Calendar of holidays for the year.

The Year of the Yellow Dog, namely this sacred animal according to the Chinese calendar, will be the host in 2018, filled with anniversaries and significant events for Russia. These include public holidays, and birthdays of great personalities, and memorable historical events, and the dates of publication of books with worldwide popularity.

What significant dates await the Russians?

Significant events in January

The first month of the year will be one of the busiest for the holidays, as 7 days out of 13 days off will be holidays for Russians. Traditionally, people will celebrate the New Year holidays for eight whole days - from 01.01 to 07.01 inclusive. The holidays will culminate in Christmas, which falls on Sunday, January 7th. As for the anniversaries of January, these include:

• January 1 - the day of the hero Ilya Muromets
• January 13 - Honored Artist of Russia Lyudmila Senchina will celebrate her birthday
• January 25 is the birthday of Vladimir Vysotsky, who would celebrate his 80th birthday on this day. Another holiday falls on this day - the Day of Russian Students (Tatiana's Day).

Memorable and iconic dates of February

The end of winter will be marked by the following significant events:

• February 2 - the day of the defeat of the Nazi troops near Stalingrad
• February 8 is the 90th anniversary of the brilliant Soviet, Russian actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov
• February 14 is the birthday (90th anniversary) of the Soviet physicist Sergei Kapitsa

What will we celebrate in March?

In March, Russians will celebrate not only International Women's Day, which is traditionally celebrated on the 8th and is an official day off, but also such anniversaries as:

• the 50th anniversary of the famous TV presenter and actress Ekaterina Strizhenova, which falls on March 20;
• On March 22, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, musician and singer Valery Syutkin, who will turn 60, will celebrate his birthday;
• March 28 - 150 years since the birth Soviet writer Maxim Gorky;
• March 31 is the birthday of Vladimir Vinokur, beloved by millions of Russians, film actor, pop artist and comedian.

Significant dates in April

• April 4 - the 80th anniversary of the famous songwriter, Honored People's Artist of the Russian Federation Ilya Reznik;
• April 13 will celebrate his 70th birthday, the master of folk music Mikhail Shufutinsky;
• April 18 is the day of the victory of the Russian squads on the ice of Lake Peipsi.

May holidays and significant events

May is considered the most festive month of the year: here we open May Day with Labor Day, celebrate the great Victory Day and at the same time do not forget about such anniversaries as:

• May 5 - birthday Russian composer and singer Maxim Fadeev;
• May 25 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous actress and People's Artist RSFSR Vera Orlova.

June: what does he bring us?

In June, Russians will pay all their attention to the most anticipated sporting event– the opening of the World Cup, which will take place on June 14. Among the others cultural events note the following:

• June 6 - Russian Language Day.
• June 13 will celebrate his 60th birthday National artist Russian Sergei Makovetsky.
• June 22 - Day of memory and sorrow.
• June 29 - Day of partisans and underground fighters.

July significant dates

• On July 8, People's Artist of the RSFSR Andrey Myagkov will celebrate his 80th birthday;
• On July 9, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Lia Akhedzhakova will turn 80 years old;
• July 10 - Victory Day of Russian weapons near Poltava;
• July 14 - the 275th anniversary of the Russian poet, state. figure G.R. Derzhavin;
• July 15 - the final match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

What will we celebrate in August?

• August 1 - Logistics Day of the Armed Forces of Russia;
• August 2 - Day of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation;
• August 6 - Day of the Railway Troops;
• August 8 - the 90th anniversary of the People's Artist of the RSFSR Nina Menshikova;
• August 9 - Victory Day of the Russian fleet at Cape Gangut.

What is special about September?

September will delight Russians with such anniversaries and significant dates:

• 1 September is the day of knowledge. On this day, Andrey Garmash, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, celebrates his 60th birthday.
• September 8 - Day of the Battle of Borodino.
• September 9 is the 190th anniversary of Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian writer.
• September 11 - Victory Day of the Russian fleet at Cape Tender.
• September 21 - Victory Day of Russian troops in the Battle of Kulikovo.

Significant dates in October

• October 1 - Day ground forces RF;
• October 4 - Space Forces Day;
• October 10 - the 50th anniversary of the actor Philip Yankovsky;
• October 24 - Day of divisions special purpose.

November and its significant events

• November 4 - Day national unity;
• November 7 - Day of the October Revolution of 1917;
• November 9 - 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian writer Ivan Turgenev;
• November 19 - Day rocket troops and artillery of the Russian Federation;
• November 20 - People's Artist of the USSR Alexei Batalov celebrates his 90th birthday;
• November 24 - Natalya Krachkovskaya, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, would celebrate her 80th birthday.

December: Have a good time 2018

Russians devote December not only to preparing for the New Year, but also to celebrating such dates:

• December 1 - Victory Day of the Russian fleet at Cape Sinop.
• December 5 - Day of the beginning of the offensive of the Red Army near Moscow.
• December 6 celebrates his birthday (60 years) famous actor RF Alexander Baluev.
• December 9 - Heroes of the Fatherland Day.
• December 11 - 100 years since the birth of the laureate Nobel Prize, Soviet writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
• December 12 - Constitution Day of the Russian Federation.
• December 24 - Day of the capture of the fortress of Izmail.

Calendar of historical events and significant dates in 2018

the date	Significant event
January 27	International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February 4	World Cancer Day
February 13	world radio day
February 20th	world day of social justice
March 1	Zero Discrimination Day
March, 3rd	World Wildlife Day
March 8	International Women's Day
20th of March	international day of happiness
21 March	International Day of Forests, World Poetry Day
March, 25	World TB Day
April 7	world health day
April 12th	Cosmonautics Day
26 April	Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl Disaster
May 8-9	Days of Remembrance and Reconciliation dedicated to the victims of World War II
June 1st	World Parents Day
July 30	international friendship day
12th of August	International Youth Day
September 21	International Day of Peace
October 5	world teachers day
October 9	World Post Day
November 14	World Diabetes Day
20 November	World Children's Day
December 1	World AIDS Day
December 7	International Civil Aviation Day
December 10	human rights day
December 20	International Day of Human Solidarity

Calendar of significant and literary dates for 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a Decree on the announcement in Russia from 2018 to 2027 of the Decade of Childhood.
315 years since the founding of St. Petersburg.
185 years since the publication of the first complete edition of the novel in verse "Eugene Onegin" by A. S. Pushkin.
125 years since the official opening of the Moscow City Gallery of Pavel and Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov. Now - the State Tretyakov Gallery.

120 years since the grand opening of the Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III. Now - the State Russian Museum.
100 years since the return of the status of the capital of Russia to Moscow.
100 years since the execution in Yekaterinburg of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II and members of his family.
75 years since the victory Soviet troops over the Nazi troops in Battle of Stalingrad and in the battle Kursk Bulge.
In March 2018, the presidential elections in Russia will be held in Russia.

JANUARY

January 1 - Day epic hero Ilya Muromets;
January 2-8 - Week of science and technology for children and youth;
January 9 - 90 years since the birth of B.A. Chichibabin, Russian poet (1923-1994);
January 9 - 105 years since the birth of E. S. Kokovin, northern writer (1913 -1977)
January 10 - 135 years since the birth of A.N. Tolstoy, Russian writer (1883-1945);
January 12 - 390 years since the birth of Ch. Perrault, French writer (1628–1703);
January 16 - 110 years since the birth of P.F. Nilin, Russian writer (1908-1981);
January 18 - 95 years since the birth of E. F. Bogdanov, northern writer (1923-1999)
January 18 - 120 years since the birth of A.I. Bezymensky, Russian poet (1898-1973);
January 19 - 110 years since the birth of N.P. Konchalovskaya, Russian writer (1903-1988);
January 21 - 110 years since the birth of K.B. mints, children's writer (1908–1995);
January 21 - 110 years since the birth of K.F. Sedykh, Russian writer, poet (1908–1979);
January 22 - 230 years since the birth of D. Byron, English poet (1788–1824);
January 22 - 120 years since the birth of S.M. Eisenstein, Russian director (1898-1948);
January 22 - 90 years since the birth of P.L. Proskurin, Russian writer (1928–2001);
January 24 - 170 years since the birth of V.I. Surikov, Russian painter (1848–1916);
January 25 - 80 years since the birth of V.S. Vysotsky, actor, singer, composer (1938–1980);
January 28 - 80 years since the birth of V.I. Shcherbakov, Russian science fiction writer (1938-2004);

FEBRUARY
February 4 - 145 years since the birth of M.M. Prishvin, Russian writer (1873–1954);
February 9 - 190th birthday of Jules Verne, French writer (1828–1905);
February 9 - 80 years since the birth of Yu.I. Koval, children's writer (1938–1995);
February 10 - 80 years since the birth of G. A. Vainer, Russian writer (1938–2009);
February 10 - 80 years since the birth of V. M. Shugaev, Russian writer (1938–1997);
February 15 - 90th birthday of E. Raud, Estonian children's writer (1928–1996);
February 16 - 120 years since the birth of I. Ya. Brazhnin, northern writer (1898-1982)
February 21 - 400 years ago, Mikhail Romanov (1596–1645) was proclaimed tsar;
February 22 - 90 years since the birth of V.L. Razumnevich, children's writer (1928-1996);
February 23 - 100 years since the birth of V.D. Fedorov, Russian poet (1918-1984);
February 26 - 80 years since the birth of A.A. Prokhanov, Russian writer (1938);

MARCH
March 7 - 140 years since the birth of B.M. Kustodiev, Russian painter (1878–1927);
March 7 - 90 years since the birth of V.A. Chivilikhin, Russian writer (1928-1984);
March 8 - 80 years since the birth of O. G. Chukhontsev, Russian poet (1938);
March 9 - 115 years since the birth of I. N. Molchanov, northern poet (1903-1984)
March 13 - 130 years since the birth of A.S. Makarenko, teacher and writer (1888–1939);
March 17 - 110 years since the birth of B.N. Polevoy (Kampov), Russian writer (1908–1981);
March 19 - 120 years ago the State Russian Museum was opened;
March 21 - World Poetry Day;
March 22 - 90 years since the birth of D.M. Volkogonov, Russian historian (1928–1995);
From March 24 to March 31 - Week of Children's and Youth Books;
March 25 - Day of the cultural worker of the Russian Federation.
March 26 - 110 years since the birth of S.V. Sartakov, Russian prose writer (1908-1993);
March 27 - 105 years since the birth of A. Ya. Yashin, northern poet and prose writer (1913-1968)
March 27 - International Theater Day;
March 27 - 110 years since the birth of V.A. Zakrutkin, Russian writer (1908-1984);
March 28 - 150 years since the birth of Maxim Gorky (A. M. Peshkov), Russian writer (1868–1936);
APRIL
April 1 - 110 years since the birth of L.E. Razgon, Russian writer (1908–1999);
April 1 - 90 years since the birth of V.D. Berestov, Russian poet (1928-1998);
April 2 - 130 years since the birth of M.S. Shahinyan, writers (1888-1982);
April 2 - International Children's Book Day;
April 4 - 200 years since the birth of M. Reed, English writer (1818–1883);
April 6 - World Cartoon Day.
April 7 - World Health Day.
April 15 - World Day of Culture
April 20 - 440 years since the birth of D.M. Pozharsky, Russian prince, commander (1578–1642);
April 23 - 100 years since the birth of Maurice Druon, French writer (1918-2009);
April 24 - 110 years since the birth of V.V. Chaplina, children's writer (1908–1994);

MAY
May 2 - 115 years since the birth of A. D. Churkin, northern poet (1903-1971)
May 5 - 90 years since the birth of A.S. Ivanov, Russian writer (1928–1999);
May 6 - 100 years since the birth of M.N. Alekseev, Russian writer (1918–2007);
May 14 - 90 years since the birth of S.L. Prokofieva, children's writer (1928);
May 15 - International Day of the Family;
May 15 - 170 years since the birth of V.M. Vasnetsov, Russian painter (1848-1926);
May 18 - 150 years since the birth of Nicholas II, Russian Emperor (1868–1918);
May 18 - International Museum Day;
May 19 - 130 years since the birth of V.M. Konashevich, illustrator (1888-1963);
May 24 - Day Slavic writing and culture;
May 26 - 80 years since the birth of L.S. Petrushevskaya, Russian writer (1938);
May 27 - All-Russian Day of Libraries.

JUNE
June 6 - Pushkin Day in Russia;
June 6 - Russian Language Day
June 12 - Day of Russia.
June 17 - Father's Day;
June 22 - 120 years since the birth of Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (1898–1970);

JULY
July 4 - 100 years since the birth of P.D. Kogan, Russian poet (1918-1942);
July 5 - 110 years since the birth of V.G. Suteev, children's writer, illustrator (1903-1993);
July 8 - All-Russian day of family, love and fidelity;
July 13 - 90 years since the birth of V.S. Pikul, Russian writer (1928 - 1990);
July 15 - 110 years since the birth of B.L. Gorbatov, Russian writer (1908-1954);
July 16 - 90 years since the birth of A.D. Dementiev, Russian poet (1928);
July 16 - 90th birthday of R. Sheckley, American science fiction writer (1928–2005);
July 19 - 90 years since the birth of V.I. Porudominsky, children's writer (1928);
July 21 - 120 years since the birth of L. S. Sobolev, Russian writer (1898-1971);
July 22 - 140 years since the birth of J. Korczak, Polish teacher and writer (1878–1942);
July 24 - 190 years since the birth of N.G. Chernyshevsky, Russian writer, literary critic (1828–1889);
July 28 - 125 years since the birth of B. V. Shergin, northern writer (1893-1973)
July 29 - 100 years since the birth of V.D. Dudintsev, Russian writer (1918–1998);
July 30 - 90 years since the birth of L.A. Tokmakov, illustrator of children's books (1928–2010);
A B G U S T
August 5 - 120 years since the birth of V.I. Lebedev-Kumach, songwriter (1898-1949);
August 11 - 180 years since the birth of A.K. Sheller (Mikhailov), Russian writer (1838–1900);
August 20 - 200 years since the birth of Emilia Brontë, English writer (1818–1848);
August 22 - 110 years since the birth of L.I. Panteleev, Russian writer (1908-1987);
August 22 - Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation.

SEPTEMBER
September 9 - 190 years since the birth of L.N. Tolstoy, Russian writer (1828-1910);
September 9 - 100 years since the birth of B.V. Zakhoder, children's poet and translator (1918–2000);
September 10 - 100 years since the birth of E.B. Alexandrova, children's writer - popularizer (1918-1994);
September 23 - 120 years since the birth of Z.K. Shishova, children's writer (1898–1977);
September 24 - 120 years since the birth of G.P. Storm, Russian writer (1898-1978);

OCTOBER
October 1 - International Music Day;
October 14 - 80 years since the birth of V.P. Krapivin, children's writer (1938);
October 19 - 100 years since the birth of A.A. Galich, Russian writer, poet (1918-1977);
October 24 - 80 years since the birth of V.V. Erofeev, Russian writer (1938–1990);
October 26 - 90 years since the birth of L.G. Matveeva, children's writer (1928);
October 29 - 100 years since the birth of M.K. Lukonin, Russian poet (1918–1976);

NOVEMBER
November 1 - 110 years since the birth of B.L. Mogilevsky, children's writer (1908-1987);
November 4 - National Unity Day.
November 9 - 200 years since the birth of I.S. Turgenev, Russian writer (1818-1883);
November 11 - 90 years since the birth of A.A. Bezuglov, adventure writer (1928);
November 20 - 160 years since the birth of S. Lagerlöf, Swedish writer (1858–1940);
November 21 - 100 years since the birth of L.Z. Uvarova, Russian writer (1918 - 1990);
November 22 - 90 years since the birth of N.N. Dobronravov, songwriter (1928);
November 23 - 110 years since the birth of N.N. Nosov, Russian children's writer (1908-1976);
November 30 - 105 years since the birth of V.Yu. Dragunsky, children's writer (1913-1972);

DECEMBER
December 9 - Day of Heroes of the Fatherland in Russia;
December 10 - 120 years since the birth of Yu.N. Libedinsky, Russian writer (1898-1959);
December 11 - 100 years since the birth of A.I. Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer (1918–2008);
December 12 - 90 years since the birth of V.M. Sanin, contemporary prose writer (1928-1989);
December 12 - 90 years since the birth of Ch.T. Aitmatova, Kyrgyz writer (1928–2008);
December 12 - Constitution Day of the Russian Federation;
December 15 - 100 years since the birth of S.F. Hansovsky, contemporary science fiction writer (1918-1990);
December 16 - 85 years since the birth of V. N. Ledkov, northern poet (1933-2002)
December 23 - 160 years since the birth of V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian writer, playwright, director, creator of the Moscow Art Theater (1858-1943);
December 25 - 90 years since the birth of A. E. Rekemchuk, a modern Russian writer (1928).

ANNIVERSARY BOOKS 2018

185 years (1833) - "Colorful Tales" by V.F. Odoevsky
180 years (1838) - "Resistant tin soldier» H.K.Andersen
170 years (1848) - "White Nights" by Dostoevsky F. M.
160 years (1858) - " The Scarlet Flower» S.T. Aksakov;
150 years (1868) - "Children of Captain Grant" by Jules Verne
135 years (1883) - "Treasure Island" by R. L. Stevenson;
120 years (1898) - "The War of the Worlds" by G. Wells
115 years (1903) - "After the ball" by Leo Tolstoy
115 years (1903) - " The Cherry Orchard» A.P. Chekhov
110 years (1908) - "The Blue Bird" by M. Maeterlinck
105 years (1913) - "Childhood" by M. Gorky
100 years (1918) - The poem "Scythians" by Blok A. A.
95 years old (1923) - "Moydodyr" by K.I. Chukovsky
95 years (1923) - " Scarlet Sails» A.S. Grina
95 years old (1923) - "Dersu Uzala" Arsenyev V.K.
95 years old (1923) - "Red Devils" P. A. Blyakhin
95 years old (1923) - "Chapaev" Furmanova D. A.
90 years old (1928) - "Emil and the detectives" Kestner E.
90 years old (1928) - Amphibian Man by A.R. Belyaev
90 years (1928) - "Forest Newspaper" by V.V. Bianchi
90 years old (1928) - "Three fat men" by Yu.K.Olesha
90 years old (1928) - “Little Children” (in the last edition “From two to five”) by K.I. Chukovsky
90 years (1928) - "Who to be?" V.V.Mayakovsky
90 years (1928) - "Twelve Chairs" by I. Ilf and E. Petrov
80 years old (1938) - "Nikita and his friends" by E.I. Charushin
80 years old (1938) - "Cheremysh - brother of the hero" L.A. Kassil
75 years (1943) - " The little Prince» A. de Saint-Exupery
70 years (1948) - "Dagger" A.N. Rybakov
70 years (1948) - "The Tale of Lost Time" by E.L. Schwartz
65 years old (1958) - "Do not shoot at white swans" B. Vasiliev

Every year, citizens of the Russian Federation celebrate memorable dates that were formed during the life of one or another significant person. Whether it be a poet, scientist, politician or famous physician.

Born in our country great amount once great people, and do not forget the dates that single out this or that person who influenced the fate of the state.

Which of the dates are considered significant, memorable and anniversary

We rarely think about why this or that day is called that way. And all because in some solid period of time, 5, 10, 25, 50 years ago, something important happened on this day. Such dates are called anniversary.

But memorable dates have one fixed date. For example: end or beginning of the war, premiere scientific work, death or birth of an outstanding person.

Not so important events in Russia, but still well remembered by everyone, are called dates significant. Let's take a look at some of these dates.

Memorable dates 2018 - literary

Poets, scientists, politicians - their anniversaries in 2018

Anniversaries 2018 for books and works

Famous composers and their anniversaries in 2018

(Q4 2018 - 2019)

2018 - Year of Japan in Russia and Russia in Japan

Anniversaries

1155 years since the emergence of Slavic writing (863 - Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers Cyril and Methodius created Slavic alphabet)

1115 years since the first mention of Pskov in the annals (903)

1030 years of the Baptism of Russia (988)

970 years since the birth of Omar Khayyam (1048-1122), Persian poet and scholar

965 years since the birth of Vladimir Monomakh (1053-1125), Grand Duke of Kyiv

905 years of the original version chronicle The Tale of Bygone Years (compiled circa 1113)

905 years of the “Ustav” of Vladimir Monomakh (published in 1113)

855 years since the construction of the Cathedral Notre Dame of Paris, Notre Dame de Paris (1163)

795 years of the battle on the river. Kalke between the Mongol and Russian troops (1223)

470 years since the birth of Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), Italian philosopher and poet

455 years of the first Russian printing house of Ivan Fedorov and Pyotr Mstislavets in Moscow (1563)

440 years of the "ABC" by Ivan Fedorov (1578). The first book for worldly purposes is the Russian primer "ABC".

405 years of the Romanov dynasty (1613 - Mikhail Romanov proclaimed tsar).

405 years of the feat of Ivan Susanin (1613)

315 years of St. Petersburg (1703)

315 years of "Arithmetic" by Leonty Magnitsky (1703)

315 years since the publication of the first Russian newspaper"Vedomosti" (1703)

315 years of the first official exchange in Russia, founded on the initiative of Peter I in St. Petersburg (1703)

300 years of the first head census (1718)

245 years of the uprising led by E.I. Pugacheva (1773)

235 years since establishment Russian Academy (1783)

215 years circumnavigation I.F. Krusenstern (1803)

200 years since the grand opening of the monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow (1818)

120 years of the State Russian Museum (opened to visitors in 1898)

100 years of the Western European calendar in Russia (introduced in 1918)

95 years of the State Emblem of the CCCP (1923)

85 years of popular biography series "Life wonderful people» (1933)

75 years of the Battle of Kursk (1943)

75 years of breaking the blockade of Leningrad (1943)

75th Anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad (ended in 1943)

45th anniversary of the literary-critical journal "Literary Review" (founded in 1973)

315 years of the first issue of the Russian printed newspaper Vedomosti (1703)

155 years of the State Public Historical Library in Moscow (1863)

145 years of the first performance of the opera in St. Petersburg on stage Mariinsky Theater (1873)

80 years ago, a film by S.M. Eisenstein "Alexander Nevsky" (1938)

50 years since airing information program"Time" (1968)

125 years since the birth of I.V. Panfilova (1893-1941), Soviet commander

January 4 - 375 years since the birth of Isaac Newton (1643-1726), English physicist, mathematician, astronomer
January 6 - 80 years since the birth of Adriano Celentano (1938)

– 105 years since the birth of Yaroslav Smelyakov (1913-1972), Russian poet, critic and translator

- 115 years since the birth of I.V. Kurchatov (1903-1960), an outstanding Russian scientist in the field of nuclear physics

– 390 years since the birth of Charles Perrault (1628-1703), French poet, critic and storyteller

January 16 - 110 years since the birth of P.F. Nilin (1908–1981), Russian novelist, playwright and screenwriter

January 17 - 155 years since the birth of K.S. Stanislavsky (1863-1938), Russian actor, director, teacher

- 155 years since the birth of A.S. Serafimovich (1863-1949), Russian writer

January 22 - 230 years since the birth of George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), English romantic poet

– 120 years since the birth of S.M. Eisenstein (1898-1948), Soviet director, cinema innovator

– 110 years since the birth of L.D. Landau (1908–1968), Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize winner (1962)

– 90 years since the birth of P.L. Proskurin (1928-2001), Soviet writer

January 23 - 235 years since the birth of Stendhal (Henri Marie Beyle, 1783-1842), French writer

– 145 years since the birth of D.N. Ushakov (1873-1942), Russian philologist, editor and compiler explanatory dictionary Russian language"

– 80 years since the birth of Vladimir Vysotsky (1938-1980), actor, singer and poet

200 years since the publication of the first 8 volumes of the History of the Russian State by N.M. Karamzin (1818)

100 years since the publication of A. Blok's poem "Scythians" (1918)

100 years of the new calendar in Russia (since 1918)

– Memorial Day of the young anti-fascist hero

- 185 years since the birth of Jules Verne (1828-1905), French science fiction writer

February 9 - 235 years since the birth of V.A. Zhukovsky (1783-1852), Russian romantic poet, translator

– 125 years since the birth of D.D. Blagogo (1893-1984), Russian literary critic and Pushkinist

- 115 years since the birth of Georges Simenon (1903-1989), French writer, master detective genre

260 years since the birth of V.V. Kapnist (1758–1823), Russian poet and playwright

February 23 - 210 years since the birth of P.V. Kireevsky (1808-1856), Russian folklorist, translator

140 years since the birth of Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935), Russian avant-garde artist

February 24 - 105 years since the birth of E.G. Kazakevich (1913-1962), Russian writer, poet and translator

February 27 - 105 years since the birth of Irving Shaw (1913-1984), American writer, playwright

February 28 - 485 years since the birth of Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), French writer, philosopher

- 405 years of the historical feat of the Kostroma peasant Ivan Susanin (1613)

- 185 years of the first complete edition of the novel in verse "Eugene Onegin" (1833)

- 120 years of the State Russian Museum (1898)

- 110 years of the Library Science Society founded in St. Petersburg (1908)

- 105 years ago (1913) in Russia was first noted

– 100 years ago Moscow again became the capital of a new state – Soviet Russia (1918)

– 100th anniversary of the publication of A. Blok's poem "The Twelve" (1918)

– world day civil defense(since 1994)

March 12 - 155 years since the birth of V.I. Vernadsky (1863-1945), Russian thinker, naturalist

March 13 - 105 years since the birth of S.V. Mikhalkov (1913-2009), poet, children's writer, playwright, author national anthem Russia

March 20 - 190 years since the birth of Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian playwright and poet

- Day of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation

March 28 - 535 years since the birth of Raphael (Raffaello Santi, 1483-1520), Italian painter and architect

- 275 years since the birth of Princess E.R. Dashkova (1743-1810), an active figure in education

– 150 years since the birth of A.M. Gorky (1868-1936), Russian writer, literary critic and publicist

April 4 - 200 years since the birth of Mine Reed (1818-1883), American writer, master of the adventure genre

- 90 years since the birth of Elina Bystritskaya (1928), Russian actress

- 135 years since the birth of I.A. Ilyin (1883-1954), Russian philosopher, writer and publicist

- 195 years since the birth of A.N. Ostrovsky (1823-1886), Russian playwright

- 85 years since the birth of Montserrat Caballe (1933), Spanish singer

– 85 years since the birth of B.N. Strugatsky (1933-2012), Russian writer, screenwriter, translator

- Day military glory Russia. Day of the victory of the Russian soldiers of the prince over the German knights in the battle on Lake Peipus (Battle on the Ice, 1242)

– 95 ​​years since the birth of G.M. Vitsin (1918–2001), Russian stage and film actor

April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day (Death Day of W. Shakespeare and M. Cervantes)

– World Day for the Protection of Laboratory Animals

- 220 years since the birth of Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863), french artist

– International Dance Day

– 135 years since the birth of Jaroslav Hasek (1883-1923), Czech satirist, playwright, journalist

– 400 years ago Johannes Kepler discovered the law of planetary motion (1618)

- 315 years since the founding of St. Petersburg (1703)

- 135 years of the Imperial Historical Museum in Moscow (1883)

- 100 years of the first parade of the Red Army on the Khodynka field (1918)

- 30 years of the first stage of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan (1988)

- 155 years since the birth of M.N. Speransky (1863-1938), Russian philologist, folklorist

- Day of the cryptographer

– Diver's Day (since 2002)

– 185 years since the birth of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German composer and composer

- 115 years since the birth of N.A. Zabolotsky (1903-1958), Russian poet and translator

- 135 years since the birth of José Ortega y Gaset (1883-1955), Spanish philosopher and sociologist

– 85 years since the birth of Andrei Voznesensky (1933-2010), Russian poet, publicist, artist and architect

- 220 years since the birth of I.I. Pushchin (1798-1859), Russian memoirist, Decembrist, friend of A.S. Pushkin

– 170 years since the birth of V.M. Vasnetsov (1848-1926), Russian painter and architect

May 17 - 145 years since the birth of Henri Barbusse (1873-1935), French writer and public figure

– 150 years since the birth of Nicholas II, Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov (1868-1918), Russian Emperor

- 205 years since the birth of V.R. Wagner (1813-1883), German composer

– European Parks Day

– 80 years since the birth of L.S. Petrushevskaya (1938), Russian writer and playwright

- 115 years since the birth of E.A. Blaginina (1903-1989), Russian poet and translator

– 110 years since the birth of Ian Fleming (1908-1964), English writer, journalist

– 70 years since the birth of S.A. Aleksievich (1948), Belarusian writer, Nobel Prize winner (2015)

– 245 years since the birth of Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853), German writer, poet and translator

- 705 years since the birth of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer

– 160 years of consecration St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg (1858)

– 110 years ago a giant meteorite called Tunguska fell in Eastern Siberia (1908)

- 55th anniversary of the first flight of a female cosmonaut V.V. Tereshkova into space (1963)

– 95 ​​years since the birth of B.A. Mozhaev (1923-1996), Russian prose writer, master village prose

June 3 - 175 years since the birth of K.A. Timiryazev (1843-1920), Russian naturalist, specialist in plant physiology

- 120 years since the birth of Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), Spanish poet and playwright

- World Oceans Day

- 120 years since the birth of M.E. Koltsov (1898-1940/1942), Russian writer and journalist

June 15 - 175 years since the birth of Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Norwegian composer, pianist, conductor, writer

June 16 - 295th birthday of Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish economist and philosopher

- 115 years since the birth of M.A. Svetlov (1903-1964), Russian poet, playwright

June 19 - 395th birthday of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician, physicist and philosopher

– 120 years since the birth of Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), German writer

June 25 - 115 years since the birth of George Orwell (1903-1950), English writer and publicist

– World Fisheries Day

- 405 years since the accession to the throne of Mikhail Romanov (1613), Russian Tsar

– 375 years ago Sakhalin Island was discovered (1643)

- 120 years since the publication of the story by A.P. Chekhov "The Man in the Case" (1898)

- 100 years since the adoption of the Constitution of the RSFSR of 1918

– 90 years from the date of approval State Emblem USSR (1923)

– 85 years of the Arctic expedition on the Chelyuskin steamer, led by O.Yu. Schmidt (beginning in 1933)

- 20 years ago, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation (1998), the Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called was restored

– 100 years since the birth of P.D. Kogan (1918-1942), Russian poet

July 5 - 225 years since the birth of P.I. Pestel (1793-1826), Russian public figure, Decembrist

July 7 - 155 years since the birth of V.L. Durov (1863-1934), Russian circus performer, trainer

- Day of the Air Force of the Russian Federation

August 13 - 215 years since the birth of V.F. Odoevsky (1803-1869), Russian writer, philosopher

August 17 - 220 years since the birth of A.A. Delvig (1798-1831), Russian poet, comrade A.S. Pushkin

- 75 years since the birth of Robert de Niro (1943)

– 110th birthday of Leonid Panteleev (1908-1987), Russian writer

August 23 - Day of military glory of Russia. 75th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazi troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943)

August 26 - 275 years since the birth of A.L. Lavoisier (1743–1794), French chemist and naturalist

– 105 years since the birth of Alexander Chakovsky (1913-1994), Russian writer, journalist

- 140 years since the birth of P.N. Wrangel (1878-1928), Russian military leader

August 28 - 100 years since the birth of E.I. Chaikina (1918-1941), member of the partisan movement, Hero Soviet Union

- 70 years since the birth of N.G. Gundareva (1948-2005), Russian actress

August 29 - 60 years since the birth of Michael Jackson (1958-2009), American pop singer

September 13 - 95 years since the birth of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923-1941), partisan, Hero of the Soviet Union

– Day of Forest Workers

- 405 years since the birth of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French moralist writer

September 20 - 240 years since the birth of F.F. Bellingshausen (1778-1852), Russian navigator

- 140 years since the birth of Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), American writer

– International Day of Peace (since 2002)

– 310 years since the birth of A.D. Cantemir (1708-1744), Russian poet, diplomat

September 22/23 - 125 years since the birth of A.F. Losev (1893-1988), Russian philosopher, philologist and translator

- 80th anniversary of the medals "For Courage" and "For Military Merit" (1938)

– 65 years since the publication of Ray Bradbury's (1920-2012) novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

– 60 years ago B.L. Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize (1958)

- Ground Forces Day

- International Music Day

- 145 years since the birth of V.Ya. Shishkov (1873-1945), Russian writer, engineer

- 145 years since the birth of I.S. Shmelev (1873-1950), Russian writer abroad

- 305 years since the birth of Denis Diderot (1713-1784), French writer, educator and philosopher

- 195 years since the birth of I.S. Aksakov (1823-1886), Russian writer and publicist, poet

– 155 years since the birth of V.A. Obruchev (1863-1956), Russian scientist, geographer and traveler

– 105 years since the birth of Claude Simon (1913-2005), French writer, Nobel Prize winner (1985)

– International Standardization Day

– 80 years since the birth of V.P. Krapivin (1938), Russian writer, teacher

October 15 - 410 years since the birth of E. Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist and mathematician, student of G. Galileo

October 16 - 130 years since the birth of Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), American playwright, Nobel Prize Laureate (1936)

– 140 years since the birth of M.A. Osorgin (1878-1942), writer of the Russian diaspora, author of the novel "Sivtsev Vrazhek"

– 100 years since the birth of Alexander Galich (A.A. Ginzburg, 1918-1977), Russian writer abroad, bard and playwright

October 21 - 185 years since the birth of Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), Swedish chemist, engineer and industrialist, founder of the Nobel Prize

75 years since the birth of A.A. Kabakov (1943), Russian writer and journalist

– Day of Special Forces Units

- 80 years since the birth of V.V. Erofeev (1938-1990), Russian writer

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– 285 years since the birth of M.M. Kheraskov (1733-1807), Russian writer, poet and playwright

- 140 years since the birth of M.P. Artsybashev (1878-1927), writer, playwright of the Russian diaspora

– 140 years since the birth of K.S. Petrov-Vodkin (1878-1939), Russian artist, graphic artist

- 80 years since the birth of Joe Dassin (1938-1980), French pop singer

- Day of military glory. 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)

– 105 years since the birth of Albert Camus (1913-1960), French writer, playwright, Nobel Prize winner (1957)

November 9 - 200 years since the birth of I.S. Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian writer, poet, publicist and playwright

- 130 years since the birth of A.N. Tupolev (1888-1972), Russian aircraft designer

November 14 - 755 years since the death of Alexander Nevsky (1220/1221-1263), Russian commander, canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church

– 160 years from the date of birth Selma Lagerlöf(1858-1940), Swedish writer, Nobel Prize winner (1909)

– 90 years since the birth of G.V. Sapgir (1928-1999), Russian poet, writer, screenwriter, translator

November 23 - 110 years since the birth of N.N. Nosov (1908-1976), Russian writer, screenwriter

- 95 years since the birth of the writer V.A. Kurochkina (1923-1976)

- 130 years since the birth of Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), American educator, psychologist, publicist writer

– 155 years since the birth of E. Munch (1863-1944), Norwegian artist

– 90 years since the birth of Chingiz Aitmatov (1928-2008), Kyrgyz writer

December 13 - 145 years since the birth of V.Ya. Bryusov (1873-1924), Russian poet, prose writer, playwright, translator, critic

- 115 years since the birth of E.P. Petrov (Kataeva, 1903-1942), Russian satirist writer, co-author I. Ilf

December 23 - 160 years since the birth of V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858-1943), Russian director, teacher, playwright

December 24 - Day of military glory. day of taking Turkish fortress Izmail by Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov (1790)

– 220 years since the birth of Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), Polish poet, publicist

December 27 - 110 years since the birth of V.F. Margelov (1908-1990), Russian military commander

- 70 years since the birth of Gerard Depardieu (1948), French actor

December 28 - 110 years since the birth of E.V. Vuchetich (1908-1974), Russian sculptor, teacher

Calendar significant dates for 2017-2018 academic year

Events and memorable dates by the decision of the UN

- Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (2014-2024)

- Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2011-2020)

- United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (2011-2020)

- Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020)

- United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010-2020)

- Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)

- International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures (2013-2022)

- 2017 - International Year of Tourism for Sustainable Development

- 2017 in Russia - Year of Ecology and Specially Protected Natural Territories

- 2017 - centenary of the October Revolution (7.11.1917)

Plans for 2018:

Vladimir Putin supported the proposal to declare 2018 the Year of Civic Engagement and Volunteering in the Russian Federation

The head of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky announced that 2018 will be declared the Year of Theater in Russia

By decree of President V.V. Putin, 2018 was declared in Russia the Year of celebrating the centenary of the birth of Solzhenitsyn “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation plans to apply to UNESCO with a proposal to declare 2018 the Year of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. If UNESCO makes a positive decision, December 11, 1918 - the birthday of Alexander Solzhenitsyn - will be included in the list of UNESCO memorable dates that have special meaning for all mankind"

In 2018, Russia will host the FIFA World Cup for the first time.

Significant and memorable dates by month

September

September 3 - Day of Solidarity in the fight against terrorism

September 3 - 90th birthday Belarusian writer, publicist Ales (Alexander) Mikhailovich Adamovich (1927-1994)

September 5 - 200 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet, playwright Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875)

September 8 - International Day of Solidarity of Journalists

September 8 - International Literacy Day

September 10 - 105th birthday of Herluf Bidstrup (1912-1988), Danish cartoonist

September 11 - Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of F.F. Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Tendra (1790)

September 11 - 135 years since the birth of Russian writer Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov (1882-1938)

September 11 - 155 years since the birth of American novelist O "Henry (1862-1910)

September 11 - 140 years since the birth of F.E. Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), statesman, revolutionary

September 14 - 170 years since the birth of P.N. Yablochkov (1847–1894), Russian inventor, electrical engineer

September 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

September 17 - 160 years since the birth of the Russian scientist, inventor, designer, thinker, writer Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935)

September 21 - Victory Day of the Russian regiments led by Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy over the Mongol-Tatar troops in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380)

September 24 - 140 years since the birth of G.A. Duperron (1877-1934), founder of Russian football and the Olympic movement in Russia

September 26 - 85 years since the birth of Russian writer Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich (b. 1932)

September 27 - 470 years since the birth of M. Cervantes (1547-1616), Spanish writer renaissance

September 30 - Day of Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia

October

October 3-9, 2017 - International Writing Week

October 4 - Day of the beginning of the space age of mankind

October 8 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian poet Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892-1941)

October 9 - 470 years since the birth of the Spanish writer, poet Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

October 12 - 105 years since the birth of L.N. Koshkin (1912-1992), Soviet engineer-inventor

October 15 - 120 years since the birth of Russian writer Ilya Ilf (1897-1937)

October 18 - 145 years since the birth of the Russian writer, literary critic, translator and composer Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin (1872-1936) Translations: Homer, Apuleius, J. V. Goethe

October 23 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vasily Ivanovich Belov (1932-2012)

October 24 - 135 years since the birth of Imre Kalman (1882-1953), Hungarian composer

October 26 - 175 years since the birth of V.V. Vereshchagin (1842-1904), Russian painter, writer

October 27 - 235 years since the birth of Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), Italian composer, violinist

October 30 - Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repressions

October 31 - 85 years since the birth of the American writer, laureate International Prize them. H.K. Andersen (1998) Katherine Paterson (1932)

October 31 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Evgeny Andreevich Permyak (1902-1982) Author of children's fairy tales, continuer of Bazhov's traditions.

November

November 1 - 100 years since the birth of the Balkarian poet Kaisyn Shuvayevich Kuliev (1917-1985)

November 3 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet, playwright and translator Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964)

November 6 - 165 years since the birth of Russian writer Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912)

November 9 - International Day Against Fascism, Racism and Anti-Semitism

November 11 - Day of Remembrance of those killed in the First World War

November 14 - 110 years since the birth of the Swedish writer, laureate of the International Prize. H.K. Andersen (1958) Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (1907-2002)

November 16 - Day of Radio, Television and Communications Workers

November 24 - 385 years since the birth of B. Spinoza (1632-1677), Dutch rationalist philosopher

November 25 - 300 years since the birth of A.P. Sumarokov (1717-1777), Russian playwright, poet

November 25 - 455 years since the birth of the Spanish playwright, poet and prose writer Lope Felix de Vega Carnu (1562-1635)

November 27 - 70 years since the birth of the Russian writer and poet Grigory Bentsionovich Oster (b. 1947)

November 29 - 215 years since the birth of the German writer, storyteller Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827)

November 30 - 350 years since the birth of the English writer and politician Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

December

December 1 - Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of P.S. Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (1853)

December 1 - 225 years since the birth of N.I. Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician

December 3 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Zinaida Nikolaevna Alexandrova (1907-1983)

December 4 - 135 years since the birth of the Russian writer-popularizer, publicist Yakov Isidorovich Perelman (1882-1942) "Entertaining algebra", "Entertaining geometry", "Entertaining mechanics", " Entertaining tasks and experiences"

December 5 - Day of the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops against the Nazi troops in the battle of Moscow (1941)

December 7 - 90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Mikhailovich Balashov (1927-2000) "Mr. Veliky Novgorod", "Sovereigns of Moscow", "Kulikovo Field"

December 8 - 215 years since the birth of the Russian Decembrist poet Alexander Ivanovich Odoevsky (1802-1839)

December 13 - 220 years since the birth of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German poet, prose writer and critic

December 13 - 115 years since the birth of E.P. Petrov (E.P. Kataeva, 1902-1942), Russian writer, journalist

December 15 - Day of Remembrance of journalists who died in the line of professional duties

December 22 - 80 years since the birth of the Russian writer Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky (b. 1937)

December 24 - Day of the capture of the Turkish fortress Izmail by Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov (1790)

December 27 - 195th birthday of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French microbiologist and chemist

December 27 - 185 years since the birth of P.M. Tretyakov (1832-1898), Russian merchant and philanthropist

230 years since the birth of the Russian writer Antony Pogorelsky (n. and. Aleksey Alekseevich Perovsky) (1787-1836) " black hen, or Underground inhabitants»

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