International decades:

2008–2017 gg. – Second Decade of the United Nations for the Eradication of Poverty

2010–2020 gg. – United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification

2011-2020 gg. – United Nations International Biodiversity Decade

2011–2020 gg. – Decade of Action for Road Safety

2011-2020 gg. — Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism

2013-2022 gg. — International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures

2014-2024 gg. — A decade of sustainable energy for all

2015-2024 gg. — International Decade for People of African Descent

2017 The year was declared by the UN as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism Development. The resolution, adopted on December 4, 2015, recognizes “the importance of international tourism, and especially the International Year of Tourism, in strengthening understanding among the people of the world, in increasing awareness of the rich heritage of different civilizations and in appreciating the traditions of different cultures, thereby contributing to the consolidation of peace in the world.” planet."

2017 declared in the Commonwealth of Independent States Year of Defender of the Fatherland in the CIS

World Book Capital 2017 declared Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea. The year begins on April 23 (World Book and Copyright Day) and brings together publishers, writers and the city's book industry to celebrate and promote books and reading over the next 12 months.

2017 in Russia:

2017 in Russia – Year of Ecology. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated January 5, 2016 No. 7.

From the Decree: “In order to attract public attention to the issues of environmental development of the Russian Federation, conservation of biological diversity and ensuring environmental safety, I decree:

1. Hold the Year of Ecology in the Russian Federation in 2017.
2. Form an organizing committee for holding the Year of Ecology in the Russian Federation. Appoint S.B. Ivanov, Chief of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, as chairman of the organizing committee for holding the Year of Ecology in the Russian Federation.

1. The Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Year of Ecology in the Russian Federation shall approve the composition of the Organizing Committee.
2. The Government of the Russian Federation should ensure the development and approval of a plan of main activities for holding the Year of Ecology in the Russian Federation.
3. Recommend to the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation to carry out the necessary activities within the framework of the Year of Ecology held in the Russian Federation.”

2017 — Year of specially protected natural areas. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 1, 2015 No. 392.

From the Decree: “In order to attract public attention to the issues of preserving natural heritage sites and in connection with the 100th anniversary of the creation of the first state nature reserve in Russia in 2017, I decree:

1. Hold the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas in the Russian Federation in 2017.
2. To the Government of the Russian Federation:

a) form an organizing committee for the preparation and holding of the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas in the Russian Federation and approve its composition;

b) ensure the development and approval of a plan of main activities for the preparation and holding of the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas in the Russian Federation.

1. To recommend that the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation take the necessary measures within the framework of the Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas held in the Russian Federation.”

2016-2017 years were declared “cross” years of exchange between Russian and Chinese media.

Anniversary dates:

1155 years (862) since the event, which in Russian historiography of the 18th - 19th centuries. received the name “the calling of the Varangians”, “the birth of Russian statehood”. Traditionally, the year 862 is considered the date of the birth of Russian statehood, the starting point of Russian history.

1005 years (1012) of the unity of the Mordovian people with the peoples of the Russian state. On January 13, 2009, President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev signed the Decree “On the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the unity of the Mordovian people with the peoples of the Russian state.”

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

870 years ago (1147) - the first chronicle mention of Moscow.

775 years ago (April 5, 1242), Prince Alexander Nevsky defeated the crusaders on Lake Peipsi at the Crow Stone. Day of Military Glory of Russia (celebrated on April 18).

735 years (1282) since the appearance of Azbukovniki - Russian anonymous handwritten dictionaries of an educational, moralizing and encyclopedic nature.

640 years ago (1377) Lavrenty, a monk of the Nizhny Novgorod monastery, creates the “Laurentian Chronicle”.

625 years (1392) from the date of annexation of the Nizhny Novgorod lands to Moscow.

560 years ago (1457) in the German city of Mainz, a precisely dated printed book, the Psalter, was published.

470 years (1547) since the first mention in written sources of the Armory Chamber in Moscow.

435 years (1582) to the Gregorian calendar.

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315 years (1702) since the beginning of the creation of the Baltic Fleet.

305 years ago (in 1712) Peter I moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

300 years since the publication (1717) of the literary and pedagogical monument of the early 18th century, “The Honest Mirror of Youth.”

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

295 years ago (1722) Peter I issued a decree on the creation of the prosecutor's office. “This rank is like our eye.”

295 years (1722) since the introduction of protection of historical and cultural monuments of Russia.

260 years ago (1757) the Russian Academy of Arts was founded.

210 years (1807) since the construction of the first river steamboat .

205 years of the Patriotic War of 1812, the Battle of Borodino.

205 years (1812) since the founding of the Russian settlement of Fort Ross in California.

265 years (1752) since the creation of the first Russian bicycle.

170 years (1847) since the invention of the prototype of the modern vulcanized rubber balloon by J. G. Ingram.

155 years ago (September 20, 1862) the St. Petersburg Conservatory was founded. ON THE. Rimsky-Korsakov.

150 years (1867) since the founding of the Red October confectionery factory.

145 years (1872) since the founding of the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow.

140 years (1877) since the invention of T.A. Edison phonograph.

130 years (1882) since the commissioning of the first telephone exchanges in Russia.

125 years (1892) since the founding of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

120 years (1897) since the creation of the first Russian football team “Circle of Sports Lovers”.

110 years (1907-1914) since the emergence of Russian seasons abroad, organized by S.P. Diaghilev.

110 years (1907) since the emergence of scouting (the first troops in Great Britain).

105 years (1912) since the founding of the State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin.

55 years (1962) since the formation of the rock group The Rolling Stones .

50 years (1967) since the Ostankino television tower came into operation.

45 years (1972) since the formation of the rock group “Aquarium”.

45 years (1972) since the formation of the rock group Queen.

35 years (1982) since the formation of the rock group “Kino”.

Anniversaries of the lives of great and famous people:

1190 years since birth

605 anniversary of the birth of the national heroine of France Joan of Arc(c.1412-1431).

465 anniversary of the birth of the Russian Tsar Boris Godunov (1552).

280 anniversary of the birth of the German writer, poet, historian Erich Rudolf Raspe (1737-1794).

275 years since the birth of the leader of the peasant war Emelyan Ivanovich Pugachev(1742 or

230 anniversary of the writer's birth Antonia(Alexey Alekseevich) Pogorelsky(Perovsky) (1787-1836).

155 years since birth Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin(1962-1911), the greatest statesman of his time, reformer, Prime Minister of Russia.

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS OF 2017:

830 years (1187) of the poem “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign.”

565 years (1457) ago the first European edition of the biblical book “Psalms” was published.

485 years (1532) of the book “History of Florence” by Niccolo Machiavelli.

465 years (1552) since the publication of F. Rabelais’ novel “Gargantua and Pantagruel” .

385 years (1632) to the work of Galileo Galilei “Dialogue on the two most important systems of the world - Ptolemaic and Copernican.”

355 years (1662) of Jean Moliere's comedy “The School for Wives”.

350 years (1667) of Jean Moliere's play “Comic Pastoral”.

350 years (1667) of Jean Moliere's comedy “The Sicilian, or Love the Painter.”

350 years (1667) of John Milton's allegorical poem Paradise Lost.

345 years (1672) of Jean Moliere's play “Learned Women”.

320 years (1697) to the book by Charles Perrault “Tales of Mother Goose”.

300 years ago (02/04/1717) the first textbook in Russia on ethics, “An Honest Mirror of Youth,” was published for the first time by decree of Peter I. Yakov Bruce took an active part in the preparation of the publication.

250 years (1767) of Pierre Beaumarchais's first play “Two Friends”.

245 years (1772) to Johann Wolfgang Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther.

225 years (1792) to the melodrama “The Guilty Mother” by Pierre Beaumarchais.

205 years (1812) to the first volume of “Children's and Family Fairy Tales” by the Brothers Grimm.

205 years (1812) of the poem by D.G. Byron "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage".

205 years (1812) of the patriotic poem “The Singer in the Camp of Russian Warriors” by Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky.

200 years (1817) of the poem by D.G. Byron "Manfred".

200 years (1817) ode A.S. Pushkin "Liberty".

195 years (1822) to the poem by A.S. Pushkin's "Song of the Prophetic Oleg".

195 years (1822) of the poem by A.S. Pushkin's "Robber Brothers".

195 years (1822) of the poem by A.S. Pushkin “Vadim” (1821 - 1822).

195 years (1822) to E. Hoffmann’s fairy tale “The Lord of the Fleas”.

195 years (1822) of Stendhal’s psychological treatise “On Love”.

190 years (1827) to F. Cooper's novel “The Prairie”.

185 years (1832) story by A.S. Pushkin "Dubrovsky".

185 years (1832) of the poem by A.S. Pushkin "Yezersky".

185 years (1832) story by N.V. Gogol "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka".

180 years (1837) to the poem by M.Yu. Lermontov "Borodino".

180 years (1837) to Charles Dickens’ novel “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.”

180 years (1837) of the fairy tale “The King’s New Dress” by G.H. Anderson.

180 years (1837) of the fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” by G.Kh. Anderson.

175 years (1842) of the novel by N.V. Gogol “Dead Souls” (first volume).

175 years (1842) story by N.V. Gogol's "The Overcoat".

170 years (1847) to the novel “Jane Eyre” by S. Bronte.

170 years (1847) of the fairy tale “The Shadow” by G.Kh. Anderson.

170 years (1847) to the novel by A.I. Herzen "Who is to blame?"

170 years (1847) story by A.I. Herzen "Doctor Krupov".

165 years (1852) to the novel by I.S. Turgenev "Notes of a Hunter".

165 years (1852) of the novel “Uncle Tom's Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

165 years (1852) since the burning of the second volume of the poem “Dead Souls” by N.V. Gogol.

160 years (1857) to the novel by I.S. Turgenev "Asya".

160 years (1857) “Provincial Sketches” by M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin.

160 years (1857) to G. Flaubert’s novel “Madame Bovary”.

160 years (1857) to the poetry collection “Flowers of Evil” by Charles Baudelaire.

155 years (1862) comedy by A.S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit".

155 years (1862) of Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables.

150 years (1867) of Jules Verne’s novel “The Children of Captain Grant.”

150 years (1867) “The Legend of Ulenspiegel” by Charles de Coster.

150 years (1867) to the novel by I.S. Turgenev "Smoke".

150 years (1867) of the philosophical and symbolic dramatic poem “Peer Gynt” by G. Ibsen.

150 years (1867) to the novel by V.V. Krestovsky "Petersburg slums".

145 years (1872) of Jules Verne's novel Around the World in 80 Days.

145 years (1872) to the publication of the first edition of “The ABC” by L.N. Tolstoy .

140 years (1877) to the novel by L.N. Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

140 years (1877) of the story “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain.

135 years (1882) ago the book “The Monrepos Shelter” by M.E. was published. Satykova-Shchedrin.

135 years (1882) of the highly critical social realistic drama “Enemy of the People” by G. Ibsen.

125 years (1892) to the collection of stories “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” by A.K. Doyle.

125 years (1892) of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's story “Ward No. 6”. It was first published in the magazine “Russian Thought”.

125 years (1892) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's story “The Story of an Unknown Man”.

120 years (1897) of the novel “The Gadfly” by Ethel Lilian Voynich.

120 years (1897) to the play by A.P. Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya".

120 years (1897) of the novel “Dracula” by Irish writer Bram Stoker.

115 years (1902) of M. Gorky’s play “At the Depths”.

115 years (1902) of the book “Just So Fairy Tales” by Joseph Rudyard Kipling.

110 years (1907) ago, a cycle of stories by Jack London “Love of Life” was published.

110 years (1907) of the humorous play “The Tenant on the Fourth Floor” by the English writer Jerome K. Jerome.

105 years (1912) the first book of poems by Anna Akhmatova “Evening”.

105 years (1912) to the novel “The Lost World” by A.K. Doyle.

105 years (1912) of the novel “Tarzan of the Apes” by the popular American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs.

100 years (1917) of the novel “The Juices of the Earth” by the Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize winner for this novel, Knut Hamsun.

100 years (1917) story “The Islanders” by E.I. Zamyatina.

95 years (1922) of the story “Scarlet Sails” by A. Green.

95 years (1922) to the novel “The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schweik” by Jaroslav Hasek.

95 years (1922) of the adventure novel “The Odyssey of Captain Blood” by Rafael Sabatini.

95 years (1922) to the collection of short stories by Stefan Zweig “Amok”.

95 years (1922) of the collection “Tristia” by O.E. Mandelstam.

95 years (1922) to the famous collection of poems “MCMXXI” by A.A. Akhmatova.

95 years (1922) to the story “In the Thicket” by the Japanese writer, classic of new Japanese literature Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

95 years (1922) of the play “Game with Death” by A.T. Averchenko.

90 years (1927) to the story “Morphine” by Mikhail Bulgakov, included in the collection “Notes of a Young Doctor”. First published in the journal "Medical Worker" in 1927 (No. 45-47).

90 years (1927) ago Alexander Belyaev wrote the science fiction novel “Amphibian Man”. First published in 1928 in the magazine “Around the World” (No. 1-6, 11-13).

90 years (1927) to the story “The Color from Other Worlds” by the American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

90 years (1927) to the novel “The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin” by A.N. Tolstoy.

90 years (1927) ago in the magazine “Krasnaya Nov” the novel “Envy” by Yuri Karlovich Olesha was published.

90 years (1927) of the work “Confusion of Feelings” by Stefan Zweig.

85 years (1932) to the novel “Virgin Soil Upturned” by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov.

85 years (1932) of the historical epic “Tsushima” by A.S. Novikov-Priboy.

85 years (1932) of the novelized biography “Marie Antoinette” by Stefan Zweig.

85 years (1932) of the book “March of ’30” by A.S. Makarenko.

85 years (1932) of the novel “Time, Forward!” Valentin Petrovich Kataev.

80 years (1937) of the famous novel “The Theater” by the English writer Somerset Maugham.

80 years (1937) of the novel “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again” by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.

80 years (1937) to the novel “The Old Sailor's Nest” by Vilis Tenisovich Latsis.

80 years (1937) of the novel “Snow Country” by the Japanese writer, the first Nobel laureate of Japan Yasunari Kawabata.

80 years (1937) of the story “I am the son of the working people” by Valentin Petrovich Kataev.

70 years (1947) of the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by American prose writer and playwright Tennessee Williams.

65 years (1952) of E. Hemingway’s story “The Old Man and the Sea”.

60 years ago (1957) the book “The Andromeda Nebula” by I.A. was published. Efremova.

50 years ago (1967), the epic novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by G. Marquez was published.

50 years (1967) of the book “Conversation about Dante” by Osip Mandelstam.

50 years (1967) of the story “Village Detective” by Vil Vladimirovich Lipatov.

45 years (1972) to the detective story “A Visit to the Minotaur” by the brothers Georgy and Arkady Vayner.

45 years (1972) story “Roadside Picnic” by A.N. and B.N. Strugatsky.

45 years (1972) to the novel “The Casket of Marie de Medici” by Eremey Iudovich Parnov.

45 years (1972) of the novel “The Tree with Ruddy Apples” by the English writer Sid Chaplin.

45 years (1972) to the science fiction novel “The Gods Themselves” by Isaac Asimov.

45 years (1972) to the book “Journey to Ixtlan” by the American esoteric writer Carlos Castaneda.

40 years (1977) to the last volume (Vol. 7: “When the King Destroys France”) of the famous historical cycle “Cursed Kings” by Maurice Druon.

30 years (1987) to the novel “Norwegian Wood” by the Japanese writer and translator Haruki Murakami.

ANNIVERSARY OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

105 years (1912) to the newspaper "Pravda".

95 years (1922) to the magazine “Young Guard”.

95 years (1922) to the magazine “Physical Culture and Sports”.

65 years (1952) to the journal “Library Science”.

60 years (1957) to the magazine “Sports Life of Russia”.

60 years (1957) to the magazine "Moscow".

60 years (1957) to the journal “Questions of Literature”.

55 years (1962) to the magazine "Coeval".

55 years (1962) to the magazine “Modelist-Constructor”.

20 years (1997) to the magazine “Read, Learn, Play”.

20 years (1997) to the magazine “World of Bibliography”.

20 years (1997) to the journal “Library and Law”.

20 years (1997) to the magazine “Significant Dates”.

JANUARY

In January it turns out:

470 years ago (1547) in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, the coronation of Grand Duke Ivan IV took place, who from that time began to be called the Tsar.

225 years ago (1792) in the city of Iasi, a peace treaty was signed between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, ending the Russian-Turkish War of 1787-1791.

180 years ago (1837) a duel took place between A.S. Pushkin with Dantes on the Black River.

170 years ago (1847) in the magazine “Sovremennik” in the first issue an essay by I.S. Turgenev "Khor and Kalinich".

85 years ago (1932), the auto giant went into operation near Nizhny Novgorod - the current GAZ.

75 years ago (1942), the Pravda newspaper published K. Simonov’s poem “Wait for Me.”

— world peace day or “World Peace Prayer Day” is an international holiday during which believers call on God to stop all wars and bring peace to people on Earth. He was installed as head of the Catholic Church by Pope Paul VI in 1967.

— Day of the epic hero Ilya Muromets. On this day in Rus', the memory of Ilya Muromets was honored along with Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich - the guardians of Rus', symbols of the power of our Fatherland.

January 2 – 180th birthday Miliya Alekseevich Balakirev(1837–1910), Russian musician, public figure.

— 90th birthday Yuri Nikolaevich Grigorovich(1927), choreographer, artistic director of the Premiere Ballet Theater.

January 3 – 125th birthday John Ronald Reuel Tolkien(Tolkien; Tolkien) (1892–1973), English writer, philosopher, language historian, author of fairy tales “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”.

January 4-10 — Science and Technology Week for Children and Youth; Week “Museum and Children”.

January 4 – 205th birthday Evdokia Petrovna Rostopchina(1812–1858), poetess, writer.

– 80 years ago (in 1937) in Leningrad on Zhelyabova Street, near the DLT (House of Leningrad Trade), there was first traffic light installed, which was regulated by pedestrians.

January 6 - 605 years Joan of Arc(c.1412–1431), national heroine of France, one of the commanders-in-chief of the French troops in the Hundred Years' War.

– 185th birthday Gustave Dore(1832–1883), French artist, engraver and illustrator.

– 145th birthday Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin(1872–1915), Russian composer.

— 130th birthday Ivan Ivanovich Golikov(1887-1915), Russian master of Palekh miniatures, founder of the art of Palekh.

January 8 - Children's Cinema Day. Established on January 8, 1998 by the Moscow Government on the initiative of the children's fund in connection with the centenary of the first film screening for children in Moscow.

– 200 years since birth Peter Vladimirovich Dolgorukov(1817–1868), Russian prince, historian, publicist.

– 105 years ago it opens in Moscow Animal Theater of V. L. Durov (1912).

— 70th birthday David Bowie(1947-2016), songwriter, actor, singer.

— 70th birthday Marina Neelova(born 1947), actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR.

January 9 – 220th birthday Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel(1797–1870), Russian traveler, admiral, one of the founders of the Russian Geographical Society. Born in Pskov.

January 10 - 135th birthday Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy(1882-1945), Russian writer.

January 11 – Day of Nature Reserves and National Parks. Celebrated since 1997. Established by the Center for Wildlife Conservation in honor of the opening of the first Russian Barguzin Nature Reserve (1916).

— World Thank You Day. The initiators of the approval of the holiday were UNESCO and the UN. The purpose of the event is to remind the inhabitants of the planet about the high value of politeness, good manners and the ability to thank others for their good deeds.

January 12 - 245th birthday Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky(1772–1839), Russian statesman, first Secretary of State of Russia since 1810.

– 110th birthday Sergei Pavlovich Korolev(1907–1966), an outstanding scientist and designer in the field of rocketry and astronautics.

13th of January - Russian Press Day. Established by the Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR dated December 28, 1991 in honor of the publication of the first issue of the Vedomosti newspaper in 1703.

— 140 years since birth Ivan Alekseevich Novikov(1877-1959), Russian writer, author of the novels “Pushkin in Mikhailovsky”, “Pushkin in the South”, etc.

January 14— New Year according to the old style. By decree of Peter I, the beginning of the New Year in Russia was introduced on January 1 (i.e. January 14 according to the new style); before 1492 it began on March 1, from 1492 to 1700 - on September 1.

January 15 - World Religion Day. Celebrated annually on the third Sunday of January since 1950 at the initiative of the UN.

— Wikipedia's birthday. Wikipedia is a universal encyclopedia, freely distributed on the Internet. Encyclopedia articles are created in many languages ​​of the world by the collective work of volunteer authors. On January 15, 2001, Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales launched the Wikipedia website. Since then, any user of the World Wide Web could take part in editing the encyclopedia.

– 395th birthday Moliere(Jean Baptiste Poquelin) (1622–1673), French playwright, creator of the genre of so-called high comedy.

January 16 — World Group Day « The Beatles". On January 16, 1957, the jazz club “The Cavern” opened in Liverpool, where the Beatles began their road to fame. The group has millions of fans around the world, and since 2001, by decision of the United Nations Organization for Science, Education and Culture UNESCO, this holiday began to be celebrated.

– 150th birthday Vikenty Vikentyevich Veresaev(1867–1945), Russian prose writer, literary critic.

January 17 — Day of Children's Inventions. 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.

– 165th birthday Nikolai Egorovich Zhukovsky(1847–1921), Russian aeromechanist, who is called the "father" of Russian aviation.

January 18 – 135th birthday Alan Alexander Milne(1882–1956), English humorist, playwright, classic of English children's literature.

January 21 - National Hug Day. In the original, these are two whole holidays: National Hug Day ( National Hugging Day) is celebrated on January 21, and December 4 is International Hug Day ( International Hug Day). According to the tradition of the holiday, even a stranger can be embraced in a friendly hug on this day.

January 22 – 135th birthday Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky(1882–1937), an outstanding Russian thinker, encyclopedist, and theologian.

– 95th birthday Yuri Davydovich Levitansky(1922-1996), Russian poet.

January 23 — Handwriting Day (handwriting day), which was established to remind us all of the uniqueness of handwriting and the need to practice it... The initiator of the Day was the Association of Writing Instrument Manufacturers.

– 185th birthday Edouard Manet(1832–1883), French impressionist painter.

January 24 – 285th birthday Auguste Caron de Beaumarchais(1732–1799), French playwright.

– 105th birthday Savva Artemyevich Dangulov(1912–1989), Russian writer, journalist.

The 25th of January - Memorable date of Russia. Saint Tatiana's Day. Russian Students Day. Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

— 185th birthday Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin(1832–1898), Russian painter, master of landscape.

– 135th birthday Virginia Woolf(1882–1941), English writer, modernist theorist.

January 27 – Day of military glory of Russia. Day of lifting the blockade of Leningrad(1944). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

— 185th birthday Lewis Carroll(1832–1898), English writer, professor of mathematics at Oxford University.

— 120 years since birth Evgeniy Alexandrovich Fedorov(1897 – 1961), writer.

• 85th birthday Rimma Fedorovna Kazakova(1932-2008), poetess.

28 January - International Data Protection Day. The origin of such an important holiday is considered to be January 28, 1981, when the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data was signed. The tradition of celebrating this date arose only in 2006 on the initiative of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

— 130th birthday Anton Grigorievich Rubinstein(1887 - 1982), great pianist.

– 120th birthday Valentin Petrovich Kataev(1897–1986), Russian writer.

January 29 - Day of the invention of the car. It was on this day in 1886 that the German designer Benz received a patent for his design.

January 30 - 135th birthday Franklin Delano Roosevelt(1882 - 1945), American statesman.

January 31 – 220th birthday Franz Schubert(1797–1828), Austrian composer.

FEBRUARY

In February it turns out:

315 years since the founding (1702) of the Baltic Navy.

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

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

140 years ago (1877) the premiere of P.I.’s ballet took place. Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake".

100 years of the February Revolution in Russia (1917).

February 2 - Day of military glory of Russia. Victory over Nazi troops in the Battle of Stalingrad(1943). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

– 205th birthday Evgeniy Pavlovich Grebenki(1812–1848), poet, author of the poem “Black Eyes, Passionate Eyes” (1843).

— 125 years since birth Alexander Nikolaevich Stepanov(1892-1965), writer.

– 135th birthday James Joyce(1882–1941), Irish writer, author of the famous novel Ulysses (1922).

February 3rd - World Anti-Profanity Day. These days there is a lot of talk about the culture of Russian speech. Obscene words and swearing are increasingly appearing in literary works, the media, cinema and speech.

February 4 — World Cancer Day. It was proclaimed the "International Union Against Cancer". The goal is to raise awareness about cancer as one of the most terrible diseases of modern civilization, drawing attention to prevention, detection and treatment.

February 7 – 205th birthday Charles Dickens(1812–1870), classic of English literature.

February 8 – Russian Science Day. Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 7, 1999 No. 717. On this day in 1724, Peter I signed a decree establishing the Academy of Sciences in Russia.

– Day of Remembrance of the Young Anti-Fascist Hero. Celebrated since 1964 in honor of the fallen participants in anti-fascist demonstrations - French schoolboy Daniel Fery (1962) and Iraqi boy Fadil Jamal (1963).

– 120th birthday Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky(1897–1964), Russian biophysicist, creator of the “Chizhevsky chandelier”.

February 9th - World Post Day. This holiday has been held annually since 1969.

— 130th birthday Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev(1887–1919), legendary hero of the Civil War.

11 February - World Sick Day. Established in 1992 by Pope John Paul II. It was first noted on February 11, 1993.

– 170 years Thomas Alva Edison(1847–1931), American inventor, inventor of the incandescent electric lamp, author of thousands of patents for inventions.

— 100th birthday Sydney Sheldon(1917-2007), American writer.

February 13 - World Radio Day. It was first celebrated in 2012 by decision of UNESCO. It should serve to strengthen cooperation between everyone involved in radio, be it large broadcasters or individual amateurs. UNESCO encourages all countries to actively participate in World Radio Day.

The 14th of February - Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day. In 496, Pope Gelasius declared February 14th Valentine's Day.

- Geek Day. This is an unofficial, but widely celebrated holiday in the professional world. On February 14, 1946, the first truly working electronic computer, ENIAC I, was demonstrated.

February, 15 - Memorable date of Russia. Day of Remembrance of Russians who performed official duties outside the Fatherland. Established by Federal Law dated November 29, 2010 No. 320-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”

– 155th birthday Savva Timofeevich Morozov(1862–1905), Russian textile manufacturer, philanthropist.

February 17 - Spontaneous Kindness Day(Random Acts of Kindness Day). It appeared on the initiative of international charitable organizations and is one of the international holidays of global significance. The organizers call on this day to be not just kind and responsive to someone else’s misfortune, but to be kind infinitely and selflessly.

• 70th birthday Vyacheslav Malezhik(b. 1947), composer, singer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.

February 19— World Marine Mammal Day. This day has been celebrated since 1986, when, after 200 years of merciless extermination, the International Whale Commission introduced a ban on whaling.

February 20th - World Day of Social Justice celebrated since 2009. The UN General Assembly announced the establishment of this holiday on November 26, 2007.

– 165th birthday Nikolai Georgievich Garin-Mikhailovsky(published also under the pseudonym N. Garin, real name Mikhailovsky) (1852–1906), Russian writer.

— 50th birthday Kurt Cobain(1967 – 1994), vocalist, guitarist of the group Nirvana.

February 21— World Tour Guide Day. On this day, many cities around the world hold various events dedicated to tourism and excursions.

– International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO on 17 November 1999, has been celebrated annually on 21 February since 2000 with the aim of promoting linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

— Young Voter Day in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation is held annually in accordance with the resolution of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation dated December 28, 2007 No. 83/666-5 on every third Sunday in February.

— 60th birthday Nikolai Rastorguev(b. 1957), People's Artist of the Russian Federation, vocalist of the Lyube group.

February 22 - International Day of Support for Victims of Crime. On 22 February 1990, the English Government published the Victims' Charter. Since then, this day has been unofficially celebrated all over the world, designed to draw attention to the problems of people affected by criminal acts.

February 23 - Day of military glory of Russia. Defender of the Fatherland Day. Established by Federal Law dated April 15, 2006 No. 48-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

— Victory Day of the Red Army over the Kaiser's troops in Germany(1918). Adopted by the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation in 1993.

– 260 years since birth Vasily Vasilievich Kapnist(1757–1823), Russian poet and playwright.

February 24 – 125th birthday Konstantin Alexandrovich Fedin(1892–1977), Russian writer.

February 25 – 310th birthday Carlo Goldoni(1707–1793), Italian playwright, author of the comedies “The Servant of Two Masters”, “The Cunning Widow”, etc.

– 195th birthday Lev Aleksandrovich Mey(1822–1862) lyric poet, playwright. He wrote the poetic dramas “The Tsar’s Bride”, “The Pskov Woman”, etc.

— 105th birthday Vsevolod Vasilievich Sanaev(1912 - 1996), Russian actor.

February 26 - 215th birthday Victor Hugo(1802–1885), French writer.

February 27 -210th birthday Henry Longfellow(1807-1882), American romantic poet, author of the poem “The Song of Hiawatha.

— 115th birthday John Steinbeck(1902–1968), American writer, author of the novel The Grapes of Wrath, Nobel Prize laureate (1962).

— 85th birthday Elizabeth Taylor(1932 – March 23, 2011), American actress

February 28 – 285th birthday George Washington(1732–1799), American statesman.

— 225 years since birth Gioachino Antonio Rossini(1792–1868), Italian composer.

— 95th birthday Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman(1922-1993), literary critic.

MARCH

In March it turns out:

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

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

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

95 years ago (1922), the former family estate of the Hannibal-Pushkins became the State Memorial Museum-Reserve of A.S. Pushkin (Mikhailovskoye village, Pskov region).

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

March 1 - World Civil Defense Day, established in 1990, is celebrated in ICDO member countries to promote knowledge of civil defense and raise the prestige of national rescue services. March 1st was not chosen by chance. It was on this day that the ICDO Charter came into force, which was approved by 18 states. In Russia, this day has been celebrated since 1994.

– World Cat Day. The International Felinological Association calls on people to create their own home for each cat.

— World Sleep Day, established at the suggestion of the World Mental Health Foundation. On this holiday, doctors around the world once again remind people of the enormous importance of proper sleep for human health. The second World Sleep Day has already been declared by the World Health Organization on health and sleep and is celebrated on the third Friday of March (in 2017 - March 17).

March 2 – 100 years ago (1917) Nicholas II signed the abdication of the throne. Fall of the monarchy in Russia.

March, 3rd - World Writer's Day. Celebrated by decision of the 48th Congress of the International Pen Club, held on January 12-18, 1986.

March 4 — World Tennis Day. The date was introduced by the International Tennis Federation in 2013 to promote tennis and coincide with the organization's centenary celebrations.

March 5 – 505th birthday Gerard Mercator(Gerard van Kremer) (1512–1594), Flemish cartographer, geographer, creator of the Atlas, which included 110 maps of European countries.

March 6 - 80th birthday Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova(1937), the first female cosmonaut.

March 8 - 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.

9th of March - International DJ Day. In 2001, it was established by UNESCO for charitable purposes. Organizers encourage DJs to donate all money earned on this day to orphanages and charities.

— Barbie doll 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.

10th of March - Archives Day. The date was set in memory of the “General Regulations” of Emperor Peter I (1720) - a national legal act that for the first time defined the foundations of archival affairs in Russia.

March 12— World Day Against Digital Censorship. It was first celebrated on March 12, 2008 at the initiative of the international organization “Reporters Without Borders” (under the patronage of UNESCO).

– 280th birthday Vasily Ivanovich Bazhenov(1737–1700), Russian architect, artist.

– 80th birthday Zurab Sotkilava(1937), opera singer, tenor.

March 13 - 80th birthday Vladimir Semenovich Makanin(1937), Russian writer.

March 14th - International Pi Day. Checked in at 1:59:26. This unofficial holiday was invented in 1987 by San Francisco physicist Larry Shaw, who noticed that in the American date system (month/day), the date March 14 - 3/14 - and the time 1:59:26 coincides with the first digits of the number π = 3,1415926….

— All-Russian Orthodox Book Day. On December 25, 2009, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, on the initiative of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', established an annual Orthodox book day, timed to coincide with the date of publication of the first printed book in Rus' by Ivan Fedorov, “The Apostle,” published in March 1564.

— 105th birthday Joseph Abramovich Rapoport(1912–1990), Soviet geneticist who developed 380 new plant varieties.

March 15th - World Consumer Rights Day. Established by the UN General Assembly in 1985. US President John Kennedy on March 15, 1961 proclaimed 4 basic consumer rights: to meet basic needs, to safety, the right to choose and the right to information.

– 80th birthday Valentin Grigorievich Rasputin(1937-2015), Russian writer.

18th of March — World Sleep Day, declared by the World Health Organization on health and sleep and celebrated on the third Friday of March (in 2017 - March 17). Celebrated twice a year, the first time on March 1.

— Paris Commune Day. Celebrated to commemorate the victory of the first proletarian revolution on March 18, 1871. The decision to celebrate March 18 as the first successful attempt by the workers to seize political power was made on February 20, 1872 by the General Council of the 1st International.

– 115th birthday Lidia Yakovlevna Ginzburg(1902–1990), creator of a new type of literary work, memoirist.

– 85th birthday John Updike(1932–2009), American writer and poet.

March 19— International Customer Day. An unofficial holiday during which managers and entrepreneurs thank their customers. Celebrated annually since 2010. The purpose of this holiday is to attract new and encourage regular customers.

• 95 years since the start of operation of the Shabolovskaya radio station (1922).

20th of March - International Day of Happiness. On June 29, 2012, the UN General Assembly decided to consider March 20 as the International Day of Happiness. The holiday is intended to show that happiness is one of the main goals of humanity. In this regard, the founders call on all countries to focus their efforts on improving the well-being of every person.

— International Francophonie Day.Francophonie is an international organization of cooperation between French-speaking countries of the world, uniting 56 states. However, the main criteria for joining the organization is not the level of proficiency of the citizens of a particular country in the Gaulish language, but rather cultural ties with France.

— International Astrology Day, celebrated annually by astrologers and enthusiasts. At the end of the twentieth century, Western astrologers proposed celebrating it on March 20, when the astronomical and astrological year begins, the Sun at this time enters the sign of Aries.

21 March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Proclaimed by UN General Assembly Resolution 2142 in 1966. The date was chosen in memory of the victims who died in South Africa in 1960 during a peaceful demonstration in favor of the passporting of Africans.

– 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. The first World Poetry Day was celebrated in Paris, where UNESCO has its headquarters.

• 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer, film playwright Vladimir Pavlovich Belyaev (1907-1990).

– 90th birthday Stanislav Genrikhovich Neuhaus(1927–1980), famous Russian pianist.

March 22 – World Water Day(Water Day). Created by decision of the participants of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro on June 3-14, 1992. Celebrated in Russia since 1995.

— Baltic Sea Day. Celebrated since 1986 by decision of the Helsinki Convention (HELCOM). And the date was chosen due to the fact that on this day in 1974 this convention itself was signed, and because today marks another important environmental date - World Water Day.

March 23 – World Meteorological Day celebrated annually to commemorate the entry into force in 1950 of the Convention that created the World Meteorological Organization. The day also draws attention to the enormous contribution that National Meteorological and Hydrological Services make to the safety and well-being of communities.

March 24-30 – Children's and Youth Book Week- an annual all-Union event aimed at popularizing children's books. For the first time, the children's book celebration “Book Name Day” was held on the initiative of the children's writer L. Kassil on March 26, 1943 in Moscow. Since 1944, Children's Book Week has become an All-Union Week.

March 24 — World Tuberculosis Day. Celebrated by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the day when German microbiologist Robert Koch announced his discovery of the causative agent of tuberculosis (March 24, 1882). In 1993, the World Health Organization declared tuberculosis a national disaster and March 24 as World Tuberculosis Day.

235th birthday Orest Adamovich Kiprensky(1782–1836), Russian portrait painter and graphic artist, representative of romanticism.

– 140th birthday Alexey Silych Novikov-Priboy(1877–1944), Russian writer.

March 25 - Cultural Workers Day. Established by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 27, 2007 “On the Day of Cultural Workers.”

— 150 years since birth Arturo Toscanini(1867–1957), Italian conductor.

March 27 – International Theater Day. Celebrated since 1962. Established in Vienna at the IX Congress of the International Theater Institute of UNESCO in 1961. This international day is traditionally held under a single motto: “ Theater as a means of mutual understanding and strengthening peace between peoples».

– 205th birthday Ivan Ivanovich Panaev(1812–1862), Russian writer and journalist. Since 1847, together with N.A. Nekrasov published the Sovremennik magazine.

— 90th birthday Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich(1927–2007), an outstanding cellist and conductor.

March 28 - 425th birthday Jan Amos Kamensky(1592–1670), Czech teacher, public figure.

— 135th birthday Ivan Alexandrovich Ilyin(1882-1954), Russian religious thinker.

March 31 - International Backup Day or Backup Day - protecting information from loss. It was installed on the initiative of users of the social news site Reddit. The date March 31 was chosen in connection with a strange April Fools' pattern: on April Fool's Day, as a rule, countless virus attacks occur, aimed at causing malfunctions in the functioning of computers, up to the complete loss of information.

— 285 years since birth Franz Joseph Haydn(1732–1809), Austrian composer, founder of the Viennese school of classical music.

– 195th birthday Dmitry Vasilievich Grigorovich(1822–1899), Russian writer.

— 170 years since birth Pavel Nikolaevich Yablochkov(1847–1894), Russian inventor.

— 145 years since birth Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev(1872–1929), founder of the World of Art association, organizer of the Russian Seasons of the early 20th century abroad.

— 145 years since birth Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai(1872–1952), Soviet politician.

– 135th birthday Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky(Nikolai Vasilievich Korneychukov) (1882–1969), Russian writer, critic, literary critic.

APRIL

Main dates:

780 years (1242) from the day of the battle - the Battle of the Ice.

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

105 years ago (1912), the superliner Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank

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

75 years ago (1942), the legendary ace pilot Alexey Petrovich Maresyev (1916–2001) accomplished his feat.

April 1 – April Fool's Day. The tradition of ridiculing or pranking people on this day originated in Europe in the 2nd half of the 16th century.

– International Bird Day. It originated in the USA in 1894. Soon the holiday, which gained popularity thanks to the media, began to be celebrated en masse in all states, and then came to Europe. In Russia, this day has been celebrated since 1927.

— Mathematics Day. The tradition of celebrating this unofficial holiday on April 1 arose on the initiative of students. In many Russian universities, it is on this day that celebrations are held dedicated to mathematics departments and the students studying there.

– 320 years since birth Antoine Francois Prevost(1697–1763), French writer, author of the novel “The History of the Chevalier de Grieux and Manon Lescaut.”

April 2 – Day of Unity of Nations. Celebrated in connection with the signing of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 2, 1996.

– International Children's Book Day. Celebrated since 1962 on the birthday of H. C. Andersen by decision of the International Council on Children's Books.

— World Autism Awareness Day. The General Assembly, in its resolution 62/139, decided to declare it as such in order to highlight the need to help improve the standard of living of people with autism.

April, 4 - Internet Day or Saint Isidore's Day, the patron saint of the Internet. The Spanish church leader and writer, Isidore of Seville, is considered the patron saint of pupils and students, and since 1999 he has officially been the patron saint of the Internet and computer users in general. On April 4, the day of his death, the global Internet community celebrates Internet Day.

— 85th birthday Andrei Arsenievich Tarkovsky(1932–1986), Soviet director, film playwright.

April 6— International Day of Sports for Peace and Development. In 2013, the UN General Assembly invited international, sports, non-governmental organizations and all interested parties to celebrate this holiday and “contribute to raising awareness of it.”

— World Cartoon Day was founded recently - in 2002. On this day, animators from all over the globe exchange cartoon programs and arrange screenings for an appreciative public. In Russia, World Cartoon Day has been celebrated since 2007.

— 205 years since birth Alexander Ivanovich Herzen(pseudonym Iskander) (1812–1870), Russian writer, philosopher.

April 7 – world health day. Conducted on the recommendation of the World Health Organization. It is celebrated on the day of the creation of the World Health Organization, whose charter was adopted on April 7, 1948.

— RuNet's birthday. On April 7, 1994, the domain - .Ru - was registered for Russia and entered into the international database of national top-level domains.

April 10th - International Resistance Day is celebrated annually on April 10 and is dedicated to everyone who opposed the Nazis during the Second World War in the territories occupied by the troops of the Third Reich.

— 205 years since birth Konstantin Sergeevich Aksakov(1817-1860), writer, historian.

– 90th birthday Vilya Vladimirovich Lipatov(1927–1979), Russian writer.

– 80th birthday Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulina(1937-2010), Russian poetess.

11 April - International Day for the Liberation of Prisoners of Nazi Camps. Celebrated in memory of the liberation of prisoners of the Nazi concentration camps Buchenwald and Dora in 1945.

12th of April - International Day of Human Space Flight. In 2011, at a special plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly, a resolution was adopted that officially proclaimed April 12 as the International Day of Human Space Flight. More than 60 states co-sponsored the resolution.

— World Aviation and Space Day. In 1962, on April 9, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Cosmonautics Day was designated, which was celebrated on April 12. And in 1968, the holiday received international status. In our time, according to the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated October 1, 1980 No. 018-X “On holidays and memorable days” and the Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia”, World Cosmonautics Day It is still celebrated on April 12, but officially this day is a working day.

– 130th birthday Elizaveta Ivanovna Dmitrieva(married Vasilyeva, literary pseudonym Cherubina de Gabriac) (1887–1928), Russian poetess of the Silver Age.

— 105th birthday Efima ZakharovichKopelyan(1912 - 1975), Soviet actor, People's Artist of the USSR.

– 90th birthday Harper Lee(1927), American writer.

April 13— Patron and Philanthropist Day. The date of the holiday is associated with the birthday of Guy Maecenas (April 13, 77-64 BC - October 8, BC) - a famous Roman aristocrat, patron of artists, performers, and musicians. The first such celebration took place in 2005.

— World Rock and Roll Day. The holiday is celebrated annually on April 13, although the historical event that served as the basis for the holiday occurred a day earlier: on April 12, 1954, Bill Haley recorded the single “Rock Around The Clock,” which became a landmark in the new musical direction.

April 14 – 155th birthday Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin(1862–1911), Russian statesman.

April 15 – International Day of Culture. The date is associated with the signing on April 15, 1935 in Washington of the Treaty “On the Protection of Artistic and Scientific Institutions and Historical Monuments,” which became known in international legal practice as the Roerich Pact. The initiative to celebrate this date as the International Day of Culture was taken in 1998 by the public organization International League for the Defense of Culture, founded in 1996 by the International Center of the Roerichs (president - pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Afanasyev).

– Day of Environmental Knowledge. Conducted on the initiative of public environmental organizations. The main goal of the holiday is to promote environmental knowledge and create an ecological culture among the population.

– 565 years since birth Leonardo da Vinci(1452–1519), a brilliant Italian painter and scientist of the Renaissance.

April 16— International Voice Day. First held in Brazil in 1999. Since then, it has been held annually on April 16 in many countries around the world. The main task is to attract people’s attention to assessing the condition of their voice, explaining the influence of bad habits on the voice, the rules of its hygiene, and ways to prevent diseases of the vocal apparatus. For the first time in Russia, it was carried out in 2006, by the Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of Otorhinolaryngology of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia.

— 105th birthday Evgeniy Valerianovich Samoilov(1912 - 2006), Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of five USSR State Prizes.

April 18th - International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites. Established in 1983 by the Assembly of the International Council for the Protection of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), created under UNESCO. First celebrated on April 18, 1984.

– Day of military glory of Russia. Day of the victory of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipsi(Battle on the Ice, 1242). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

April 19 – 125th birthday Georgy Viktorovich Adamovich(1892–1972), writer, literary critic of Russian diaspora.

— 115th birthday Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin(1902–1989), Russian writer.

20 April - National Donor Day. The occasion for the celebration was a very humane event - on April 20, 1832, a young St. Petersburg obstetrician, Andrei Martynovich Wolf, successfully performed a blood transfusion for the first time.

— Chinese Language Day installed in 2010 in memory of Tsang Jie, the founder of Chinese writing.

April 21 - Local Government Day. The decree establishing this holiday was issued by Russian President V.V. Putin signed in 2012. As this document states, the new date is entered into the calendar “in order to increase the role and importance of the institution of local self-government, the development of democracy and civil society”.

— 95th birthday Alistair MacLean(1922–1987), Scottish writer of adventure novels.

April 22 – World Earth Day. The official date for Earth Day celebration is April 22. It was established by the UN General Assembly in 2009. But initially this holiday was celebrated on the day of the spring equinox - March 21. Earth Day is intended to draw everyone's attention to the fragility of our planet's ecosystem and make people take more care of nature - 310 years since the birth Henry Fielding(1707–1754), English novelist and playwright. The largest representative of the literature of the English Enlightenment.

— 110th birthday Ivan Antonovich (Antipovich) Efremov(1907–1972), Russian science fiction writer.

— English Language Day For the first time, like the days of other official languages ​​of the UN, they were celebrated in 2010. The public relations department suggested setting special dates on which the organization's languages ​​should be celebrated. The purpose of the new holidays is to strengthen the traditions of multilingualism in the world. The date of the celebration of the English language was the birthday of Shakespeare, the great English poet, writer, and the most famous playwright in the world.

April 24 – International Youth Solidarity Day. Celebrated since 1957 by decision of the World Federation of Democratic Youth. This memorable day serves as another reason to attract the attention of government agencies, society and the media to the problems of youth.

April 25 – 110th birthday Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy(1907–1979), Russian composer, author of music for more than 400 songs.

— 65th birthday Vladislav Alexandrovich Tretyak(1952), Russian hockey player.

26 April - International Intellectual Property Day was established by the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in September 2000 to promote broad debate on the role of intellectual property (IP) in promoting innovation and creativity.

– Memorable date of Russia. Day of participants in the liquidation of consequences of radiation accidents and disasters and the memory of the victims of these accidents and disasters. Established by Federal Law dated April 1, 2012 No. 24-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

— International Secretary Day, or as it is commonly called in most countries, “Administrative Professionals Day” is celebrated annually on the Wednesday of the last full week of April. It began to be celebrated in the United States in 1952, thanks to the efforts of New York publicist Harry Klemfuss.

April 27 – Day of Russian Parliamentarism. The holiday was approved in 2012 in order to attract the attention of citizens to the activities of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and legislative bodies of regional authorities. The date of the celebration coincides with the day the State Duma of the Russian Empire began its work. This historical event took place in 1906 and became the very first democratic institution in the history of the Russian state.

April 28 - 120th birthday Valentina Alexandrovna Oseeva(1902-1969), writer.

– 110th birthday Zoya Ivanovna Voskresenskaya(1907–1992), children's writer.

April 29 – International Dance Day. Celebrated by decision of UNESCO on the birthday of J. J. Nover (1727–1810), French choreographer, reformer, and theorist of choreographic art.

April 30 - International Jazz Day. The UNESCO General Conference announced the introduction of a new date into the calendar in November 2011. As the main goal of this holiday, its founders outlined “increasing the level of awareness of the international community about jazz as a force promoting peace, unity, dialogue and expanding contacts between people.”

– World Twin Cities Day. Celebrated since 1962 on the last Sunday of April by decision of the World Federation of Twin Cities, in 2017 this day is April 30.

– 240 years since birth Carl Friedrich Gauss(1777-1855), German mathematician, astronomer, surveyor.

MAY

Main dates:

325 years ago (1692), the first warship in Russia was launched, the beginning of the creation of the Russian fleet.

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

190 years ago (1827), the Russian artist Orest Kiprensky created one of the first lifetime portraits of A.S. Pushkin (stored in the Tretyakov Gallery).

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

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

100 years ago (1917) the Russian Book Chamber was founded.

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

95 years ago (1922) the first issue of the magazine “Physical Culture and Sports” was published.

75 years ago (1942) the Order of the Patriotic War of the first and second degrees was established.

1st of May - Labour Day. May 1 is International Workers' Day, celebrated in the Russian Empire since 1890. In the Russian Federation it is celebrated as a holiday of Spring and Labor since 1992.

May 2 - 115th birthday Alan Marshall(1902–1984), Australian humanist writer.

May 3 – World Press Freedom Day. Approved by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1991.

– Day of the Sun. The European branch of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) decided to create this holiday in 1994. This was done to attract public attention to the possibilities of using renewable energy sources.

May 4 - 245th birthday Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus(1772–1823), German publisher, founder of the “dictionary” dynasty and the Brockhaus company.

5 May - International Day for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, along with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3), is intended to draw people's attention to problems related to the protection of the rights of people with disabilities. The history of this Day dates back to May 5, 1992. On that day, people with disabilities from seventeen countries simultaneously celebrated the first pan-European day of struggle for equal rights and against discrimination against people with disabilities.

— Europe Day. The Council of Europe was created on May 5, 1949, and this was the day chosen for the celebration in 1964. There are two separate Europe Days, celebrated on 5 and 9 May, created by the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Council (EC) respectively.

— 140 years since birth Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov(1877–1914), Russian hydrographer and Arctic explorer.

May 7 – Radio Day, a holiday for workers in all communications sectors. Established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated October 1, 1980 No. 3018 “On holidays and memorable dates.” According to the official Soviet version, on May 7 (April 25, old style), 1895, Russian physicist Alexander Popov designed the first radio receiver and carried out a communication session. This date was first solemnly celebrated in the USSR in 1925, and since 1945 the holiday has been celebrated annually.

May 8 – World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. Celebrated by decision of the International Conference of the Red Cross since 1953 on the birthday of A. Dunant, a Swiss public figure who initiated the founding of this organization (February 1863)

— Days of Remembrance and Reconciliation, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Second World War.

— 50 years since the opening of the memorial — Eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall (1967)

May 9 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Soviet people over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War (1941 – 1945). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”

— Europe Day. There are two separate Europe Days, celebrated on 5 and 9 May, created by the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) respectively. In 1985, the European Community (which later became the European Union) adopted the European symbols of the Council of Europe, such as the European flag. Community leaders decided to hold their Europe Day in connection with the anniversary of the Schumann Declaration of May 9, 1950. The European Parliament officially recognized 9 May as a holiday in October 2008.

May 11 - 200th birthday Alexandra Alekseevich Agina(1817–1875), Russian artist, creator of illustrations for “Dead Souls” N.V. Gogol.

12 May - World Nurses Day. Celebrated on the birthday of nurse Florence Nightingale, the organizer and leader of a detachment of nurses during the Crimean War of 1853-56.

may 13 - Black Sea Fleet Day. Introduced in 1996 by order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. On May 13(6), 1783, the Russian Fleet on the Black Sea was created.

– 80th birthday Roger Zelazny(1937 -1995), American science fiction writer.

May 14 - Freelancer Day is a date that helps unite those who make money on the Internet. On this day in 2005, one of the first Russian freelance exchanges was formed. Every year, on the initiative of this company, unofficial holiday events are organized.

May 15 - International Family Day. Celebrated by decision of the UN General Assembly on September 20, 1993 in connection with the International Year of the Family in 1994.

— International Day of Conscientious Objection to Military Service. It was established at the first international meeting of conscientious objectors in Copenhagen in 1981. This day is celebrated in connection with the fact that on May 15, 1997, the Federal Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany issued a resolution on the rehabilitation of those whom the military justice of Nazi Germany prosecuted for conscientious objection to military service and for desertion.

16th of May - Biographers' Day. Timed to coincide with the date of the first meeting of Samuel Johnson with his biographer, which took place in one of the bookstores of London in 1763, and the result of the meeting and the relationship established between them was the two-volume “Life of Samuel Johnson” published in 1791.

– 200 years since birth Nikolai Ivanovich Kostomarov(1817–1855), Russian historian, ethnographer, writer.

— 130th birthday Igor Severyanin(Lotarev Igor Vasilyevich) (1887–1941), Russian modernist poet, translator, memoirist.

May 18 – International Museum Day. Held by decision of the XI General Conference of the International Council of Museums, held in May 1977. First celebrated in 1978.

May 19 - Pioneer Day, which ceased to be an official holiday after the collapse of the USSR. Hundreds have replaced the single pioneer organization, but in some of them the ceremonial entry of newcomers into the ranks of the association is still dedicated to this day.

– 255 years since birth Johann Gottlieb Fichte(1762–1814), German philosopher.

May 20 - World Metrology Day. The day was chosen to commemorate the signing on May 20, 1875 in Paris, at an international diplomatic conference, of the famous “Metric Convention”, on the basis of which the intergovernmental International Organization of Weights and Measures was created.

– 135th birthday Singrid Undset(1882–1949), Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (1928).

May 21st - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. In 2001, UNESCO adopted the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, and in December 2002, the UN General Assembly proclaimed May 21 as the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.

— Holiday of the Pacific Fleet. Established by order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy on April 15, 1999 as the Day of the Formation of the Pacific Fleet. The date for the celebration was chosen due to the fact that on May 21, 1731, the Senate “to protect lands, sea trade routes and trades” established the Okhotsk military flotilla and the Okhotsk military port - the first permanently operating Russian naval unit in the Pacific Ocean.

— Unemployment Protection Day. Established by public organizations and the media of the Russian Federation. It was held for the first time in Russia in 1992.

– 145th birthday Teffi(Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokhvitskaya) (1872–1952), poetess, writer of the Russian abroad (According to other sources - May 21).

May 23 – 310th birthday Carla Linnaeus(1707–1778), Swedish naturalist and naturalist. He gained worldwide fame thanks to the system of classification of flora and fauna he created.

May 24 – Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. Established by the Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR of January 30, 1991. Celebrated in honor of Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, Slavic teachers who gave the Slavic world the Cyrillic alphabet and laid the foundation for Russian and other Slavic literatures. The revival of the tradition took place in 1986 in Murmansk.

– European Parks Day. The holiday was invented by representatives of the Europark Federation, which united many protected natural areas located in 36 European countries. The first events dedicated to this holiday were held in 1999. The date chosen was 24 May because it was on this day that Sweden's first nine national parks were created in 1909.

— 1190 years since birth Saint Cyril Equal to the Apostles(c.827–869), father of Slavic writing.

May 25— Africa Day ( or OAU Day). Celebrated annually by decision of the Founding Conference of Heads of State and Government of African Countries, held in Addis Ababa on May 25, 1963. For the world community, this important date symbolizes the desire of African countries for unity in the interests of ensuring independent development, peace and prosperity on the continent.

May 27 – All-Russian Library Day. Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 27, 1995 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the creation of the first state public library in Russia - the Imperial Public Library (now the Russian National Library).

— European Neighbors Day celebrated on the last Friday of May. The founder of this holiday event was the Frenchman A. Perifant, currently he is the coordinator of the European Neighborhood Day and the President of the European Federation of Local Unity. It was first held in Paris in 2000. Today, European Neighbors Day formally unites 1,200 large organizations that operate in 30 countries around the world. Participants in these organizations advocate spiritual rapprochement with all who can rightfully be called our neighbors.

— 140 years since birth Isadora Duncan(1877 - 1927), American dancer.

May 28 - 140th birthday Maximilian Aleksandrovich Voloshin(1877–1932), Russian poet, critic, artist.

– 105th birthday Patrick White(1912–1990), Australian writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1973).

May 29 - 230th birthday Konstantin Nikolaevich Batyushkov(1787–1855), Russian lyric poet, representative of sentimentalism.

– 125th birthday Ivan Sergeevich Sokolov-Mikitov(1892–1975), Russian writer. (According to other sources - May 30).

May 30 -105th birthday Lev Ivanovich Oshanin(1912–1996), Russian songwriter.

May 31 - World No Tobacco Day. Anti-Smoking Day. Conducted at the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO). In many countries around the world, public and youth organizations conduct various campaigns and mass events to promote a healthy lifestyle and smoking cessation.

— 155 years since birth Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov(1862–1942), Russian painter.

— 125 years since birth Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky(1892–1968), Russian writer.

JUNE

Main dates:

205 years ago the Patriotic War of 1812 began.

95 years ago (1922) the first issue of the magazine “Peasant Woman” was published.

June 1st - International Children's Day. Established in 1949 at the Moscow session of the Council of the International Democratic Federation of Women. First held in 1950.

— World Parents Day. Proclaimed by UN General Assembly Resolution 66/292 in 2012, the Day is celebrated annually to honor parents around the world. The purpose of the holiday is to remind the inhabitants of the planet about universal human values, to protect and affirm these values ​​as the basis of a strong and moral family. After all, it is the family (primarily parents) who is responsible for raising and protecting children.

— World Milk Day. Celebrated since 2001 at the suggestion of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

— 85th birthday Boris Andreevich Mozhaev(1932-1996), Russian writer, publicist.

– 80th birthday Colin McCullough(1937-2015), Australian writer.

June 4 – International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. This Day reaffirms the UN's commitment to protecting their rights. Celebrated since 1983 on the anniversary of the bombing of Beirut by Israeli forces (June 4, 1982). Conducted by decision of the emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on the Palestinian question (August 1982).

June 5— World Environment Day, or Ecologist's Day, is observed in almost all European countries. This holiday was established in 1972 at the initiative of the UN General Assembly to “draw public attention to the need to preserve and improve the environment.” In the Russian Federation Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated July 21, 2007 No. 933 “On Ecologist Day” on the initiative of the Ecology Committee of the State Duma.

June 6 — Russian Language Day. A memorable day, a decree about which was signed by the President of the Russian Federation on June 6, 2011. “Establish Russian Language Day and celebrate it annually, June 6, on the birthday of the great Russian poet, founder of the modern Russian literary language A.S. Pushkin.”

– Pushkin Day of Russia. Celebrated in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 20, 1997, adopted in connection with the 200th anniversary of the poet’s birth.

June 7 – 145th birthday Leonid Vitalievich Sobinov(1872–1934), Russian opera tenor.

• 65th birthday Daria Dontsova(Agrippina Arkadyevna) (1952), writer.

June 8 - World Oceans Day. By its resolution of 5 December 2008, the General Assembly decided to declare 8 June as World Oceans Day.

— 180th birthday Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy(1837–1887), Russian artist, one of the founders of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions.

the 9th of June - International Friends Day. Although this holiday date is considered unofficial, the reason for its creation has not lost its relevance.

– 345 years since birth Peter I the Great(1672–1725), Russian emperor, statesman.

— 205 years since birth Johann Gottfried Halle(1812–1910), German astronomer who was the first to see Neptune.

June 10th - World Knitting Day in Public. Every second Saturday in June, since 2005, the world celebrates an unusual holiday - Public Knitting Day. It was first held in Paris. This fun, which has become a tradition, was invented by knitting enthusiast Danielle Landes. In many countries, what is connected on this day is donated to funds for low-income citizens.

12 June - Russia Day. Before the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin - Russian Independence Day. June 12, 1990 – Day of adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Federation. Declared by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin dated June 2, 1994

June 13 - 105 years ago (1912) opened in Moscow State Museum of Fine Arts named after. A.S. Pushkin.

— 205 years since birth Izmail Ivanovich Sreznevsky(1812-1880), the greatest philologist of his time, who created the first dictionary of the Old Russian language.

June 14— World Donor Day. Celebrated since 2004 on the initiative of international organizations, including the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations and the World Health Organization (WHO). The date is associated with the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, the Nobel laureate who systematized blood into groups and Rh factors.

— International Blogger Day. The idea of ​​holding this holiday was born in 2004. Immediately 500 people from more than 40 countries united and decided that they needed their own day - a kind of symbol of friendly relations between network bloggers around the world.

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

— 150 years since birth Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont(1867–1942), Russian poet, critic, representative of symbolism in Russian poetry.

June 16 – 60th birthday Alexandra Borisovna Marinina(1957), writer.

June 17 - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Proclaimed by the General Assembly in 1994. In the same year, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification was adopted. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is intended to draw the attention of influential people to the need for international cooperation to effectively combat desertification and drought in nature.

— 135th birthday Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky(1882-1971), Russian composer.

• June – International Father's Day(third Sunday in June).
• 205th birthday Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov(1812–1891), Russian writer.

– 110th birthday Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov(1907-1982), Russian writer, poet, author of “Kolyma Tales” (another date of birth is found - July 1).

— 75th birthday James Paul McCartney(1942), English musician, one of the legendary Beatles.

June 20— World Refugee Day. In many countries, this day is associated with the memory of African refugees. A special resolution of the UN General Assembly, adopted in 2001, became an expression of solidarity with the people of Africa, among whom there are a huge number of refugees.

— 90th birthday Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kotenochkin(1927 - 2000), Russian animator, director of “Well, Just Wait!”

– 85th birthday Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky(1932–1994) Russian poet.

21st of June - International Skateboarding Day. An official annual holiday approved by the International Association of Skateboard Companies in 2004.

— 220 years since birth Wilhelm Karlovich Kuchelbecker(1797-1846), Russian poet, friend of A.S. Pushkin.

22nd of June - Memorable date of Russia. Day of Remembrance and Sorrow - the day of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War(1941). Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 8, 1996 No. 857 “On the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow” and as a memorable date in Russia.

June 23 – International Olympic Day. Established by decision of the IOC. In June 1894, the International Congress on Physical Education was held in Paris. On June 23, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, an enthusiast of the revival of the Olympic movement, presented his report. In it, he introduced the audience to the organizational foundations of the Olympic Games that he had developed. In 1967, the International Olympic Committee decided to consider June 23 as International Olympic Day.

— International Widows Day. The world community celebrated the first International Widows Day in 2011. This date provides an opportunity to pay attention to the plight of women and children left without male support. A UN General Assembly resolution issued in December 2010 calls for this.

June 25— Day of friendship, unity of the Slavs. Celebrated in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. This holiday was established in the 90s of the twentieth century and was created so that different branches of the Slavic peoples remembered their historical roots, sought to preserve their culture and centuries-old connection with each other.

– 165th birthday Nikolai Eduardovich Heinze(1852–1913), Russian prose writer, journalist, playwright.

— 110th birthday Arseny Alexandrovich Tarkovsky(1907-1989), poet, translator.

June 26 is the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Celebrated by decision of the UN General Assembly adopted in 1987.

27th of June - Youth Day. Established by order of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 24, 1993 No. 459-rp “On the celebration of Youth Day.” Youth Day is also celebrated in other countries, each of which has set its own date for celebration.

June 28 – 440th birthday Peter Rubens(1577-1640), great Flemish painter.

— 305th birthday Jean Jacques Rousseau(1712-1778), French writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment, representative of sentimentalism.

— 150 years since birth Luigi Pirandello(1867-1936), Italian writer, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (1934).

June 29 - Memorable date of Russia. Day of Partisans and Underground Workers. Established by Federal Law dated April 10, 2009 No. 59-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.” It was on June 29, 1941 that the Directive of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks was issued, addressed to party and Soviet organizations in the front-line regions of the country. The Directive formulated the need to organize partisan detachments in enemy-occupied territory.

JULY

Main dates:

90 years ago (1927) the first issue of the Roman-Gazeta magazine was published.

70 years ago (1947) the Knowledge Society was founded. The first chairman was Academician S.I. Vavilov (1891–1951).

July 1 - World Architecture Day. Proclaimed by the International Union of Architects in 1985. Celebrated since 1993. There is a similar holiday - the first Monday of October - this is a professional holiday for architects.

July 2— International Day of Sports Journalists. Celebrated on the initiative of the International Sports Press Association since 1995. On this day in 1924, the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) was formed in Paris, which today unites almost one and a half hundred national unions of journalists.

— 140 years since birth Hermann Hesse(1877–1962), German novelist, poet, critic, one of the greatest masters of philosophical prose of the 20th century, Nobel Prize laureate (1946).

July 5 - 215th birthday Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov(1802–1850), an outstanding Russian naval commander, admiral.

July 6— World Kiss Day. First invented in Great Britain. And at the end of the twentieth century it was approved by the United Nations.

• 220th birthday NicholasI(1796 -1855), Russian Emperor.

– 140th birthday Alexey Mikhailovich Remizov(1877–1957), writer of the Russian diaspora.

— 120 years since birth Anatoly Borisovich Mariengof(1897-1962), poet and writer.

July 7— Day of the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesme(1770).

– 135th birthday Yanka Kupala(1882–1942), national Belarusian poet.

– 130th birthday Mark Zakharovich Chagall(1887–1985), Russian and French artist.

July 8 - All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. It has been celebrated on the initiative of State Duma deputies since 2008. The initiative to celebrate Family Day is supported by all traditional religious organizations in Russia, because the idea of ​​celebrating Family Day, love and fidelity has no denominational boundaries. Every religion has examples of family fidelity and love.

— 125 years since birth Richard Aldington(1892–1962), English writer.

July 10 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Russian army under the command of Peter I over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

— 115th birthday Sergei Yakovlevich Lemeshev(1902 - 1977), Soviet singer.

July 11 – World Population Day. Celebrated in accordance with the decision of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), adopted in 1989. On this day, according to demographers, the estimated five billionth inhabitant of the planet appeared

— World Chocolate Day. It was first invented by the French in 1995. In addition to it, there is another world day with the same name, which is celebrated on September 4th. The idea was picked up by many countries, because chocolate is a favorite delicacy of many millions of people.

July 13 - 155th birthday Nikolai Alexandrovich Rubakin(1862–1946), Russian bibliologist, bibliographer, writer.

the 14 th of July - Bastille Day. This is the most significant national holiday in France. On this day, the French commemorate the storming of the Bastille, a former maximum security prison, and the beginning of the armed uprising of 1789, which symbolize the beginning of the French Revolution.

— 415th birthday Giulio Mazarin(1602 - 1661), French statesman.

July 20 - International Chess Day. Celebrated on the day of the founding of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in 1924.

July 21 – 135th birthday David Davidovich Burliuk(1882–1967), poet, publisher of Russian diaspora.

July 23 – 225th birthday Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky(1792–1878), Russian poet, critic, memoirist.

July 24 - 210th birthday Alexandra Dumas(father) (1802–1870), French writer.

July 25— Memorial Day of Vladimir Vysotsky. Every year on July 25, the day of remembrance of Vladimir Vysotsky, who passed away in 1980, is celebrated. 37 years since death.

July 28th - Memorable date of Russia. Day of the Baptism of Rus'. Established by Federal Law of July 28. 2010 No. 32-FZ “On the days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia”

— 195 years since the birth (1822–1864), Russian poet, translator, memoirist, author of the famous poems “Oh, at least talk to me...”, “Two guitars ringing...”.

July 29 – 200th birthday Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky(1817–1900), Russian marine painter.

July 30— International Friendship Day- one of the youngest holidays in the calendar. The UN General Assembly decided to hold it in 2011 at its 65th session. Currently, in many countries around the world, events are held annually to promote friendship and a tolerant attitude towards others.

AUGUST

Main dates:

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

30 years ago (1987) the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR adopted a resolution on the creation of the State Memorial Museum-Reserve of I.S. Turgenev "Spasskoye-Lutovinovo" in the Oryol region.

August 1 - Memorial Day of St. Seraphim of Sarov. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of remembrance of St. Seraphim of Sarov, the wonderworker of all Russia, on the occasion of his canonization and discovery of his relics on August 1, 1903.

— Day of Remembrance of Russian soldiers who died in the First World War of 1914 - 1918. Memorable date of Russia. Celebrated since 2013. Included in the list of memorable dates in Russia in December 2012. This memorial date was established in order to perpetuate the memory and reflect the merits of Russian soldiers.

— 195 years since birth Apollo Alexandrovich Grigoriev(1822-1864), poet and critic.

August 4 – 260th birthday Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky(1757–1825), Russian artist, master of portraiture.

– 225 years since birth Percy Bysshe Shelley(1792–1822), English Romantic poet.

– 155th birthday Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy(1862–1905), Russian philosopher

– 105th birthday Alexandra Danilovich Alexandrov(1912–1999), Russian mathematician who discovered methods for studying the metric properties of figures

5th of August - International Traffic Light Day. Celebrated on August 5th 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— Hiroshima Day. World Day for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. In 1945, American aircraft bombed the Japanese city of Hiroshima with an atomic bomb (the first use of atomic weapons against people in human history).

— International Day of Doctors of the World for Peace. Celebrated by decision of the executive committee of the International Movement “Doctors of the World for the Prevention of Nuclear War” on the day of the bombing of Hiroshima.

— 85 years from the date of establishment Venice Film Festival (1932).

August 7 - 180th birthday Konstantin Konstantinovich Sluchevsky(1837–1904), Russian writer, poet.

8 August - International Mountaineering Day (Mountaineer's Day). We owe the appearance of this holiday to two Swiss daredevils - doctor Michel-Gabriel Packard and mountain guide Jacques Balmat. On August 8, 1786, they were the first of all climbers to reach the highest point of the Alps - Mont Blanc.

— 90th birthday Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov(1927–1982), Russian writer.

— 90th birthday Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Fedorov(1927 – 2000), Russian ophthalmologist.

August 9 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The day of the first naval victory in Russian history of the Russian fleet under the command of Peter I over the Swedes at Cape Gangut (1714). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

— 70th birthday Sofia Rotaru(1947), pop singer.

11th August - Memorial Day of Maximilian Voloshin(1877-1932), Russian poet, critic, artist, translator, 85 years since his death.

12th of August - International Youth Day. International Youth Day was established by the UN General Assembly on December 17, 1999, at the proposal of the World Conference of Ministers of Youth Affairs, held in Lisbon on August 8–12, 1998.

– Sportsman's Day. Celebrated in Russia on the second Saturday of August on the basis of Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 10/01/80 No. 3018-X “On holidays and memorial days”, as amended by Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 11/01/88 No. 9724-XI “On amendments to the legislation of the USSR about holidays and memorable days."

August 13 – World Left-Handers Day. Celebrated since 1992 on the initiative of the British Left-Handers Club, created in 1990. On this day, left-handers around the world strive to attract the attention of product manufacturers so that they take into account their characteristics.

August 14 - 150th birthday John Galsworthy(1867–1933), English writer, Nobel Prize winner (1932).

August 15 - 230th birthday Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabyev(1787–1851), Russian composer, author of the music for the romance “The Nightingale”.

August 16 – World Day for the protection of urban homeless animals. The initiative for its creation belongs to the International Society for Animal Rights. It should not be confused with October 4th (World Animal Day).

August 17 – 75th birthday Muslim Magometovich Magomaev(1942–2008), Azerbaijani singer, People's Artist of the USSR.

August 19 - World Humanitarian Day. The UN General Assembly announced this date in its resolution of December 11, 2008. The United Nations has outlined the task of raising public awareness of humanitarian assistance activities around the world.

— 145 years since birth Matilda Feliksovna Kshesinskaya(1872-1971), Russian ballerina.

— 80 years since the beginning defense of Novorossiysk(1942)

— 80th birthday Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov(1937–1972), Russian playwright, author of the plays “Duck Hunt”, “Elder Son” and others.

August 20 - born 190 years ago Charles de Coster(1827–1879), Belgian writer.

– 170th birthday Boleslav Prus(1847–1912), Polish writer, author of the novels “The Doll” and “Pharaoh”.

– 85th birthday Vasily Pavlovich Aksenov(1932–2009), Russian writer.

August 21— Memorial Day of Yuri Nikulin(1938-1997), Russian circus and film artist, People's Artist of the USSR, chief director and director of the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 20 years since his death.

– 225 years since birth Peter Alexandrovich Pletnev(1892–1865), Russian poet, critic.

— 145 years since birth Aubrey Beardsley(Beardsley) (1872–1898), English artist.

August 22 – Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation. Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 20, 1994 in connection with the restoration of the historical Russian tricolor flag on August 22, 1991.

– 235 years since birth Jean François de Galo La Perouse(1741-1788), French navigator.

— 155 years since birth Claude Debussy(1862–1918), French composer.

— 100th birthday Anatoly Veniaminovich Kalinin(1916-2008), writer.

August 23 - Day of military glory of Russia. The day of the defeat of Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk(1943). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

— Day of Mercy and Charity(in Russia). Church and public holiday. Celebrated since 2004. Established in honor of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the relics of St. Juliania Lazarevskaya, who lived in the 17th century in the city of Murom, famous for her rare gift of doing good to the sufferers around her.

August 25 - 205th birthday Nicholas NikolaevichZinina, Russian chemist, first president of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society.

August 27 – Russian Cinema Day. August 27, 1919 V.I. Lenin signed a Decree on the nationalization of the film industry in the country. Celebrated since 1979. Approved by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 1, 1980.

— 140 years since birth Sergei Konstantinovich Makovsky(1877-1962), poet, critic, memoirist.

August 28 – 105 years since the beginning of the expedition Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov (1877–1914) to the North Pole (1912).

– 155th birthday Maurice Maeterlinck(1862–1949), Belgian writer, playwright, philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (1911).

August 30— International Day of Missing Persons celebrated every year on August 30th. The tradition of celebrating the Day of Missing Persons on August 30 was founded in the early 1980s by the Latin American Federation of Relatives of Disappeared People FEDEFAM.

August 31 - Blog Day. The idea to celebrate Blog Day on August 31st appeared in 2005, when active LiveJournal users saw the numbers 3108 in the word blog. Therefore, the date of the holiday was set to August 31st (08/31).

SEPTEMBER

Main dates:

495 years ago (1522), the first circumnavigation of the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan was completed, which proved the sphericity of the Earth and the existence of a single World Ocean.

195 years ago (1822) a poem by A.S. was published. Pushkin "Prisoner of the Caucasus".

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

165 years ago (1852), Leo Tolstoy’s story “Childhood” was published in the Sovremennik magazine, which immediately brought the aspiring writer authority and recognition in the literary community.

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

95 years ago (1922), prominent representatives of the intelligentsia were forcibly expelled from Soviet Russia, including the religious philosopher N.A. Berdyaev, L.P. Karsavin, S.L. Frank, N.O. Lossky, I.A. Ilyin, mathematician V.V. Stratonov, historian A.A. Kiesewetter, sociologist Pitirim Sorokin and others.

75 years ago (1942) the publication of A.T.’s poem began. Tvardovsky "Vasily Terkin", considered to this day the best poem about a soldier of the Great Patriotic War.

September 1 - Day of Knowledge. All-Russian holiday. Established by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 15, 1984.

– World Peace Day. Established in 1957. Celebrated on the day the Second World War began (1939-1945), when Nazi Germany attacked Poland.

September 2 – Day of the Russian Guard. Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 22, 2000 in connection with the 300th anniversary of the Russian Guard. The Russian Imperial Guard was established at the beginning of the reign of Peter I from soldiers of the Preobrazhensky and Semenovsky regiments. Disbanded in 1918, it was resumed during the Great Patriotic War, when the four rifle divisions that distinguished themselves near Smolensk in 1941, by order of Stalin, received the name Guards.

— Day of the end of World War II (1945). Memorable date of Russia. This memorable date was established by the Federal Law “On Amendments to Article 1(1) of the Federal Law “On Days of Military Glory and Memorable Dates of Russia,” signed by Russian President Medvedev in 2010.

September 3 – Memorable date of Russia. Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism. Established by Federal Law dated July 23, 2010 No. 170-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.” It is connected with the tragic events in Beslan, when militants seized one of the city schools.

– 105th birthday Georgy Pavlovich Menglet(1912–2001), Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR.

— 90th birthday Alexander Mikhailovich Adamovich(Ales Adamovich) (1927-1994), Belarusian writer.

September 4 - 155th birthday Petra Petrovich Soikina(1862 - 1938), publisher.

— 105th birthday Georgy Pavlovich Menglet(1912 - 2001), Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR, idol of Moscow theater.

September 5— International Day of Charity. The UN invites everyone to mark this day in a meaningful way by promoting charity, including through educational and advocacy activities.

– 200 years since birth Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy(1817–1875), Russian poet, writer, playwright, author of the historical novel “Prince Silver”.

September 6 – 80th birthday Gennady Fedorovich Shpalikov(1937–1974), poet, film director, screenwriter, author of the script for the film “I Walk Through Moscow.”

8 September - International Literacy and Reading Day. Celebrated since 1967 by decision of the 14th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, held in November 1966.

– International Day of Solidarity for Journalists. Held by decision of the 4th Congress of the International Organization of Journalists.

– Day of military glory of Russia. Day of the Borodino battle of the Russian army under the command of Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov with the French army (1812). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

— Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Siege of Leningrad. September 8, 1941 - the beginning of the siege of Leningrad.

9th of September - World Beauty Day. Conducted on the initiative of the International Committee of Aesthetics and Cosmetology (SIDESCO) since 1995.

— 205 years since birth Natalia Nikolaevna Goncharova(1812-1863), wife of A.S. Pushkin.

10 September - World Suicide Prevention Day. Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO), with the support of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, observes this day to strengthen commitment and encourage action to prevent suicide worldwide.

— International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Fascism. Since 1962, it has been customary to consider every second Sunday in September as the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Fascism. This day was determined specifically in September, since this month marks two dates associated with the Second World War - the day of its beginning and its complete end.

– 145th birthday Vladimir Klavdievich Arsenyev(1872–1930), Russian explorer of the Far East, writer, author of the novel “Dersu Uzala”.

– 110th birthday Vladimir Ivanovich Nemtsov(1907–1993), Russian science fiction writer.

September 11 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of Fyodor Fedorovich Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Tendra (1790). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

– 155th birthday O.Henry(1862–1910), American writer, master of the short story.

— 140 years since birth Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky(1877 - 1926), statesman

– 135th birthday Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov(1882–1938), Russian children's writer.

— 80th birthday Joseph Davydovich Kobzon(1937), Russian singer.

September 13— Programmer's Day. On September 11, 2009, the President of Russia signed Decree No. 1034, prepared by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, which established a new official professional holiday in Russia - Programmer's Day. Celebrated on the 256th day of the year. The number 256 (2 8) was chosen because it is the number of different values ​​that can be expressed using an eight-bit byte.

16 of September - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. In 1985, the Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was signed in Vienna. On September 16, 1987, Canada adopted the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances, and in 1990, the London Addendums to it. Celebrated by decision of the UN General Assembly since 1995.

— Juliet's birthday. On this day, the Italian city of Verona celebrates a holiday - the birthday of Juliet, the famous Shakespearean heroine of the saddest story in the world. Although at the time of the events described in the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” the main character was not yet 14 years old, letters from all lovers addressed to Juliet still arrive in Verona, asking for advice or guidance in a difficult love situation.

September 17 – 160th birthday Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky(1857–1935), an outstanding Russian scientist and inventor, the founder of modern cosmonautics.

September 19— 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.

— 65th birthday Venedikt Vasilevich Erofeeva(1947), Russian prose writer, essayist.

– 95th birthday Grigory Mikhailovich Pozhenyan(1922-2005), poet.

September 21 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Day of victory of the Russian regiments led by Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy over the Mongol-Tatar troops in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”

– International Day of Peace. Celebrated in accordance with the UN General Assembly resolution (2001) as a day of global ceasefire and renunciation of violence (celebrated annually since 2002).

— World Day of Russian Unity. It was celebrated for the first time in 2010. While this is an unofficial holiday, the idea of ​​celebrating the Day has already been supported by 24 countries. Established in order to preserve the ethnocultural identity of the Russian people, positive national self-identification, the unification of Russians, the entire Russian world, interaction between the Russian community and Russia, to preserve ethnic, historical and cultural values, development, popularization of the Russian language and literature as part of the world cultural heritage, and as well as further consolidation in the interests of creating a powerful intellectual, economic, spiritual and cultural Russian-speaking space in the world.

— 70th birthday (1947) Stephen King, American writer.

September 22nd - World Car Free Day. The tradition of celebrating Car Free Day was born in 1998 in France.

September 24— World Maritime Day. It was established at the 10th session of the Assembly by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), 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.

– World Heart Day. It was first organized in 1999 on the initiative of the World Heart Federation. This action was supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNESCO and other significant organizations. Celebrated on the last Sunday of September.

September 25 – 225th birthday Ivan Ivanovich Lazhechnikov(1792–1869), Russian writer, author of the novels “The Ice House” and “Basurman”.

– 120th birthday William Faulkner(1897–1962), American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize winner (1949).

September 26 – European Day of Foreign Languages. Celebrated since 2001, on the initiative of the Council of Europe as a way to support linguistic diversity, bilingualism of every European and development.

– 85th birthday Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich(1932), Russian writer and playwright.

September 27 - International Tourism Day. Celebrated by the decision of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization, held in 1980 in Manila.

– International Day of the Deaf and Mutes. Installed in honor of the creation of the World Federation of the Deaf and Mutes (1951). Celebrated on the last Sunday of September.

– 85th birthday Friedrich Evseevich Neznansky(1932-2013), writer.

September 29 – 200th birthday Alexander Vasilievich Sukhovo-Kobylin(1817–1903), Russian writer, playwright.

September 30th - Internet Day. Internet Day in Russia (Runet Day). On this day in 1998, the first census of Runet users was carried out, at that time their number reached a million people.

– International Translator's Day. Celebrated since 1991 by decision of the International Federation of Translators (FIT).

OCTOBER

Main dates:

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

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

145 years ago (1872) Russian electrical engineer A.N. Lodygin submitted an application for his invention of an electric incandescent lamp.

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

95 years ago (1922) the book and magazine publishing house “Young Guard” was created in Moscow, and since 1993 it has been part of JSC “Young Guard”.

60 years ago (1957), the film “The Cranes Are Flying”, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, was released on the screens of the country, recognized as one of the best films of world cinema.

October 1 – International Day of Older Persons. Celebrated since 1991 by decision of the UN General Assembly in accordance with resolution 45/106 of December 14, 1990 with the aim of developing the decisions taken by the World Assembly on Aging (July-August 1982, Vienna). 1999 was declared by the UN General Assembly as the International Year of Older Persons. It has been celebrated in Russia since 1992.

– International Music Day. Celebrated since 1978 by decision of the International Music Council of UNESCO. In Russia since 1992

– 105th birthday Lev Nikolaevich Gumilev(1912–1992), Russian historian, geographer, author of the work “Ethnogenesis and the Biosphere of the Earth.”

2 October - World Children's Day. Celebrated by the UN in different countries on different days (at the discretion of the government), usually on the first Monday in October.

– World Human Settlements Day (World Habitat Day). Celebrated on the first Monday of October by decision of the UN General Assembly since 1985. In Latin, the word habitabilis means nothing more than a certain inhabited area that is suitable for living and has its own population. In modern understanding, this is more often associated with the concept of “city” or locality.

— World Architecture Day. Celebrated by decision of the 20th General Assembly of the International Union of Architects (July 1996, Barcelona) simultaneously with the International Day of Human Settlements (housing day). It was first celebrated in 1986 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the first international forum on human settlements held under the auspices of the UN in Vancouver (Canada).

October 3— All-Russian Yesenin poetry festival. A great poetic celebration dedicated to the birthday of S.A. Yesenin, takes place in the poet’s homeland, in the village. Konstantinovo since 1985

— 120 years since birth Louis Aragon(1897 – 1982), French writer and poet.

October 4 – 10 – World Space Week. Held in accordance with the UN General Assembly resolution of December 6, 1999, to commemorate the contribution of space science and technology to improving human conditions on Earth.

The 4th of October - International Animal Day. The decision to celebrate World Animal Day was made at the International Congress of Nature Supporters, held in Florence, Italy in 1931. Celebrated since 1931 on the name day of Francis of Assisi, protector and patron of animals.

– Day of the beginning of the space age of mankind (October 4, 1957) Proclaimed by the International Astronautical Federation in September 1967. On October 4, 1957, the USSR successfully launched the world's first artificial Earth satellite.

— 60 years ago (1957) a launch was made in our country the world's first artificial satellite. The beginning of the space age.

– 170th birthday Louis Henri Boussenard(1847–1910) French writer, author of adventure novels.

October 5— International Teachers Day. Held annually since 1994 on 5 October, it commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation on the Status of Teachers.

– Teacher's Day. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated September 29, 1965. Since 1994, Russia has celebrated Teacher's Day on October 5 along with International Teacher's Day. Previously, this professional holiday fell on the first Sunday in October.

October 6 – World Habitat Day. This holiday was approved in 1979 as part of the Convention on the Conservation of Wild Fauna and Flora and Natural Habitats in Europe.

— World Smile Day celebrated since 1999 annually on the first Friday of October. The world owes the fact that this wonderful holiday exists to the artist Harvey Bell, the creator of the “smiley” - a smiling yellow face.

– 105th birthday Yakov Vladimirovich Flier(1912–1977), Soviet pianist.

October 7th - Memorial Day of Rolan Bykov(1929-1998), Russian artist, film director, People's Artist of the USSR.

— International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. Celebrated in accordance with the resolution of the UN General Assembly of December 22, 1989. In 2001, the General Assembly, in its resolution 56/195 (December 21), decided to annually observe the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction on the second Wednesday of October.

– 65th birthday Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin(1952), Russian statesman, President of the Russian Federation.

October 8— World Sight Day celebrated on the second Thursday of October at the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO). This date is marked on the calendar to draw global attention to the problems of blindness, visual impairment and rehabilitation of people with visual impairments.

– 125th birthday Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva(1892–1941), Russian poetess.

– 110th birthday Polina Denisovna Osipenko(1907–1939), military pilot, the first woman to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (1938).

October 9-15 — International Writing Week. Held by decision of the XIV Congress of the Universal Postal Union (1957) with the aim of developing postal exchange, enhancing cultural, scientific and technical ties between countries. The week always includes October 9, the date of the creation of the Universal Postal Union in 1874.

October 9— World Post Day. Held annually on October 9 by decision of the 14th Congress of the Universal Postal Union.

— 470 years since birth Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra(1547–1616), Spanish Renaissance writer.

October 10— World Mental Health Day. Celebrated annually since 1992 by decision of the World Federation of Mental Health with the support of the World Health Organization.

October 11 - International Day of the Girl Child. This date was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in recognition of the rights of girls and the unique challenges they face around the world. Girls' Day was first celebrated in 2012.

— Day of formation of the Russian Academy. The Russian Academy was founded in 1783 (not to be confused with the Academy of Sciences). Its task, according to the charter, was to cleanse and enrich the Russian language, to generally establish the use of its words, its characteristic ornateness and poetry.

October 13— world egg day. In many countries around the world, World Egg Day is celebrated on the second Friday of October. 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 14 – 275th birthday Yakov Borisovich Knyazhnin(1742–1791), Russian playwright, poet, representative of Russian classicism.

– 50 years from the date color television organizations. The first color television broadcast took place on Red Square. Color televisions were released in October.

October 15 – International White Cane Day- a symbol of a blind person - was installed in the USA on October 15, 1970 at the initiative of the International Federation of the Blind. The All-Russian Society of the Blind joined the White Cane Day in 1987.

— 120 years since birth Ilya Ilf(Ilya Arnoldovich Fainzilberg) (1897-1937), writer (According to other sources - October 16).

October 16 – world food day. Celebrated by decision of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, created on October 16, 1945.

— Chief's Day (Boss's Day). In 1958, Patricia Haroski, who worked as a secretary, proposed a new holiday - Chief's Day. In 1962, this holiday was officially approved by the Governor of Illinois. The tradition of celebrating Boss Day has been supported by many countries.

17 October - International Day of Protest against Poverty. Held since 1992 on the initiative of former UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar and the French charity movement ATD-Car Monde

October 19 – Day of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. In October, according to tradition, the international festival “Tsarskoye Selo Autumn” is held in the city of Pushkin, dedicated to the opening (1811) of the Imperial Alexander (Tsarskoye Selo) Lyceum, which gave Russia a galaxy of outstanding figures of culture, art and politics. Many modern lyceums in our country celebrate this date as their Lyceum Day.

October 21 - Apple Day. An annual event celebrating apples, orchards and local attractions, hosted by the charity Common Ground since 1990, is held on this day or the weekend surrounding it.

22 of October - Festival of white cranes. 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. According to the poet’s idea, the holiday should help strengthen the traditions of friendship between the peoples and cultures of Russia. The name of the holiday comes from Gamzatov’s poem, which was inspired by the famous song performed by Mark Bernes. In Gamzatov’s homeland, the holiday has been celebrated for several decades; in recent years it has acquired an all-Russian scale.

October 23 - International School Library Day. Established by the International Association of School Libraries. Celebrated on the fourth Monday of October. It has been celebrated in Russia since 2000.

October 24-31 — Disarmament Week. Declared by the United Nations and celebrated every year since 1978.

October 24 – International Day of the United Nations. On October 24, 1945, the UN Charter came into force. Celebrated as UN Day since 1948

— World Information for Development Day. Celebrated by decision of the UN General Assembly since 1972 in order to draw attention to the problems of development of countries of different continents and the need to strengthen international cooperation in resolving them

– 385th birthday Anthony van Leeuwenhoek(1632–1723), Dutch naturalist.

– 135th birthday Imre Kalmana(1882–1953), Hungarian composer.

– 120 years since it was held in Russia first football match(1897). October 12, Art. The teams of Vasilievsky Island and the Club of Sports Amateurs competed, the match took place in St. Petersburg.

— 115th birthday Sergei Petrovich Borodin(1902 – 1974), writer.

October 26 – 175th birthday Vasily Vasilievich Vereshchagin(1842–1904), Russian painter, brilliant battle painter.

27th October - World Audiovisual Heritage Day. Established in 2005 at the 33rd session of the General

UNESCO conference, first noted in 2007

– 235 years since birth Niccolo Paganini(1782–1842), Italian composer and violinist.

28 of October - International Animation Day. Established in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association ASIFA in honor of the first showing of the “optical theater” in Paris in 1892, it was first celebrated in Russia in 2007.

– All-Russian Gymnastics Day. In 1999, the All-Russian Federation of Sports and Rhythmic Gymnastics decided to establish this holiday. Celebrated on the last Saturday of October.

– 115th birthday Evelyn Waugh(1902–1966), English satirist.

October 30 - Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression in Russia. On this day in 1974, prisoners of the Mordovian and Perm camps celebrated the day of political prisoners with a hunger strike.

October 31 - International Black Sea Day. It commemorates the day in 1996 when six Black Sea countries - Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine - signed the Strategic Action Plan for the Rehabilitation and Protection of the Black Sea.

— International Savings Day. In 1989, International Savings Day was officially established by a UN directive. According to its creators, this day should be dedicated not only to saving money, but also to saving in the broad sense of the word: saving time, effort, caring for things and similar topics.

— Halloween holiday. This is an ancient Celtic holiday, celebrated on the night of October 31 to November 1. Also referred to as "All Hallows' Eve".

– 385th birthday John Vermeer (Vermer) of Delphi(1632–1675), Dutch artist.

– 115th birthday Evgeniy Andreevich Permyak(1902–1982), Russian writer.

NOVEMBER

Main dates:

130 years ago (1887) the novel by A.K. Doyle's A Study in Scarlet, which began the popularity of Sherlock Holmes.

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

55 years ago (1962) a story by A.I. was published in the magazine “New World”. Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, the first example of Soviet camp prose.

20 years ago (1997), the all-Russian state channel “Culture” went on air.

November 2 - 220th birthday Alexander Alexandrovich Bestuzhev-Marlinsky(1797–1837), Russian prose writer, poet, critic, Decembrist.

November 3 – 135th birthday Yakub Kolas(1882-1956), one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature.

• 130th birthday Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak(1887–1964), Russian poet, translator, classic of children's literature.

November 4 – Day of military glory of Russia. National Unity Day. The day of the liberation of Moscow from the Polish-Lithuanian invaders in 1612. Established by Federal Law dated December 29, 2004 No. 200-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.” Celebrated since 2005

— International men's day- holiday celebrated on the first Saturday of November. Established at the suggestion of M.S. Gorbachev and supported by the Vienna Magistrate, the UN Office in Vienna and a number of international organizations.

November 6 – 12 — International Week of Science and Peace. Held annually at the call of the Special Political Committee of the 43rd session of the UN General Assembly during the week of November 10.

November 6 – 165th birthday Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak(1852–1912), Russian writer.

November 7 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The day of the military parade on Red Square in the city of Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941). Established by Federal Law dated December 29, 2004 No. 200-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

– Day of consent and reconciliation- the official name of the holiday celebrated in Russia on November 7. Replacement of the old title “Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution”. By the decree of the President of Russia of November 7, 1996 “On the Day of Harmony and Reconciliation”, in order to soften the confrontation and reconciliation of various layers of Russian society, the previous name of the holiday - “Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution” - was changed.

– October Revolution Day 1917. A memorable date approved by the Federal Law “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On the Days of Military Glory (Victory Days) of Russia” (2005).

– 90th birthday Dmitry Mikhailovich Balashov(1927–2000), Russian writer, folklorist, publicist.

November 8 – International KVN Day. In 2001, on November 8, Russia and some CIS countries 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 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 - International Day against Fascism, Racism and Anti-Semitism. Celebrated in many countries around the world on the initiative of the International Network against Racism UNITED. This network includes more than 500 organizations from 49 countries, operating independently of political parties and governments. The date was chosen in connection with the events that occurred on the night of November 9-10, 1938, which became known as Kristallnacht.

– born 185 years ago Emil Gaboriau(1832–1873), French writer, one of the founders of the detective genre.

November 9-16 International week of educational action against xenophobia, neo-Nazism and anti-Semitism. On November 9, the anniversary of the series of Jewish pogroms that swept across Germany and known as Kristallnacht, the International Kristallnacht Never Again Week of Educational Action begins.

10th of November - World Youth Day. On this day in London in 1945, the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFYD) was founded.

– World Science Day for peace and development is celebrated annually on November 10th to raise public awareness around the world of the benefits of science. UNESCO officially established World Science Day by proclaiming it at a general conference in 2001. Globally, the Day was first celebrated on November 10, 2002 and has since been widely celebrated throughout the world.

— 130th birthday Arnold Zweig(1887 – 1968), German writer.

November 11 - 95th birthday Kurt Vonnegut(1922-2007), American prose writer.

the 13th of November - International Day of the Blind. It is held by decision of the World Health Organization on the birthday of the French educator Valentin Gaüy (1745-1822), who founded the world's first boarding school for the blind in 1783 in Paris.

November 14 – World Diabetes Day. Celebrated since 1991 on the birthday of Frederick Grant Banting (Canadian physiologist), who discovered the insulin hormone together with J. J. McLeod (Nobel Prize, 1923).

— 110th birthday Astrid Lindgren(1907–2002), famous Swedish writer, author of 87 books translated into 76 languages.

15th of November - All-Russian Conscript Day. It was first held on November 15, 1992 by decision of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin

– 155th birthday Gerhart Hauptmann(1862–1946) German playwright and novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (1912).

November 16 – International Day of Tolerance (Tolerance). Declared by UNESCO in November 1995 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of this International Humanitarian Organization. On November 16, 1945, a founding conference was held in London, which approved the UNESCO Charter. Celebrated at the call of the UN General Assembly (December 12, 1996). The purpose of the holiday is to spread the ideas of tolerance and mutual understanding, respect for the cultural and historical diversity of peoples in the world.

— International No Smoking Day. Every year on the third Thursday of November, most countries around the world celebrate International No Smoking Day. It was established by the American Cancer Society in 1977.

— World Philosophy Day has been held on the third Thursday of November since 2002 according to UNESCO regulations. The idea of ​​its establishment is to find a common platform for discussing the global sociocultural transformations taking place in society, to introduce people to the philosophical heritage, and to open the sphere of everyday thinking to new ideas.

November 17— International Students Day. Installed in 1946 at the World Congress of Students, held in Prague, in memory of Czech patriotic students shot by the Nazi occupiers on November 17, 1939 (Russian Students Day is celebrated on January 25).

November 18th - Santa Claus's birthday. Since 2005, Russia has officially celebrated the birthday of Father Frost. The children themselves came up with the date of birth of Father Frost, since it is on November 18 that real winter comes into its own on his estate - in Veliky Ustyug - and frosts strike.

– 230 years since birth Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre(1787–1851), French artist, inventor, who stood at the origins of photography.

— 90th birthday Eldara Alexandrovich Ryazanov(1927), Russian director.

20 November - International Children's Day. Celebrated by decision of the UN since 1954. November 20 is the day of adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.

• 80th birthday Victoria Samoilovna Tokareva(1937), writer.

November 21 - World Television Day. Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on December 26, 1996, in honor of the First World Television Forum, held at UN headquarters on November 21, 1996.

– 135th birthday Yakov Isidorovich Perelman(1882–1942), Russian scientist, founder of the genre of scientific and entertaining literature, author of the books “Entertaining Mathematics”, “Entertaining Physics”, etc.

— 50th birthday Victor Olegovich Pelevin(1967), Russian writer.

November 24-30 – All-Russian week “Theater and Children”. Established by the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR, the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR, the Central Committee of the Komsomol, the joint venture of the RSFSR, the WTO in 1974.

November 24 – 385th birthday Benedict Spinoza(1632–1677) Dutch materialist philosopher.

November 25 – 455th birthday Lope de Vega(1562–1635), great Spanish playwright and poet.

— 300th anniversary of his birth Alexandra Petrovich Sumarokova(1717-1777), Russian playwright, poet, representative of classicism.

— 130th birthday Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov(1887-1943), Soviet biologist.

November 26 – World Information Day is carried out on the initiative of the International Academy of Informatization (IAI), which has general consultative status in the UN Economic and Social Councils.

— Mother's Day in Russia(celebrated on the last Sunday of November). 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, paying tribute to mothers’ work and their selfless sacrifice for the benefit of their children. The initiative to establish Mother's Day was taken by the State Duma Committee on Women, Family and Youth Affairs.

November 28 – 260th birthday William Blake(1757–1827), English poet and artist, illustrated Dante's Divine Comedy.

– 110th birthday Alberto Moravio(1907–1990), Italian writer and public figure.

29th of November - World Conservation Day. On this day, in 1948, IUCN/UICN - 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.

— Day of the letter E. It was on this day in 1783 that the Russian alphabet was replenished with another letter - “Yo”.

– 215th birthday Wilhelm Hauff(1802–1827), German writer and storyteller.

November 30th - International Data Protection Day. In 1988, the American Computer Hardware Association declared November 30th International Data Security Day. It was in this year that the first mass epidemic of the “worm” was recorded, which was named after its creator, Morris.

– 350 years since birth Jonathan Swift(1667–1745), English satirist.

DECEMBER

Main dates:

265 years ago (1752) the Mopsky Cadet Corps was established in St. Petersburg, the graduates of which were many of the largest navigators in Russia.

175 years ago (1842) the first production of N.V.’s comedy took place. Gogol "Marriage".

145 years ago (1872) the Polytechnic Museum opened in Moscow.

115 years ago (1902) in Moscow at the Moscow Art Theater the premiere of M. Gorky’s play “At the Depths” took place.

December 1 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (1853). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”

– World AIDS Day. Proclaimed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Celebrated since 1988. On this day, processions with candles are held in many cities around the world, and memorial prayers are held in churches.

– 225 years since birth Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky(1792–1856), an outstanding Russian mathematician.

– 95th birthday Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov(1922–1979), Soviet athlete.

December 2nd - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Celebrated by decision of the UN General Assembly on the day the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (December 2, 1949).

December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on November 14, 1992.

— Day of the Unknown Soldier. Celebrated since 2014. The date for the holiday was chosen due to the fact that on this day in 1966, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the defeat of German troops near Moscow, the ashes of an unknown soldier were solemnly buried near the walls of the Moscow Kremlin in the Alexander Garden.

December 4 — Informatics Day. December 4, 1948 is considered the birthday of Russian computer science. On December 4, 1948, the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for the introduction of advanced technology into the national economy registered the invention of a digital electronic computer (computer) by Isaac Brook and Bashir Rameev under number 10475. This was the first officially registered document concerning the development of computer technology in our country.

– 145th birthday Al. Altaeva(Margarita Vladimirovna Yamshchikova) (1872–1959), Russian children's writer.

— 95th birthday Gerard Philip(1922–1959), French actor.

December 5 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The day of the start of the counteroffensive of Soviet troops against Nazi troops in the Battle of Moscow (1941). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”

— International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development. Celebrated by decision of the 40th session of the UN General Assembly on December 17, 1985.

– 205th birthday Ambrose of Optina(Alexander Mikhailovich Grenkov) (1812–1891), Russian religious figure.

December 6 – 205th birthday Nikolai Stepanovich Pimenov(1812–1864), Russian sculptor.

December 8 – 215th birthday Alexander Ivanovich Odoevsky(1802–1839), Russian poet, Decembrist.

9th December - Memorable date of Russia. Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Established by Federal Law No. 22-FZ dated February 28, 2007 “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”

— International Anti-Corruption Day. Announced by the UN on December 9, 2003, on the opening day for the signing of the UN Convention against Corruption. It was first noted in 2004.

– 175th birthday Peter Alekseevich Kropotkin(1842–1921), Russian revolutionary anarchist.

December 10 – International Human Rights Day. On this day in 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaiming the right of everyone to life, liberty and security.

— Nobel Day is a holiday in Sweden, known throughout the world. The tradition of this holiday dates back to 1901, when a gala royal reception was held in Stockholm City Hall in honor of the first presentation of the prize.

– World Football Day. Celebrated by decision of the UN.

December 11th - International Mountain Day, established by decision of the 57th UN General Assembly in 2003.

— International Tango Day. On the birthday of the Argentine singer and film actor, the famous “King of Tango” Carlos Gardel (December 11, 1887 (or 1890) - June 24, 1935), a dance festival is celebrated, the philosophy of which lies in confrontation.

12 December - Memorable date of Russia. Constitution Day of the Russian Federation. Established by Federal Law No. 98-FZ of July 21, 2005 “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”

December 13 - 220th birthday Heinrich Heine(1797–1856), German poet and prose writer.

— 115th birthday Evgenia Petrova(E.P. Kataeva) (1902-1942), Russian writer, co-authored with I. Ilf.

December 14 - 225th birthday Zinaida AlexandrovnaVolkonskaya(1792 – 1862), writer.

– 95th birthday Nikolai Gennadievich Basov(1922–2001), Russian physicist, inventor of the laser. Nobel Prize winner in physics.

December 15— International Tea Day. The decision to celebrate International Tea Day was taken after repeated discussions in many international organizations and trade unions during the World Social Forum held in 2004 in Mumbai and in 2005 in Porte Allegre.

— Day of Remembrance for Journalists Killed in the Line of Professional Duty. Since 1991, the Union of Journalists of Russia has been holding a Day of Remembrance for journalists who died in the performance of their professional duties. For the first time, relatives and colleagues of the deceased journalists gathered on December 11 to honor the memory of those who gave their lives for freedom of speech. For the last few years in Russia, the Day of Remembrance of Journalists has been celebrated on December 15th.

– 185th birthday Alexandre Gustave Eiffel(1832 –1923), French engineer, designer of the tower in Paris, which received his name.

December 16 – 145th birthday Anton Ivanovich Denikin(1872–1947), Russian military leader.

— 100th birthday Arthur Charles Clarke(1917-2008), English writer.

— 85th birthday Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin(1932), Russian composer.

December 18 - Arabic Language Day(the day of approval in 1973 of the decision to include Arabic among the official and working languages ​​of the UN General Assembly).

— 70th birthday Steven Spielberg(1947), American director.

December 19th - International Day to Help the Poor. It was established by the UN Assembly to draw the attention of the public and states to the problem of the poor, whose situation leaves much to be desired.

20th of December - International Day of Human Solidarity. In 2005, the UN General Assembly declared that the International Day of Human Solidarity would be celebrated annually on December 20.

– 115th birthday Tatiana Alekseevna Mavrina(1902–1996), Russian artist, illustrator of works by A.S. Pushkin, laureate of the H.K. Andersen (1965) and the USSR State Prize (1975).

December 21 – born 100 years ago Heinrich Bell(1917–1985), German short story writer, prose writer.

December 22 – 80th birthday (1937) Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky, Russian writer, author of novels and stories for children.

December 23 – 240th birthday Alexandra I(1777–1825), Russian Emperor.

December 24 is the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The day of the capture of the Turkish fortress of Izmail by Russian troops under the command of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (1790). Established by Federal Law dated March 13, 1995 No. 32-FZ “On days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia.”

December 26 – 155th birthday Semyon Yakovlevich Nadson(1862–1877), Russian poet.

– 155th birthday Alexander Valentinovich Amfitheatrov(1862–1938), Russian writer.

December 27 – 195th birthday Louis Pasteur(1822–1895), an outstanding French scientist whose works laid the foundation for microbiology and immunology.

— 185th birthday Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov(1832–1898), merchant, philanthropist, founder of the Tretyakov Gallery.

December 28th - 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.

– 120th birthday Ivan Stepanovich Konev(1897–1973), Russian military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

December 29th - International Day of Biological Diversity. Celebrated by decision of the 49th session of the UN General Assembly (1995) on the day of entry into force of the International Convention on Biological Diversity (flora and fauna of the Earth) (1993).

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

December 31 - 280th birthday Rudolf Erich Raspe(1737–1794) German poet, historian, author of stories about Baron Munchausen.

— 180th birthday Louis Jacolliot(1837–1890), French writer, author of action novels.

2017 in Russia has been declared the Year of Ecology.

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

Under the auspices of the UN

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

Days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia in 2017

The list is given in accordance with Federal Law 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, 2017- Day of the complete liberation of the city of Leningrad by Soviet troops from the blockade by Nazi troops (1944);
• February 2, 2017- The day of the defeat of the Nazi-fascist troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943);
• February 23, 2017- Defender of the Fatherland Day;
• April 18, 2017- Day of the victory of the Russian warriors of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipsi (Battle of the Ice, 1242, actually happened on April 12 according to the new style or April 5 according to the old style);
• May 9, 2017- 72nd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945 (1945);
• July 7, 2017- Day of the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesma (1770);
• July 10, 2017- Victory Day of the Russian army under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709, actually happened on July 8 according to the new style or June 27 according to the old style);
• August 9, 2017- The day of the first naval victory in Russian history of the Russian fleet under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes at Cape Gangut (1714, actually happened on August 7);
• August 23, 2017 - The day of the defeat of Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943);
• September 8, 2017- Day of the Borodino battle of the Russian army under the command of M.I. Kutuzov with the French army (1812, actually happened on September 7, new style, or August 26, old style);
• September 11, 2017- Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of F.F. Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Tendra (actually happened on September 8-9 according to the new style or on August 28-29 according to the old style);
• September 21, 2017- 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, 2017- National Unity Day.;
• November 7, 2017- The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941);
• December 1, 2017- Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of P.S. Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (1853, actually happened on November 30, new style, or November 18, old style);
• December 5, 2017- The day of the start of the counter-offensive of Soviet troops against Nazi troops in the Battle of Moscow (1941);
• December 24, 2017- 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 2017:

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

World events:

Under the auspices of the UN:

• 2014 - 2024 - A decade of sustainable energy for all.
• 2013 - 2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures
• 2012-2017 — Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On the National Strategy of Action in the Interests of Children for 2012-2017.”
• 2011-2020 - United Nations Decade of Biodiversity.
• 2011 - 2020 - Decade of Action for Road Safety.
• 2010 - 2020 - United Nations Decade dedicated to deserts and the fight against desertification.
• 2008 - 2017 - Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty.
• 2017 - International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development

In the CIS 2017 announced:

• "Year of Defender of the Fatherland"

2017 in Russia has been announced:

• Year of Ecology
• Year of Specially Protected Natural Areas

Some anniversary dates of 2017:

• 870 years (1147) since the mention of Moscow - the capital of the Russian Federation
• 150 years (March 30, 1867) from the date of signing the Treaty on the sale by Russia of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands (Russian America) to the United States for $7.2 million
• 775 years (April 18, 1242) since the Battle of the Ice led by Alexander Nevsky

January

January 27 Day of military glory of Russia. Day of lifting the blockade of Leningrad (1944)

January 2, 180 years from the day of birth Miliya Alekseevich Balakirev(1837 - 1910), Russian composer

January 3, 125 years from the day of birth John Ronald Reuel Tolkien(1892 - 1973), English writer, linguist, philologist

January 6, 145 years from the day of birth Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin(1872 - 1915), Russian composer

January 12, 110 years from the day of birth Sergei Pavlovich Korolev(1907 - 1966), Soviet scientist, designer, main organizer of the production of rocket and space technology and rocket weapons of the USSR and founder of practical cosmonautics

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

January 24, 285 years from the day of birth Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais(1732 - 1799), French playwright

January 25, 185 years from the day of birth Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin(1832 - 1898), Russian artist

January 27, 85 years old from the day of birth Rimma Fedorovna Kazakova(1932 - 2008), Russian poetess

January 27, 185 years from the day of birth Lewis Carroll(1832 - 1898), English writer, mathematician

January 28, 120 years from the day of birth Valentin Petrovich Kataev(1897 - 1986), Russian writer

January 31, 220 years from the day of birth Franz Peter Schubert(1797 - 1828), Austrian composer

February

February 2 Day of military glory of Russia. The day of the defeat of fascist troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943)

February 7, 205 years from the day of birth Charles Dickens(1812 - 1870), English writer

February 26, 215 years from the day of birth Victor Hugo(1802 - 1885), French writer

March

March 1 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.

March 6, 80 years old from the day of birth Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova(1937), the world's first female astronaut

March 11, 65 years old from the day of birth Douglas Noel Adams(1952 - 2001), science fiction writer, playwright, screenwriter

March 15, 80 years old from the day of birth Valentin Grigorievich Rasputin(1937 - 2015), Russian writer

March 24, 140 years from the day of birth Alexey Silych (Silantievich) Novikov-Priboy(1877 - 1944), Russian writer

March 24, 50 years old from the day of birth Anton Alexandrovich Utkin(1967), Russian writer, screenwriter, director

March 27, 90 years old from the day of birth Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich(1927 - 2007), Russian cellist, conductor

March 31, 135 years from the day of birth Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky(1882 - 1969), Russian poet, prose writer, publicist

March 31, 285 years from the day of birth Franz Joseph Haydn(1732 - 1809) Austrian composer

March 31, 145 years from the day of birth Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev(1872 - 1929), Russian theater and artistic figure

April

April 18th Day of military glory of Russia. Day of the victory of Russian soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German knights in the Battle of Lake Peipsi (Battle of the Ice, 1242)

April 2, 155 years from the day of birth Pyotr Arkadievich Stolypin(1862 - 1911), Russian statesman

April 4, 85 years old from the director's birthday Andrei Arsenievich Tarkovsky(1932 - 1986), film playwright

April 6, 205 years since the writer's birthday Alexander Ivanovich Herzen(1812 - 1870), philosopher

April 9, 115 years from the day of birth Olga Vasilievna Perovskaya(1902 - 1961), Russian children's writer, author of novels and stories about animals

April 10, 200 years from the day of birth Konstantin Sergeevich Aksakov(1817 - 1860), Russian poet, publicist, literary critic, historian

April 10, 80 years old from the day of birth Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulina(1937 - 2010), Russian poetess

April 15, 565 years from the day of birth Leonardo di Ser Piero da Vinci(1452 - 1519), Italian artist, scientist, engineer

April 19, 115 years from the day of birth Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin (Zilber)(1902 - 1989), Russian writer

April 22, 110 years from the day of birth Ivan Antonovich Efremov(1907 - 1972), Russian science fiction writer, paleontologist

April 28, 115 years from the day of birth Valentina Alexandrovna Oseeva(1902 - 1969), Russian children's writer

9th May Day of military glory of Russia. Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

May 4, 245 years from the day of birth Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus(1772 - 1823), founder of a publishing company specializing in the publication of encyclopedias

May 10, 85 years old from the day of birth Galina Nikolaevna Shcherbakova(Rudenko) (1932 - 2010), Russian writer

May 13, 80 years old from the day of birth Roger Joseph Zelazny(1937 - 1995), American science fiction writer

May 16, 130 years from the day of birth Igor Severyanin (Igor Vasilyevich Lotarev)(1887 - 1941) Russian poet

May 27, 80 years old from the day of birth Andrey Georgievich Bitov(1937), Russian writer

May 28, 140 years from the day of birth Maximilian Aleksandrovich Voloshin(1877 - 1932), Russian poet, translator, landscape artist

May 29, 230 years from the day of birth Konstantin Nikolaevich Batyushkov(1787 - 1855) Russian poet

May 30, 125 years from the day of birth Ivan Sergeevich Sokolov-Mikitov(1892 - 1975), Russian writer

May 31, 125 years from the day of birth Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky(1892 - 1968), Russian writer

June

June 8, 180 years from the day of birth Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy(1837 - 1887) Russian artist

June 15, 150 years from the day of birth Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont(1867 - 1942), Russian poet, essayist, translator

June 17, 135 years from the day of birth Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky(1882 - 1971), Russian composer, conductor, pianist

June 18, 205 years from the day of birth Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov(1812 - 1891), Russian writer

June 20, 90 years old from the day of birth Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kotenochkin(1927 - 2000), Russian animator, director, screenwriter

June 20, 85 years old from the day of birth Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky(1932 - 1994), Russian poet

June 23, 215 years since the birth of Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov (1802 - 1855), Russian naval commander

June 25, 110 years from the day of birth Arseny Alexandrovich Tarkovsky(1907 - 1989), Russian poet, translator

June 26, 95 years old from the day of birth Yuri Yakovlevich Yakovlev(1922 - 1996), Russian children's writer

June 28, 440 years from the day of birth Peter Paul Rubens(1577 - 1640), Flemish painter

July

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

July 1, 110 years from the day of birth Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov(1907 - 1982), Russian writer

July 2, 140 years from the day of birth Hermann Hesse(1877 - 1962), German writer, Nobel Prize winner (1946)

July 7, 130 years from the day of birth Mark Zakharovich Chagall(1887 - 1985), Russian painter and graphic artist

July 16, 145 years from the day of birth Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen(1872 - 1928), Norwegian polar explorer and traveler

July 24, 215 years from the day of birth Alexandra Dumas-father (1802 - 1870), French writer

July 29, 200 years from the day of birth Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky(1817 - 1900), Russian artist

August

August 14, 150 years from the day of birth John Galsworthy(1867 - 1933), English writer

August 15, 230 years from the day of birth Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabyev(1787 - 1851), Russian composer, pianist, conductor

August 19, 80 years old from the day of birth Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov(1937 - 1972), Russian playwright

August 20, 85 years old from the day of birth Vasily Pavlovich Aksenov(1932 - 2009), Russian writer

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

September

8 September Day of military glory of Russia. The Battle of Borodino of the Russian army under the command of M.I. Kutuzov with the French army (1812)

September 21 Victory of the Russian regiments led by Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy over the Mongol-Tatar troops in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380)

September 5, 200 years from the day of birth Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy(1817 - 1875), Russian writer, poet

September 7, 115 years from the day of birth Isabella Danilovna Yurieva (Livikova)(1902 - 2000), Russian pop singer

September 11, 155 years on the birthday of O. Henry (William Sidney Porter (1862 - 1910), American writer

September 11, 135 years from the day of birth Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov(1882 - 1938), children's writer

September 17, 160 years from the day of birth Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky(1857 - 1935), Russian self-taught scientist, inventor, founder of theoretical cosmonautics

September 21, 70 years old from the day of birth Stephen King(1947), American writer

September 25, 225 years from the day of birth Ivan Ivanovich Lazhechnikov(1792 - 1869), Russian writer

September 26, 85 years old from the day of birth Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich(1932), Russian writer

September 27, 85 years old from the day of birth Friedrich Evseevich Neznansky(1932 - 2013), Russian writer, publicist, lawyer

September 29, 200 years from the day of birth Alexander Vasilievich Sukhov-Kobylin(1817 - 1903), Russian playwright

September 30, 100 years from the day of birth Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov(1917 - 2014), Russian theater director

October

October 4, 170 years from the day of birth Louis Henri Boussenard(1847 - 1910), French writer

October 7, age 65 from the day of birth Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin(1952), Russian statesman and political figure

October 8, 125 years from the day of birth Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva(1892 - 1941), Russian poetess

October 9, 470 years from the day of birth Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra(1547 - 1616), Spanish writer

October 15, 120 years from the day of birth Ilya Ilf (Iekhiela-Leiba Arievich Fainzilberg)(1897 - 1937), Russian writer

October 23, 85 years old from the day of birth Vasily Ivanovich Belov(1932 - 2012), Russian writer

October 26, 175 years from the day of birth Vasily Vasilievich Vereshchagin(1842 - 1904), Russian artist

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

October 31, 115 years from the day of birth Evgeniy Andreevich Permyak(Vissova) (1902 - 1982), children's writer

November

November 3, 130 years from the day of birth Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak(1887 - 1964), Russian children's poet, playwright, translator

November 6, 165 years from the day of birth Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak(1852 - 1912), Russian writer

November 7, 100 years from the day of birth Lev Efimovich Kerbel(1917 - 2003), Russian monumental sculptor

November 7, 90 years old from the day of birth Anatoly Nikolaevich Tomilin (Brazol)(1927 - 2015), Russian writer, author of popular science books for children and youth

November 11, 95 years old from the day of birth Kurt Vonnegut(1922 - 2007), American writer

November 14, 110 years from the day of birth Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren(1907 - 2002), Swedish children's writer

November 18, 90 years old from the day of birth Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov(1927 - 2015), Russian film director, screenwriter, actor, poet

November 20, 80 years old from the day of birth Victoria Samoilovna Tokareva(1937), Russian writer, screenwriter

November 25, 455 years from the day of birth Felix Lope de Vega and Carpio(1562 - 1635), Spanish playwright

November 25, 300 years from the day of birth Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov(1717 - 1777), Russian poet, playwright

November 27, 70 years old from the day of birth Grigory Bentsionovich Oster(1947), Russian children's writer, poet

November 29, 215 years from the day of birth Wilhelm Hauff(1802 - 1827), German writer, storyteller

November 30, 80 years old from the day of birth Eduard Nikolaevich Artemyev(1937), Russian composer

November 30, 350 years from the day of birth Jonathan Swift(1667 - 1745), English writer

December

December 1 Day of military glory. Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of P. S. Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (1853)

5th of December The day of the start of the counter-offensive of Soviet troops against Nazi troops in the Battle of Moscow (1941)

December 24 Day of military glory. The day of the capture of the Turkish fortress Izmail by Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov (1790)

December 3, 110 years from the day of birth Zinaida Nikolaevna Alexandrova(1907 - 1983), Russian children's poetess

December 4, 135 years from the day of birth Yakov Isidorovich Perelman(1882 - 1942), Russian writer and popularizer of physical and mathematical sciences, founder of the genre of scientific and entertaining literature

December 8, 215 years from the day of birth Alexander Ivanovich Odoevsky(1802 - 1839), Russian poet, Decembrist

December 13, 220 years from the day of birth Heinrich Heine(1797 - 1856), German poet, publicist, critic

December 16, 100 years from the day of birth Arthur Charles Clarke(1917 - 2008), English science fiction writer

December 16, 85 years old from the day of birth Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin(1932), Russian composer

December 21, 100 years from the day of birth Heinrich Theodor Böll(1917 - 1985), German writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1972)

December 22, 80 years old from the day of birth Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky(1937), children's writer

December 27, 185 years from the day of birth Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov(1832 - 1898), Russian philanthropist

Books-anniversaries

30 years (1987) A. Rybakov - “Children of the Arbat”

30 years (1987) Yu. M. Nagibin “Get up and go”

30 years (1987) Y. S. Semenov “Expansion”

35 years (1982) A. A. Likhanov “The Supreme Measure”

40 years (1977) A. G. Aleksin “Third in the fifth row”

40 years (1977) V. S. Pikul “The Battle of the Iron Chancellors”

45 years (1972) T. I. Alexandrova “Kuzka the Little Brownie”

45 years (1972) V. G. Pikul “With a pen and a sword”

45 years (1972) A. N. Strugatsky, B. N. Strugatsky “Roadside Picnic”

60 Years (1957) R. D. Bradbury "Dandelion Wine"

60 years (1957) V. K. Zheleznikov “The eccentric from 6 “B”

60 years (1957) I. A. Efremov “Andromeda Nebula”

60 years (1957) N. N. Nosov “Dreamers”

60 years (1957) E. I. Charushin “Tomka”

60 years (1957) M. V. Sholokhov “The Fate of Man”

65 Years (1952) E. M. Hemingway “The Old Man and the Sea”

70 years (1947) S. Ya. Marshak “Fairy tale”

75 years (1942) P. P. Bazhov “Key-Stone”

75 years (1942) L. A. Kassil “Your defenders”

80 years (1937) B. S. Zhitkov “Sea stories”

80 years (1937) J. R. R. Tolkien “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again”

85 years (1932) A. P. Gaidar “Far Countries”

85 years (1932) N. A. Ostrovsky “How the steel was tempered”

85 years (1932) M. A. Sholokhov “Virgin Soil Upturned”

90 years (1927) M. A. Bulgakov “The White Guard”

90 years (1927) A. N. Tolstoy “Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin”

105 years (1912) L. N. Tolstoy “Father Sergius”, “Hadji Murat”

105 years (1912) A. C. Doyle “The Lost World”

110 years (1907) G. R. Haggart "Beautiful Margaret"

115 years (1902) E. L. Voynich “Gadfly”

115 years (1902) A. C. Doyle “The Hound of the Baskervilles”

120 Years (1897) H. D. Wells "The Invisible Man"

135 years (1892) M. Twain “The Prince and the Pauper”

140 years (1877) L. N. Tolstoy “Anna Karenina”

145 years (1872) J. Verne “Around the world in 80 days”

145 years (1872) I. S. Turgenev “Spring Waters”

150 years (1867) F. M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”

150 years (1867) V. V. Krestovsky “Petersburg slums”

155 years (1862) A. S. Griboedov “Woe from Wit”

155 years (1862) V. M. Hugo “Les Miserables”

155 years (1862) I. S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons”

170 years (1847) I.A. Potters "Ordinary History"

180 years (1837) M. Yu. Lermontov “Borodino”

180 years (1837) M. Yu. Lermontov “The Death of a Poet”

185 years (1832) N.V. Gogol “Evenings on a farm near Dikanka”

195 years (1822) A. S. Pushkin “Song about the prophetic Oleg”

225 years (1792) N. M. Karamzin “Poor Liza”

255 years (1762) C. Gozzi “The Deer King”, “Turandot”

1155 years ago (in 862) the state of Rus (Russian state, Russia) was formed

JANUARY

January 1 - Day of the epic hero Ilya Muromets
January 1 – 95 years since the birth of the Arkhangelsk writer Alexander Alekseevich Mikhailov (1922-2003)
January 16 - 150 years since the birth of the Russian writer, literary critic, translator Vikenty Vikentyevich Veresaev (1867-1945)
On January 21, 85 years ago, the first issue of the newspaper “Shock Brigade” was published (1932), since 1956 - “Lenin’s Banner”, since 1991 - “Ustyansky Krai”.
January 27 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian poetess, author of popular songs Rimma Fedorovna Kazakova (1932-2008)
January 28 - 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer, playwright, screenwriter, Hero of Socialist Labor Valentin Petrovich Kataev (1897-1986)

FEBRUARY

February 10 is the Day of Remembrance of A.S. Pushkin. 180 years since death (1799-1837)
February 13 - 85 years since the birth of the Soviet songwriter Igor Davydovich Shaferan (1932-1994)
February 17 - 210 years since the birth of the bishop, Russian theologian and spiritual writer Ignatius (Brianchaninov), in the world of Dmitry Alexandrovich Bryanchaninov (1807-1867)
February 20 - 165 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Georgievich Garin-Mikhailovsky (1852-1906)
February 24 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fedin (1892-1977)
February 28 - 95 years since the birth of the Russian literary and cultural critic Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman (1922-1993)

March 5 - 95 years since the birth of the Soviet front-line poet Semyon Petrovich Gudzenko (1922-1953)
March 13 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Semenovich Makanin (1937)
March 15 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian writer, representative of “village prose” Valentin Grigorievich Rasputin (1937-2015)
March 24 - 140 years since the birth of the Russian writer Alexei Silych (Silantievich) Novikov-Priboy (1877-1944)
March 24 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet, publicist, editor Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya (1907-1996)
March 31 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Vasilyevich Grigorovich (1822-1899)
March 31 - 135 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet and literary critic Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882-1969)

APRIL

April 1 – 95 years since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Petrovich Alekseev (1922 – 2008)
April 2 - International Children's Book Day
April 6 - 205 years since the birth of the Russian writer, philosopher and revolutionary Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (1812-1870)
April 10 - 200 years since the birth of the Russian writer, publicist Konstantin Sergeevich Aksakov (1817-1860)
April 10 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian poetess, writer, translator Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (1937-2010)
April 10 - 90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vil Vladimirovich Lipatov (1927-1979)
April 19 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer and screenwriter Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin (1902-1989)
April 22 - 110 years since the birth of the outstanding Russian science fiction writer, paleontologist Ivan Antonovich Efremov (1907-1972)
April 28 – 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Zoya Ivanovna Voskresenskaya (1907-1992)

May 4 – 245 years since the birth of Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772-1823), founder of the encyclopedic publishing house
May 10 - 100 years since the founding of the Russian Book Chamber (1917)
May 16 - 200 years since the birth of the Russian historian and writer Nikolai Ivanovich Kostomarov (1817-1885)
May 16 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet of the Silver Age Igor Severyanin (1897-1941)
May 21 - 145 years since the birth of the Russian poetess and writer Teffi, real name Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokhvitskaya (1872-1952)
May 24 - Day of Slavic Literature and Culture
May 25 - 75 years ago, by order of the People's Commissar, the Solovetsky School of Shyuns of the Northern Fleet was created (1942)
May 27 - All-Russian Library Day
May 28 - 140 years since the birth of the Russian poet, literary critic, translator, artist Maximilian Aleksandrovich Voloshin (1877-1932)
May 29 - 230 years since the birth of the Russian poet Konstantin Nikolaevich Batyushkov (1787-1855)
May 29 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Ivan Sergeevich Sokolov-Mikitov (1892-1975)
May 30 - 105 years since the birth of the Soviet songwriter Lev Ivanovich Oshanin (1912-1996)
May 31 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky (1892-1968)

June 1 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Boris Andreevich Mozhaev (1932 - 1996)
June 2 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Yunna Petrovna Moritz (1937)
June 4 – 80 years since the birth of the Arkhangelsk poet Vadim Anatolyevich Bednov (1937-1992)
June 6 - Pushkin Day of Russia
June 16 - 150 years since the birth of the Russian symbolist poet, one of the most prominent representatives of the poetry of the Silver Age, Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont (1867-1942)
June 18 - 205 years since the birth of the Russian writer Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov (1812-1891)
June 18 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer and poet Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (1907-1982)
June 20 - 85 years since the birth of the Soviet poet, translator Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky (1932-1994)
June 21 - 220 years since the birth of the Russian poet, Decembrist Wilhelm Karlovich Kuchelbecker (1797-1846)
June 25 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian poet, translator Arseny Aleksandrovich Tarkovsky (1907-1989)
June 27 - 75 years ago, one of the largest Lend-Lease convoys RQ - 17 left Hvalfjod (Iceland) for the USSR. (1942)

July 1 – 155 years since the founding of the Russian State Library (1862)
July 3 – 70 years since the birth of Ustyansk local historian Vladimir Petrovich Mamonov (1947)
July 6 - 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Borisovich Mariengof (1897-1962)
July 6 - 140 years since the birth of the Russian writer Alexei Mikhailovich Remizov (1877-1957)
July 11 – 85 years since the birth of the Nenets writer and public figure Prokopiy Andreevich Yavtysy (1932-2005)
July 15 - 115 years since the birth of forest scientist Alexander Alekseevich Molchanov, a native of the village of Kuzoverskaya, Ustyansky district (1902-1985)
July 23 - 225 years since the birth of the Russian poet, literary critic Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky (1792-1878)
July 28 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian poet, literary and theater critic Apollo Aleksandrovich Grigoriev (1822-1864)
July 28 - 95 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Vasilyevich Karpov (1922-2010)
July 29 – 200 years since the birth of the Russian artist Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)

A B G U S T

August 2 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Vladimir Konstantinovich Arro (1932)
August 8 – 90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov (1927-1982)
August 13 - 95 years since the birth of the Arkhangelsk writer Anatoly Ilyich Levushkin (1922 - 2001)
August 19 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian playwright Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (1937-1972)
August 20 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vasily Pavlovich Aksenov (1932-2010)
August 27 - 140 years since the birth of the Russian writer and poet Sergei Konstantinovich Makovsky (1877-1962).

SEPTEMBER

September 2 – 80 years since the birth of the Arkhangelsk poetess Olga Alexandrovna Fokina (1937)
September 6 - 80 years since the birth of the Soviet screenwriter, director, poet Gennady Fedorovich Shpalikov (1937-1974)
September 5 - 200 years since the birth of the Russian writer and poet Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875)
September 10 – 145 years since the birth of the Russian travel writer Vladimir Klavdievich Arsenyev (1872-1930)
September 11 - 135 years since the birth of the founder of Soviet children's prose, writer Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov (1882-1938)
September 15 – 85 years since the birth of the Arkhangelsk writer Dmitry Alekseevich Ushakov (1932-2011)
September 18 - 75 years since the birth of the Arkhangelsk poet and prose writer Valery Petrovich Aushev (1942)
September 22 – 95 years since the birth of the Ustyansky writer Mikhail Ananyevich Borisov (1922-1977)
September 23 – 80 years ago, by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the Arkhangelsk region was formed (1937)
September 25 - 120 years since the birth of American writer, Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner (1897-1962)
September 26 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich (1932)
September 29 - 200 years since the birth of the Russian playwright Alexander Vasilyevich Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817-1903)
September 29 - 470 years since the birth of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

OCTOBER

October 7 – 65 years since the birth of Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (1952)
October 8 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian poetess, prose writer, translator, greatest poet of the 20th century Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892-1941)
October 15 - 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf (1897-1937)
October 23 – 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vasily Ivanovich Belov (1932-2012)
October 27 – 80 years since the birth of the Arkhangelsk writer Yuri Fedorovich Galkin (1937)
October 31 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Evgeniy Andreevich Permyak (1902-1982)

NOVEMBER

November 3 - 130 years since the birth of the Soviet poet and translator Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964)
November 6 - 165 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912)
November 7 – 90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Nikolaevich Tomilin (1927-2015)
November 14 - 110 years since the birth of the Swedish children's writer Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (1907-2002)
November 20 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian writer Victoria Samoilovna Tokareva (1937)
November 25 - 300 years since the birth of the Russian writer Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov (1717-1777)
November 27 is the 70th anniversary of the birth of one of the most read and published Russian children's writers, Grigory Bentsionovich Oster (1947).
November 30 - 350 years since the birth of the English satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

DECEMBER

December 4 - 135 years since the birth of the Russian popular writer, publicist Yakov Isidorovich Perelman (1882-1942)
December 5 – 55 years since the birth of Ustyansk poetess and journalist Marina Yuryevna Vakhto (1962)
December 8 - 215 years since the birth of the Russian poet, Decembrist Alexander Ivanovich Odoevsky (1802-1839)
December 10 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian publicist and sociologist Nikolai Yakovlevich Danilevsky (1822-1885)
December 22 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky (1937)

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS 2017

225 years - N. M. Karamzin “Poor Liza” (1792)
195 years - A. S. Pushkin “Song of the prophetic Oleg” (1822)
180 years - M. Yu. Lermontov “Borodino” (1837)
155 years - A. S. Griboedov “Woe from Wit”,
I. S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons” (1862)
150 years - V.V. Krestovsky “Petersburg slums”,
F. M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”,
145 years - I. S. Turgenev “Spring Waters”
140 years - L. N. Tolstoy “Anna Karenina” (1877)
90 years old - A. N. Tolstoy “Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin”,
M. A. Bulgakov “The White Guard” (1927)
85 years old - N. A. Ostrovsky “How the steel was tempered” (1932)
60 years old - N. N. Nosov “Dreamers”,
M. V. Sholokhov “The Fate of Man”,
I. A. Efremov “Andromeda Nebula” (1957)
45 years old - V. S. Pikul “With a pen and a sword”,
A. N. Strugatsky, B. N. Strugatsky “Roadside Picnic” (1972)
40 years old - V. S. Pikul “The Battle of the Iron Chancellors” (1977)
30 years old - A. N. Rybakov “Children of Arbat” (1987)

Before presenting to your attention the calendar of memorable, anniversary and significant dates for 2017, we would like to tell you about what these important significant dates are?

What dates are called anniversary and memorable?

In relation to a specific person, the definition anniversary dates It’s quite understandable: human life is measured in decades, so dates ending in 0 are usually called anniversaries. Also, anniversaries include “half” dates, that is, those ending in 5. On a national scale, the concept of “anniversary” may vary. Surprisingly, there are no rules as to which ones should be called an anniversary; this is often determined intuitively. Approximate dates, as a rule, are not marked, but specific dates can be ending in 0, 5 or simply significant numbers, for example, 111 years from the moment of development of a building, structure, city or 1999 days from the date of discovery of something ...

Memorable dates they call days that influenced the fate of specific historical figures, or those in which interesting facts occurred that remained in human memory and played an important role in the formation of cultural, historical or other values ​​(see).

Significant Events and days are determined by various historical events that influenced the course of history of a person, a country, an entire nation, or even the entire planet.

Literary observances of 2017

Anniversaries in 2017

01/31/2017 – 220 years since the birth of the Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert.
02/20/2017 – 50 years ago, one of the most notorious rock performers of the last century, Kurt Cobain, founder of Nirvana, was born.
03/02/2017 – the famous Soviet composer Ilya Kataev would have turned 80 years old.
05/06/2017 – The most famous producer of modern Russia, Maxim Fadeev, will celebrate his 50th anniversary.
06/17/2017 – 200 years since the birth of Charles Francois Gounod, a French organist and composer.
07/10/2017 – People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Ilya Oleinikov would celebrate his 70th birthday. It is significant that his closest friend and comrade-in-arms, Yuri Stoyanov, will celebrate his 60th birthday on July 10.
10/12/2017 – another Honored Artist of Russia, singer Jasmine, will celebrate her 40th anniversary.
10.24.2017 – French composer Gilbert Becaud would have turned 90 years old – the author of more than 400 songs that have gained worldwide popularity.
12/25/2017 – birthday of the honored cultural worker of Russia Evgenia Smirnova - 70th birthday.

Works and books-anniversaries of 2017

Historical events, international dates

03/08/2017 – International Women's Day.
04/12/2017 – International Aviation and Cosmonautics Day. 56 years ago Yu. Gagarin became the first person to fly into space.
05/15/2017 – International Day of Families.
05/18/2017 – International Museum Day.
01.06.2017 – International Day of Protection.
08/06/2017 – 72 years since the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
12/09/2017 – International Anti-Corruption Day.

Other dates to be celebrated in 2017

04/02/2017 – 212 years since the birth of the famous storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, author of a huge number of adult and children's books.
04/13/2017 – World Rock and Roll Day.
05/08/2017 – 189 years since the birth of Jean Dunant, the founder of the international Red Cross community.
05/25/2017 – International Day of Missing Children.
07/18/2017 – 99 years since the birth of Nobel laureate, President of South Africa and prominent political figure Nelson Mandela.
November 13, 2017 is the birthday of Valentin Gayuy, a French teacher, creator of the alphabet for the blind and methods of teaching children with low vision.