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'''Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day''' ({{Lang-ru|День сотрудника органов внутренних дел Российской Федерации}}), commonly known outside [[Russia]] as the '''Day of the Police''' ({{lang-ru|День полиции}}; {{lang-kz|Полиция күні}}; {{lang-tg|Рӯзи милитсия}}; {{lang-ky|ИИМ күнү}}; {{lang-be|Дзень паліцыі}}; {{lang-uk|День поліції}}; {{lang-ro|Ziua de poliție}}, {{lang-uz|Politsiya kuni}}) is a [[public holiday]] celebrated in [[Russia]] and most post-Soviet republics which honors all those serving in their national police. Russia, being the most notable country to celebrate the holiday was a pioneer in the celebrations, using the occasion to honor the [[Police of Russia]].
'''Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day''' ({{Lang-ru|День сотрудника органов внутренних дел}}), commonly known outside [[Russia]] as the '''Day of the Police''' ({{lang-ru|День полиции}}; {{lang-kz|Полиция күні}}; {{lang-tg|Рӯзи милитсия}}; {{lang-ky|ИИМ күнү}}; {{lang-be|Дзень паліцыі}}; {{lang-uk|День поліції}}; {{lang-ro|Ziua de poliție}}, {{lang-uz|Politsiya kuni}}) is a [[public holiday]] celebrated in [[Russia]] and most post-Soviet republics which honors all those serving in their national police. Russia, being the most notable country to celebrate the holiday was a pioneer in the celebrations, using the occasion to honor the [[Police of Russia]].


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Revision as of 13:46, 2 July 2019

Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day
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President Vladimir Putin with cadets of the Moscow University of Ministry of Internal Affairs during a visit on Police Day in 2018.
Observed by Russia (under the name of Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day)
 Belarus (celebrated as Police Day)
 Kyrgyzstan (celebrated as Police Day)
 Kazakhstan (celebrated as Police Day)
 Moldova (celebrated as Police Day)
 Tajikistan (celebrated as Police Day)
 Uzbekistan (celebrated under the Russian name)
 Ukraine (celebrated as National Police Day)
SignificanceCelebrates the founding of the national police/acts as the professional holiday for police officers
ObservancesWreath laying ceremonies, concerts, parades
DateNovember 10
Frequencyannual

Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day (Template:Lang-ru), commonly known outside Russia as the Day of the Police (Template:Lang-ru; Template:Lang-kz; Template:Lang-tg; Template:Lang-ky; Template:Lang-be; Template:Lang-uk; Template:Lang-ro, Template:Lang-uz) is a public holiday celebrated in Russia and most post-Soviet republics which honors all those serving in their national police. Russia, being the most notable country to celebrate the holiday was a pioneer in the celebrations, using the occasion to honor the Police of Russia.

History

O 10 November (28 October, O.S.) 1917, Alexei Rykov, the then People's Commissar for Internal Affairs on the first roster of the Sovnarkom, signed a decree on the establishment of a working Soviet Militsiya.[1] Since 1962, this date has been is celebrated as a professional holiday, after a decree signed by the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev cane into effect on 26 September of that year. Beginning on 1 October 1980, the Day of Soviet Militia was considered an official holiday, in accordance with the Decree No. 3018 of the Supreme Soviet, which was amended by on 1 November 1988 to specifically make it a holiday specific to the RSFSR.[2]

Russian and Post-Soviet celebrations

Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day is primarily celebrated in the Russian Federation, although a number of former former Soviet republics celebrate this holiday on various dates, usually under the name of Day of the Police or Day of the Militsiya.

Armenia

Police Day in Armenia is celebrated as the Police Workers Day (Template:Lang-hy), honoring the personnel of the Police of Armenia. It is celebrated annually on 16 April and has been since 2002. The date for the holiday was chosen exactly a year earlier, on 16 April 2001, by the National Assembly of Armenia. It was on this day in 2011 that the Law "On Police Duties" was passed. Traditionally, the President of Armenia and/or the Prime Minister of Armenia recieves the salute at the police headquarters in Yerevan during a ceremony in which a drill team and police band perform. Early in the morning, high-ranking representatives of the Armenian police lay flowers at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Victory Park.[3][4] Mass events have also occasionally been held in Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium.[5][6]

Azerbaijan

The Day of the Police of Azerbaijan is the professional holiday of law enforcement officers of the Republic, celebrated annually on July 2. The date honors the signing of "personnel appointments to the police" by the Minister of the Interior of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on this day in 1918. This came weeks after tge establishment of the republic, a date which is now Azerbaijan's Republic Day. It became an official holiday on 28 October 1999 by order of President Heydar Aliyev.[7][8]

Belarus

Main article: Day of the Police of Belarus

Since March 1998, the Day of the Police of Belarus (Дзень паліцыі Беларусі), celebrated on 4 March, honours the Belarusian Militsiya and the date in 1917 when Bolshevik politician and icon Mikhail Frunze was appointed the chief of the militia of the city of Minsk.[9][10]  It is celebrated widely among agencies of the Belarusian MVD and is celebrated by the Internal Troops, various special police units such as OMON and SOBR and the Presidential Guard.

Kyrgyzstan

The Day of the Police of Kyrgyzstan is marked by the Ministry of the Interior on 1 November, commemorating the establishment of the first unified Kyrgyz police in the Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast in 1924. President Askar Akayev ordered the establishment of the holiday on 17 September 1993.[11][12][13] A parsde and exhibi of the police takes place on Bishkek's Old Square in front of the House of Government.

Moldova

The Moldovan General Police Inspectorate celebrates Police Day (Template:Lang-ro) on 18 December.

Russia

President Vladimir Putin awarding the Order of Courage on Police Day in 2001.

In Russia, Police Day honors the policemen of the Police of Russia and all those working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The holiday was also celebrated under the previous Russian Militsiya. Since the adoption of Dmitry Medvedev's Russian police reform in March 2011, the holiday's name was changed from simply the Day of the Militsiya to Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day.[14][15] Since 2000, the President of Russia usually gives a keynote address during a gala event at the State Kremlin Palace. Visits to the Kikot Moscow University of the MVD are commonplace for government officials.[16]

Tajikistan

6 February is celebrated in Tajikistan as the Day of Police (Template:Lang-tg). It honors the arrival of the first NKVD officers in Dushanbe, the then capital of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The holiday has been celebrated in an official capacity since 2011, having been celebrated off and on beginning in 1994.[17] Prior to 1991, the day was called the Day of the Soviet Militia.[18] Police officers killed in the Tajik Civil War are honoured on this date. To date, more than one thousand family policemen have been provided with households on the holiday.[19][20]

Ukraine

File:Національна поліція України 2016.jpg
A police officer on the background of the festive logo during the celebration of the National Police Day of Ukraine in 2016

Ukraine celebrates National Police Day (Template:Lang-uk) on 4 July.[21] It commemorates the suspension of law enforcement duties by the Ukrainian Militsiya (Ukraine) and the establishment of the National Police of Ukraine. It also coincides with the first oath of patrol policemen on Sofia Square in Kyiv. The holiday was introduced and first celebrated in August 2015 and was celebrated on that day ever since until President Petro Poroshenko by decree on 4 April 2018 declared that National Police Day be celebrated annually on 4 July, and become a national holiday.[22][23]

Uzbekistan

The Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day (Template:Lang-uz) is celebrated in Uzbekistan on 25 October.[24]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai/history/1917_1940
  2. ^ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР № 3018-Х от 1 октября 1980 года «О праздничных и памятных днях»
  3. ^ https://www.calend.ru/holidays/0/0/1989/
  4. ^ https://ruspekh.ru/events/item/den-rabotnika-politsii-armenii
  5. ^ https://news.am/rus/news/55628.html
  6. ^ http://www.armradio.am/en/10891
  7. ^ https://www.calend.ru/holidays/0/0/2213/
  8. ^ https://anydayguide.com/calendar/1080
  9. ^ https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/obshchestvo/belarus_segodnya_otmechaet_den_militsii_04_03_2014_07_02_0059/
  10. ^ "05.11.2002 О государственных праздниках, праздничных днях и памятных датах в Республике Беларусь". advokatby.com. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
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  14. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 13.10.2011 № 1348 «О дне сотрудника органов внутренних дел Российской Федерации»" (in Russian). Сайт Президента России. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2014-11-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadlink= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 13.10.2011 № 1348 «О дне сотрудника органов внутренних дел Российской Федерации»" (in Russian). Сайт Президента России. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2014-11-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadlink= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ http://www.rusevents.info/holiday/day-of-russian-militia-police-day/
  17. ^ http://avesta.tj/2017/11/10/v-tadzhikistane-otmechayut-den-militsii-2/
  18. ^ https://catoday.org/tjru/v-tadzhikistane-vpervye-otmetyat-den-tadzhikskoy-milicii
  19. ^ https://sputnik-tj.com/amp/Tajikistan/20151110/1017430310.html
  20. ^ https://news.tj/en/news/life/person/20111110/den-militsii-v-tadzhikistane-vnov-otmechayut-10-noyabrya
  21. ^ https://www.unian.info/society/amp-10174799-ukraine-marks-national-police-day-on-july-4.html
  22. ^ https://112.international/society/national-police-day-in-ukraine-29928.html
  23. ^ https://www.efe.com/efe/english/world/ukraine-celebrates-first-national-police-day-since-revolution/50000262-3004016
  24. ^ https://m.uz.sputniknews.ru/society/20151025/848167.html?mobile_return=no
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