| Womens' Day - Monday March 8, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Maslenitsa - Monday March 8, 2021 Culture : Maslenitsa (also known as Butter Week, Pancake week, or Cheesefare Week) has its origins in both pagan and Christian traditions. In Slavic mythology, Maslenitsa is a sun festival, celebrating the imminent end of the winter. corresponds to the Western Christian Carnival.
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| Spring holiday (beginning) - Friday March 19, 2021 School holidays :
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday March 28, 2021 Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
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| Spring holiday (end) - Monday March 29, 2021 School holidays :
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| April Fools Day - Thursday April 1, 2021 cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.
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| Passover - Saturday April 3, 2021 cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus NOT a public holiday
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| Annunciation - Wednesday April 7, 2021 Culture : The proclamation of the good news to Virgin Mary about the conception and birth of God baby Christ.
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| Cosmonautics Day - Monday April 12, 2021 Culture : Celebrates the first manned space flight made on April 12, 1961 by the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
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| Palm Sunday - Sunday April 25, 2021 Culture :
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| Chernobyl nuclear incident anniversary (not a bank holiday) - Monday April 26, 2021 Culture : Occurred on April 26, 1986
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| Orthodox Easter - Sunday May 2, 2021 Orthodox : Paid holiday
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| Orthodox Easter Monday - Monday May 3, 2021 Orthodox :
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| Labor Day/May Day - Tuesday May 4, 2021 Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
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| Victory Day - Sunday May 9, 2021 Secular holiday : Marks the capitulation of Nazi forces to the Allies in Berlin on May 8, 1945. It is celebrated in the successor states to the Soviet Union on May 9, because when the German Instrument of Surrender was signed, it was already May 9 in the USSR and Eastern Europe. Wikipedia
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| Victory Day (forwarded to Monday) - Monday May 10, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Optional holiday - Thursday May 13, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : from 2021
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| Europe Day - Saturday May 15, 2021 Secular holiday : The only state in the world that, not being a member of the European Union, celebrates unity with European countries annually
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| National Day of the Vlachs - Sunday May 23, 2021 Culture :
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| Regional holiday - Thursday May 27, 2021 Secular holiday : Kiev Day in Kiev region only
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| Kiev (Molodist) - International Film Festival - Sunday May 30, 2021 Culture : Www.molodist.com in Kiev 2020 edition confirmed
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