Calendar of significant dates for December. Calendar of significant dates. Memorable dates in Russia

November 3 - 105 years since the birth of Russian writer Boris Stepanovich Ryabinin (1911-1990).
November 4 - Day of military glory of Russia. Day national unity. (Established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2004 No. 200-FZ "On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia." It has been celebrated since 2005).
November 4 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian illustrator Oleg Vladimirovich Vasiliev (1931-2013).
November 7 - Day of military glory of Russia. The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941). (Established by the Federal Law of December 29, 2004 No. 200-FZ “On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”).
November 7 - Day of consent and reconciliation.
November 7 - Commemorative date of Russia. Day of the October Revolution (1917). (Established by the Federal Law of March 13, 1995 No. 32FZ “On the days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia”).
November 7 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian illustrator Vadim Ivanovich Gusev (1931-2008).
November 8 - Journalist's Day.
November 8 - International Day of KVN.
November 10 - World Youth Day.
November 11 - Day of Remembrance for those killed in the First World War.
November 11 - 195 years since the birth of the Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881).
November 11 - 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer, illustrator Evgeny Ivanovich Charushin (1901-1965).
November 11 - 105 years since the birth of the Spanish writer, journalist Jose Maria Sanchez-Silva (1911-2002).
November 13 - International Day of the Blind.
November 14 - 100 years since the birth of Russian writer Viktor Ivanovich Banykin (1916-1986).
November 15 - All-Russian conscript day. (For the first time it was held on November 15, 1992 by decision of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin).
November 16 - International Day for Tolerance. (Noted in connection with the adoption of the UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance in 1995).
November 17 - International Students Day.
November 17 is International No Smoking Day. (Celebrated on the third Thursday of November).
November 18 - Father Frost's birthday. (Since 2005, Father Frost's birthday has been officially celebrated in Russia).
November 19 - 305 years since the birth of the Russian poet, scientist, thinker Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765).
November 19 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian physicist and writer Matvey Petrovich Bronstein (1906-1938).
November 20 - International Children's Day. (Noted by the decision of the UN since 1954 November 20 - the day of the adoption in 1989 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child).
November 20 - 100 years since the birth of the Russian poet, prose writer Mikhail Alexandrovich Dudin (1916-1993)
November 20 - 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Leonid Andreevich Zavalnyuk (1931-2010).
November 21 - World Hello Day. (It has been celebrated since 1973. Two brothers came up with this holiday - Michael and Brighton McCormick from the US state of Nebraska in 1973).
November 21 - World Television Day.
November 22 - 215 years since the birth of the Russian writer, ethnographer Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl (1801-1872).
November 23 - 75 years since the birth of Russian illustrator Mikhail Nikolaevich Fedorov (b. 1941).
November 24-30 - All-Russian week "Theater for children and youth". (Established in 1974).
November 24 - 190 years since the birth of the Italian writer Carlo Collodi (n. f. Lorenzini) (1826-1890).
November 25 - 160 years since the birth of the Russian composer, pianist Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915).
November 25 - 90 years since the birth of American writer Paul William Anderson (1926-2001).
November 26 - World Information Day. (Established on the initiative of the International Academy of Informatization (MAI) since 1994).
November 27 - Marine Corps Day. (In Russia, it is celebrated in accordance with the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the Russian Federation of November 19, 1995 in memory of the Decree of Peter I on the creation of the first "regiment of naval soldiers" in Russia (1705)).
November 27 - Mother's Day. (Noted in last sunday november. Established by Decree of the President of Russia dated January 30, 1998 No. 120 "On Mother's Day").
November 28 - International Day of Information Protection. (Noted since 1988).
November 28 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian historian, literary critic Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev (1906-1999).
November 28 - 135 years since the birth of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942).
November 29 - 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer Maxim Dmitrievich Zverev (1896-1996).
November 30 - Day of approval of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation (1993).
November 30 - 80 years since the birth of Russian illustrator Galina Alexandrovna Makaveeva (b. 1936).

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Without the past, there would be no present, which is why it is so important to remember and honor holidays and memorable dates. Culture, politics, sports, science, people and mentality - all this changed over time, traditions and customs were added, holidays were introduced, we won wars and battles, our scientists invented and discovered something new and unusual. And today all this is already history that needs to be remembered. However, there are so many significant events that it is very difficult to keep everything in your head, and even more so in modern world when there is not enough time for anything. Therefore, the editors of our site tried to collect in one article all significant and memorable dates of the Russian Federation for 2016 so that our readers do not miss any significant event.

Memorable and significant dates in Russia in 2016

2016 in Russia

2016 - Year of Russian cinema.
2016 - 160 years of the State Tretyakov Gallery.
2016 is the cross Year of Greece in Russia and the Year of Russia in Greece
2016 - Russia and Turkey plan to hold a cross Year of Tourism
2016 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and Russia celebrate 20 years of partnership. At the 13th conference in Jakarta, it was decided to declare this year the Year of Russian Culture for the ASEAN countries and the Year of Culture of the ASEAN countries in Russia.

Under the auspices of the UN

2006-2016 - Decade of rehabilitation and sustainable development of the affected regions (the third decade after Chernobyl)
2008-2017 - Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2010-2020 - United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification
2011-2020 Decade of Action for Security traffic
2011-2020 - Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
2011-2020 - United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
2013-2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures
2014-2024 Decade of Sustainable Energy for All
2015-2024 - International Decade for People of African Descent
2016 - International Year of Pulses
2016 - International Year of Camelids
2016 - 70 years of UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
2016 - 60 years of the Hans Christian Andersen International Prize.

Under the auspices of UNESCO

2016 - 70 years of UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
2016 - Wroclaw (Poland) is declared World Book Capital 2016. The city was awarded this honorary title for successful projects in promoting the culture of reading, supporting libraries and developing publishing activities.

Under the auspices of the EU

2016 is the Year of Combating Violence Against Women
2016 - Ljubljana (Slovenia) is named the "Green Capital of Europe 2016". The capital of Slovenia is awarded this title thanks to positive changes in the field of sustainable transport, as well as a number of solutions to combat pollution. environment. It is noted that 70% of purchases financed from the city budget of Ljubljana are related to "green" technologies. In addition, the city has made significant strides in developing cycling infrastructure and advocating for a reduction in the number of private cars. Bicycle and electric car rental services are available in the city.
2016 - San Sebastian (Spain) and Wroclaw (Poland) will become European Capitals of Culture.
2016 - the city of Ganja (Azerbaijan) was chosen as the Youth Capital of Europe.

In the Commonwealth of Independent States

2016 - Year of Education in the CIS countries in order to develop humanitarian ties between countries, as well as to bring interstate education standards closer (Decision of the Council of CIS Heads of State on October 10, 2014, Minsk)

Anniversaries of famous people of Russia and the world, memorable dates of historical events, world, international, national days in 2016

1000th anniversary Russian monasticism on Mount Athos. This significant event will unite all Orthodox believers.
850 le tons since the founding of the city of Velikiye Luki (1166).
700th anniversary ruble. For the first time, the word "ruble" was found in the treaty charter of Novgorod and Tver Prince Mikhail Yaroslavin (1316). And for 700 years, the ruble has remained the main coin and symbol of the Russian state. According to some sources, the ruble is even older than the end of the 12th century.
565 years since the birth of Amerigo Vespucci (between 1451 and 1454-1512), Spanish navigator.
565 years since the birth of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Spanish navigator.
450 years since the founding of the city of Orel (1566).
350 years since the founding of Ulan-Ude (1666).
335 years since the birth of Vitus Ionasesn Bering (Ivan Ivanovich, 1681-1741), Russian navigator.
300 years since the founding of the city of Omsk (1716).
275 years Back in 1741, Buddhism was officially recognized in Russia by decree of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna.
175 years since the birth of the Russian artist Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (January 1841-1910).
150 years the first domestic telegraph agency (1866 Russian Telegraph Agency).
105 years old ago, the first organized gathering of the Russian Olympic Committee took place (1911).
100th anniversary since the foundation of the Barguzinsky Reserve (1916).
100 year old The anniversary will be marked by the first botanical community in Russia. In December 1916, the first meeting of the society took place in Moscow. The first president of the society was a prominent Russian botanist I. P. Borodin.
50th anniversary the first round-the-world voyage of Soviet submarines (without a single surfacing along the route) (1966).

Days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia in 2016

The list is given in accordance with Federal Law No. 32-FZ of March 13, 1995, with subsequent amendments. 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 the new style of 13 days accumulated only by the 20th century. And, for example, in the XVII century the difference was 10 days. Therefore, other dates are accepted in historical science than in this law.

The following days of Russian military glory are established in the Russian Federation:

January 27, 2016- Day of the complete liberation by the Soviet troops of the city of Leningrad from the blockade of its Nazi troops (1944);
February 2, 2016- Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by the Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943);
February 23, 2016- Defender of the Fatherland Day;
April 18, 2016 - Victory Day of the Russian soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipus (Battle on the Ice, 1242, actually happened on April 12 according to the new style or April 5 according to the old one);
May 9, 2016- 71st anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (1945);
July 7, 2016- Day of the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesma (1770);
July 10, 2016- 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, 2016- Day one in Russian history the naval victory 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, 2016 - Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by the Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943);
September 8, 2016- 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 according to the new style or August 26 but the old style);
September 11, 2016- Victory Day of the Russian squadron under the command of F.F. Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Tendra (in fact, it happened on September 8-9 according to the new style or August 28-29 according to the old style);
September 21, 2016- Victory Day 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 the old style);
November 4, 2016- National Unity Day.
November 7, 2016- 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, 2016- 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 according to the new style or November 18 but the old style);
December 5, 2016- Day of the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Soviet troops against the Nazi troops in the battle of Moscow (1941);
December 24, 2016- The day of the capture of the Turkish fortress 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).

AT Russian Federation The following memorable dates for Russia are set for 2016:

January 25 - Day of Russian students;
February 15 - Day of Remembrance for Russians who performed their official duty outside the Fatherland;
April 12 - Cosmonautics Day;
April 26 - Day of participants in the liquidation of the consequences of radiation accidents and disasters and the memory of the victims of these accidents and disasters;
April 27 - Day of Russian parliamentarism;
June 22 - Day of memory and sorrow - the day of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War(1941);
June 29 Day of partisans and underground fighters:
July 28 - 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 - Day of the October Revolution of 1917;
December 9 - Day of Heroes of the Fatherland;
December 12 - Constitution Day of the Russian Federation.

Memorable and significant dates in January 2016

January 3, 2016 - Cocktail straw birthday. On January 3, 1888, Marvin Stone patented his invention, the straw. He received documents from the Washington Patent Office for the invention of a paper straw for drinking cocktails and other liquids.

January 4-10, 2016 - Museum and Children Week. Week of science and technology for children and youth.

January 6, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov (1911-1993), Soviet film actor.

January 7, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Maria Vladimirovna Mironova, actress (1911-1997).

January 8, 2016 - Children's Film Day. Established by the Government of Moscow on the initiative of the Moscow Children's Fund in 1998 in connection with the centenary of the first screening of a film program for children in Moscow.

January 9, 2016 - 215 years since the birth of Osip (Jozef) Mikhailovich Kovalevsky (1801-1878), Polish and Russian historian.

January 11, 2016 - World Thank You Day. It is believed that the Russian word "thank you" was born in the 16th century from the often pronounced phrase "God save." Interestingly, the roots of the English counterpart - Thank you - also go much deeper than simple gratitude. This suggests that both the Russian “thank you” and “thank you”, pronounced in almost all languages of the world, have been and are extremely important for the culture of any people.

January 11, 2016 - Day of Reserves and National Parks. It has been celebrated since 1997 at the initiative of the Wildlife Conservation Center and the World Wildlife Fund in honor of the first Russian reserve - Barguzinsky, which opened in 1916

January 12, 2016 - 80th birthday of Raimonds (Raimondas) Voldemar Pauls (1936), Latvian composer.

January 13, 2016 - Russian Press Day. It has been celebrated since 1991 in honor of the publication of the first issue of the Russian printed newspaper Vedomosti by decree of Peter the Great in 1703.

January 15, 2016 - Wikipedia's birthday. 15 years since the launch of the world encyclopedia in 2001.

January 17, 2016 - World Religion Day. It has been celebrated annually on the third Sunday of January since 1950 at the initiative of the UN.

January 17, 2016 - Children's Invention Day. 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.

January 17, 2016 - 310 years since the birth of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American statesman.

January 21, 2016 - 75th birthday of Placido Damingo (Jose Placido Damingo Embil, 1941), Spanish opera singer.

January 22, 2016 - 455 years since the birth of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English historian, philosopher, politician, founder of English materialism.

January 23, 2016 - Handwriting Day (Handwriting Day). The initiator of this holiday was the Association of manufacturers of writing instruments, choosing this date in honor of the birthday of the American statesman - John Hancock (1737), who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

January 24, 2016 - world snow day(at the initiative of the International Ski Federation). It is celebrated annually on the penultimate Sunday of January.

January 25, 2016 - Day of Russian students (Tatiana's Day). (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation "On the Day of Russian Students" dated January 25, 2016 - 2005, No. 76). On January 12 (Old Style) 1755, on the day of memory of the “Holy Martyr Tatiana the Virgin”, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna signed a decree “On the Establishment of Moscow University”.

January 27, 2016 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day (since 2005 by decision of the UN General Assembly)

January 28, 2016 - 175 years since the birth of the Russian historian Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky (1841-1911).

January 30, 2016 - Day of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. It's ancient pagan holiday. These days, fairy tales and legends about Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden are usually told.

Memorable and significant dates in February 2016

February 1, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1931-2007), Russian statesman, first president of the Russian Federation.

February 3, 2016 - World Safer Internet Day (celebrated since 2004 on the first Tuesday of February).

February 3, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Sergei Vladimirovich Obruchev (1891-1965), Soviet geologist.

February 4, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov (1881-1969), statesman, military leader.

February 8, 2016 - Day of Remembrance of the young anti-fascist hero. Celebrated in the world since 1964, it was approved by the next UN Assembly, in honor of the dead participants in anti-fascist demonstrations - the French schoolboy Daniel Feri (1962) and the Iraqi boy Fadil Jamal (1963).

February 8, 2016 - Russian Science Day. On this day in 1724, Peter the Great signed a decree establishing the Academy of Sciences in Russia.

February 10, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (1911-1978), Russian mathematician, mechanic.

February 12, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Anna Pavlovna (Matveevna) Pavlova (1881-1931), one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century.

February 14, 2016 - 80 years since the birth of the Polish singer Anna German (1936-1982), a Soviet pop star.

February 15, 2016 - Internationalist Warriors Memorial Day (02/15/1989 - the last column of Soviet troops left the territory of Afghanistan).

February 15, 2016 - International Day of Children with Cancer.

February 17, 2016 - Spontaneous Acts of Kindness Day - one of the recent initiatives of international charities. This holiday is of global importance and is celebrated regardless of citizenship, nationality and religious beliefs. In Russia, this holiday is still little known. On this day, as the organizers urge, one should try to be kind to everyone. And not just kind, but kind infinitely and disinterestedly.

February 20, 2016 - world day of social justice(since 2009 by decision of the UN General Assembly).

February 21, 2016 - International Mother Language Day(proclaimed by the UNESCO General Conference on 17 November 1999, celebrated every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity).

February 23, 2016 - Defender of the Fatherland Day. Day of military glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Red Army over the Kaiser troops in 1918.

February 25, 2016 - 175 years since the birth of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), French painter, graphic artist, sculptor, one of the main representatives of impressionism.

February 27, 2016 - 185 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge (1831-1891), Russian artist, master of portraits, historical and religious paintings.

Memorable and significant dates in March 2016

March 1, 2016 - World Cat Day. professional holiday felinologists (felinology - the science of cats), was approved in 2004 on the initiative of the magazine "Cat and Dog" and the Moscow Museum of Cats.

March 1, 2016 - Day of Remembrance of the paratroopers of the 6th paratrooper company of the 104th regiment of the Pskov Airborne Division, who heroically died in the Argun Gorge on March 1, 2000 (celebrated from 01/31/2013).

March 1, 2016 - 155 years (1861) since the abolition of serfdom in Russia by Emperor Alexander II.

March 1, 2016 - 170 years since the birth of Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev (1846-1903), Russian geologist and soil scientist, founder national school soil science and soil geography.

March 2, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931), Soviet and Russian statesman and public figure, the first and only president of the USSR.

March 5, 2016 - 305 years since the establishment of the Senate by Peter the Great as the highest government agency on matters of legislation and public administration.

March 6, 2016 - International Children's Television and Radio Day. It is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of March. Established on the initiative Children's Fund UN at Cannes in April 1994.

March 7, 2016 - 1695 years since the announcement of Sunday as a non-working day (decree of Emperor Constantine the Great) (321).

March 7, 2016 - 75 years since the birth of Andrei Aleksandrovich Mironov (1941-1987), Soviet actor.

March 8, 2016 - International Women's Day. In 1910, at the International Conference of Socialists in Copenhagen, K. Zetkin proposed to annually hold the Day of Solidarity of working women around the world. It has been celebrated in Russia since 1913.

March 8, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Shalva Alexandrovich Amonashvili (1931), Russian teacher, psychologist. One of the innovative educators who proclaimed the pedagogy of cooperation.

March 9, 2016 - Barbie doll's birthday. Barbie (her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts) first appeared at the American International Toy Fair on March 9, 1959. Today 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.

March 10, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Alexander Sergeevich Zatsepin, Soviet and Russian composer (1926), author of music for many popular films.

March 12, 2016 - Day of workers of the Penitentiary system of the Ministry of Justice of Russia.

March 17, 2016 - 160 years since the birth of Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel (1856-1910), Russian artist, one of the major representatives of symbolism and modernity.

March 18, 2016 - World Sleep Day (since 2008). Held annually, on Friday of the second full week of March, as part of the project World Organization Health (WHO) but the problems of sleep and health.

March 19, 2016 - Day of the sailor-submariner(creation of submarine forces of the Russian fleet).

March 20, 2016 - Day of Trade, Consumer Services and Housing and Communal Services Workers (third Sunday in March).

March 24, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov (1891-1951), Soviet physicist, public figure and popularizer of science, founder scientific school physical optics in the USSR.

March 24, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Claudia Ivanovna Shulzhenko (1906-1984), Soviet pop singer, actress

March 25, 2016 - Day of the cultural worker of the Russian Federation. Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation on August 27, 2007

March 25, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar (1871-1960), Soviet artist, art critic.

March 28, 2016 - International campaign "Earth Hour"(celebrated since 2007 at the initiative of the World Wildlife Fund on the last Saturday of March).

March 29, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Stanislav Sergeevich Govorukhin (1936), Russian film director, screenwriter, actor.

March 30, 2016 - 270 years since the birth of Francisco Goya (1746-1828), Spanish painter. One of the most prominent figures of the era of Spanish romanticism.

March 30, 2016 - 270 years since the birth of Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776-1857), Russian artist, master of realistic and romantic portraits.

March 30, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Galina Andreevna Bannikova (1901-1972), graphic artist, type artist.

March 31, 2016 - 420 years since the birth of René Descartes (1596-1650), French scientist and philosopher.

Memorable and significant dates in April 2016

April 1, 2016 - Brownie Awakening Day. The ancient Slavs believed that the brownie hibernated for the winter and woke up when spring had already fully come into its own. Over time, everyone forgot about the meeting of spring and the cajoling of the brownie, but the tradition of joking, playing and deceiving on this day remained.

April 2, 2016 - 100 years since the birth of Oleg Leonidovich Lungstrem (1916-2005), Soviet and Russian musician, jazzman.

April 6, 2016 - World Cartoon Day. Established in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association and celebrated all over the world. Animators from all over the world exchange film programs and arrange screenings for an appreciative audience.

April 7, 2016 - World Health Day. It has been celebrated since 1948 by decision of the UN World Health Assembly.

April 11, 2016 - 240 years since the birth of John Constable (1776-1837), English Romantic painter.

April 12, 2016 - World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day. 55 years from the day as a citizen Soviet Union Senior Lieutenant Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin on the Vostok spacecraft for the first time in the world made an orbital flight around the Earth. He made one revolution around the globe, lasting 108 minutes.

April 15, 2016 - June 5, 2016 - All-Russian days of protection from environmental hazards.

April 15, 2016 - World Day of Culture (since 1935 on the day of signing the International Treaty - the Peace Pact, or the Roerich Pact).

April 16, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov (1901-1968), theater director, artist, teacher.

April 18, 2016 - International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites. It has been celebrated since 1984 by the decision of UNESCO.

April 18, 2016 - 180 years since the birth of Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky (1836-1904), an outstanding Russian surgeon and scientist.

April 21, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Elizabeth II Windsor, Queen of England (1926).

April 22, 2016 - International Earth Day. It has been celebrated since 1990 by decision of UNESCO in order to unite people in the cause of protecting the environment.

April 23, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian composer, pianist, conductor, teacher Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev (1891-1953).

April 23, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Leonid Vladimirovich Zankov (1901-1977), Soviet teacher. Developed problems of psychology of memory, thinking and speech of children.

April 26, 2016 - Day of Remembrance for those killed in radiation accidents and catastrophes (in memory of the events of April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant)

April 27, 2016 - 225 years since the birth of Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American inventor, artist. The most famous inventions are the electromagnetic writing telegraph and the Morse code.

April 29, 2016 - International Dance Day. It has been celebrated since 1982 by decision of UNESCO on the birthday of the French choreographer, reformer and theorist of choreographic art, Jean-Georges Nover, who went down in history as the "father of modern ballet".

April 29, 2016 - 330 years since the birth of Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (1686-1750), historian, statesman.

April 30, 2016 - International Jazz Day (since 2011 by decision of the UNESCO General Conference).

Memorable and significant dates in May 2016

May 1, 2016 - Spring and Labor Day . May first day international solidarity workers, celebrated in Russian Empire since 1890 in the Russian Federation it is celebrated as the Holiday of Spring and Labor.

May 4, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky (1881-1970), politician, statesman, head of the Provisional Government (1917).

May 6, 2016 - 160 years since the birth of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), an Austrian psychiatrist, the founder of psychoanalysis.

May 7, 2016 - 305 years since the birth of David Hume (1711-1776), English philosopher, psychologist, economist. Representative of empiricism, formulated the principles of skepticism.

May 9, 2016 - Victory Day of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).

May 15, 2016 - International Day of the Family, established by the UN General Assembly in 1993.

May 15, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov, Russian writer and playwright.

May 17, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (1871-1955), artist, engraver, landscape master.

May 21, 2016 - 545 years since the birth of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), German painter, engraver, art theorist. The greatest painter of the German Renaissance.

May 21, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian physicist and public figure. One of the creators of the hydrogen bomb. One of the leaders of the human rights movement in the USSR.

May 21, 2016 - Day of the Polar Explorer (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin No. 502 dated May 21, 2013 "On the Day of the Polar Explorer" in recognition of the merits of people in this profession).

May 22, 2016 - 160 years of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the national museum of Russian visual arts (1856).

May 22, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Yanenko (1921-1984), an outstanding Soviet mathematician and mechanic.

May 23, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Grigory Naumovich Chukhrai (1921-2001), film director, screenwriter.

May 23, 2016 - 65 years since the birth of Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov (1951), Soviet and Russian chess player.

May 24, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky (1906-1975), chief surgeon of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

May 24, 2016 - 330 years since the birth of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), German physicist. Known as the inventor of the mercury thermometer and the temperature scale named after him.

May 26, 2016 - 195 years since the birth of Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (1821-1894), Russian mathematician, mechanic.

May 27, 2016 - European Neighborhood Day. The holiday was founded in 2000 in Paris, which is celebrated annually on the last Friday of May.

May 27, 2016 - All-Russian day of libraries. Established in 1995 by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

May 30, 2016 - 170 years since the birth of Karl Gustavovich Faberge (1846-1920), a famous Russian jeweler. He became famous for his Faberge Eggs series.

May 31, 2016 - World Blonde Day. Blondes celebrated this date for the first time in 2006, namely, they decided to give themselves what they deserved and become laureates of an exclusive award - "Diamond Hairpin" (this is the first special award for blondes).

Memorable and significant dates in June 2016

June 1, 2016 - World Milk Day. It has been celebrated since 2001 at the suggestion of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

June 2, 2016 - Healthy Eating Day

June 3, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov (1881-1964), Russian artist, one of the founders of the Russian avant-garde.

June 3, 2016 - 140 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Burdenko (1876-1946), a Soviet surgeon, one of the founders of neurosurgery.

June 8, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Oleg Koshevoy (1926-1943), one of the organizers of the underground Komsomol anti-fascist organization "Young Guard" (Krasnodon), Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).

June 11, 2016 is World Public Knitting Day. Celebrated every second Saturday in June 2016 - since 2005. First time in Paris. The knitting lover Danielle Landss came up with this fun, which has become a tradition. It takes place in an unusual way: everyone who loves to knit or crochet gather in some public place - in a park, in a square, in a cafe - and indulge in their favorite pastime.

June 12, 2016 - Day of Textile and Light Industry Workers (second Sunday in June).

June 13, 2016 - 185 years since the birth of James Maxwell (1831-1879), English physicist, mathematician, mechanics.

June 15, 2016 - Day of the creation of the youth movement. On June 15, 1918, the first out-of-school institution for young nature lovers was opened in Moscow.

June 18, 2016 - 335 years since the birth of Feofan Prokopovich (1691-1736), scientist, writer, church leader, associate of Peter the Great.

June 19, 2016 - 230 years since the birth of Fyodor Nikolaevich Glinka (1786-1880), poet, writer, Decembrist.

June 22, 2016 - Day of memory and sorrow. Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation on June 8, 1996 in honor of the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

June 23, 2016 - International Olympic Day. It has been celebrated at the initiative of the International Olympic Committee since 1948.

June 23, 2016 - Balalaika Day - international holiday folk musicians. The first Balalaika Day was celebrated in 2008.

June 24, 2016 - 135 years since the birth of Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky (1881-1925), a participant in the Civil War in Russia, a Soviet military and political figure.

June 26, 2016 - International Day Against Drug Addiction and Illicit Drug Trafficking.

June 29, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky (1906-1945), Soviet military leader

Memorable and significant dates in July 2016

July 2, 2016 - International Sports Journalist Day (since 1995, by decision of the International Sports Press Association).

July 5, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Sergei Vladimirovich Obraztsov (1901-1992), Russian theatrical figure, actor, director of the puppet theater.

July 6, 2016 - World Kissing Day, which was first invented in the UK, and then it was approved by the United Nations.

July 6, 2016 - 70th birthday of Sylvester Stallone (1946), American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer.

July 8, 2016 - All-Russian day of family, love and fidelity. It has been noted on the initiative of the deputies of the State Duma since 2008.

July 15, 2016 - 410 years since the birth of Rembrandt Harmes van Rijn (1606-1669), the great Dutch painter and engraver.

July 17, 2016 - 170 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolayevich Miklukho-Maclay (1846-1888), Russian traveler, anthropologist, ethnographer.

July 20, 2016 - International Chess Day. It has been celebrated by decision of the World Chess Federation since 1966.

July 24, 2016 - Day of the trade worker (established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2013 N 459 "On the Day of the trade worker").

July 27, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (partisan pseudonym Grachev) (1911-1944), Soviet military intelligence officer, Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).

July 27, 2016 - 80 years since the birth of Maris-Rudolf Eduardovich Liepa (1936-1989), Soviet ballet dancer, ballet teacher, film actor.

July 28, 2016 - Day of the Baptism of Rus'. On this day, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, the Baptist of Rus'.

July 28, 2016 - 210 years since the birth of Alexander Andreevich Ivanov (1806-1858), Russian painter, creator of works on biblical and ancient mythological subjects, representative of academicism, author of the grandiose canvas "The Appearance of Christ to the People".

Memorable and significant dates in August 2016

August 1, 2016 - All-Russian day of the collector. On this day in 1939, the collection service was established at the State Bank of the USSR.

August 5, 2016 - International Traffic Light Day. It is celebrated in honor of an event that took place in 1914. On this day, the first forerunner of modern devices appeared in the American city of Cleveland. It had red and green lights, and when the light switched, it emitted a sound signal.

August 6, 2016 - International Day "Physicians of the World for Peace". It is celebrated on the anniversary of the terrible tragedy - the day of the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

August 6th is the 135th birthday of Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), English microbiologist. In 1945 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with X.Flory and E.Chain) for the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin.

August 6, 160 years since the birth of Appolinary Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1856-1933), Russian painter and graphic artist, master of landscape and historical painting.

August 9, 2016 - 120 years since the birth of Jean Piaget (1896-1980), Swiss psychologist and philosopher.

August 12, 2016 - International Youth Day. Established by the UN General Assembly on December 17, 1999 at the suggestion of the World Conference of Ministers for Youth, held in Lisbon on August 8-12, 1998. The first time International Youth Day was celebrated on August 12, 2000.

August 12, 2016 - Day Air Force(Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 31, 2006 No. 549).

August 13, 2016 - International Left-Handed Day. International Left-Handed Day was first celebrated on August 13, 1992, at the initiative of the British Left-Handed Club, established in 1990. On this day, left-handers around the world seek to draw the attention of manufacturers of goods to the need to take into account their convenience, arrange a variety of events and competitions.

August 15, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev (1931-1996), Soviet and Russian composer.

August 17, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (1911-1995), Soviet chess player.

August 19, 2016 - Photo Day. The date of the holiday was not chosen by chance: on August 9, 1839, the French artist, chemist and inventor Louis Daguerre presented to the French Academy of Sciences the process of obtaining a daguerreotype - an image on a light-sensitive metal plate, and on August 19, the French government proclaimed his invention "a gift to the world."

August 19, 2016 - 255 years since the birth of Andreian (Andrian) Dmitrievich Zakharov (1761-1811), Russian architect, representative of the Empire style.

August 22, 2016 - 275 years since the birth of Jean Francois de Galo Laperouse (1741-1788), French navigator.

August 27, 2016 - 120 years since the birth of Faina Ranevskaya (1896-1984), Soviet theater and film actress.

August 29, 2016 - International Day against Nuclear Tests (since 2010 by decision of the UN General Assembly).

August 30, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Ernst Rutherford (1871-1937), English physicist. One of the creators of the doctrine of radioactivity and the structure of the atom.

August 31, 2016 - Blog Day. The idea to celebrate Blog Day on August 31 came about in 2005.

Memorable and significant dates in September 2016

September 2, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Evgeny Pavlovich Leonov (1926-1994), a famous Soviet theater and film actor.

September 3, 2016 - Day of Solidarity in the fight against terrorism. This is a new memorable date for Russia, established by the Federal Law "On the Days of Military Glory of Russia" dated July 6, 2005. Associated with the tragic events in Beslan.

September 4, 2016 - Day of the nuclear security specialist (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 31, 2006 No. 549)

September 4, 2016 - Day of oil, gas and fuel industry(First Sunday in September).

September 8, 2016 - International Literacy Day. It has been celebrated since 1967 by the decision of UNESCO.

September 9, 2016 - World Beauty Day. The initiative of the holding belongs to the International Committee of Aesthetics and Cosmetology.

September 11, 2016 - Lake Baikal Day. Established in 1999 and since then it has been annually celebrated on the fourth Sunday of August, but since 2008, by the decision of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region, Baikal Day has been moved to the second Sunday of September.

September 15, 2016 - the birthday of the international environmental organization Greenpeace (September 15, 1971 - the day of the first organized action of environmentalists against nuclear testing).

September 16, 2016 - Juliet's birthday. On this day, the Italian city of Verona celebrates the birthday of Juliet, the famous Shakespearean heroine.

September 19, 2016 - Smiley's birthday. On September 19, 1982, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott Fahlman first proposed the use of three consecutive characters - a colon, a hyphen, and a closing bracket - to indicate a "smiling face" in text that is typed on a computer.

September 21, 2016 - International Day of Peace as a day of universal ceasefire and non-violence.

September 21, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Mark Naumovich Bernes (1911-1969), Soviet singer and film actor.

September 22, 2016 - 225 years since the birth of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), the great English physicist.

September 24, 2016 - World Maritime Day. It was established at the 10th session of the Assembly by the International Maritime Organization, has been noted since 1978. Included in the system of world and international days of the UN. 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. September 24th is celebrated in Russia.

September 25, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1906-1975), Russian composer, teacher, pianist, classic of world musical culture of the 20th century.

September 30, 2016 - 125 years since the birth of Otto Yulievich Schmidt (1891-1956), Soviet scientist, geographer, explorer of the Arctic.

Memorable and significant dates in October 2016

October 1, 2016 - International Music Day. Established in 1975 by decision of UNESCO. One of the initiators of the establishment of the International Day of Music is the composer Dmitry Shostakovich.

October 1, 2016 - International Day of Older Persons. It was proclaimed at the 45th session of the UN General Assembly on December 14, 1990, celebrated since October 1, 1991.

October 2, 2016 - International Day of Non-Violence. Established by a resolution of the UN General Assembly on June 15, 2007. The date was not chosen by chance: on October 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement and the founder of the philosophy of non-violence, was born. In accordance with the UN resolution, the International Day serves as an additional occasion to "promote non-violence, including through educational and public outreach work."

October 3, 2016 - World Architecture Day (first Monday in October). This holiday was established by the International Union of Architects.

October 3-9, 2016 - International Writing Week. Held annually during the week of World Post Day.

October 4, 2016 - Day of the beginning of the space age of mankind (since 1967, by decision of the International Federation of Astronautics).

October 8, 2016 - 145 years since the birth of Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny (1871-1949), athlete, wrestler, circus performer.

October 10, 2016 - 155 years since the birth of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Norwegian polar explorer.

October 9, 2016 - Day of the Worker of Agriculture and Processing Industry (second Sunday of October, Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 31, 1999 No. 679).

October 14, 2016 - World Egg Day. In 1996, at a conference in Vienna, the International Egg Commission announced that the World Egg Day would be celebrated on the second Friday in October.

October 15, 2016 is World Handwashing Day. It is noted but the initiative of the United Nations Children's Fund.

October 15, 2016 - 175 years since the birth of Savva Ivanovich Mamontov (1841-1918), a famous industrialist, Russian philanthropist.

October 19, 2016 - Day of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. All-Russian Lyceum Day. Ego holiday owes its appearance educational institution- On October 19, 1811, the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum was opened, in which Alexander Pushkin and many other people who glorified Russia were brought up.

October 21, 2016 - Apple Day (or the weekend closest to this date). In the UK, this event was first organized in 1990, at the initiative of one of the charitable organizations. Although the holiday is called “Apple Day”, it is dedicated not only to apples, but also to all orchards, as well as local island attractions.

October 22, 2016 - White Cranes Festival. A holiday of poetry and memory of the fallen on the battlefields in all wars. Appeared at the initiative of the poet Rasul Gamzatov.

October 22, 2016 - 205 years since the birth of Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor.

October 24, 2016 - 105 years since the birth of Arkady Isaakovich Raikin (1911-1987), Soviet theater, stage, film, comedian.

October 24, 2016 - International Day of School Libraries (4th Monday in October).

October 25, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (1926-2012), Russian opera singer.

October 25, 2016 - 135th birthday of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), French painter.

October 25, 2016 - International Day of Women's Struggle for Peace (since 1980, by decision of the Women's International Democratic Federation).

October 28, 2016 - International Animation Day. Established at the initiative of the French branch of the International Animated Film Association in 2002 in honor of the 110th anniversary of the public presentation of the first animation technology.

Memorable and significant dates in November 2016

November 3, 2016 - 215 years since the birth of Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Italian composer.

November 4, 2016 - National Unity Day. This holiday was established in honor of important event in the history of Russia - the liberation of Moscow from the Polish interventionists in 1612.

November 7, 2016 - Day of consent and reconciliation. Day of the October Revolution. The day of the military parade on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941).

November 8, 2016 - International KVN Day (since 2001). The idea of the holiday was proposed by the president of the international club KVN Alexander Maslyakov. The date of the celebration was chosen in honor of the anniversary of the first game of the Club of the cheerful and resourceful, which aired on November 8, 1961.

November 9, 2016 - 80 years since the birth of Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal (1936-1992), Soviet chess player.

November 11, 2016 - 305 years since the birth of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711-1755), Russian scientist and traveler, explorer of Siberia and Kamchatka.

November 13, 2016 - International Day of the Blind. On November 13, 1745, Valentin Gayuy was born in France - a famous teacher who founded several schools and enterprises for the blind in Paris and St. Petersburg. By decision of the World Health Organization, this date became the basis for the International Day of the Blind.

November 20, 2016 - No Smoking Day (celebrated on the third Thursday of November). It was established by the American Cancer Society in 1977.

November 19, 2016 - 305 years since the birth of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), the great Russian scientist.

November 21, 2016 - World Hello Day (since 1973). This holiday was invented by two brothers - Michael and Brion McCormack from the US state of Nebraska in 1973. In this holiday-game, the rules are very simple: it is enough to say hello to ten strangers on this day.

November 22, 2016 - 215 years since the birth of Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl (1801-1872), Russian writer, linguist, ethnographer.

November 26, 2016 - World Information Day. It has been celebrated annually since 1994 at the initiative of the International Informatization Academy and the World Informationological Parliament. On this day in 1992, the first International Informatization Forum took place.

November 27, 2016 - 315 years since the birth of Anders Celsius (1701-1744), Swedish astronomer, physicist, meteorologist.

November 29, 2016 - World Conservation Society Foundation Day. On this day, in 1948, the World Conservation Union was founded, which is the largest international non-profit environmental organization. The Union brings together 82 states into a unique global partnership (including the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology).

Memorable and significant dates in December 2016

December 1, 2016 - 300th anniversary of the birth of Etienne Maurice Falcone (1716-1791), French sculptor: The Bronze Horseman monument.

December 1, 2016 - 120 years since the birth of Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896-1974), Soviet military leader, statesman. Marshal of the Soviet Union.

December 5, 2016 - 155 years since the birth of Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin (1861-1939), Russian painter, theater artist, teacher.

December 5, 2016 - 115 years since the birth of Walt Disney (1901-1966), American animator, film director, actor, screenwriter and producer, founder of Walt Disney Productions.

December 10, 2016 - International Human Rights Day. The date was chosen in honor of the adoption and proclamation by the UN General Assembly in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

December 12, 2016 - 65 years since the birth of Fyodor Filippovich Konyukhov (1951), Russian professional traveler.

December 15, 2016 - Day of Remembrance for journalists who died in the line of duty.

December 16, 2016 - 150 years since the birth of the painter, the founder of abstract art, Wassily Vasilyevich Kandinsky (1866-1944).

December 18, 2016 - 95 years since the birth of Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (1921-1997), circus and film artist.

December 19, 2016 - 110 years since the birth of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet state and party leader.

December 23, 2016 - 85 years since the birth of Lev Konstantinovich Durov (1931-2015), actor, director.

December 27, 2016 - 445 years since the birth of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). eminent German astronomer.

December 28, 2016 - International Cinema Day. December 28, 1895 in Paris in the "Grand Cafe" on the Boulevard des Capucines, the first session of the Lumiere brothers' cinematograph was held.

2006-2016 - Decade of Rehabilitation and Development of the Affected Regions

(third decade after Chernobyl)

2010-2020 - Decade to Combat Desertification

2011-2020 - Decade of Biodiversity

Decade of Action for Road Safety

2012-2017 - Decree of the President of the Russian Federation "On the National Strategy for Action in the Interests of Children for 2012-2017"

2013-2022 - International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures

JANUARY

January 3 - 80 years old Nikolai Mikhailovich Rubtsov (1936-1971)

January 6 - 120 years Efim Nikolaevich Permitin (1896-1971)

January 8 - 70 years old since the birth of a Russian writer, translator Mikhail Davidovich Yasnova (1946)

13th of January - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Arkady Alexandrovich Vainer (1931-2005)

January 14 - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov (1911-1999)

January 15 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian poet Osip Emilievich Mandelstam (1891-1938)

January 24 - 240 years birthday of the German writer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)

January 27 - 190 years since the birth of the Russian satirist writer Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826-1889)

January 27 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenburg (1891-1967)

January 29 - 150 years since the birth of the French prose writer, playwright Romain Rolland (1866-1944)

FEBRUARY

February 5th - 180 years since the birth of the Russian critic, publicist Nikolai Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov (1836-1861)

February 9th - 575 years since the birth of the Uzbek poet Nizamaddin Mir Alisher Navoi (1441-1501)

February 10 - 135 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Boris Konstantinovich Zaitsev (1881-1972)

February 13 - 135 years old since the birth of the English children's writer, the first laureate of the International Literary Prize. H. K. Andersen Elinor Farjeon (1881-1965)

February, 15 - 110 years from the birthday of the Tatar poet Musa Jalil (1906-1944)

February 16 - 185 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Semenovich Leskov (1831-1895)

February 17 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian children's poet Agnia Lvovna Barto (1906-1971)

February 17 - 160 years Joseph Roni(senior) (1856-1940)

February 22 - 195 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Alexei Mikhailovich Zhemchuzhnikov (1821-1905)

24 February - 230 years since the birth of the German writer, philologist Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)

24 February - 85 years old since the birth of the Israeli writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. K. Andersen (1996) Uri Orleva (1931)

25 February - 145 years old since the birth of the Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka (1871-1913)

25 February - 105 years old Agnia Alexandrovna Kuznetsova (1911-1996)

28th of February - 150 years since the birth of the Russian symbolist poet Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866-1949)

MARCH

March 4 - 110 years, winner of the International Prize. H. K. Andersen Meindert De Jong (1906-1991)

the 5th of March - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Vladimirovich Bogdanov (1906-1989)

March 12 - 80 years old since the birth of the American writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. C. Andersen (1992) Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002)

March, 25 - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Alexey Ivanovich Musatov (1911-1976)

March 27 - 135 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (1881-1925)

March 27 - 145 years old since the birth of a German writer, public figure Heinrich Mann (1871-1950)

APRIL

April 12th - 85 years old Vitaly Titovich Korzhikov (1931-2007)

April 12 - World Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics. 55 years from the day first manned flight into space(1961) (noted by UNESCO)

April 13 - 110 years birthday of Irish writer, Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

April 15 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilyov (1886-1921)

April 15 - 90 years old from the birthday of the Russian poetess Emma Efraimovna Moshkovskaya (1926-1981)

April 18th - 115 years old birthday of the Hungarian writer Laszlo Nemetha (1901-1975)

April 24 - 225 years Nikolai Alexandrovich Bestuzhev (1791-1855)

April 28 - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Makeevich Markov (1911-1991)

April 28 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian poet, prose writer Viktor Alexandrovich Sosnory (1936)

April 30 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Viktor Ivanovich Likhonosov (1936)

MAY

May 2 - 160 years since the birth of the Russian writer, philosopher Vasily Vasilyevich Rozanova (1856-1919)

May 2 - 105 years old since the birth of the Tajik poet Mirzo Tursun-Zade (1911-1977)

5 May - 170 years from the birthday of the Polish writer, Nobel Prize winner in literature Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916)

May 7 - 155 years birthday of indian writer Rabindranath Tagore (Thakur) (1861-1941)

May 11 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vera Kazimirovna Ketlinskaya (1906-1976)

May 15 - 160 years birthday of american children's writer Lyman Frank Bauma (1856-1919)

May 15 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891-1940)

May 20 - 105 years since the birth of the Dutch writer, poet, laureate of the International Prize H. K. Andersen (1988) Anna Schmidt (1911-1995)

May, 23rd - 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Susanna Mikhailovna Georgievskaya (1916-1974)

May 28 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian poet Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (1886-1939)

May 29 - 60 years since the birth of the Russian writer Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili - Boris Akunin (1956)

May 31 - 90 years old since the birth of the German writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. K. Andersen James Crews (1926-1997)

JUNE

2 June - 140 years since the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Andreevich Trenev (1876-1945)

June 4 - 195 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Apollon Nikolaevich Maikov (1821-1897)

June 11th - 205 years since the birth of the Russian critic Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky (1811-1878)

June 14 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Alexander Melentievich Volkov (1891-1977)

June 14 - 205 years birthday of American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)

June 17 - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Viktor Platonovich Nekrasov (1911-1987)

June 20 - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian children's writer Anatoly Markovich Markushi (1921-2005)

21st of June - 200 years Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)

June 22 - Day of memory and sorrow, 75 years old since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and defense of the Brest Fortress (1941)

22nd of June - 160 years Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925)

30 June - 105 years old from the birthday of the Polish writer Cheslava Milos (1911-2004)

JULY

3 July - 90 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Osipovich Bogomolov (1926-2004)

July 17th - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Boris Andreevich Lavrenev (1891-1959)

July 17th - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian children's writer Sergei Anatolievich Ivanov (1941)

July 18 - 205 years birthday of the English writer William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)

July 22 - 90 years old since the birth of the Russian prose writer, poet Sergei Alexandrovich Baruzdin (1926-1991)

26 July - 160 years birthday of the English playwright, writer George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

A B G U S T

August 7 - 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vitaly Grigorievich Melentiev (1916-1984)

August 9 - 110 years birthday of the English writer Pamela Lyndon Travers (1906-1996)

August 14 - 150 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Sergeevich Merezhkovsky (1866-1941)

August 20 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Georgy Georgievich Belykh (1906-1938)

August 21 - 145 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev (1871-1919)

August 22 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Leonid Panteleev (Alexey Ivanovich Eremeev) (1906-1987)

August 22 - 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Veniaminovich Kalinin (1916-2008)

August 27 - 145 years old birthday of the American writer Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945)

SEPTEMBER

September 1 - 160 years since the birth of the Russian poet Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky (1856-1909)

September 2 - 110 years since the birth of the Russian science fiction writer Alexander Petrovich Kazantsev (1906-2002)

September 3 - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov (1941-1990)

September 7 - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Nikolaevich Krupin (1941)

12-th of September - 95 years old from the birthday of the Polish science fiction writer Stanislav Lem (1921)

12-th of September - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Nikolaevich Markov (1906-1979)

September 14 - 80 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Alexander Semenovich Kushner (1936)

September 15th - 125 years birthday of the English writer Agatha (Clarissa) Christie (Miller) (1891-1976)

September 19 - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Seeds of Izrailevich Lipkin (1911-2003)

September 21 - 150 years birthday of the English science fiction writer H. G. Wells (1866-1946)

September 22nd - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Ruvim Isaevich Fraerman (1891-1972)

23 September - 80 years old Edward Stanislavovich Radzinsky (1936)

September 24 - 120 years birthday of the American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)

September 28 - 110 years from the birthday of the Russian playwright Alexander Petrovich Stein (1906-1993)

September 30th - 110 years since the birth of the Russian writer Lyubov Fedorovna Voronkova (1906-1976)

OCTOBER

October 1 - 225 years since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (1791-1859)

October 6 - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian poet, prose writer, playwright Roman Sefa (1931-2009)

October 8 - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Julian Semenovich Semenov (1931-1993)

October 13 - 80 years old since the birth of the Austrian children's writer, laureate of the International Prize. H. K. Andersen, laureate of the Astrid Lindgren International Memorial Prize Christine Nestling (1936)

17 October - 85 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Ignatievich Pristavkin (1931-2008)

October 21 - 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer, playwright Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz (1896-1958)

NOVEMBER

November 4 - 65 years old since the establishment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO (1945)

November 7 - 130 years since the birth of the Russian writer Mark Alexandrovich Aldanov (1886-1957)

November 7 - 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Andreevich Furmanov (1891-1926)

November 7 - 95 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Andrey Dmitrievich Zharikov (1921)

11th of November - 195 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881)

11th of November - 115 years old since the birth of the Russian writer, illustrator Evgeny Ivanovich Charushin (1901-1965)

November 18th - 70 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Pietsukh (1946)

November 19 - 305 years since the birth of the Russian poet, scientist Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765)

20 November - 100 years since the birth of the Russian poet Mikhail Alexandrovich Dudin (1916-1994)

November 22 - 215 years since the birth of the Russian philosopher, lexicographer, ethnographer Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl (1801-1872)

November 28 - 135 years old from the birth of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig
(1881-1942)

November 28 - 110 years since the birth of a Russian outstanding public figure, philosopher Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev (1906-1999)

DECEMBER

5th of December - 115 years old birthday of American film director, artist Walt Disney(Disney, 1901-1966)

9th December - 105 years old since the birth of the Russian children's writer Nikolai Vladimirovich Toman (1911-1974)

December 10 - 195 years old since the birth of the Russian poet Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821-1877)

December 11th - 160 years since the birth of the Russian philosopher, publicist Georgy Valentinovich Plekhanov (1856-1918)

12 December - 195 years old birthday of the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

12 December - 250 years since the birth of the Russian writer, historian Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766-1826)

December 14 - 100 years since the birth of the Russian children's writer Viktor Ivanovich Banykin (1916-1986)

December 24 - 115 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeev (1901-1956)

December 25 - 75 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Ruslan Timofeevich Kireev (1941)

Anniversary books 2016

695 years (1321)

A. Dante "The Divine Comedy"

290 years (1726)

J. Swift "Gulliver's Travels"

235 years(1781)

D. I. Fonvizin "Undergrowth"

225 years (1791)

R. E. Raspe "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"

200 years (1816)

E. T. Hoffman "Nutcracker"

195 years old (1821)

A. S. Pushkin « Prisoner of the Caucasus»

190 years (1826)

V. Gauf "Collection of fairy tales for 1826»

Brothers Grimm "Fairy tales"(first Russian translation)

J. Cooper "Last of the Mohicans"

185 years (1831)

N. V. Gogol "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka"

A. S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit"

V. Hugo "Notre Dame Cathedral"

A. S. Pushkin "The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda", "The Tale of Tsar Saltan, His Son, the Glorious and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and the Beautiful Princess Swan"

Stendhal "Red and black"

O. de Balzac "Shagreen leather"

180 years(1836)

Ch. Dickens The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

A. S. Pushkin « Captain's daughter»

175 years (1841)

J. Cooper "St. John's Wort, or the First Path of War"

170 years (1846)

A. Dumas "The Count of Monte Cristo"

E. Lear "Book of Nonsense"

165 years (1851)

G. Melville "Moby Dick, or the White Whale"

160 years (1856)

S. T. Aksakov "Family Chronicles"

Ch. Dickens "Little Dorrit"

155 years (1861)

F. M. Dostoevsky "Humiliated and Insulted"

N. A. Nekrasov "Peasant Children"

150 years (1866)

F. M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment"

T. Mine Reed "Headless horseman"

145 years old (1871)

L. Carroll "Alice in the Wonderland"

140 years (1876)

N. A. Nekrasov "Who in Rus' to live well"

M. Twain "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

135 years old (1881)

C. Collodi "The Story of Pinocchio"

N. S. Leskov "The Tale of the Tula Oblique Lefty and the Steel Flea"

130 years (1886)

M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin "Fairy tales"

125 years (1891)

A. Conan Doyle "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"

120 years (1896)

F. E. Burnett "Little Lord Fauntleroy"

115 years old (1901)

A. Conan Doyle "The Hound of the Baskervilles"

90 years old (1926)

A. S. Green "Running on the waves"

A. Milne "Winnie the Pooh"

V. A. Obruchev "Sannikov Land"

K. I. Chukovsky "Fedorino grief", "Wonder Tree", "Confusion", "Phone"

M. A. Sholokhov "Don stories"

85 years old (1931)

I. Ilf and E. Petrov "Golden calf"

80 years old (1936)

V. P. Belyaev "Old Fortress"

V. P. Kataev "The lonely sail turns white"

S. V. Mikhalkov "Uncle Stepa"

A. N. Tolstoy « The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio"

K. Capek "War with the Salamanders"

75 years old (1941)

A. P. Gaidar "Timur and his team", "Timur's Oath"

L. Panteleev "Honestly"

70 years old (1946)

N. M. Verzilin "In the footsteps of Robinson"

E. Ilyina "The Fourth Height"

A. Lindgren "The famous detective Kale Blomkvist"

65 years old (1951)

N. N. Nosov "Vitya Maleev at school and at home"

J. Rodari "The Adventures of Cipollino"

D. Salinger "The Catcher in the Rye"

60 years (1956)

Ya. L. Akim "Clumsy"

J. Durrell "My family and other animals"

A. Rybakov "Bronze Bird"

55 years (1961)

V. Yu. Dragunsky "He's alive and glowing"

N. N. Nosov "The Adventures of Tolya Klyukvin"

50 years (1966)

S. S. Vangeli "The Adventures of Gugutse"

B. V. Zakhoder "Comrade children"

O. Preusler "Little Baba Yaga", "Little Waterman", "Little Ghost"

N. I. Sladkov "Underwater Newspaper"

45 years (1971)

N. N. Nosov The Dunno Trilogy

O. Preusler "Krabat. Legends of the old mill»

G. N. Troepolsky "White Bim Black Ear"

40 years (1976)

A. G. Aleksin "Mad Evdokia"

V. G. Rasputin "Farewell to Matera"

35 years (1981)

A. Lindgren "Roni, the Robber's Daughter"

Anniversaries of newspapers and magazines

155 years (1861) magazine "Around the world"

80 years (1936) magazine "Literary review"

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Memorable and significant dates in September 2016

September 2, 2016 - 90 years since the birth of Evgeny Pavlovich Leonov (1926-1994), a famous Soviet theater and film actor.

September 4, 2016 - Day of the nuclear security specialist (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 31, 2006 No. 549)

September 4, 2016 - Day of Oil, Gas and Fuel Industry Workers (first Sunday in September).