Major Russian Holidays

• New Year - January 1
• Orthodox Christmas - January 7
• Old New Year - January 13, a very popular holiday in memory of Old Calendar
• Women's Day - March 8, very popular!
• Orthodox Easter - two weeks after Catholic Easter.
• International Labour Day - May 1
• Victory Day - May 9
• Independence Day - June 12
• Teacher's Day - October 5
• October Revolution Day - November 7-8

Name Days (Angel's Days)

JANUARY


• Ulyana - Jan 3
• Anastasia - Jan 4
• Evgenia - Jan 6
• Klavdia - Jan 6
• Lidia - Jan 19
• Maria - Jan 19
• Tatyana - Jan 25, celebrated like Students' Day, very popular among students
• Nina -Jan 27
• Ksenia -Jan 31
  
  FEBRUARY
  
  
• Inna - Feb 2
• Anastasia - Feb 4
• Ksenia - Feb 6
• Maria - Feb 8
• Anna - Feb 16
• Maria - Feb 19
• Valentina, Anna - Feb 23
• Svetlana - Feb
  
  MARCH
  
  
• Marina, Kira - March 12
• Antonina - March 14
• Galina - March 23
• Maria - March 31
  
  APRIL
  
  
• Svetlana - Apr 2
• Larissa - Apr 7
• Alla, Anna - Apr 8
• Maria - Apr 14
• Tamara - Apr 28
• Irina - Apr 29
  
  MAY
  
  
• Tamara - May 2
• Alexandra - May 6
• Elizaveta - May 7
• Irina - May 14
• Varvara - May 19
• Alexandra, Julia, Faina - May 31
  
  JUNE
  
  
• Julia - June 16
• Valeria, Maria - Jun 20
• Maria June 22
• Alexandra, Antonina - June 23
  
  JULY
  
  
• Angelina - July 14
• Anna - July 18
• Olga, Elena - July 24
• Valentina, Alevtina - July 29
• Marina, Margarita - July 30
  
  AUGUST
  
  
• Maria - Aug 4
• Darya -Aug 17
  
  SEPTEMBER
  
  
• Natalia - Sep 8
• Elizaveta, Raisa - Sep 18
• Ludmila - Sep 29
• Vera, Nadezhda, Lubov - Sep 30
  
  OCTOBER
  
  
• Veronica - Oct 17
• Taisia - Oct 21
• Zinaida - Oct 29
  
  NOVEMBER
  
  
• Anastasia - Nov 11
• Alexander - Nov 19
  
  DECEMBER
  
  
• Ekaterina - Dec 7
• Varvara - Dec 17
• Anna - Dec 22
• Angelina - Dec 23
• Marina - Dec 29