The holiday of June 12th is how we relax. Official holidays and weekends in Russia

The production calendar provides information about the June holidays, how we work and how we rest in June 2016, how many weekends and working days there are in a given month.

How we relax. June holidays

Non-working days in June 2016 in Russia are 9 dates of the month: 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 25 and 26. Russia Day is celebrated on June 12. It is a non-working holiday (Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). Since in 2016 this public holiday falls on a Sunday, the day off is transferred to the next working day (06/13), and Russians receive three non-working days in a row: from the 11th (Saturday) to the 13th (Monday).

Working time standards

In accordance with the labor calendar of the Russian Federation, in June 2016 there are 21 working days and 9 weekends and holidays.

Working time standards are:

• with a 40-hour work week – 168 hours (21 * 8, where 21 is the number of working days, 8 is the duration of the work shift);
• at 36 hours – 151.2 hours (21 * 7.2);
• at 24 hours – 100.8 hours (21 * 4.8).

On June 12, 2016, our country celebrates an important public holiday - Russia Day, and until 2002 this holiday was called the Day of Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Russia. This holiday is one of the “youngest” in our country.

How Russia Day is celebrated

In Russia, June 12 is always a day off. Usually, many people go on this holiday to nature, to the countryside, or simply go on a picnic. And the other part of Russians spends this time in the city, where they organize festivals, concerts, and discos. In some cities, honorary residents of the country are awarded. And, of course, at the end, according to tradition, fireworks are fired.

June 12, 2016: how are we relaxing?

Officially, the holiday on June 12 is called “Russia Day”, as well as “The Day of Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Federation”.

It is also often called Independence Day.

In 2016, in June we take a break for Russia Day for three days in a row—June 11, 12, 13 (Saturday, Sunday, Monday)

Calendar of holidays and weekends in June 2016 (in Russia)

History of the Russian Day holiday

On June 12, our country celebrates an important public holiday - Russia Day, or the Day of Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Russia, as this holiday was called until 2002. This is one of the “youngest” public holidays in the country. On June 12, 1990, the first Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Russia, which proclaimed the primacy of the Constitution of Russia and its laws.

By that time, many republics of the USSR had already decided on their sovereignty, so this document was adopted in conditions when the republics, one after another, became independent. And an important milestone in strengthening Russian statehood was the adoption of a new name for the country - the Russian Federation (Russia).

By the way, it was on June 12 that, in addition to “independence,” Russia also gained its first President - on this day, but already in 1991, the first popular open presidential election in the country’s history took place, in which B.N. won. Yeltsin. It was he who, by his decree in 1994, gave June 12 national significance, and the holiday itself was named the Day of Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Russia. Later, for simplicity, it was called Independence Day.

Non-working holidays

Non-working holidays in the Russian Federation are:

• January 1-6 and 8 - New Year holidays;
• January 7 - Orthodox Christmas;
• February 23 - Defender of the Fatherland Day;
• March 8 - International Women's Day;
• May 1 - Spring and Labor Day;
• May 9 - Victory Day;
• June 12 - Russia Day;
• November 4 is National Unity Day.

As a rule, if Saturday or Sunday coincides with a holiday, the day off is transferred to the next working day. For the rational use of weekends and holidays, by special decision of the government, other transfers may occur: for example, if a holiday falls on a Tuesday, then Monday is sometimes made a day off, and the previous Saturday a working Saturday. Also, the day off can be moved to any other day of the year.

On holidays, the offices of most companies and many museums are closed, but large stores are usually open, but on a special schedule.

Other national holidays and memorial dates

Usually widely noted, but not non-working:

• January 25 - Tatiana's day (students' day);
• April 1 - April Fool's Day;
• April 12 - Cosmonautics Day;
• May 24 - Day of Slavic Literature and Culture;
• June 1 - International Children's Day;
• July 8 - Day of Family, Love and Fidelity;
• August 22 - Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation;
• 1 September is the day of knowledge;
• October 5 - Teacher's Day;
• December 12 is Russian Constitution Day.

June 22 - Day of Remembrance and Sorrow. On this day, the beginning of the Great Patriotic War is remembered; entertainment programs are not broadcast on television and radio.

In addition, so-called professional holidays are usually celebrated in Russia, dedicated to specialists in various fields of activity. For example, on February 10 they congratulate diplomatic workers, on March 19 - submariners, on April 27 - notaries, etc.

Holidays of Russian regions

Subjects of the Russian Federation have the right to proclaim their own holidays and days off.

Thus, in Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Adygea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia and Chechnya - in regions where a large number of Muslims live, non-working holidays are:

• Kurban Bayram is the holiday of the end of the Hajj to Mecca, celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of Dhul-Hijjah according to the Islamic calendar (the dates shift every year, since, unlike the Gregorian calendar, which calculates the year by the revolution of the Sun around the Earth, the Islamic focused on the phases of the moon);
• Eid al-Fitr is a holiday in honor of the end of fasting in the holy month of Ramadan, celebrated on the 1st day of the month of Shawwal.

In the Republic of Yakutia, everyone relaxes on the pagan holiday “Ysyakh” - a celebration in honor of summer and the revival of nature (celebrated between June 10 and June 25, the date is set each time by a special decree).

In the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia, people do not work during the Buddhist holiday Tsagan Sar: the onset of the new year and the beginning of spring are celebrated in January-February on the day of the new moon.

Also, in most subjects of the Russian Federation, a non-working holiday is the day dedicated to the formation of each of the republics.