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

*Such holidays as St. Valentine's Day and Catholic Christmas (25th December) are now widely celebrated in Russia and are gaining popularity.

Calendar of Name Days (Angel's Days)

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