What traditional festivals do Russians have?

New Year, Orthodox Christmas, Defender of the Motherland Day, Meat Festival, Constitution Day.

1, New Year

The New Year, that is, the first day of the year, is a popular holiday in most countries in the world. Countries all over the world, especially in ancient times, have different dates. The calendar year of most countries in the modern world is 1. 1. Modern people call "New Year's Day" the Gregorian New Year and "Spring Festival" the Lunar New Year. On that day, people will celebrate the arrival of the New Year in various ways.

2. Orthodox Christmas

Christmas, also known as Christmas and Jesus' birthday, is translated as "Christian Mass", which is a traditional festival in the West and originated from Christianity. February 25th of the Gregorian calendar every year. Mass is a church service. Christmas is a religious festival, because it is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus, hence the name "Christmas".

Most Catholic churches will hold midnight mass on Christmas Eve on February 24, 65438+, that is, in the early morning of February 25, 65438+, while some Christian churches will hold a good news party and then celebrate Christmas on February 25, 65438+. Another branch of Christianity, the Orthodox Church, celebrates Christmas every year on 65438+1October 7th.

3. Defender of the Motherland Day

Defender of the Motherland Day (Russian: деньзащитникаотечес)

19 17, after the victory of the October Revolution in Russia, Russia went to war with the Allies. In order to quit the war, the newly established Soviet government held peace talks with its ally Germany after its peace proposal was rejected by its allies.

4. Meat Festival

Meat Festival (Russian: ма? сленица (English: Maslenitsa), also known as the Winter Festival and Pancake Week, is a traditional Russian festival handed down during the period of Russian polytheism.

Later, because the Russian people began to believe in the Orthodox Church, this festival was associated with the carnival before the Christian Lent. At present, the Eastern Orthodox Church (a branch of Christianity) starts the meat festival in the eighth week before Easter every year. For example, in 2009, the Meat Festival lasted from February 23rd to March 1.

5. Constitution Day

65438+February 65438+February is one of the most important national festivals in Russia-Constitution Day.

1993, Russia held a referendum to formally implement the current constitution. Since then, this festival has been established. Prior to this, the Constitution of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 19 18, and the first Soviet Constitution was adopted in 1924, which consolidated the victory of socialism in the Soviet Union. Later, the Constitution was amended twice in 1936 and 1977, and it was implemented until 199 1.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Russia