Holidays
- Manager's Day
- Day of the Bailiff of the Russian Federation
- World Vegan Day
- Day of fortune telling on coffee grounds
- Midsummer's Day (Farewell to Autumn)
- All Saints' Day
- Author's Day
- Toothbrush day
- Family Literacy Day
- Cooking day for your pets
- Kitchen Drinking Day
- World Men's Day
- Dmitrievskaya Saturday
- Deep Fried Clam Day
- Bison Day
- Giant Omelette Day
Significant dates
1941 The bridge between the USA and Canada over Niagara Falls (“Rainbow Bridge”) was opened.
1944 The battle for the Arctic ended during the Great Patriotic War.
1990 The USSR introduced a commercial exchange rate for the ruble against foreign currencies.
1997 All-Russian state TV channel “Culture” (18+) began broadcasting
1998 The Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was created.
Persons
On November 1, 1578, the Russian military and political figure, national hero of Russia Dmitry Pozharsky was born.
On November 1, 1596, the Italian painter and architect Pietro da Cortona was born.
On November 1, 1757, the Italian classicist sculptor Antonio Canova was born.
On November 1, 1889, Soviet shipbuilding engineer and creator of torpedo boats Pavel Goinkis was born.
On November 1, 1902, Norwegian writer, poet, and playwright Nordal Grieg was born.
On November 1, 1908, Soviet theater and film actor, hero of Soviet film fairy tales, Anatoly Kubatsky was born.
Folk calendar
Midsummer's Day, Farewell to Autumn
On this day, Orthodox Christians celebrate the transfer of the relics of St. John of Rila.
In Rus', on Ivanov (John) day, they said goodbye to autumn and welcomed winter. From this time on, real frosts began. “Whoever doesn’t feel cold in November will not freeze in the Epiphany cold,” people said. They also watched the weather: if it was snowing and it was cold, then spring should be expected to be late and cold; if there was a thaw, the next spring promised to be warm.
There was a belief that the stable brownie was making trouble with Ivan – ruffling the manes of mares, raising stallions on their hind legs. “The path is difficult for a harnessed horse,” people said and gave the horses a rest. But the chickens had no time for fun – on this day it was customary to cut them and prepare various dishes from the tender meat. The table was decorated with fried chicken, noodles in chicken broth, and kurniks—special pies.
Name day on this day
Dmitry, Ivan, Leonty, Mikhail, Nikolay, Pavel, Peter, Sergey, Felix
Source: Calend.ru.
