Holidays in January of 2026 in Russia (dates of holidays in January)

New year — a holiday celebrated by many peoples in accordance with the adopted calendar, coming at the moment of transition from the last day of the year on the first day of the next year.

New year — a holiday celebrated by many peoples in accordance with the adopted calendar, coming at the moment of transition from the last day of the year on the first day of the next year.

New year — a holiday celebrated by many peoples in accordance with the adopted calendar, coming at the moment of transition from the last day of the year on the first day of the next year.

New year — a holiday celebrated by many peoples in accordance with the adopted calendar, coming at the moment of transition from the last day of the year on the first day of the next year.

New year — a holiday celebrated by many peoples in accordance with the adopted calendar, coming at the moment of transition from the last day of the year on the first day of the next year.

The Christmas Eve. The sixth of January of each year, almost all people celebrate Christmas eve, it is also called carols or Christmas Eve. For an Orthodox person this special holiday.

Christmas — one of the main Christian holidays, established in honor of the birth in the flesh of Jesus Christ from the virgin Mary. Is celebrated on December 25. The Russian Orthodox Church and other churches using the Julian calendar, is celebrated on January 7 in the Gregorian calendar (XX—XXI centuries). In Orthodoxy is among the twelve great feasts with Christmas fast.

Cathedral holiday in orthodox churches which is celebrated 8.01 - next day after Christmas.

Since 1997 in the Russian Federation was adopted holiday called the day of National parks and nature reserves of Russia, celebrated on the eleventh of January.

The "polite" day is January 11, or, as it is called, is the world day "Thank you”. It should not be confused with the fourth of November Sunday, which is celebrated thanksgiving Day in the United States.

Day prosecutors — professional holiday of workers and employees of the Prosecutor's office of Russia. This holiday is celebrated in Russia annually, January 12

Day of Russian press (January 13) established by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation of December 28, 1991, N 3043-1 and connected to the historical date — the beginning of the first Russian edition of the printed newspaper "sheet  founded by decree of Peter the Great.

Two weeks later, after the New year,  at midnight, from 13 to 14 January, celebrate the Old New year. Luckily for us, this cheerful holiday comes to us twice. And we again congratulate friends and relatives, loved ones and friends, we wish them happiness, clink glasses filled with champagne, pronounced toast and resorts and alive is a miracle.

Epiphany eve or the eve (eve Church holiday) is celebrated on January 18, the day before the Baptism. On this day, traditionally cooked stewed fruit with raisins and honey, called "sochivo", hence the name "sochevnik" or "eve".

The baptism of Christ or the Epiphany falls on January 19 and refers to neprehodyaschi holidays, which means celebration, having a specific date. On the bottom end, which lasted twelve days,  Christmas evening.
Epiphany has a popular name - Woodacres. Traditionally this day is consecrated water, whether river or lake.

The engineering troops are from the time of Peter the great on January 21, 1701 on the establishment in Moscow ’s school of dance order.  In this school trained officers artillery and combat engineers. Alumni ’School Pushkarskaya order– 1702 were completed with the first MINERGIE units of the regular Russian army. 

And let's be on January 21, all cuddle? How? You still don't know what this day hugs. The day when girls and boys can enter into each other's arms, and no one would blame them in the intimacy of this action. On this day, and even strangers can safely enclosed in his arms.

on January 23, in the world Day of handwriting. The initiator of the event was the American Association of manufacturers of pens

24 January 1921 Chris Nelson in town from Iowa (USA) received a patent for ice cream-ice-cream.

Tatiana's day  — the day of worship Tatiana Roman. After the 1755 Empress Elizabeth signed a decree on the opening of the Moscow University, it ’s Tatiana's day" was first celebrated as the birthday of the University, and later as a celebration of all students.

In all countries the professional holiday customs falls on January 26 – this is the Day of customs, which has been observed since 1983. World customs comprise more than 800 thousand people, and the largest of agencies, Russian, has about 70 thousand employees. Nowadays, the economic border of the Russian Federation following about 500 customs posts, about 140 customs and 130 points road crossing of international importance.

Day of the blockade of Leningrad (1944) marked in accordance with the Federal law dated 13 March 1995 No. 32-FZ " On the days of glory (victory day) Russia’.

"Lost in the Internet? Then this information is for you! So come "the day” – a day without Internet, which is the innermost dreams of any of us.

In 1985 he signed the Declaration, which calls on all States to end the nuclear arms race, reduce, and then eliminate nuclear arsenals, thereby to eliminate the threat of nuclear war. This Declaration was proclaimed at the meeting in new Delhi of the heads of different countries, such as India, Greece, Argentina, Mexico, Sweden and Tanzania.

Today no one is surprised the cars on the road. Many different patterns and colors, they are firmly entrenched in our lives. Almost every seven has its own "iron horse", and so public transport is necessary to use constantly. But it is now. Not so long ago were the days when everything had just started…