Holidays
- Day of creation of units to combat organized crime
- World Recycling Day
- All-Russian Conscript Day
- Milkshake Day
- Akindinus and Pigasius
- St. Petersburg Accountant Day
- Feast of the Shuya-Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God
- Philanthropist Day
- Drummer Day
- Writer's Day in Prison
- “I Love to Write” Day
- Refrigerator Cleanout Day
- Chocolate Cupcake Day
- Spice Cookie Day
- Bandt Cupcake Day
Significant dates
1932 The Museum of the History of Religion opened in the Kazan Cathedral in Leningrad.
1933 Regular trolleybus service began in Moscow.
1934 The first sound television broadcast took place in the USSR.
1955 The grand opening of the Leningrad Metro took place.
Persons
On November 15, 1741, the Swiss writer, theologian and poet Johann Caspar Lavater was born.
On November 15, 1793, French geometer and historian of mathematics Michel Chales was born.
On November 15, 1800, Russian actor Pavel Mochalov was born.
On November 15, 1862, German playwright and Nobel laureate Gerhart Hauptmann was born.
On November 15, 1866, Russian theater actress, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR Alexandra Yablochkina was born.
On November 15, 1874, Danish physiologist, professor, and Nobel laureate August Krogh was born.
On November 15, 1875, Russian traveler and polar explorer Vladimir Rusanov was born.
On November 15, 1910, Soviet football player and hockey player, football coach Mikhail Yakushin was born.
On November 15, 1922, Soviet and Russian small arms designer and weapons engineer Igor Stechkin was born.
Folk calendar
Akindinus and Pigasius
On this day, Orthodox people commemorate Saints Akindinos, Pigasius and with them the 7 thousand martyrs who suffered for Christianity in the 4th century.
On this day in Rus' they said: “Akindin kindles the barn, and Pigasius extinguishes the sun.” This saying reflects two significant phenomena for the people. Firstly, the daylight hours were decreasing, therefore, all the work that was possible had to be carried into the house and carried out by the light of a torch or candle.
In addition, from that time on, grain was actively dried in barns by lighting a fire under it. On this fire, peasant children loved to bake potatoes and tell different stories about the spirits living in village buildings.
Russian people believed that rams and rigs are inhabited by brownies, who never appear in their real form, but appear only in the guise of a person. Ovinnik was not considered an evil spirit. At least he didn’t bother anyone with heating the barn and drying the grain. It was only necessary to first ask him for permission to do this work. However, if someone offended the barn grower, he could burn the entire crop in anger, spreading the fire to the sheaves.
In addition, on Akindina, peasant women crushed flax and prepared it either for sale or for spinning.
Name day on this day
Konstantin
Source: Calend.ru.
