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  • Family Day in Russia and Beyond

    Yesterday we celebrated family day here in Russia. The history of the holiday goes back to 1993, when United Nations Organization pronounced May 15th to become an international family day. The main reason for creating the holiday was the desire of the members of UNO to attract attention of the society to the family matters. [...]

  • Christmas Blogging: Russia

    Thirteen days after many countries in the world have celebrated Christmas, on January 7th, it comes the time for Russia to observe this great holiday. I am sure some of you wonder why Russian Christmas is in January. The reason is that Russian Orthodox Church still uses the old Julian calendar.
    After the 1917 Revolution and [...]

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