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The 6 June birthday of Alexander Pushkin, born in Moscow in 1799, which is also the UN Russian Language Day, marked with…

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The 24 May feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius, creators of the first Slavic alphabet, marked in Moscow with a cathedral liturgy,…

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A Russian public holiday on 9 May that commemorates the end of the Great Patriotic War, with a military parade on Red…

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A Russian public holiday on 1 May, the former Soviet May Day, now mostly a spring day off spent outdoors, with parks,…

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The Orthodox Pascha, a movable Sunday feast ending Great Lent, with the midnight Paschal Vigil at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour,…

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The 12 April commemoration of Yuri Gagarin's first crewed space flight in 1961, with ceremonies, the titanium Monument to the Conquerors of…

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A Russian public holiday on 8 March, now a day of flowers, spring and congratulations for women, with a day off, busy…

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The week before Orthodox Great Lent, a folk festival of blini, games, songs and the burning of a straw effigy that ends…

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A Russian public holiday on 23 February that honors military service and is widely treated as a day to congratulate men, with…

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The Russian Students' Day on 25 January, the feast of St. Tatiana and the anniversary of the founding of Moscow University in…