After the New Year holidays, the May holidays are traditionally a legitimate opportunity for Russians to take a break from work and spend time with family. In 2016, at the beginning of May, the country will rest for a whole week, albeit with a three-day break.
The May holidays have once again been significantly extended. In May 2016, the Russians’ production calendar includes two series of non-working and holiday days: from April 30 to May 3, inclusive, and from May 7 to May 9. There are seven days off in total, with three days of work in between. This procedure applies to all employees of government and commercial organizations with a standard work schedule.
Thus, Russians will spend the first 10 days of May 2016 as follows:
- April 30 – Saturday, day off;
- May 1 is a Sunday, a public holiday, so the day off is moved to Monday, May 2;
- May 2 – Monday, rest for May 1;
- May 3 - Tuesday, rest for Saturday January 2;
- May 4 and 5 are regular working days;
- May 6 – Friday, working day, work as usual;
- May 7 and 8 - Saturday and Sunday, days off;
- May 9 - Victory Day, public holiday, non-working day;
- May 10 - Tuesday, the beginning of a shortened work week and the transition to standard work and rest time.
It should be noted that April 29, 2016 is not a shortened working day, just like May 6. Since for all workers, short working days are recognized only on the days before public holidays, which are non-working days. Therefore, April 30 will be a short working day only for those employees who work six days a week.
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation N 1017 “On the postponement of days off in 2016” was signed by the head of the Cabinet of Ministers Dmitry Medvedev back in 2015. The transfer of the holiday on January 2 to May 3, by virtue of the document, is the last in 2016.
Officials made the decision to move the New Year holidays to the May holidays in 2012. Then, for the first time, the authorities extended the May holidays. Corresponding changes have been made to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. True, in 2016, the May holidays accounted for only one day of the holidays; the remaining two days were given to March 7 and February 22, increasing the rest time for the celebration of March 8 and February 23.
A complete list of holidays and non-working days is given in Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. By virtue of the order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation dated August 13, 2009 N 588n, when transferring a day off to a weekday, the duration of work on the former day off must correspond to the duration of the working day to which the day off was transferred.
Work on weekends and non-working holidays is prohibited, except in cases provided for by labor legislation. Employees can be recruited to work only in cases and in the manner provided for in Article 113 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. At the same time, wages on weekends are carried out according to the standards provided for in Article 153 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. This means that for work on a weekend or a non-working holiday, an employee must receive payment of at least double his salary or tariff rate. In addition, at the request of the employee, he may be given another day to rest.
Production calendar for 2016
taking into account all transfers of weekends, you can view it in a special section of the St. Petersburg legal portal.
The May weekend of 2016 is just around the corner, we’ll tell you which days we rest and which we work, according to the official holiday calendar.
In May, Russia celebrates several wonderful holidays. On May 1 we celebrate Labor Day, which was originally called International Workers' Day. And on May 9 we celebrate Victory Day.
There is a very short gap between the holidays and many people want the weekend to last from May 1 to May 9, 2016. Some on May holidays have planned trips to the dacha to dig deeper into the soil, others want to go on a short trip with their family. In a word, in May there are no unnecessary weekends.
But in holiday calendar 2016 not all of these dates are marked in red!
How we relax on May 1, 2016
In 2016, May 1 falls on a Sunday, so we should expect the weekend to be postponed. This is true. Monday, May 2, will also be a day off. You won’t have to go to work on Tuesday, May 3, since the day off has been moved to this day from Saturday, January 2.
As a result, on May Day in 2016 we will rest for four days:
- April 30 (Saturday);
- May 1 (Sunday);
- May 2 (Monday);
- May 3 (Tuesday).
Following the May Day holidays, only three working days await us: Wednesday, May 4, Thursday, May 5, Friday, May 6. And then it's the weekend again!
How we relax on May 9, 2016
Victory Day on May 9 in 2016 falls on Monday, therefore this day is a holiday. In this case, there was no need to reschedule the weekend. There are already weekends nearby on the calendar: Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8. This means that on Victory Day 2016 we will rest for three days:
We return to work only on Tuesday, May 10th. But this is hardly a reason to be upset, since the work week will be short and Saturday, May 14, will soon come.
By the way, on May 1, 2016, in addition to Labor Day, Orthodox people will celebrate another wonderful holiday - the Holy Resurrection of Christ!
The phrase " El Classico"is called the football confrontation between the two most successful clubs in Spain - Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.The confrontation began in 1902. Since then, the teams have already held 242 meetings, of which Real won in 95, Barcelona won in 96, and 51 matches were played with a draw.
El Classico football matches are invariably the most popular on the planet and attract the attention of fans not only in Europe, but throughout the world. The number of viewers for each game is in the hundreds of millions. For example, the game, which took place in April 2017, was watched by more than 650 million viewers in total.
El Classico December 18, 2019 - when will it be (starting time, where to watch):
In the 2019-2020 season of the Spanish championship (LaLiga), the teams will meet twice.First meeting(Barcelona - Real Madrid, La Liga round 10) will take place on Wednesday December 18, 2019.
The start time of the match in local time is 20:00, which corresponds to 22:00 Moscow time.
Venue: Camp Nou stadium.
The meeting will be shown live TV channel "Match!".
As for when it will be second meeting El Classico (Real - Barça) in the 2019-2020 season of the Spanish Championship, it is scheduled for March 1, 2020 (26th round of La Liga).
Where will the ice hockey match between Russia and Finland take place on December 15, 2019:
At the Russian stage of the 2019 Euro Hockey Tour, which is called the “Channel One Cup,” the Russian national hockey team holds three meetings.The first two games have already taken place in Moscow at the CSKA Arena, and the final match of the stage ( Russia - Finland) will be held on Sunday December 15, 2019 in St. Petersburg at the Gazprom Arena.
That is, the location of the Russia-Finland match on December 15, 2019:
* Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Gazprom Arena.
Gazprom Arena was originally a football stadium, and it was first converted into hockey in December 2018. Then the Russia-Finland game, held as part of the 2018 Channel One Cup, broke the attendance record for hockey matches between Russia and the USSR. The 2018 game was attended by 71 thousand 381 people.
Now the record for attendance at hockey matches in Europe belongs to the Veltins Arena, where 77,803 spectators came to watch the 2010 World Hockey Championship game between Germany and the USA.
During the organization of the hockey match, the Gazprom Arena football field was moved onto the street. But it will remain intact, since the lawn is covered and the heating is turned on. Fans who come to the stadium will also be comfortable, because... The roof of the arena has been moved. The indoor temperature will be approximately 20 degrees Celsius higher than the outdoor temperature.
What time will the match Russia - Finland start on December 15, 2019, where to watch (TV channel):
The beginning of the hockey match between the Russian and Finnish national teams on December 15. 2019 scheduled for 16:00 Moscow time.The game will be shown live two television channels: federal "First" and sports "Match! Arena". The live broadcast from St. Petersburg will begin at 15:55 Moscow time.
The replay (recorded match) is available on the Pervoy website.
What time does the Russia-Sweden hockey match start, where to watch it live:
Start time of the match Russia - Sweden - 20:00 Moscow time.Live broadcast can be seen in the mode online on the Channel One website(section "Channel 1 Hockey Cup 2019"). The game will also be available for viewing on the website in recording.
Live broadcast will be available on the channel " Match! A country", included in some cable operator channel packages, starting at 19:55 Moscow time.
On the First television broadcast, the Russia-Sweden meeting will be shown in the recording at 00:00 (midnight), from December 12 to December 13, 2019. The time indicated is Moscow.
The shortest day awaits Russians on Sunday December 22, 2019. Almost the same (with a difference of no more than 14 seconds) will be the duration of the previous and subsequent days (December 21 and 23, 2019) - 6 hours 59 minutes. The time is indicated “from sunrise to sunset” for Moscow.
That is:
December 22, 2019 is the shortest day in 2019.
Note that the duration of the shortest and longest days of 2019 differs by almost 3 times. So, if during the winter solstice the length of the day (from sunrise to sunset) is 7 hours, then the longest day of the year lasts almost 18 hours.
The last month of spring - May - is traditionally considered the ideal period for holding long-awaited May Days and the first barbecues in the fresh air. this month will delight us twice. Since May 1 falls on a Sunday, May 2 will be an official holiday, and the day off from January 3 has been moved to May 3. The second weekend falls from May 7 to May 9. The main holidays of the month are Labor Day, the celebration of the anniversary of the victory over the Nazi invaders and the bright holiday of Easter.
Weekend calendar in Russia for May 2016
| Mon | W | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 |
- Day off
You can download and print the calendar of holidays and weekends:
May 1 – Labor Day and Easter
On this day in 2016, two holidays fall at once - the proletarian holiday of Peace and Labor, and one of the main religious holidays - Easter. The emergence of International Workers' Day is associated with the events that occurred on May 1, 1886, when six demonstrators were killed during the dispersal of a workers' demonstration in Chicago. This caused a storm of public anger and demand to stop police brutality.
The uprising resulted in the death of eight police officers due to a bomb explosion. Four representatives of the anarchist party were accused of preparing and carrying out the explosion. The defendants were sentenced to death. In memory of this event, at the Paris Congress of the International it was announced that May 1 would be celebrated as Workers' Solidarity Day.
Every May Day, workers will go out to rallies and demonstrations to put forward demands to the capitalists to improve working conditions, introduce social protection standards and shorten the working day. Now the original meaning of the holiday has been forgotten, but it is still very pleasant to relax and gather with friends for the first picnic in nature on a sunny May day.
In 2016, and falls on May 1st. This holiday belongs to the category of ancient Christian celebrations - it was celebrated back in the time of the apostles. Before Easter Sunday, believers adhere to strict fasting for seven weeks. On Sunday night a service is held, then Easter cakes and painted eggs are blessed in the church, the whole family gathers at the table and celebrates the bright holiday of Christ's Resurrection.
The bloody Great Patriotic War lasted for more than 1,400 days. As a result of a successfully carried out offensive campaign dating back to May 8, 1945, Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany, was captured. Soviet troops, together with their allies, accepted the unconditional surrender of Hitler's army. Since then, May 9 has become a symbol of freedom and military glory. Mandatory attributes of the holiday are ceremonial parades, honoring veterans and expressing words of gratitude to them for the peaceful sky and victory.
Postcard for Black Sea Fleet Day The fleet, located in the Black Sea basin, was founded 233 years ago according to the highest order of Empress Catherine II. This event occurred almost immediately after the annexation of Crimea to the territory of the Russian Empire. The first 11 ships of the Black Sea squadron were brought into the bay, where the city of Sevastopol was subsequently built.
In the further history of the state, this fleet played an important role, helping to support the interests of the empire in the maritime space and in the Balkans. On the day of glory, sailors praise the fleet and lay wreaths at the monuments to the heroic admirals of the times of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
Day of Slavic Literature - a public holiday since 1991 This is a holiday associated with education, exaltation of literature, culture and writing. In Russia, the celebration was introduced into the calendar in 1863. In 1991, according to a presidential decree, the Day of Slavic Culture and Literature was given the status of a state holiday.
In particular, large-scale festive events take place in Murmansk, where a solemn prayer service is held near the monument to the creators of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet Cyril and Methodius. A festival is also held with the participation of writers, poets and artists of various genres from all over Russia. Literary evenings and festive concerts are held in the historical part of the city.
May is one of the most complete months in Russia in terms of days for rest.This May 2016 will not be an exception!
This month we have only 19 working days, all others will be either weekends or holidays. As for shortened working weeks, there will be none this year in May. This is due to the fact that the ninth day of May falls on a Monday and will be considered a full day off, and the first day is on Sunday, which by default is already a non-working day, which means that any holiday falling on it automatically makes the next working day a day off.
So, let’s present graphically all the working days of May 2016:
4 5 6 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 30 31
From this line you can clearly see that we go to work for the first time in May on the 4th. We are also open on the 5th and 6th and then have long weekends until May 10th
Total this month we have 152 working hours
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Weekends and holidays in May 2016
This May we have 12 full days of rest.Of these, 6 days off (including 3 Saturdays and 3 Sundays) and 6 holidays, which consist of two Sundays (1 and 8 May), two Mondays (2 and 9 May), Tuesday - 3 and Saturday - 7 May.
To more clearly represent all weekends and holidays, let’s depict them graphically:
1 2 3 7 8 9 14 15 21 22 28 29
19 working days and 12 days off- in total, in May 2016, the weekend lost to workers by exactly a week.
Let us remember that in 2015 there was a more attractive arrangement: 18 workers versus 13 days off, and May 8 was then a pre-holiday, shortened working day, because it fell on a Friday.
Calendar for May 2016
In order to visually represent the May holidays, weekends and working days, we will graphically depict the May calendar for 2016.To make it more convenient to use the calendar, we offer. You can simply save the document to your computer or print it on paper. Even if you have a black and white printer, the color shades of the weekend and holiday cells are selected in such a way as to maximize your identification.
May holidays
In addition to the famous Victory Day on May 9, there are many more interesting and useful holidays this month. Probably the most important of them is Orthodox Easter, which in 2016 comes on May 1. Also in May, radio workers, Russian freelancers, metrologists and many others will celebrate their day.Below is a detailed table with all the May holidays:
| Holidays May 2016 | date |
| Easter (Bright Sunday) | 1st of May |
| Labour Day | 1st of May |
| World Press Freedom Day (25) | May 3 |
| Code Talker Day | 5 May |
| Diver's Day (14) | 5 May |
| International Astronomy Day | May 7 |
| Radio day | May 7 |
| International Mother's Day | May 8 |
| Victory Day (71) | 9th May |
| World Nurses Day | 12 May |
| Russian Black Sea Fleet Day | may 13 |
| Freelancer Day in Russia | May 14 |
| Metro Workers Day | May 15 |
| International Family Day | May 15 |
| AIDS Memorial Day (33) | May 15 |
| International Day Against Homophobia (13) | May 17 |
| International Museum Day | May 18 |
| Baltic Fleet Day | May 18 |
| Birthday of the pioneer organization (94) | May 19 |
| World Metrologist Day (15) | May 20 |
| Volga Day (8) | May 20 |
| Military Translator Day (16) | May 21st |
| Polar Explorer Day (3) | May 21st |
| Russian Pacific Fleet Day | May 21st |
| Unemployment Protection Day (24) | May 21st |
| Personnel Day (11) | May 24 |
| Day of Slavic Literature and Culture (25) | May 24 |
| Philologist's Day | May 25 |
| International Day of Missing Children | May 25 |
| Russian Entrepreneurship Day (8) | 26 of May |
| All-Russian Library Day (21) | May 27 |
| Border Guard Day | May 28 |
| Customs Veterans Day (16) | May 29 |
| International Day of Peacekeepers (13) | May 29 |
| Military Motorist Day (16) | May 29 |
| Chemist's Day | May 29 |
| World Blonde Day (10) | May 31 |
| Lawyer's Day (10) | May 31 |
| No Tobacco Day (28) | May 31 |
Note: in brackets it is indicated how many years this holiday has been celebrated.
Signs of May
There are quite a lot of signs in May, most of them, of course, related to the weather. Our ancestors planted their lands this month and relied on every natural phenomenon to help them get a good harvest in the fall. Therefore, over the course of many years, they were able to identify a number of patterns in nature, which we most often call “signs”.So, here are some of them:
- It is believed that if May is rainy, June will be sunny and low in humidity.
- Heavy hail in May - all summer there will be heavy short-term rains, but without prolonged cloudy days.
- If the number of cockchafers is high, expect excessively dry weather in the summer.
- Foggy May means rich harvests in autumn.
- Traditionally, there are two cold periods in May - during the flowering of bird cherry and oak.
- Rainy May - dry September.
- Hot beginning of May - damp end.
