Время говорить по-русски!

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Well, ok, it's the 7th of November. And it looks like the Russian government found how to go on celebrating this date! It is not the Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution any more, but now it's the Day of Military Glory! In 1941, the first year of the Great Patriotic War, on November, 7th on the Red Square there was held a parade. It was a historical event. Stalin gave a speech in front of the troops, they marched through the Red Square and departed from there straight to the battlefront. In commemoration of this historical parade, a parade on the Red Square was held today, too. People send greetings and flowers to veterans of that war. In this picture you can see the troops marching under the statue of Minin and Pozharsky on the Red Square. Here   you can see how it went. Even if you don't understand Russian that well, you can still have a look at the parade!

11.04. Russia is celebrating the Day of People's Unity. It's a state holiday, and has been for several years by now. But it turns out that 2/3 of the population of Russian Federation have no idea what exactly we are celebrating on this day! Although, this holiday has an interesting history, it's one of my favourites )) So, the holiday. 1612. The Time of Troubles, and a war between Poland+Lithuania and Russia. Polish-Lithuanian invadors were already in Moscow. Minin and Pozharsky gathered a people's volunteer army and entered Moscow at the end of October (old style). On the 1st of November prince Pozharskiy entered Kitay-Gorod with the icon of Our Lady of Kazan. It was believed to be a miracle-working icon.  He swore that if he wins he would build a temple for the icon. And he won the battle for Moscow, and the war. That was the end of the war, and of the Times of Troubles, and at that time the Romanovs came to the throne. In 1649 this day was announced a state hol...

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