Holidays
- Day of notaries in Russia
- Day of the estimate in Russia
- International Potato Warming Day
- Sniper's Day
- International Day of Memory of Chernobyl Disaster
- Memory of memory of victims of radiation accidents and disasters
- International Potato Warming Day
- Rehabilitation day of the Kuban Cossacks
- World Pilot Day
- International Intellectual Property Day
- Feast of strangers
- Day “Children and Animals”
- Bowkel-Crelend Day
- Richter's day day
- International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Radiation Accidents and Disasters
- International Veterinary Day
- International Sculpture Day
- Frog Day
- International Day of Memory of Chernobyl Disaster
Significant dates
1658. The main tower of the Moscow Kremlin was renamed Spasskaya.
1966. There was an earthquake in Tashkent.
1986. There was an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
1991. The USSR adopted the law “On the rehabilitation of repressed peoples.”
1997. The Order “For Mercy and Healing” was established in Russia.
Persons of the day
On April 26, 121, the Roman Emperor (161-180), philosopher Mark Aurelius was born
On April 26, 1575, the queen of France (1600-1614), the wife of Henry IV, mother of Louis XIII Maria Medici was born.
On April 26, 1765, the beloved of the British Admiral Nelson Emma Hamilton was born.
On April 26, 1829, Russian writer and publicist Grigory Danilevsky was born.
On April 26, 1939, the Soviet theater and film actor Vladislav Dvorzhetsky was born.
People's calendar
Fomaida Medunitsa
On this day, the memory of the martyr Fomaida Egyptian, who gave his life for faith in 476, is noted.
To Thomaid, people went to the forest to collect a jellyfish, which was used when brewing teas and making salads. Surprisingly, the people believed that this fragrant flower of bees fly around seven miles.
In Rus', it was customary that the most experienced hostess in the house was walking behind the Medunitsa. And so that the bear, who was attributed to dislike of the weak floor, did not recognize the woman in her, she put on a sheepskin coat, turned outward.
Also on this day it was possible to tear the first seedlings of sorrel, which was put in a salad and in cabbage soup. Particularly tasty in the spring there were halves in monastic, in which, in addition to sorrel, parsley, onions, potatoes and oil entered.
Name day on this day
George, Dmitry, Martha.
Source: Calend.ru
