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Public holidays in Belarus

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National holidays in Belarus are classified into state holidays and other holidays and commemorative days, including religious holidays. Nine of them are non-working days. [1]

Public holidays (non-working days) [ edit ]

Date English Name Local Name Remarks
1-2 January New Year's Day Новы год (Novy Hod)
7 January Orthodox Christmas Каляды правасла?ныя (Kalady pravasła?nyja)
8 March International Women's Day Мiжнародны жаночы дзень (Mi?narodny ?ano?y dzie?)
moveable Radonitsa Радунiца (Radunica) 9 days after Orthodox Easter
1 May Labour Day Дзень працы (Dzie? Pracy)
9 May Victory Day Дзень Перамогi (Dzie? Pieramohi) Marks the victory against Germany in World War II
3 July Independence Day Дзень Незалежнасцi (Dzie? Niezale?nasci) Adopted in 1996, in commemoration of the Red Army 's 1944 liberation of Minsk during the Minsk Offensive
7 November October Revolution Day Дзень Кастрычн?цкай рэвалюцы? (Dzie? Kastry?nickaj revalucyi)
25 December Christmas Day Каляды каталiцкiя (Kalady katalickija)

Other holidays [ edit ]

State [ edit ]

Date English Name Local Name Remarks
23 February Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces Day Дзень абаронцы Айчыны ? Дзень Узброеных С?л (Dzie? abaroncy Aj?yny i Dzie? Uzbrojenych Sil)
4 March Day of the Police of Belarus Дзень м?л?цы? Беларус? (Dzie? milicyi Bielarusi)
15 March Constitution Day Дзень Канстытуцыi (Dzie? Kanstytucyji) Adopted in 1994
2 April Unity of Peoples of Russia and Belarus Day Дзень яднання народа? Беларус? i Расii (Dzie? jadna?nia naroda? Biełarusi i Rasii)
Second Sunday of May State Flag and State Emblem Day Дзень Дзяржа?нага Сцяга i Дзяржа?нага Герба (Dzie? Dziar?a?naha Sciaha i Dziar?a?naha Hierba)
17 September National Unity Day Дзень народнага адзiнства

Commemorative and remembrance days [ edit ]

Date English Name Local Name Remarks
15 February Afghan War Veterans Day Дзень памяц? во?на?-?нтэрнацыянал?ста? (Dzie? pamiaci voina?-internacyjanalista?) It commermorates the end of the Soviet-Afghan War .
26 April Chernobyl tragedy commemorative day Dzie? ?arnobylskaj trahiedyji
22 June Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Great Patriotic War Дзень усенароднай памяц? ахвяр Вял?кай Айчыннай вайны (Dzie? usienarodnaj pamiaci achviar Vialikaj Aj?ynnaj vajny) In solemn remembrance of all the victims of the Second World War, and in commemoration of the heroic last stand of Brest Fortress in 1941, on the very country and city ( Brest ) in which the Eastern Front began.

Traditional holidays [ edit ]

Also, there are a number of traditional holidays.

Date English Name Local Name Remarks
6-7 July Kupalle Купалле (Kupalle)
2 November Dziady Дзяды (Dziady)
moveable Catholic Easter Вялiкдзень каталiцкi (Vialikdzie? katalicki)
moveable Orthodox Easter Вялiкдзень правасла?ны (Vialikdzie? pravasła?ny)

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Belarus official holidays"
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