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23.04.2006 - Russia Celebrates Orthodox Easter
“The fruitful actions of the Russian Orthodox Church... in preserving civil peace and accord in the country and resolving pressing social problems cannot be overlooked on this day,” Putin said in a message to mark Russian Orthodox Easter released by the Kremlin.
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23.02.2006 - Russia fetes servicemen on Defender of Fatherland Day
February 23 is Defender of the Fatherland Day in Russia, on which people fete all troops, war veterans, and the families of those whose kin are with the military.
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07.01.2006 - Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7
The Russian believers fast during the New Year holidays. They abstain from meat and fish, sweets and wine, and eat only vegetarian food, porridge without butter, and mushrooms.
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04.11.2005 - Russia disregards old communist holidays and institutes new ones
Russia celebrates the National Unity Day on November 4. Practically all Russian people have a three-day weekend now: November 4, 5, and 6. Making a speech at the official State Awards ceremony in the Kremlin last week, President Putin stated that the roots of the People's Unity Day go back to the glorious and heroic events of the year 1612.
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21.10.2005 - Old Believers Elect New Leader
Late in the evening on Tuesday, a holy assembly of the Old Rite Russian Orthodox Church elected a new supreme pontiff to succeed Andrian, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, who died in August.
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20.09.2005 - Russians work, not rest, at their dachas
The majority of respondents in an opinion survey published Monday said their dachas and country land plots were an additional source of income rather than a place to rest and relax.
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12.08.2005 - the History of Cossacks
Who are the Cossacks? Are they a people, a party, a military group? Are they part and parcel of the Russian people, or are they an independent nation, entitled to recognition as such?
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12.08.2005 - Russian Federation marks Air Force Day on Friday
Russia on Friday will mark Air Force Day, introduced under a presidential decree of August 29, 1997. The main festivities on the occasion are held on the third Sunday of August.
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03.07.2005 - Russian traffic policemen mark professional holiday
Traffic policemen are marking their professional holiday on Sunday. They will go to work in formal military on the day when the 69th anniversary of Russian traffic police is marked. However, despite of the festive mood traffic policemen will be strict to drivers who violate the traffic rules.
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19.06.2005 - Russian doctors & nurses mark professional holiday
Nearly 700,000 Russian doctors and 1.5 million nurses are marking their professional holiday on Sunday. The Day of Medical Worker traditionally falls on the third Sunday of June.
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