The idea of an International Women’s Day celebrated on March,8 first appeared during the period of expansion in the industrialized world. That period was famous for the active growth of population and the emerging of radical ideologies. On the 8th of March, 1857, women which worked on textile and clothing factories in NY, USA started striking against the inhumane working conditions and very low salaries.
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You’ve probably head about the International Women’s Day celebrated on March 8… And what is peculiar about February the 23rd? This unusual holiday celebrated in Russia and other states of the former USSR symbolizes dedicated service to the native country (fatherland) and acknowledgment of its chiefly military achievements.
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This season is peculiar for its severity and sudden drops of temperatures.
You may wonder what our Russian and Ukrainian girls usually wear on such nasty days! We’ll subject this question to the glare of truth!
There’s no surprise for anyone more that face and manners can tell much about the human’s character and his past much better than just words. Ancient Chinese people were the founders of this science. They were able to read the faces. Nowadays we called this science physiognomics.
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Christmas is the biggest and most celebrated holiday for all Christians. It is time for family reunions, happiness and joy. But if you have a Ukrainian or Russian girlfriend you are luckier and not only because these girls are beautiful, educated and loving but also because you have a chance to celebrate Christmas twice! You can ask why is that? This is because Christmas in Ukraine and Russia is celebrated on the 7th of January! The Orthodox Church uses the old Julian calendar which is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar.
In the former Soviet Union the Bolsheviks adopted the Gregorian calendar at the end of 1917 which put them in line with the rest of the Western world. However the Orthodox Church who was opposed to the oppressive steps taken by the Bolsheviks to suppress religion, kept the Julian calendar. Historically the Julian calendar is sometimes called Old Style (O.S.) and the Gregorian is called New Style (N.S.). Thus a date would be written January 1/13, 2009, meaning the 1th in new style and 13th in the old style calendar. Don’t be surprised, but at midnight on the 13th of January people in Russia celebrate Old New Year that corresponds to January 1st in the Julian calendar, used in Russia before 1918.
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