Date & time · countdownHow many days until a holiday
Find out how long is left until New Year, Easter, Thanksgiving or a date of your own — down to the second. 65 dates: Russian, worldwide, religious and foreign — plus the school year from the first bell to the enrolment orders.
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Upcoming holidays
the list is worked out in your browserRussian publicday off
New Year
1 January—Russian publicday off
Orthodox Christmas
7 January—Russian folk
Old New Year
14 January—Russian folk
Epiphany
19 January—Study
Tatiana Day
25 January—Study
EGE application deadline
1 February—Study
Final oral interview (9th grade)
the second Wednesday of February—Worldwide
Valentine's Day
14 February—02
All holidays
65 holidays of 65Russian publicday off
New Year
1 January—Russian publicday off
Orthodox Christmas
7 January—Russian folk
Old New Year
14 January—Russian folk
Epiphany
19 January—Study
Tatiana Day
25 January—Study
EGE application deadline
1 February—Study
Final oral interview (9th grade)
the second Wednesday of February—Worldwide
Valentine's Day
14 February—Russian folk
Maslenitsa
55 days before Orthodox Easter—Studyestimated
First-graders' extra holidays
15 February—Worldwideapproximate
Chinese New Year
by the lunar calendar—Religiousapproximate
Ramadan (start)
by the lunar calendar—Religious
Start of Great Lent
48 days before Orthodox Easter—Russian publicday off
Defender of the Fatherland Day
23 February—Study
OGE application deadline
1 March—Russian publicday off
International Women's Day
8 March—Worldwide
Pi Day
14 March—Foreign
St Patrick's Day
17 March—Religiousapproximate
Eid al-Fitr
by the lunar calendar—Studyestimated
Spring school holidays
27 March—Worldwide
April Fools' Day
1 April—Religiousapproximate
Passover
by the lunar calendar—Religious
Palm Sunday
7 days before Orthodox Easter—Religious
Catholic Easter
on Catholic Easter—Russian folk
Cosmonautics Day
12 April—Religious
Orthodox Easter
on Orthodox Easter—Worldwide
Earth Day
22 April—Russian publicday off
Spring and Labour Day
1 May—Russian publicday off
Victory Day
9 May—Study
Last Bell
25 May—Religiousapproximate
Eid al-Adha
by the lunar calendar—Studyestimated
Start of the summer holidays
27 May—Religious
Trinity Sunday
49 days after Orthodox Easter—Worldwide
Children's Day
1 June—Studyestimated
Start of the main exam period
1 June—Russian publicday off
Russia Day
12 June—Study
Start of university admissions
20 June—Russian folk
Youth Day
the last Saturday of June—Studyestimated
School graduation night
the last Saturday of June—Studyestimated
Scarlet Sails
the last Saturday of June—Foreign
Independence Day (US)
4 July—Russian folk
Ivan Kupala
7 July—Russian folk
Family, Love and Fidelity Day
8 July—Study
University application deadline
25 July—Study
Competition lists published
27 July—Study
University enrolment orders
7 August—Study
Master's application deadline
20 August—Study
Knowledge Day
1 September—Worldwide
Programmers' Day
the 256th day of the year—Foreign
Oktoberfest
the first Saturday after 15 September—Foreignapproximate
Mid-Autumn Festival
by the lunar calendar—Study
Teachers' Day
5 October—Russian folk
Father's Day
the third Sunday of October—Studyestimated
Autumn school holidays
26 October—Worldwide
Halloween
31 October—Russian publicday off
Unity Day
4 November—Foreignapproximate
Diwali
by the lunar calendar—Foreign
Thanksgiving
the fourth Thursday of November—Worldwide
Black Friday
the day after Thanksgiving—Russian folk
Mother's Day (Russia)
the last Sunday of November—Worldwide
Cyber Monday
4 days after Thanksgiving—Study
Final essay
the first Wednesday of December—Religiousapproximate
Hanukkah
by the lunar calendar—Worldwide
Christmas
25 December—Studyestimated
Winter school holidays
31 December—03
Your own date
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About holidays and dates
Some holidays are tied to a number and never move: New Year is always 1 January. Others follow a rule — Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, and Easter is worked out by a formula of its own. A third group depends on the lunar calendar, and their dates differ by a day between countries. A fourth kind sits in the calendar, but the day is appointed by a school or a city — holidays, graduation night, the last bell. Hence the badges in the catalogue, «approximate» for lunar dates and «estimated» for school ones, and the year-by-year table on every holiday page.
Fixed dates
Simple1 January · 8 March
Tied to a day and a month. Only the weekday changes from year to year — and that is what the holiday page shows you.
Dates by rule
Computed4th Thursday of November
Set by a rule rather than a number: «the last Sunday», «the fourth Thursday», «the Saturday after 15 September». The date differs every year, yet it is unambiguous.
Easter
FormulaComputus
Worked out by a dedicated algorithm and differing between Orthodox and Catholic traditions: the gap reaches five weeks, and some years they coincide. Maslenitsa, Palm Sunday, Trinity and Lent are counted from Easter.
Lunar holidays
ApproximateRamadan · Eid al-Adha
They depend on the lunar calendar and on sighting the moon, so the date differs by a day between countries. Such dates are flagged as approximate and published as a table covering several years.
Estimated dates
EstimatedHolidays · graduation
The date exists, but a school or a city sets it: the last bell, graduation night, school holidays, Scarlet Sails. What you see here is the ministry recommendation and common practice — check the exact day with your own school, and the page offers a shortcut to your own date.
Day off or not
Russia8 official
Eight dates are public holidays in Russia; the rest are celebrated on working days. Each holiday says which it is. Day-swaps are not counted — they are approved anew every year.
Long weekends
Planning3–4 days in a row
When a holiday sits next to a Saturday and Sunday, you get a run of three days off or more. The holiday page works it out from the calendar, without official day-swaps.
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Frequently asked questions
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