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27.04.2008 - Russians celebrate Orthodox Easter
Easter begins on Holy Saturday evening, with a long church vigil commemorating the buried Christ. The service lasts into the early hours of Sunday and culminates in a grand midnight procession, which is often attended by non-believers attracted by its majestic pageantry.
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23.03.2008 - 40,000 Russian weathermen mark their professional holiday
Some 40,000 Russian weathermen will mark on Sunday their professional holiday – World Meteorological Day. This year’s topic of the holiday is “Observations of our planet for better future”.
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23.02.2008 - Russia celebrates Defender of Fatherland Day
A number of official ceremonies and party meetings were held in Moscow on Saturday, a public holiday throughout Russia, which celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day.
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09.12.2007 - Russia to celebrate Day of Heroes of Fatherland for first time
This holiday was established in the calendar of the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia at the initiative of the Association of Heroes of Russia and was approved by the State Duma in March 2007.
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05.11.2007 - Russia marks Day of People’s Unity for third time
Russia marks Day of People’s Unity on November 4. This state holiday was instituted three years ago in memory of the 1612 events when Moscow’s liberation from Polish invaders had put an end to the Great Discord in the state.
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26.08.2007 - Coalminer Day to be celebrated in Russia
Workers of one of the most dangerous and difficult vocation – coalminers will celebrate their professional holiday in Russia on Sunday. According to the tradition dated back to the forties of the twentieth century Coalminer Day is celebrated in Russia every year on the last Sunday of August.
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22.08.2007 - Russia marks State Flag Day
The state flag festival was instituted by a Presidential Decree dated August 1994 in view of the restoration of "the tri-coloured State Flag covered with the glory of many generations of the people of Russia
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19.08.2007 - Russian Orthodox Church marks Transfiguration of Our Lord holiday
The Russian Orthodox Church marks this Sunday one of the 12 great holidays – the Transfiguration of Our Lord. Alexy, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, will perform a holiday service and sanctify new crop goods at the Christ Our Saviour Cathedral.
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19.08.2007 - Russia marks Air Fleet Day
Russia will mark Air Fleet Day on Sunday. Established by a decree of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation in 1992, it falls on the third Sunday of August.
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12.08.2007 - Russian Air Force celebrates 95th anniversary
Russia's military aviation force was set up 95 years ago, on August 12, 1912, when the military department by its order put an aircraft unit into service.
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