Holidays on this day
- The day the Soviet counteroffensive began near Moscow
- Volunteer Day in Russia
- International Volunteer Day
- World Soil Day
- Ninja Day
- Bath Party Day
- Sachertorte Day
- The most unbearable day of the year
- Day of the Singing Stars
Significant events in history
1714 Peter I established the Order of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine.
1830 “Symphony Fantastique” (0+) by Hector Berlioz was performed for the first time.
1924 In the ancient Russian village of Palekh, Palekh art workshops were created.
1936 The second Constitution of the USSR (0+) was adopted – “Stalinist”.
1941 During the Great Patriotic War, a counteroffensive of Soviet troops began near Moscow.
1957 The nuclear-powered icebreaker Lenin was launched in Leningrad.
2003 A terrorist attack was committed on the Kislovodsk-Mineralnye Vody train.
Persons
On December 5, 1803, the Russian poet, diplomat, and conservative publicist Fyodor Tyutchev was born.
On December 5, 1820, the Russian poet, translator, and memoirist Afanasy Fet was born.
On December 5, 1861, Russian painter and theater designer Konstantin Korovin was born.
On December 5, 1891, the Soviet artist, graphic artist, photographer, and founder of photomontage Alexander Rodchenko was born.
On December 5, 1945, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, People's Artist of Russia Nina Ruslanova was born.
Folk calendar
Prokopiev day.
On this day the memory of Saint Procopius the Reader is celebrated, who suffered martyrdom at the beginning of the 4th century.
As they believed in Rus', a good, durable sleigh track was established from Procopius. “Prokop came and dug up a snowdrift, stepped in the snow, and dug a road,” people said about this. On this day, winter markers were placed in the snow to mark the path. The road built to Procopius lasted until spring. “A winter digger will dig a road, but a winter digger will destroy a road,” people noted.
Usually roads were paved by the entire village, and after that a treat was arranged for the workers and a worldly celebration was started. In addition, starting from Prokopiev Day, the men, as they say, “sled” – they made and repaired sleighs.
Children on Prokop usually gathered on the street, had noisy celebrations – played snowballs, rode down the mountains. Village youth often joined the children. In the evening, after taking a walk, we asked riddles about winter fun: about riding from the mountains (“There’s a horse downhill, and a piece of wood uphill”); about children's sleds (“Two wolves are running, both looking at the sky”); about horses and sleighs (“The runners run, the runners crawl”).
Name day on this day
Alexey, Arkhip, Afanasy, Boris, Vasily, Vladimir, Gerasim, Ivan, Ilya, Maxim, Mark, Mikhail, Pavel, Peter, Praskovya, Prokop, Savva, Thaddeus, Fedor, Yakov.
Source: Calend.ru.
