Holidays
- Day of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops (memorable day)
- International Day of the Blind
- Birthday sausage
- World Kindness Day
- Spiridon and Nikodim
- Day of the Service for the Protection of State Secrets of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- Day of Radio and Electronic Intelligence Troops (RiRTR) of the RF Armed Forces
- Day of workers and specialists in the field of remote banking
- Day of collecting keys and coins
- “Let the Rumors Go” Day
- World Quality Day
- World Chicken Day
Significant dates
1851 The Nikolaevskaya railway was put into operation.
1872 The first edition of “The ABC” (6+) by Leo Tolstoy has been published.
1918 The Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School was founded.
1921 The State Academic Theater named after Evgeniy Vakhtangov was founded.
Persons
On November 13, 1718, the English diplomat who invented the “sandwich”, John Montagu, was born.
On November 13, 1745, the French teacher, author of the alphabet for the blind, Valentin Gaüy, was born.
Swedish poet Esaias Tegner was born on November 13, 1782.
On November 13, 1821, Russian revolutionary and thinker Mikhail Petrashevsky was born.
On November 13, 1850, the Scottish writer and poet, author of Treasure Island (12+) Robert Stevenson was born.
On November 13, 1914, Soviet design engineer and creator of Soviet lunar rovers Georgy Babakin was born.
Folk calendar
Spiridon and Nikodim
In Rus', on this day it was supposed to transfer chickens to the winter nooks, as well as mark the old and weak, and select birds for slaughter. They prepared various chicken dishes: baked or stuffed chicken, minced chicken cutlets, kurniki – pies filled with chicken meat.
In some areas, fishermen celebrated their holiday on Nikodim and Spiridon. On this day, proverbs and sayings related to water fishing were remembered: “The earth does not feed, but the water does”; “Water is not a field, you don’t plow, you don’t sow, but you are full.” However, this occupation could also be dangerous, especially in the northern seas. This is reflected in the popular expressions: “To eat a fish, you have to get into the water”; “To catch fish is to walk on the verge of death”; “Fish catchers are ruinous people.”
The hunters also held Nicodemus and Spyridon in special esteem. At this time they went out for the first hare hunt in fresh snow. Hunters also had their own sayings: “Even the beast runs to the hunter”; “If you chase two birds with one stone, you won’t catch a single one” (or another version of the same saying – “If you chase two birds with one stone, you won’t catch a single one”); “The horse is not dear, but the hare is dear.” Hare meat was considered a delicacy, and if the animal was caught, the hunter's family would have a delicious dinner that day.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Alexey, Anatoly, Artemy, Vasily, Vsevolod, German, Ivan, Innokenty, Kuzma, Leonid, Nikodim, Nikolay, Peter, Roman, Sergey, Spiridon, Stepan, Trofim, Fedor, Yakov
Source: Calend.ru.
