Public holidays in the Soviet Union

There were eight major Public holidays in the Soviet Union. There were over 30 holidays total.^{[citation needed]}

Major holidays

Date	English Name	Russian Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Новый год	Arguably the largest celebration of the year. Most of the traditions that were originally associated with Christmas in Russia (Father Frost, a decorated fir-tree) were moved to New Year's Eve after the Revolution and are associated with New Year's Eve to this day.
February 23	Red Army Day	День Советской Армии и Военно-морского флота ("Day of the Soviet Army and Navy")	Formation of the Red Army in February 1918. It wasn't an official holiday, unlike the others. ^{[citation needed]} It is currently called День защитника отечества ("Day of the Defender of the Fatherland") in Russia.
March 8	International Women's Day	Международный женский день, (Восьмое марта Vosmoe marta)	An official holiday marking women's liberation movement, popularly celebrated as a cross between American Mother's Day and Valentine's Day.
April 12	Cosmonautics Day	День космонавтики ("Day of Cosmonautics")	The day Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961.
May 1	International Labor Day (May Day)	Первое Мая - День международной солидарности трудящихся ("International Day of Worker's Solidarity")	Celebrated on May 1 and May 2. Now called Праздник весны и труда ("Celebration of Spring and Labor").
May 9	Victory Day	День Победы	End of Great Patriotic War, marked by capitulation of Nazi Germany, 1945
October 7	USSR Constitution Day	День Конституции СССР	1977 Constitution of the USSR accepted - from 1936 to 1977 celebrated on December 5, after the 1936 Soviet Constitution
November 7	October Revolution Day	Годовщина Великой Октябрьской социалистической революции or Седьмое ноября	Celebrating October Revolution of 1917. It has now been replaced with День примирения и согласия ("Day of Reconciliation and Agreement"), celebrated on a Nov. 7 (at least officially) before amendments in Labour Codex (adopted in December 2004, new holiday, which celebrates at November 4 is the People Unity Day ("День народного единства)" in Russia.

Religious holidays

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 7	Orthodox Christmas
January 25	Tatiana Day	Татьянин день
December 25	Catholic Christmas
March 18 - March 23	Nowruz	Новруз	Limited in Soviet Central Asia and Soviet Transcaucasia
date varies	Eid al-Fitr	Eid-i-Ramazon	Commemorates end of Ramadan
date varies	Eid al-Adha	Eid-i-Kurbon	Occurs 70 days after the end of Ramadan

Major holidays

Religious holidays

See also