years old - Balashov D.M. "Burden of Power" (1981)
35 years old - Vysotsky V.S. “Nerve” (1981, publication of a collection of works)
35 years old - Lindgren A. “Roni, the daughter of a robber” (1981, publication of a fairy tale)
20 years old - Pelevin V.O. “Chapaev and Emptiness” (1996, novel edition)
20 years (1996) - Polina Dashkova “Blood of the Unborn.”
15 years old - Prokhanov A.A. “Mr. Hexogen” (2001, novel publication, National Bestseller Award - 2002)
15 years old - Ulitskaya L.E. “The Case of Kukotsky”, (2001, publication of the novel, Russian Booker Prize - 2001)
Calendar of significant dates for the 2016-2017 academic year
2016
Year of Cinema in Russia (Decree No. 503 of October 27, 2015)
2017
Year of Ecology in Russia (Decree N7 of January 5, 2016)
International holidays:
8 September - International Literacy Day. In its resolution adopted at the 14th session, the General Conference of UNESCO recognized the need for concerted action in international efforts to promote literacy throughout the world and proclaimed 8 September as International Literacy Day.
11 September - Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Fascism (date for 2016) - an international date that is celebrated annually on the second Sunday of September and is dedicated to the tens of millions of victims of fascism.
September 21 - International Day of Peace. In 1982, in its resolution, the UN General Assembly proclaimed the International Day of Peace as a day of general ceasefire and renunciation of violence.
September 25(date for 2016) – International Day of the Deaf. Uestablished in 1951, in honor of the creation of the World Federation of the Deaf and Mutes
October 1 – International Day of Older Persons. On December 14, 1990, the UN General Assembly decided to consider October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons.
October 24(date for 2016) International School Library Day. Established by the International Association of School Libraries, celebrated on the 4th Monday of October.
November 8- International KVN Day. In 2001, on November 8, the country celebrated International KVN Day for the first time in history. The idea of the holiday was proposed by the president of the international KVN club, Alexander Maslyakov. The date was chosen because the first game was broadcast on November 8, 1961.
November 16 – International Day of Tolerance (Tolerance). On November 16, 1995, UNESCO Member States adopted the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance. In 1996, the UN General Assembly invited member states to celebrate the International Day for Tolerance on November 16 each year with events aimed at both educational institutions and the general public.
November 26 - World Information Day, has been held annually since 1994. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum took place .
December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In 1992, at the end of the United Nations Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1983-1992), the UN General Assembly proclaimed December 3 as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
December 28th - International Cinema Day . On December 28, 1895, the first session of the Lumière brothers' cinematography took place in Paris at the Grand Café on the Boulevard des Capucines.
February 8 - Day of Remembrance of the Young Anti-Fascist Hero, celebrated in the world since 1964, which was approved by the next UN Assembly, in honor of the fallen participants in anti-fascist demonstrations - French schoolboy Daniel Fery (1962) and Iraqi boy Fadil Jamal (1963.)
February 21– International Mother Language Day. International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO on 17 November 1999, has been celebrated every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity.
21 March - World Poetry Day. In 1999, at the 30th session of the UNESCO General Conference, it was decided to celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21 every year.
March 27 – World Theater Day. Established in 1961 by the IX Congress of the International Theater Institute.
April 2– International Children's Book Day. Since 1967, on the initiative and decision of the International Children's Book Council, on April 2, the birthday of the great Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, the whole world celebrates International Children's Book Day.
April 7 – World Health Day, celebrated annually on the day of the creation of the World Health Organization in 1948.
May 15 - International Family Day, established by the UN General Assembly in 1993.
May 24 - Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. Every year on May 24, all Slavic countries solemnly glorify the creators of Slavic writing, Cyril and Methodius - Slovenian teachers.
May 31 - World No Tobacco Day . The World Health Organization declared May 31 as World No Tobacco Day in 1988.
Public holidays in Russia
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August 22– Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation. Every year on August 22, Russia celebrates the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation, established on the basis of Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1714 of August 20, 1994.
August 27– Russian Cinema Day. On August 27, 1919, the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom) was issued on the nationalization of the film industry in the country. From that time on, the entire photographic and cinematographic industry and trade came under the jurisdiction of the People's Commissariat of Education, headed by Anatoly Lunacharsky. In memory of this event, this date began to be considered the Day of Soviet Cinema, and later - the Day of Russian Cinema.
September 3– Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism. This is the newest memorable date in Russia, established by the federal law “On the Days of Military Glory of Russia” dated July 6, 2005. It is connected with the tragic events in Beslan...
October 31– Sign Language Interpreter Day. Sign Language Interpreter Day was established in January 2003 on the initiative of the Central Board of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf in order to draw public attention to the problems of the deaf.
November 4– Day of National Unity. November 4 - the day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God - has been celebrated as National Unity Day since 2005 .
November 27(date for 2016) – Mother’s Day in Russia. Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin No. 120 “On Mother’s Day” dated January 30, 1998, it is celebrated on the last Sunday of November.
12 December– Constitution Day of the Russian Federation. On December 12, 1993, the Constitution of the Russian Federation was adopted in a referendum. The full text of the Constitution was published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on December 25, 1993.
February 20-26 – Maslenitsa. Maslenitsa is a Slavic traditional holiday celebrated for a week (sometimes three days) before Lent, which retains a number of elements of Slavic mythology in its rituals.
18th of March- Day of reunification of Crimea with Russia. It was on this day in 2014 that Crimea (the territory of the Crimean peninsula with the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol located on it, which were previously part of Ukraine) officially became part of the Russian Federation. In the territory of the Republic of Crimea, this day is a holiday and a day off according to the republican law No. 55-ZRK/2014 dated December 29, 2014.
May 27 - All-Russian Library Day. This professional holiday was established by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin No. 539 of May 27, 1995 “On the establishment of an all-Russian day of libraries.”
Historical dates:
Anniversaries
120 years since the birth of the Russian playwright of the Soviet period, prose writer, screenwriter Evgeniy Schwartz (1896-1958)195 years since the birth of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881)
100 years since the birth of the poet Mikhail Dudin (1916-1993)
215 years since the birth of ethnographer, writer Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl (1801-1872)
120 years since the birth of military leader Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896-1974)
250 years since the birth of historian, writer Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766-1826)
170 years since the birth of the artist Nikolai Aleksandrovich Yaroshenko (1846-1898)
150 years since the birth of the artist Wassily Vasilyevich Kandinsky (1866-1944)
120 years since the birth of military leader Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (1896-1968)
125 years since the birth of the English writer J. Tolkien (1892-1973)
120 years since the birth of the writer Valentin Kataev (1897-1986)
130 years since the birth of military leader Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev (1887-1919)
180 years since the death of A.S. Pushkin (1799-1837)
80 years since the birth of pilot-cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (1937)
80th anniversary of the birth of the writer Valentin Rasputin (1937-2015)
230 years since the birth of the German physicist Georg Simon Ohm (1787-1854)
135 years since the birth of Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (real name - Nikolai Vasilyevich Korneychukov) (1882-1969)
80 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Bella Akhmadulina (1937-2010)
90 years since the birth of the writer Vil Lipatov (1927-1979)
In 2016– 700 years of the Russian ruble. Mentioned in written sources since 1316 as “the name of the monetary unit... instead of the hryvnia... which in Novgorod weighed 196 grams in an ingot... From chop, that is, “a stump of a hryvnia.”
Books-anniversaries
200 years of the work of E.T. Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker" (1816)180 years of the book by A.S. Pushkin “The Captain's Daughter” (1836)
170 years of the book by A. Dumas “The Count of Monte Cristo” (1846)
190 years of the first Russian translation of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm (1826)
60 years of children's humor magazine"Funny pictures"(published since September 1956)
2017
470 years of “The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom” (1547)
180 years of the poem “Borodino” (1837) by M.Yu. Lermontov
120 years - “The Gadfly” (1897) E.-L. Voynich
95 years - “Scarlet Sails” (1922) by A. Green
90 years - “Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin” (1927) by A.N. Tolstoy
90 years - “Republic of ShKID” (1927) G. Belykh and L. Panteleev
60 years – “The Fate of Man” (1957) by M. Sholokhov
55 years old - “The difficult life, full of hardships and dangers, of Ivan Semyonov, a second-grader and second-year student” L.I. Davydycheva (1962)
Anniversaries of Soviet and Russian cinema figures
120 years since the birth of film actress Faina Ranevskaya (née Fanny Feldman) (1896-1984)
90 years since the birth of film actor Evgeny Leonov (1926-1994)
80 years since the birth of singer and film actor Mikhail Kokshenov (1936)
100 years since the birth of film actor Zinovy Gerdt (1916-1996)
60 years since the birth of film actor and director Yuri Moroz (1956)
80 years since the birth of film actress Alla Demidova (1936)
80 years since the birth of film actor Leonid Kuravlev (1936)
90 years since the birth of film actor Evgeny Evstigneev (1926-1992)
80th anniversary of the birth of film director and screenwriter Edmond Keosayan (1936-1994)
90 years since the birth of film actor Spartak Mishulin (1926-2005)
115 years since the birth of film actress Rina (Ekaterina) Zelenaya (1901-1991)
100 years since the birth of film actress Antonina Maksimova (1916-1986)
90 years since the birth of film actress Lyudmila Arinina (1926)
115 years since the birth of film director Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (1901-1968)
50 years since the birth of actor Yevgeny Mironov (1966)
110 years since the birth of cinematographer and director Roman Karmen (1906-1978)
75 years since the birth of film actor Vitaly Solomin 91941-2002)
120 years since the birth of actress Anastasia Zueva (1896-1986)
95 years since the birth of circus and film artist Yuri Nikulin (1921-1997)
85 years since the birth of film actor and director Lev Durov (1931-2015)
70 years since the birth of film actor Leonid Filatov (1946-2003)
90 years since the birth of film actress Ekaterina Savinova (1926-1970)
80 years since the birth of film actor Eduard Martsevich (1936-2013)
2006-2016 - Decade of rehabilitation and development of affected regions
(third decade after Chernobyl)
2010-2020 - Decade to Combat Desertification
2011-2020 - Decade of Biodiversity
Decade of Action for Road Safety
2012-2017 - Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On the National Strategy of Action in the Interests of Children for 2012-2017.”
2013-2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures
JANUARY
January 3 - 80 years old Nikolai Mikhailovich Rubtsov (1936-1971)
6th January - 120 years Efim Nikolaevich Permitin (1896-1971)
January 8 - 70 years old on the birthday of the Russian writer, translator Mikhail Davidovich Yasnova (1946)
13th of January - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Arkady Alexandrovich Weiner (1931-2005)
January 14 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov (1911-1999)
January 15 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian poet Osip Emilievich Mandelstam (1891-1938)
January 24 - 240 years on the birthday of the German writer Ernst Theodore Amadeus Hoffman (1776-1822)
January 27 - 190 years on the birthday of the Russian satirist writer Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889)
January 27 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet Ilya Grigorievich Erenburg (1891-1967)
January 29 - 150 years on the birthday of the French prose writer and playwright Romain Rolland (1866-1944)
FEBRUARY
February 5th - 180 years since the birth of the Russian critic, publicist Nikolai Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov (1836-1861)
February 9th - 575 years since the birth of the Uzbek poet Nizamaddin Mir Alisher Navoi (1441-1501)
February 10 - 135 years since the birth of the Russian writer Boris Konstantinovich Zaitsev (1881-1972)
February 13 - 135 years since the birth of the English children's writer, the first laureate of the International Literary Prize. H. C. Andersen Elinor Farjeon (1881-1965)
February, 15 - 110 years since the birth of the Tatar poet Musa Jalil (1906-1944)
February 16 - 185 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Semenovich Leskov (1831-1895)
February 17 - 110 years on the birthday of the Russian children's poet Agni Lvovna Barto (1906-1971)
February 17 - 160 years Josepha Roni(senior) (1856-1940)
February 22 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian writer Alexey Mikhailovich Zhemchuzhnikov (1821-1905)
24 February - 230 years on the birthday of the German writer, philologist Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)
24 February - 85 years old on the birthday of the Israeli writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. C. Andersen (1996) Uri Orleva (1931)
25 February - 145 years on the birthday of the Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913)
25 February - 105 years Agnia Alexandrovna Kuznetsova (1911-1996)
28th of February - 150 years since the birth of the Russian symbolist poet Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866-1949)
MARCH
March 4 - 110 years, laureate of the International Prize named after. H. C. Andersen Meindert De Jong (1906-1991)
5th of March - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Vladimirovich Bogdanov (1906-1989)
March 12 - 80 years old on the birthday of the American writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. C. Andersen (1992) Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002)
March 25 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Alexey Ivanovich Musatov (1911-1976)
March 27 - 135 years since the birth of the Russian writer Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (1881-1925)
March 27 - 145 years since the birth of the German writer, public figure Heinrich Mann (1871-1950)
APRIL
12th of April - 85 years old Vitaly Titovich Korzhikova (1931-2007)
April 12 is World Aviation and Space Day. 55 years from the day first manned space flight(1961) (noted by UNESCO)
April 13 - 110 years anniversary of the birth of the Irish writer, Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
April 15 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilyov (1886-1921)
April 15 - 90 years old on the birthday of the Russian poetess Emma Efraimovna Moshkovskaya (1926-1981)
April 18th - 115 years on the birthday of the Hungarian writer Laszlo Nemeta (1901-1975)
April 24 - 225 years Nikolai Alexandrovich Bestuzhev (1791-1855)
April 28 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Makeevich Markov (1911-1991)
April 28 - 80 years old on the birthday of the Russian poet, prose writer Viktor Alexandrovich Sosnory (1936)
April 30 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Viktor Ivanovich Likhonosov (1936)
MAY
May 2 - 160 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, philosopher Vasily Vasilievich Rozanova (1856-1919)
May 2 - 105 years since the birth of the Tajik poet Mirzo Tursun-Zade (1911-1977)
5 May - 170 years on the birthday of the Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureate in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916)
May 7 - 155 years birthday of Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore (Thakur) (1861-1941)
May 11 - 110 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Vera Kazimirovna Ketlinskaya (1906-1976)
May 15 - 160 years birthday of American children's writer Lyman Frank Bouma (1856-1919)
May 15 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891-1940)
May 20 - 105 anniversary of the birth of the Dutch writer, poet, laureate of the International H. C. Andersen Prize (1988) Anna Schmidt (1911-1995)
May, 23rd - 100 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Susanna Mikhailovna Georgievskaya (1916-1974)
May 28 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (1886-1939)
May 29 - 60 years since the birth of the Russian writer Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili - Boris Akunin (1956)
May 31 - 90 years old on the birthday of the German writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. C. Andersen James Crews (1926-1997)
JUNE
2 June - 140 years since the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Andreevich Trenev (1876-1945)
June 4 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian poet Apollon Nikolaevich Maykov (1821-1897)
June 11 - 205 years since the birth of the Russian critic Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky (1811-1878)
June 14 - 125 years on the birthday of the Russian children's writer Alexander Melentyevich Volkov (1891-1977)
June 14 - 205 years anniversary of the birth of the American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
June 17 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian writer Viktor Platonovich Nekrasov (1911-1987)
June 20 - 95 years old on the birthday of the Russian children's writer Anatoly Markovich Markushi (1921-2005)
21st of June - 200 years Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)
June 22 - Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, 75 years old since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and defense of the Brest Fortress (1941)
22nd of June - 160 years Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925)
30 June - 105 years anniversary of the birth of the Polish writer Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004)
JULY
3 July - 90 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Osipovich Bogomolov (1926-2004)
July 17th - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Boris Andreevich Lavrenev (1891-1959)
July 17th - 75 years old on the birthday of the Russian children's writer Sergei Anatolyevich Ivanov (1941)
July 18 - 205 years anniversary of the birth of the English writer William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
July 22 - 90 years old on the birthday of the Russian prose writer, poet Sergei Alexandrovich Baruzdin (1926-1991)
26 July - 160 years anniversary of the birth of the English playwright, writer George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
A B G U S T
August 7 - 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vitaly Grigorievich Melentyev (1916-1984)
August 9 - 110 years anniversary of the birth of the English writer Pamela Lyndon Travers (1906-1996)
August 14 - 150 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Sergeevich Merezhkovsky (1866-1941)
August 20 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Georgievich Belykh (1906-1938)
August 21 - 145 years since the birth of the Russian writer Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev (1871-1919)
August 22 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Leonid Panteleev (Alexey Ivanovich Eremeev) (1906-1987)
August 22 - 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Veniaminovich Kalinin (1916-2008)
August 27 - 145 years anniversary of the birth of the American writer Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945)
SEPTEMBER
September 1 - 160 years since the birth of the Russian poet Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky (1856-1909)
September 2 - 110 years on the birthday of the Russian science fiction writer Alexander Petrovich Kazantsev (1906-2002)
September 3 - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov (1941-1990)
September 7 - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Nikolaevich Krupin (1941)
12-th of September - 95 years old anniversary of the birth of the Polish science fiction writer Stanislav Lem (1921)
12-th of September - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Nikolaevich Markov (1906-1979)
September 14 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Alexander Semenovich Kushner (1936)
September 15th - 125 years anniversary of the birth of the English writer Agatha (Clarissa) Christie (Miller) (1891-1976)
September 19 - 105 years since the birth of the Russian poet Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin (1911-2003)
September 21 - 150 years anniversary of the birth of the English science fiction writer H.G. Wells (1866-1946)
September 22nd - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Reuben Isaevich Fraerman (1891-1972)
23 September - 80 years old Edward Stanislavovich Radzinsky (1936)
September 24 - 120 years anniversary of the birth of the American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
September 28 - 110 years on the birthday of the Russian playwright Alexander Petrovich Stein (1906-1993)
September 30th - 110 years on the birthday of the Russian writer Lyubov Fedorovna Voronkova (1906-1976)
OCTOBER
October 1 - 225 years since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (1791-1859)
October 6 - 85 years old on the birthday of the Russian poet, prose writer, playwright Romana Sefa (1931-2009)
October 8 - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Yuliana Semenovich Semenov (1931-1993)
October 13 - 80 years old on the birthday of the Austrian children's writer, laureate of the International Prize named after. H. C. Andersen, laureate of the International Prize in Memory of Astrid Lindgren Christine Nestling (1936)
17 October - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Ignatievich Pristavkin (1931-2008)
October 21 - 120 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, playwright Evgeniy Lvovich Schwartz (1896-1958)
NOVEMBER
November 4 - 65 years old since the establishment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO (1945)
November 7 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian writer Mark Alexandrovich Aldanov (1886-1957)
November 7 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Andreevich Furmanov (1891-1926)
November 7 - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Andrey Dmitrievich Zharikov (1921)
11th of November - 195 years since the birth of the Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881)
11th of November - 115 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, illustrator Evgeniy Ivanovich Charushin (1901-1965)
November 18th - 70 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Pietsukh (1946)
November 19 - 305 years since the birth of the Russian poet, scientist Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov (1711-1765)
20 November - 100 years since the birth of the Russian poet Mikhail Alexandrovich Dudin (1916-1994)
November 22 - 215 years since the birth of the Russian philosopher, lexicographer, ethnographer Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl (1801-1872)
November 28 - 135 years anniversary of the birth of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig
(1881-1942)
November 28 - 110 years on the birthday of the Russian outstanding public figure, philosopher Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev (1906-1999)
DECEMBER
5th of December - 115 years anniversary of the birth of the American film director, artist Walt Disney(Disney, 1901-1966)
9th December - 105 years on the birthday of the Russian children's writer Nikolai Vladimirovich Toman (1911-1974)
December 10 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian poet Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821-1877)
December 11th - 160 years since the birth of the Russian philosopher, publicist Georgy Valentinovich Plekhanov (1856-1918)
12 December - 195 years anniversary of the birth of the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
12 December - 250 years on the birthday of the Russian writer, historian Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766-1826)
December 14 - 100 years on the birthday of the Russian children's writer Viktor Ivanovich Banykin (1916-1986)
December 24 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeev (1901-1956)
December 25 - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Ruslan Timofeevich Kireev (1941)
Anniversary books of 2016
695 years (1321)
A. Dante "The Divine Comedy"
290 years (1726)
J. Swift "Gulliver's Travels"
235 years(1781)
D. I. Fonvizin "Undergrown"
225 years (1791)
R. E. Raspe "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"
200 years (1816)
E. T. Goffman "Nutcracker"
195 years (1821)
A. S. Pushkin "Prisoner of the Caucasus"
190 years (1826)
V. Gauf "Collection of fairy tales for 1826»
Brothers Grimm "Fairy tales"(first Russian translation)
J. Cooper "The Last of the Mohicans"
185 years (1831)
N.V. Gogol "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka"
A. S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit"
V. Hugo "Notre Dame Cathedral"
A. S. Pushkin “The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda”, “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, his glorious and mighty hero Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and the beautiful Princess Swan”
Stendhal "Red and black"
O. de Balzac "Shagreen skin"
180 years(1836)
Charles Dickens "Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club"
A. S. Pushkin "Captain's daughter"
175 years (1841)
J. Cooper "St. John's Wort, or the First Warpath"
170 years (1846)
A. Dumas "The Count of Monte Cristo"
E. Lear "The Book of Nonsense"
165 years (1851)
G. Melville "Moby Dick, or the White Whale"
160 years (1856)
S. T. Aksakov "Family Chronicles"
Charles Dickens "Little Dorrit"
155 years (1861)
F. M. Dostoevsky "Humiliated and Offended"
N. A. Nekrasov "Peasant Children"
150 years (1866)
F. M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment"
T. Main Reed "Headless horseman"
145 years (1871)
L. Carroll "Alice in the Wonderland"
140 years (1876)
N. A. Nekrasov “Who lives well in Rus'”
M. Twain "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
135 years (1881)
C. Collodi "The Story of Pinocchio"
N. S. Leskov “The Tale of the Tula Oblique Lefty and the Steel Flea”
130 years (1886)
M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin "Fairy tales"
125 years (1891)
A. Conan Doyle "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
120 years (1896)
F. E. Burnett "Little Lord Fauntleroy"
115 years (1901)
A. Conan Doyle "The Hound of the Baskervilles"
90 years old (1926)
A. S. Green "Running on the waves"
A. Milne "Winnie the Pooh"
V. A. Obruchev "Sannikov's Land"
K. I. Chukovsky “Fedorino’s grief”, “Miracle tree”, “Confusion”, “Telephone”
M. A. Sholokhov "Don Stories"
85 years old (1931)
I. Ilf and E. Petrov "Golden calf"
80 years old (1936)
V. P. Belyaev "Old Fortress"
V. P. Kataev "The Lonely Sail Is White"
S. V. Mikhalkov "Uncle Styopa"
A. N. Tolstoy « The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio"
K. Chapek "War with the Salamanders"
75 years old (1941)
A. P. Gaidar "Timur and his team", "Timur's Oath"
L. Panteleev "Honestly"
70 years old (1946)
N. M. Verzilin "In the footsteps of Robinson"
E. Ilyina "Fourth Height"
A. Lindgren "The famous detective Kale Blumkvist"
65 years old (1951)
N. N. Nosov “Vitya Maleev at school and at home”
J. Rodari "The Adventures of Cipollino"
D. Salinger "Catcher in the rye"
60 years (1956)
Y. L. Akim "Incompetent"
J. Darrell "My Family and Other Animals"
A. Rybakov "Bronze Bird"
55 years (1961)
V. Yu. Dragunsky "It's alive and glowing"
N. N. Nosov "The Adventures of Tolya Klyukvin"
50 years (1966)
S. S. Vangeli "The Adventures of Gugutse"
B.V. Zakhoder "Comrade children"
O. Preusler "Little Baba Yaga", "Little Merman", "Little Ghost"
N. I. Sladkov "Underwater newspaper"
45 years (1971)
N. N. Nosov Trilogy about Dunno
O. Preusler “Krabat.” Legends of the old mill"
G. N. Troepolsky "White Bim Black Ear"
40 years (1976)
A. G. Aleksin "Mad Evdokia"
V. G. Rasputin "Farewell to Matera"
35 years (1981)
A. Lindgren "Roni, the Robber's Daughter"
Anniversaries of newspapers and magazines
155 years (1861) of the magazine "Around the world"
80 years (1936) of the magazine "Literary Review"
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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 history that must 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 everything in one article significant and memorable dates of the Russian Federation for 2016 so that our readers do not miss a single significant event.
Memorable and significant dates in Russia in 2016
2016 in Russia
- 2016 is the Year of Russian Cinema.
- 2016 - 160 years of the State Tretyakov Gallery.
- 2016 - cross Year of Greece in Russia and Year of Russia in Greece
- 2016 - Russia and Türkiye plan to hold a cross Year of Tourism
- 2016 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and Russia celebrate 20 years of partnership. At the 13th conference in Jakarta, it was decided to declare this year the Year of Russian Culture for the ASEAN countries, and the Year of Culture of the ASEAN Countries in Russia.
Under the auspices of the UN
- 2006-2016 - Decade of rehabilitation and sustainable development of the affected regions (third decade after Chernobyl)
- 2008-2017 - Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
- 2010-2020 - United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification
- 2011-2020 - Decade of Action for Road Safety
- 2011-2020 - Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
- 2011-2020 - United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
- 2013-2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures
- 2014-2024 - Decade of sustainable energy for all
- 2015-2024 - International Decade for People of African Descent
- 2016 - International Year of Pulses
- 2016 - International Year of the Camelid
- 2016 - 70 years of UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
- 2016 - 60 years of the international Hans Christian Andersen Prize.
Under the auspices of UNESCO
- 2016 - 70 years of UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
- 2016 - Wroclaw (Poland) was declared the World Book Capital 2016. The city was awarded this honorary title for successful projects promoting the culture of reading, supporting libraries and developing publishing activities.
Under the auspices of the EU
- 2016 is the Year to End Violence against Women
- 2016 - Ljubljana (Slovenia) was named “European Green Capital 2016”. The capital of Slovenia was awarded this title thanks to positive changes in the field of environmentally friendly transport, as well as a number of solutions in the fight against environmental pollution. It is noted that 70% of purchases financed from the city budget of Ljubljana are related to “green” technologies. In addition, the city has made significant strides in developing cycling infrastructure and advocating for a reduction in the number of private cars. The city has bicycle and electric car rental services.
- 2016 - The cities of San Sebastian (Spain) and Wroclaw (Poland) will become European Capitals of Culture.
- 2016 - the city of Ganja (Azerbaijan) was chosen as the Youth Capital of Europe.
In the Commonwealth of Independent States
- 2016 - Year of Education in the CIS countries with the aim of developing humanitarian ties between countries, as well as for bringing together interstate educational standards (Decision of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS on October 10, 2014, Minsk)
Anniversaries of famous people of Russia and the world, memorable dates of historical events, world, international, national days in 2016
- 1000th anniversary Russian monasticism on Mount Athos. This significant event will unite all Orthodox believers.
- 850 le t since the founding of Velikiye Luki (1166).
- 700th anniversary ruble The word “ruble” was first used in the contract between Novgorod and the Tver prince Mikhail Yaroslavin (1316). And for 700 years now, the ruble has remained the main coin and symbol of the Russian state. According to some sources, the ruble is even older than the end of the 12th century.
- 565 years from the birth of Amerigo Vespucci (between 1451 and 1454-1512), Spanish navigator.
- 565 years since the birth of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Spanish navigator.
- 450 years since the founding of the city of Orel (1566).
- 350 years since the founding of Ulan-Ude (1666).
- 335 years from the birth of Vitus Ionasesn Bering (Ivan Ivanovich, 1681-1741), Russian navigator.
- 300 years since the founding of Omsk (1716).
- 275 years ago, by decree of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, Buddhism was officially recognized in Russia (1741).
- 175 years from the birth of the Russian artist Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (January 1841-1910).
- 150 years the first domestic telegraph agency (1866 Russian Telegraph Agency).
- 105 years ago the first organized gathering of the Russian Olympic Committee took place (1911).
- 100th anniversary since the founding of the Barguzinsky Nature Reserve (1916).
- 100 year old The anniversary will be celebrated by the first botanical community in Russia. In December 1916, the first meeting of the society took place in Moscow. The first president of the society was the prominent Russian botanist I.P. Borodin.
- 50th anniversary the first circumnavigation of Soviet submarines (without a single ascent along the route) (1966).
Days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia in 2016
The list is given in accordance with Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ with subsequent amendments. The 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 new styles of 13 days accumulated only in the 20th century. And, for example, in the 17th century the difference was 10 days. Therefore, in historical science, dates other than those in this law are accepted.
The following days of military glory of Russia are established in the Russian Federation:
- January 27, 2016- Day of the complete liberation of the city of Leningrad by Soviet troops from the blockade by Nazi troops (1944);
- February 2, 2016- The day of the defeat of the Nazi-fascist troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943);
- February 23, 2016- Defender of the Fatherland Day;
- April 18, 2016 - Victory Day of the Russian soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipus (Battle of the Ice, 1242, actually happened on April 12 according to the new style or April 5 according to the old one);
- May 9, 2016- 71st anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945 (1945);
- July 7, 2016- Day of the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesme (1770);
- July 10, 2016- 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, 2016- 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, 2016 - The day of the defeat of Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943);
- September 8, 2016- 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, new style, or August 26, old style);
- September 11, 2016- Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of F.F. Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Tendra (actually happened on September 8-9 according to the new style or on August 28-29 according to the old style);
- September 21, 2016- Day of victory 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 according to the old style);
- November 4, 2016- Day of National Unity.
- November 7, 2016- 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, 2016- 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, new style, or November 18, old style);
- December 5, 2016- The day of the start of the counter-offensive of Soviet troops against the Nazi-fascist troops in the Battle of Moscow (1941);
- December 24, 2016- The day of the capture of the Turkish fortress of 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 established for 2016:
- January 25 - Day of Russian Students;
- February 15 is the Day of Remembrance of Russians who performed their official duties outside the Fatherland;
- April 12 - Cosmonautics Day;
- April 26 is the Day of Participants in the Elimination of the Consequences of Radiation Accidents and Disasters and the Day of Memory of the Victims of These Accidents and Disasters;
- April 27 - Day of Russian Parliamentarism;
- June 22 - Day of Remembrance and Sorrow - the day of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (1941);
- June 29 Day of Partisans and Underground Workers:
- July 28 - Day of the Baptism of Rus';
- August 1 is the 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 - October Revolution Day 1917;
- December 9 - Day of Heroes of the Fatherland;
- December 12 is Constitution Day of the Russian Federation.
Memorable and significant dates in January 2016
January 3, 2016 - Cocktail straw birthday. 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.
from January 4 to January 10, 2016 - Week “Museum and Children”. Science and Technology Week for Children and Youth.
January 6, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov (1911-1993), Soviet film actor.
January 7, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Maria Vladimirovna Mironova, actress (1911-1997).
January 8, 2016 - Children's Cinema Day. Established by the Moscow government on the initiative of the Moscow Children's Fund in 1998 in connection with the centenary of the first screening of a film program for children in Moscow.
January 9, 2016 - 215 years since the birth of Osip (Józef) Mikhailovich Kowalewski (1801-1878), Polish and Russian historian.
January 11, 2016 - World Thank You Day. It is believed that the Russian word “spasibo” 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, were and are extremely important for the culture of any people.
January 11, 2016 - Day of Nature Reserves and National Parks. Celebrated since 1997 on the initiative of the Wildlife Conservation Center and the World Wildlife Fund in honor of the first Russian nature reserve - Barguzinsky, which opened in 1916
January 12, 2016 - 80 years since the birth of Raimondas (Raimondas) Voldemars Pauls (1936), Latvian composer.
January 13, 2016 - Russian Press Day. 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 15, 2016 - Wikipedia's birthday. 15 years since the launch of the world encyclopedia in 2001.
January 17, 2016 - World Religion Day. Celebrated annually on the third Sunday of January since 1950 at the initiative of the UN.
January 17, 2016 - 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 17, 2016 - 310 years since the birth of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American statesman.
January 21, 2016 - 75th anniversary of the birth of Placido Damingo (José Placido Damingo Embil, 1941), Spanish opera singer.
January 22, 2016 - 455 years since the birth of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English historian, philosopher, politician, founder of English materialism.
January 23, 2016 - Handwriting Day (Handwriting Day). The initiator of this holiday was the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association, 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 24, 2016 - World Snow Day(initiated by the International Ski Federation). Celebrated annually on the penultimate Sunday of January.
January 25, 2016 - Day of Russian Students (Tatyanin Day). (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On the Day of Russian Students” dated January 25, 2016 - 2005, No. 76). On the day of remembrance of the “Holy Martyr Tatiana the Virgin,” January 12 (old style), 1755, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna signed a decree “On the establishment of Moscow University.”
January 27, 2016 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day (since 2005 by decision of the UN General Assembly)
January 28, 2016 - 175 years since the birth of the Russian historian Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky (1841-1911).
January 30, 2016 - Father Frost and Snow Maiden Day. This is an ancient pagan holiday. These days they usually tell fairy tales and legends about Father Frost and the Snow Maiden.
Memorable and significant dates in February 2016
February 1, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin (1931-2007), Russian statesman, first president of the Russian Federation.
February 3, 2016 - World Safer Internet Day (celebrated since 2004 on the first Tuesday of February).
February 3, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Sergei Vladimirovich Obruchev (1891-1965), Soviet geologist.
February 4, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov (1881-1969), statesman, military leader.
February 8, 2016 - Day of Remembrance of the Young Anti-Fascist Hero. Celebrated around the world since 1964, it was approved by the next UN Assembly in honor of the fallen participants in anti-fascist demonstrations - French schoolboy Daniel Fery (1962) and Iraqi boy Fadil Jamal (1963).
February 8, 2016 - Russian Science Day. On this day in 1724, Peter the Great signed a decree establishing the Academy of Sciences in Russia.
February 10, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (1911-1978), Russian mathematician and mechanic.
February 12, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Anna Pavlovna (Matveevna) Pavlova (1881-1931), one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century.
February 14, 2016 - 80 years since the birth of the Polish singer Anna German (1936-1982), a Soviet pop star.
February 15, 2016 - Day of Remembrance of Internationalist Soldiers (02/15/1989 - the last column of Soviet troops left the territory of Afghanistan).
February 15, 2016 is International Children's Day with Cancer.
February 17, 2016 - Spontaneous Kindness Day is one of the recent initiatives of international charitable organizations. This holiday has global significance and is celebrated regardless of citizenship, nationality and religious beliefs. In Russia this holiday is still little known. On this day, as the organizers urge, you should try to be kind to everyone. And not just kind, but kind infinitely and selflessly.
February 20, 2016 - World Day of Social Justice(since 2009 by decision of the UN General Assembly).
February 21, 2016 - International Mother Language Day(proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO on 17 November 1999, celebrated every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity).
February 23, 2016 - Defender of the Fatherland Day. Day of military glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Red Army over the Kaiser's troops in 1918.
February 25, 2016 - 175 years since the birth of Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), French artist, graphic artist, sculptor, one of the main representatives of impressionism.
February 27, 2016 - 185 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge (1831-1891), Russian artist, master of portraits, historical and religious paintings.
Memorable and significant dates in March 2016
March 1, 2016 - World Cat Day. The professional holiday of felinologists (felinology is the science of cats), was approved in 2004 on the initiative of the magazine “Cat and Dog” and the Moscow Museum of Cats.
March 1, 2016 - Day of Remembrance of the paratroopers of the 6th parachute company of the 104th regiment of the Pskov Airborne Division, who died heroically in the Argun Gorge on March 1, 2000 (celebrated since 01/31/2013).
March 1, 2016 - 155 years (1861) since the abolition of serfdom in Russia by Emperor Alexander II.
March 1, 2016 - 170 years since the birth of Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev (1846-1903), Russian geologist and soil scientist, founder of the national school of soil science and soil geography.
March 2, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931), Soviet and Russian statesman and public figure, the first and only president of the USSR.
March 5, 2016 - 305 years since the establishment of the Senate by Peter the Great as the highest state body for legislation and public administration.
March 6, 2016 - International Day of Children's Television and Radio Broadcasting. Celebrated annually on the first Sunday of March. Established at the initiative of the UN Children's Fund in Cannes in April 1994.
March 7, 2016 - 1695 years since Sunday was declared a non-working day (decree of Emperor Constantine the Great) (321).
March 7, 2016 - 75 years since the birth of Andrei Aleksandrovich Mironov (1941-1987), Soviet actor.
March 8, 2016 - International Women's Day. In 1910, at the International Conference of Socialist Women in Copenhagen, K. Zetkin proposed holding an annual Solidarity Day for working women around the world. It has been celebrated in Russia since 1913.
March 8, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Shalva Aleksandrovich Amonashvili (1931), Russian teacher, psychologist. One of the innovative teachers who proclaimed the pedagogy of cooperation.
March 9, 2016 - Barbie doll's birthday. Barbie (her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts) first appeared at the American International Toy Fair on March 9, 1959. Now this day is celebrated as her birthday. She became a unique phenomenon: there was a time when three Barbie dolls were sold every second in the world. The “mother” of the famous doll is American Ruth Handler.
March 10, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Alexander Sergeevich Zatsepin, Soviet and Russian composer (1926), author of music for many popular films.
March 12, 2016 is the Day of Workers of the Penitentiary System of the Ministry of Justice of Russia.
March 17, 2016 - 160 years since the birth of Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel (1856-1910), Russian artist, one of the major representatives of symbolism and modernism.
March 18, 2016 - World Sleep Day (since 2008). Held annually, on the Friday of the second full week of March, as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) project on sleep and health.
March 19, 2016 - Submariner's Day(creation of submarine forces of the Russian fleet).
March 20, 2016 - Day of Trade, Consumer Services and Housing and Communal Services Workers (third Sunday of March).
March 24, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov (1891-1951), Soviet physicist, public figure and popularizer of science, founder of the scientific school of physical optics in the USSR.
March 24, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Klavdia Ivanovna Shulzhenko (1906-1984), Soviet pop singer, actress
March 25, 2016 - Day of the Russian Cultural Worker. Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation on August 27, 2007.
March 25, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar (1871-1960), Soviet artist and art critic.
March 28, 2016 - International campaign "Earth Hour"(celebrated since 2007 at the initiative of the World Wildlife Fund on the last Saturday of March).
March 29, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Stanislav Sergeevich Govorukhin (1936), Russian film director, screenwriter, actor.
March 30, 2016 - 270 years since the birth of Francisco Goya (1746-1828), Spanish artist. One of the most notable figures of the era of Spanish romanticism.
March 30, 2016 - 270 years since the birth of Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776-1857), Russian artist, master of realistic and romantic portraits.
March 30, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Galina Andreevna Bannikova (1901-1972), graphic artist, typeface artist.
March 31, 2016 - 420 years since the birth of René Descartes (1596-1650), French scientist and philosopher.
Memorable and significant dates in April 2016
April 1, 2016 - Brownie Awakening Day. The ancient Slavs believed that the brownie hibernated during the winter and woke up when spring fully came into its own. Over time, everyone forgot about welcoming spring and cajoling the brownie, but the tradition of joking, pranking and deceiving on this day remained.
April 2, 2016 - 100 years since the birth of Oleg Leonidovich Lungstrem (1916-2005), Soviet and Russian musician, jazzman.
April 6, 2016 - World Cartoon Day. Established in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association and is celebrated throughout the world. Animators from all over the globe exchange film programs and arrange screenings for appreciative audiences.
April 7, 2016 - World Health Day. Celebrated since 1948 by decision of the UN World Health Assembly.
April 11, 2016 - 240 years since the birth of John Constable (1776-1837), English romantic artist.
April 12, 2016 - World Aviation and Space 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.
From April 15, 2016 to June 5, 2016 - All-Russian days of protection from environmental hazards.
April 15, 2016 - World Culture Day (since 1935, the day of signing of the International Treaty - the Peace Pact, or the Roerich Pact).
April 16, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov (1901-1968), theater director, artist, teacher.
April 18, 2016 - International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites. Celebrated since 1984 by decision of UNESCO.
April 18, 2016 - 180 years since the birth of Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky (1836-1904), an outstanding Russian surgeon and scientist.
April 21, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Elizabeth II Windsor, Queen of England (1926).
April 22, 2016 - International Earth Day. Celebrated since 1990 by decision of UNESCO with the aim of uniting people in protecting the environment.
April 23, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian composer, pianist, conductor, teacher Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev (1891-1953).
April 23, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Leonid Vladimirovich Zankov (1901-1977), Soviet teacher. He developed problems in the psychology of memory, thinking and speech of children.
April 26, 2016 - 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, 2016 - 225 years since the birth of Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American inventor, artist. The most famous inventions are the electromagnetic writing telegraph and Morse code.
April 29, 2016 - International Dance Day. 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 29, 2016 - 330 years since the birth of Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (1686-1750), historian, statesman.
April 30, 2016 - International Jazz Day (since 2011 by decision of the General Conference of UNESCO).
Memorable and significant dates in May 2016
May 1, 2016 - Spring and Labor Day . The first of May, the day of international workers' solidarity, has been celebrated in the Russian Empire since 1890. In the Russian Federation it is celebrated as the Spring and Labor Holiday.
May 4, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky (1881-1970), politician, statesman, head of the Provisional Government (1917).
May 6, 2016 - 160 years since the birth of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Austrian psychiatrist, founder of psychoanalysis.
May 7, 2016 - 305 years since the birth of David Hume (1711-1776), English philosopher, psychologist, economist. A representative of empiricism, he formulated the principles of skepticism.
May 9, 2016 - Victory Day of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).
May 15, 2016 - International Day of Families, established by the UN General Assembly in 1993.
May 15, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov, Russian writer and playwright.
May 17, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (1871-1955), artist, engraver, master of landscape.
May 21, 2016 - 545 years since the birth of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), German artist, engraver, art theorist. The greatest artist of the German Renaissance.
May 21, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian physicist and public figure. One of the creators of the hydrogen bomb. One of the leaders of the human rights movement in the USSR.
May 21, 2016 - Polar Explorer's Day (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin No. 502 dated May 21, 2013 “On Polar Explorer's Day” in recognition of the merits of people in this profession).
May 22, 2016 - 160 years of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the national museum of Russian fine arts (1856).
May 22, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Yanenko (1921-1984), an outstanding Soviet mathematician and mechanic.
May 23, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Grigory Naumovich Chukhrai (1921-2001), film director, screenwriter.
May 23, 2016 - 65 years since the birth of Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov (1951), Soviet and Russian chess player.
May 24, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky (1906-1975), chief surgeon of the USSR Ministry of Defense.
May 24, 2016 - 330 years since the birth of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), German physicist. He is known as the inventor of the mercury thermometer and the temperature scale named after him.
May 26, 2016 - 195 years since the birth of Pafnutiy Lvovich Chebyshev (1821-1894), Russian mathematician and mechanic.
May 27, 2016 - European Neighborhood Day. The holiday was founded in 2000 in Paris, which is celebrated annually on the last Friday of May.
May 27, 2016 - All-Russian Library Day. Established in 1995 by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation.
May 30, 2016 - 170 years since the birth of Carl Gustavovich Faberge (1846-1920), the famous Russian jeweler. He became famous for his series “Faberge Eggs”.
May 31, 2016 - World Blonde Day. Blondes celebrated this date for the first time in 2006, namely, they decided to give themselves what they deserved and become laureates of an exclusive award - the “Diamond Hairpin” (this is the first special award for blondes).
Memorable and significant dates in June 2016
June 1, 2016 - World Milk Day. Celebrated since 2001 at the suggestion of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
June 2, 2016 - Healthy Eating Day (the day of avoiding excesses in food has been celebrated since 2011).
June 3, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov (1881-1964), Russian artist, one of the founders of the Russian avant-garde.
June 3, 2016 - 140 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Burdenko (1876-1946), Soviet surgeon, one of the founders of neurosurgery.
June 8, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Oleg Koshevoy (1926-1943), one of the organizers of the underground Komsomol anti-fascist organization “Young Guard” (Krasnodon), Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).
June 11, 2016 is World Knitting Day in Public. Celebrated every second Saturday in June 2016 - since 2005. It was held for the first time in Paris. This fun, which has become a tradition, was invented by knitting enthusiast Danielle Landss. It takes place in an unusual way: everyone who loves to knit or crochet gathers in some public place - in a park, in a public garden, in a cafe - and indulges in their favorite pastime.
June 12, 2016 - Day of Textile and Light Industry Workers (second Sunday in June).
June 13, 2016 - 185 years since the birth of James Maxwell (1831-1879), English physicist, mathematician, mechanics.
June 15, 2016 - 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 18, 2016 - 335 years since the birth of Feofan Prokopovich (1691-1736), scientist, writer, church leader, associate of Peter the Great.
June 19, 2016 - 230 years since the birth of Fyodor Nikolaevich Glinka (1786-1880), poet, writer, Decembrist.
June 22, 2016 - Day of Remembrance 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, 2016 - International Olympic Day. Celebrated on the initiative of the International Olympic Committee since 1948.
June 23, 2016 - Balalaika Day - an international holiday of folk musicians. Balalaika Day was first celebrated in 2008.
June 24, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky (1881-1925), participant in the Civil War in Russia, Soviet military and political figure.
June 26, 2016 is the International Day against Drug Addiction and Illicit Drug Trafficking.
June 29, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky (1906-1945), Soviet military leader
Memorable and significant dates in July 2016
July 2, 2016 - International Sports Journalist Day (since 1995 by decision of the International Sports Press Association).
July 5, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Sergei Vladimirovich Obraztsov (1901-1992), Russian theater figure, actor, puppet theater director.
July 6, 2016 is World Kissing Day, which was first coined in the UK and then approved by the United Nations.
July 6, 2016 - 70 years since the birth of Sylvester Stallone (1946), American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
July 8, 2016 - All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. Celebrated on the initiative of State Duma deputies since 2008.
July 15, 2016 - 410 years since the birth of Rembrandt Harmes van Rijn (1606-1669), the great Dutch painter and engraver.
July 17, 2016 - 170 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklouho-Maclay (1846-1888), Russian traveler, anthropologist, ethnographer.
July 20, 2016 - International Chess Day. Celebrated by the decision of the World Chess Federation since 1966.
July 24, 2016 - Trade Worker's Day (established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2013 N 459 “On Trade Worker's Day”).
July 27, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (partisan pseudonym - Grachev) (1911-1944), Soviet military intelligence officer, Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).
July 27, 2016 - 80 years since the birth of Maris-Rudolf Eduardovich Liep (1936-1989), Soviet ballet dancer, ballet teacher, film actor.
July 28, 2016 - Day of the Baptism of Rus'. On this day, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, the baptist of Rus'.
July 28, 2016 - 210 years since the birth of Alexander Andreevich Ivanov (1806-1858), Russian painter, creator of works on biblical and ancient mythological subjects, representative of academicism, author of the grandiose canvas “The Appearance of Christ to the People.”
Memorable and significant dates in August 2016
August 1, 2016 - All-Russian Cash Cashier's Day. On this day in 1939, the collection service was created at the State Bank of the USSR.
August 5, 2016 - International Traffic Light Day. Celebrated in honor of an event that occurred in 1914. On this day, the first predecessor of modern devices appeared in the American city of Cleveland. It had red and green lights, and made a beep when the light switched.
August 6, 2016 - International Doctors of the World Day 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 6 is the 135th birthday of Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), English microbiologist. In 1945 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with H. Flory and E. Chain) for the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.
August 6 is the 160th anniversary of the birth of Appolinary Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1856-1933), Russian painter and graphic artist, master of landscape and historical painting.
August 9, 2016 - 120 years since the birth of Jean Piaget (1896-1980), Swiss psychologist and philosopher.
August 12, 2016 - International Youth Day. Established by the UN General Assembly on December 17, 1999, at the proposal of the World Conference of Ministers of Youth, held in Lisbon on August 8-12, 1998. The first time International Youth Day was celebrated was on August 12, 2000.
August 12, 2016 - Air Force Day (established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 31, 2006 No. 549).
August 13, 2016 - International Left-Handed Day. International Left-Handed People's Day was first celebrated on August 13, 1992, at the initiative of the British Left-Handers Club, created in 1990. On this day, left-handers all over the world strive to draw the attention of product manufacturers to the need to take into account their convenience, organizing various events and competitions.
August 15, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev (1931-1996), Soviet and Russian composer.
August 17, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (1911-1995), Soviet chess player.
August 19, 2016 - Photography 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 idea of producing a daguerreotype - an image on a light-sensitive metal plate, and on August 19, the French government proclaimed his invention “a gift to the world.”
August 19, 2016 - 255 years since the birth of Andreyan (Andrian) Dmitrievich Zakharov (1761-1811), Russian architect, representative of the Empire style.
August 22, 2016 - 275 years since the birth of Jean François de Galo La Perouse (1741-1788), French navigator.
August 27, 2016 - 120 years since the birth of Faina Ranevskaya (1896-1984), Soviet theater and film actress.
August 29, 2016 - International Day of Action against Nuclear Tests (since 2010 by decision of the UN General Assembly).
August 30, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Ernst Rutherford (1871-1937), English physicist. One of the creators of the doctrine of radioactivity and the structure of the atom.
August 31, 2016 - Blog Day. The idea to celebrate Blog Day on August 31st appeared in 2005.
Memorable and significant dates in September 2016
September 2, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Evgeny Pavlovich Leonov (1926-1994), a famous Soviet theater and film actor.
September 3, 2016 - 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. Connected with the tragic events in Beslan.
September 4, 2016 - Nuclear Support Specialist Day (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 31, 2006 No. 549)
September 4, 2016 - Day of Oil, Gas and Fuel Industry Workers (first Sunday in September).
September 8, 2016 is International Literacy Day. Celebrated since 1967 by decision of UNESCO.
September 9, 2016 - World Beauty Day. The initiative belongs to the International Committee of Aesthetics and Cosmetology.
September 11, 2016 - Lake Baikal Day. It was established in 1999 and since then has been celebrated annually on the fourth Sunday of August, but since 2008, by decision of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region, Baikal Day has been moved to the second Sunday of September.
September 15, 2016 - Birthday of the international environmental organization Greenpeace (September 15, 1971 - the day of the first organized action of environmentalists against nuclear testing).
September 16, 2016 - Juliet's birthday. On this day, the Italian city of Verona celebrates the birthday of Juliet, the famous Shakespearean heroine.
September 19, 2016 - Smiley’s birthday. On September 19, 1982, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman first proposed using three consecutive characters—a colon, a hyphen, and a closing parenthesis—to represent a “smiling face” in text that is typed on a computer.
September 21, 2016 - International Day of Peace as a day of general ceasefire and renunciation of violence.
September 21, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Mark Naumovich Bernes (1911-1969), Soviet singer and film actor.
September 22, 2016 - 225 years since the birth of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), the great English physicist.
September 24, 2016 - World Maritime Day. It was established at the 10th session of the Assembly by the International Maritime Organization, noted since 1978. Included in the UN system of world and international days. Until 1980, it was celebrated on March 17, but then it began to be celebrated on one of the days of the last week of September. In Russia it is celebrated on September 24th.
September 25, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1906-1975), Russian composer, teacher, pianist, classic of world musical culture of the 20th century.
September 30, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Otto Yulievich Schmidt (1891-1956), Soviet scientist, geographer, Arctic explorer.
Memorable and significant dates in October 2016
October 1, 2016 is International Music Day. Established in 1975 by decision of UNESCO. One of the initiators of the establishment of International Music Day is composer Dmitry Shostakovich.
October 1, 2016 - 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 2, 2016 - International Day of Non-Violence. Established by a resolution of the UN General Assembly of June 15, 2007. The date was not chosen by chance: on October 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement and the founder of the philosophy of non-violence, was born. According to the UN resolution, the International Day serves as an additional occasion to “promote non-violence, including through educational and public awareness activities.”
October 3, 2016 - World Architecture Day (first Monday in October). This holiday was established by the International Union of Architects.
October 3-9, 2016 - International Writing Week. Held annually during the week on which World Post Day falls.
October 4, 2016 - Day of the beginning of the space age of mankind (since 1967 by decision of the International Astronautical Federation).
October 8, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny (1871-1949), athlete, wrestler, circus performer.
October 10, 2016 is the 155th anniversary of the birth of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Norwegian polar explorer.
October 9, 2016 - Day of Agricultural and Processing Industry Workers (second Sunday of October, Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 31, 1999 No. 679).
October 14, 2016 - World Egg Day. In 1996, at a conference in Vienna, the International Egg Commission announced that the world egg holiday would be celebrated on the second Friday of October.
October 15, 2016 is World Handwashing Day. Celebrated at the initiative of the UN Children's Fund.
October 15, 2016 - 175 years since the birth of Savva Ivanovich Mamontov (1841-1918), a famous industrialist and Russian philanthropist.
October 19, 2016 - Day of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. All-Russian Lyceum Student Day. This holiday owes its appearance to an educational institution - on October 19, 1811, the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum opened, where Alexander Pushkin and many other people who glorified Russia were educated.
October 21, 2016 - Apple Day (or the weekend closest to this date). In the UK, this event was first organized in 1990, on the initiative of one of the charitable organizations. Although the holiday is called “Apple Day,” it is dedicated not only to apples, but to all orchards, as well as local island attractions.
October 22, 2016 - White Crane Festival. A holiday of poetry and memory of those who fell on the battlefields in all wars. Appeared on the initiative of the poet Rasul Gamzatov.
October 22, 2016 - 205 years since the birth of Franz (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor.
October 24, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Arkady Isaakovich Raikin (1911-1987), Soviet theater, pop, film artist, and humorist.
October 24, 2016 - International School Library Day (fourth Monday of October).
October 25, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (1926-2012), Russian opera singer.
October 25, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), French artist.
October 25, 2016 - International Women's Day for Peace (since 1980 by decision of the International Democratic Federation of Women).
October 28, 2016 - International Animation Day. Established on 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.
Memorable and significant dates in November 2016
November 3, 2016 - 215 years since the birth of Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Italian composer.
November 4, 2016 - National Unity Day. This holiday was established in honor of an important event in the history of Russia - the liberation of Moscow from Polish invaders in 1612.
November 7, 2016 - Day of Accord and Reconciliation. October Revolution Day. 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, 2016 - International KVN Day (since 2001). The idea of the holiday was proposed by the president of the international KVN club, Alexander Maslyakov. The date of the celebration was chosen to honor the anniversary of the first Merry and Resourceful Club game, which aired on November 8, 1961.
November 9, 2016 - 80 years since the birth of Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal (1936-1992), Soviet chess player.
November 11, 2016 - 305 years since the birth of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711-1755), Russian scientist-traveler, explorer of Siberia and Kamchatka.
November 13, 2016 - International Day of the Blind. On November 13, 1745, Valentin Hauis was born in France, a famous teacher who founded several schools and enterprises for the blind in Paris and St. Petersburg. According to the decision of the World Health Organization, this date became the basis for the International Day of the Blind.
November 20, 2016 - No Smoking Day (celebrated on the third Thursday of November). It was established by the American Cancer Society in 1977.
November 19, 2016 - 305 years since the birth of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), the great Russian scientist.
November 21, 2016 - World Welcome Day (since 1973). This holiday was invented by two brothers - Michael and Brion McCormack from the American state of Nebraska in 1973. The rules of this holiday-game are very simple: it is enough to say hello to ten strangers on this day.
November 22, 2016 - 215 years since the birth of Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (1801-1872), Russian writer, linguist, ethnographer.
November 26, 2016 - World Information Day. Celebrated annually since 1994 on the initiative of the International Academy of Informatization and the World Information Parliament. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum took place.
November 27, 2016 - 315 years since the birth of Anders Celsius (1701-1744), Swedish astronomer, physicist, meteorologist.
November 29, 2016 - Foundation Day of the World Conservation Society. On this day, in 1948, the World Conservation Union was founded, which is the largest international non-profit environmental organization. The Union unites 82 states (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) into a unique global partnership.
Memorable and significant dates in December 2016
December 1, 2016 - 300 years since the birth of Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), French sculptor: the Bronze Horseman monument.
December 1, 2016 - 120 years since the birth of Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896-1974), Soviet military leader and statesman. Marshal of the Soviet Union.
December 5, 2016 - 155 years since the birth of Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin (1861-1939), Russian painter, theater artist, teacher.
December 5, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Walt Disney (1901-1966), American animator, film director, actor, screenwriter and producer, founder of Walt Disney Productions.
December 10, 2016 - International Human Rights Day. The date was chosen to honor the adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly in 1948.
December 12, 2016 - 65 years since the birth of Fyodor Filippovich Konyukhov (1951), Russian professional traveler.
December 15, 2016 is the Day of Remembrance for journalists who died in the performance of their professional duties.
December 16, 2016 - 150 years since the birth of the painter, founder of abstract art Wassily Vasilyevich Kandinsky (1866-1944).
December 18, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (1921-1997), circus and film artist.
December 19, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman and party leader.
December 23, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Lev Konstantinovich Durov (1931-2015), actor, director.
December 27, 2016 - 445 years since the birth of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). outstanding German astronomer.
December 28, 2016 - International Cinema Day. On December 28, 1895, the first session of the Lumière brothers' cinematograph took place in the Grand Café on Boulevard des Capucines in Paris.
