1. March 8 is International Women's Day, in which women are given gifts.

2. Maslenitsa is a holiday that is celebrated during the week before the Great Lent.

3. May 9 - the holiday of the victory of the Soviet army over Nazi Germany.

4. Cosmonautics Day - the date celebrated in Russia on April 12, set to commemorate the first manned space flight.

5. Day of Russia - June 12 is a public holiday of the Russian Federation.

6. Day of Signs - a public holiday in the USSR since 1984.

7. Easter is the biggest and brightest Christian holiday.

8. Christmas is one of the major Christian holidays, established in honor of the birth in the flesh of Jesus Christ of the Virgin Mary.

9. New Year is the main calendar holiday, coming at the moment of transition from the last day of the year to the first day of the next year.