Russians are preparing for the 13th time to celebrate one of the youngest Russian holidays - Day national unity .
When is National Unity Day celebrated?
How many days are we on vacation in November 2017?
National Unity Day is a public holiday and a day off. In 2017, November 4 falls on a Saturday, so Russians were “compensated” for this day by adding Monday for rest.
Thus, in 2017, in connection with National Unity Day, Russians will rest for three days in a row - from Saturday, November 4, to Monday, November 6 inclusive.
Note that November 7, when the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution is celebrated, will be an ordinary working day. Nevertheless, the communists planned traditional ceremonial events for November 7.
History of the holiday National Unity Day
Holiday National Unity Day first appeared in the Russian calendar in 2005. date November 4 In many ways, it is conventional in nature, and the holiday itself is celebrated in memory of the end of a difficult historical period, which received the name in history as the Great Troubles, or the Time of Troubles. The end of the Time of Troubles was marked by the restoration of Russian statehood and the accession to the throne of the first tsar from the house of Romanov - a 16-year-old Mikhail Romanov, whose descendants ruled Russia for 300 years.
The accession of Romanov was preceded by events that occurred in Moscow at the end of October (according to modern chronology - at the beginning of November) 1612. In those days, the people's militia from Nizhny Novgorod, formed by a simple citizen Kuzma Minin and the prince Dmitry Pozharsky, expelled Polish interventionists from Moscow.
According to the generally accepted version, it was on November 4, according to the new style, that the militia drove the Poles out of Kitai-Gorod, where the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was solemnly brought. In memory of this event, Prince Pozharsky later founded a temple in Moscow.
Having lost Kitai-Gorod, the Polish garrison barricaded itself in the Kremlin, but surrendered as a result of negotiations. And soon a Russian tsar appeared in Russia - he became a young Mikhail Romanov, elected by the Zemsky Sobor. It is believed that this event marked the actual end of the Time of Troubles.
More than three decades later - in 1649 - the son of Mikhail Romanov - Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich (Quiet) ordered to celebrate on October 22 (November 4 according to the modern calendar) the day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, supplementing with this holiday the summer celebration of the discovery of the shrine on July 21 (July 8 according to the old style).
National Unity Day 2017: program of events
On National Unity Day, dozens of festive events are traditionally held, including those dedicated to the autumn holidays for schoolchildren.
The main celebrations, as in previous years, will take place in the homeland of the militia of Minin and Pozharsky - In Nizhniy Novgorod.
In Moscow National Unity Day will be celebrated in 11 parks, each of which has prepared its own holiday programs, which can be found on the website of the capital's mayor's office, choosing an event to your liking.
Special holiday program prepared Gorky Park, Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill, Sokolniki, Kuzminki and other metropolitan recreational areas. Visitors can expect festivals, historical excursions, fairs, sword competitions, karaoke, Russian folk entertainment, etc.
In St. Petersburg On Palace Square from November 4 to 6, a unique show will be held every evening - the Festival of Light, which this year is dedicated to the centenary of the 1917 revolution.
IN holidays will perform an anniversary show program at the Ice Palace Evgeni Plushenko. A film festival will be held at the Aurora cinema Andrei Tarkovsky, and in Bolshoi Theater Puppet Theater (BTK) will host an international festival of puppet theaters.
You can find out more about the program of festive events in St. Petersburg.
Latitude: 55.75, Longitude: 37.62 Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00) Moon phase calculation for 11/1/2017 (12:00) To calculate the phase of the moon for your city, register or log in.
Characteristics of the Moon on November 4, 2017
On the date 04.11.2017 V 12:00 The moon is in phase “Full Moon (coming 11/04/2017 at 08:24)”. This 16th lunar day V lunar calendar. Moon in zodiac sign Taurus ♉. Illumination percentage Moon is 100%. Sunrise Moon at 17:25, and sunset at 07:20.
Chronology of lunar days
- 16th lunar day from 16:59 03.11.2017 to 17:25 04.11.2017
- 17th lunar day from 17:25 04.11.2017 until the next day
Moon influence November 4, 2017
Moon in the zodiac sign Taurus (+)
Moon in a sign Taurus. Taurus is a sign of material stability, perseverance and diligence, so this is the most favorable time for conducting diverse financial transactions and transactions. Investing in securities will definitely lead to income. Businesses related to real estate and any other property issues, including transactions with artistic values, are also going well.
Although during this period of time there is a slight increase in thinking abilities, on the other hand, inertia and a tendency to laziness increase. There is a desire for comfort and coziness, you want to visit the theater or cinema, relax and have a delicious dinner in a restaurant.
16th lunar day (±)
November 4, 2017 at 12:00 - 16th lunar day. Quite a harmonious day. Everything is in balance. We will feel a certain excess of strength, which is best channeled into creative activities or physical activity, otherwise the energy may find a way out in thoughtless, possibly aggressive actions and actions.
Full Moon (−)
The moon is in phase Full moon. The Full Moon has the most significant impact on all life on Earth. The bleeding of wounds increases, they remind you of themselves chronic diseases, mental disorders worsen.
During the full moon period, the maximum birth rate of children is observed. Excessive impulsiveness in communication appears, and the craving for negative thinking and alcohol consumption increases.
On the other hand, this is the most ideal time to collect medicinal herbs, since their healing properties at this moment are maximum.
Day of week influence (±)
Day of the week - Saturday, this day falls under the influence of Saturn, a planet with strong, heavy energy, in charge of work and learning.
On this day, it is best to start resolving the tasks that have accumulated over the week, making plans for the following days, figuratively speaking, unraveling the knots that have arisen. Estimates of upcoming costs, as well as business plans drawn up on Saturday, most often turn out to be successful.
Try to hold business meetings on Saturday, never postpone them until Sunday.
Many Russians like to spend extra non-working days on travel and other recreation. In November, residents of our country will have a long weekend of three days thanks to the national holiday - National Unity Day. It's amazing, but 2/3 of our country doesn't actually know that we celebrate November 4th. Let’s dot the i’s in our “Question and Answer” section.
Russia celebrates November 4th Public Holiday National Unity Day. It was approved in December 2004. This decision was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The head of state made changes to the federal law“On the days of military glory (victorious days) of Russia,” in which November 4 was declared the Day of National Unity. First new holiday The country celebrated November 4, 2005.
What is it dedicated to?
The National Unity Day holiday dates back to the distant year 1612. On November 4, according to the new style, the militia led by Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky expelled the Polish invaders from the Russian capital. Historically, this holiday is associated with the end of the Time of Troubles in Russia, which lasted since 1584.
It began after the death of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible. His heir Fyodor Ioannovich, who was far from state affairs, ascended the throne. In 1598 he died, and since he had no heirs, the royal Rurik dynasty ended. This was followed by about 15 years of deep national crisis.
The Time of Troubles was the time of the appearance of impostors, the rule of the boyars, a terrible famine and war with the Poles. Russia was in a fever from widespread robberies, robberies, theft, and widespread drunkenness. The united Russian state collapsed. In 1610, Russian boyars, led by Prince Fyodor Mstislavsky, allowed Polish troops into the Kremlin with the intention of placing the Catholic prince Vladislav on the Russian throne.
The first people's militia to liberate the capital from the Poles was led by the Ryazan governor Prokopiy Lyapunov. But this anti-Polish uprising was defeated. In September 1611, the Nizhny Novgorod zemstvo elder Kuzma Minin called on the people to create a people's militia. A nationwide collection of money began to carry out the plan. Novgorod Prince Dmitry Pozharsky was invited to the post of chief governor. A huge army for that time gathered under the banners of Pozharsky and Minin - more than 10 thousand serving local people, up to three thousand Cossacks, more than a thousand archers and many peasants. With the miraculous icon of the Kazan Mother of God, revealed in 1579, the Nizhny Novgorod zemstvo militia managed to storm Kitay-Gorod on November 4, 1612 and expel the Poles from Moscow. The Great Zemsky Council of 1613 was the final victory over the Troubles, the triumph of Orthodoxy and national unity. In the same year, the first of the Romanov dynasty, Mikhail Fedorovich, reigned on the Russian throne.
Later, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich established a holiday in honor of this great event, which became the Orthodox state holiday of Moscow Rus' (celebrated until 1917). IN church calendar This day became known as the Celebration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in memory of the deliverance of Moscow and Russia from the Poles in 1612.
This is absolutely different holidays. November 7 and 8 were non-working days in the USSR; people celebrated October Revolution Day.
On the night of October 25-26 (old style) 1917, thanks to an armed uprising, the Bolsheviks captured the Winter Palace, arrested members of the Provisional Government and proclaimed Soviet power.
In 1996, Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree “On the Day of Harmony and Reconciliation”, while the day remained non-working, but the essence of the holiday changed radically. As planned by the head of state, it was supposed to become a day of renunciation of confrontation, a day of reconciliation and unity of various strata of Russian society.
As we described above, in 2004, President Putin, by decree, approved a new holiday - National Unity Day. The November 7 holiday was cancelled.
National Unity Day is a fairly young holiday. They started talking about it in 2004, and already in 2005 they celebrated it for the first time, making it a public holiday and a non-working day. Many Russians perceive this date only as a day off, completely unaware of its full significance for the history of the Fatherland. We will tell you about the need to know the history of National Unity Day, hoping to raise this event in people’s eyes, but before that, we will tell you how many days off are expected in the Russian Federation for National Unity Day in 2017, and how many days we will rest on November 4.
How to relax on National Unity Day 2017
It should be noted that November 4th in 2017 falls on a Saturday, which means that with a five-day workday. week this day is considered a day off. For this reason, the celebration of National Unity Day is postponed to November 6th (Monday). This day has been declared a non-working day. Thus, Russians have the opportunity to celebrate this holiday with as many as three days off: from November 4 to 6 (see), thanks to which you will have an excellent opportunity to participate in festive events.
history of the holiday
The beginning of the seventeenth century brought many troubles and misfortunes to the Russian land. Against the background of three consecutive lean years, which caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people, more serious events appeared: the heirs of the true Russian Tsar were killed, and the Polish Tsar began to claim their place, whose “sent” to the Russian lands was the False Dmitry first. For more than 13 years, a Time of Troubles occurred on our land, when power passed from one to another. But while the rich shared power, they died simple people, and their faith along with them. Russia was threatened with complete destruction, the adoption of Catholicism and the transition to Polish leadership. 
Came to defend Russian lands Minin and Pozharsky who gathered the militia. Their army marched under the auspices of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God. With the help of faith in victory and fortitude, the Russians were able to drive out the Polish invaders from Russian lands.
Holiday symbol
The symbol of National Unity Day has become icon of the Kazan Mother of God. This holiday is perhaps the only one in the entire Russian calendar that combines state and religious interests.
November 4 is a national holiday in Russia
Why did Russia decide to make National Unity Day a public holiday? We all know how strong and unshakable the power and will of the Russian people are. Thanks to spiritual strength, the Russian people were able to raise their beloved Fatherland from its knees. During the Time of Troubles, the most patriotic re-education of Russians took place - people realized that unity and truth could overcome everything. By uniting, Russians are able to get rid of any enemy, heal themselves and their land. This is what this holiday is dedicated to - the unification of the entire Russian state, a call to the unshakable will of our people and faith in the purity of true thoughts.
National Unity Day in 2017 is planned to be celebrated throughout Russia as magnificently as in previous years - the most grandiose events are planned in Moscow.
National Unity Day 2017
On National Unity Day, festive festivities, concerts, and performances throughout Russia will last three days from November 4 to November 6 inclusive - the largest celebrations will take place in Moscow as part of the Moscow Seasons festival series.
Festive events will take place in all districts of the capital of the Russian Federation - Moscow parks have prepared an extensive entertainment program, where everyone can have a fun and interesting time.
During the celebration of National Unity Day 2017, Muscovites and guests of the capital will be treated to the most delicious treats, the best goods from all over the country, culinary master classes and performances by folk groups.
As part of the “Nights of Arts” project, about 300 creative events will be held in Moscow galleries, museums, theaters, libraries and other cultural venues on November 4 from 18:00 to 6:00 Moscow time.
The rally-concert “Russia Unites” will become the central event of the holiday - it will take place on the territory of the Luzhniki sports complex.
Story
A string of tragic circumstances occurred in Russia at the turn of the 16th-17th centuries - this era went down in history as the Time of Troubles. The cause of the Troubles, according to historians, was the end of the Rurik dynasty.
The situation was also complicated by the extremely unfavorable internal economic situation and foreign invasion. The Russian people stood up to defend their homeland at the call of His Holiness Patriarch Hermogenes, who died at the hands of the Poles for his loyalty to Orthodoxy.
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Monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow
The first militia, led by the Ryazan governor Prokopiy Lyapunov, disintegrated due to strife between the nobles and the Cossacks, who killed the governor on false charges.
Then in September 1611, the zemstvo elder Kuzma Minin in Nizhny Novgorod called on people to raise funds and create a militia to liberate the country. To organize the militia, the city's population was subject to a special tax. At Minin’s suggestion, Novgorod Prince Dmitry Pozharsky was invited to the post of chief governor.
Letters were sent from Novgorod to other cities calling for the collection of the militia. In addition to the townspeople and peasants, small and medium-sized nobles also gathered there. The main forces of the militia were formed in the cities and counties of the Volga region.
The program of the people's militia consisted of liberating Moscow from interventionists, refusing to recognize sovereigns of foreign origin on the Russian throne (which was the goal of the boyar nobility, who invited the Polish prince Vladislav to the kingdom), as well as the creation of a new government.
For that time, a huge army gathered under the banners of Minin and Pozharsky, which in March 1612 set out from Nizhny Novgorod and headed to Yaroslavl, where a temporary “Council of the Whole Earth” was created - a government body in which the main role was played by townspeople and representatives of minor servicemen nobility.
Representatives of all classes and all peoples that were part of the Russian state took part in the militia to liberate the Russian land from foreign invaders.
With a copy of the miraculous icon of the Kazan Mother of God, found in the 16th century, the Nizhny Novgorod zemstvo militia managed to storm Kitay-Gorod on November 4 and expel the Poles from Moscow.
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This victory served as a powerful impetus for the revival of the Russian state. And the icon became the subject of special veneration.
At the end of February 1613, the Zemsky Sobor, which included representatives of all classes of the country - the nobility, boyars, clergy, Cossacks, archers, black-growing peasants and delegates from many Russian cities, elected Mikhail Romanov, the first Russian Tsar from the Romanov dynasty, as Tsar.
The Zemsky Sobor became the final victory over the Troubles, the triumph of Orthodoxy and national unity.
The confidence that it was thanks to the icon of the Kazan Mother of God that the victory was won was so deep that Prince Pozharsky, with his own money, built the Kazan Cathedral on the edge of Red Square.
In 1649, by decree of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, the obligatory celebration of November 4 was established as a day of gratitude to the Blessed Virgin Mary for her help in liberating Russia from the Poles. The holiday was celebrated in Russia until the 1917 Revolution.
This day was included in the church calendar as the Celebration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in memory of the deliverance of Moscow and Russia from the Poles in 1612.
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Public Holiday
The holiday was resurrected after 87 years - on the initiative of the Interreligious Council of Russia, consisting of leaders of the country's traditional faiths, National Unity Day was established in December 2004 - as national holiday, uniting all the peoples of Russia.
This is a public holiday, which is a day off in Russia.
The first Day of National Unity was solemnly celebrated in 2005 - the main center of the festive events became Nizhny Novgorod. The main event of the holiday was the opening of the monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky.
The essence of the holiday
The holiday no longer symbolizes victory, but the unity of the people, which made the defeat of the interventionists possible.
It calls on people not only to remember the most important historical events, but also reminds citizens of a multinational country about the importance of unity. It also serves as a reminder that only together can we cope with difficulties and overcome obstacles.
