Holidays on this day
- Day of formation of drug control units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
- Put Your Boots On Day
- Memorial Day of Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky
- Microwave Birthday
- Gazpacho Day
- Moneylender's Day
- Christmas tree day with mittens
- Red Thoughts Day
Significant events in history
1492 Christopher Columbus discovered the island of Haiti.
1590 The Tsar's decree prohibited the transfer of peasants from one owner to another.
1741 As a result of the coup d'etat, Elizaveta Petrovna became the Russian Empress.
1917 The Norwegian cargo ship Imo and the French cargo ship Mont Blanc collided in the Canadian port of Halifax.
Persons
On December 6, 1421, the king of England (1422-1471), the last of the Lancaster dynasty, Henry VI, was born.
On December 6, 1742, French chemist-technologist Nicolas Leblanc was born.
On December 6, 1778, the French physicist, chemist who discovered boron, and inventor Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was born.
On December 6, 1813, Russian poet, publicist, and revolutionary Nikolai Ogarev was born.
On December 6, 1823, German and English philologist and orientalist Friedrich Müller was born.
Russian philosopher Nikolai Lossky was born on December 6, 1870.
On December 6, 1899, Soviet theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Nikolai Batalov was born.
On December 6, 1913, Soviet writer and public figure, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Zalygin was born.
On December 6, 1927, Soviet and Russian director, screenwriter, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Naumov was born.
On December 6, 1957, Soviet pop artist, actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, statesman Mikhail Evdokimov was born.
Folk calendar
Mitrofan's Day
On this day, the memory of Mitrofan of Voronezh is celebrated, a bishop of the Russian Church who lived in the 17-18 centuries and canonized.
Based on the weather on Mitrofan, Russian people predicted the weather for the summer. If there was light snow on that day and the wind was blowing from the north, then cold rain should have fallen on June 6.
On Mitrofanov's day they organized festivities – they collected flour from all the houses and baked pies. After this, the feast began, usually accompanied by various games. On this day they celebrated the establishment of a sleigh track in the snow.
In addition to Saint Mitrofan, Saint Alexander Nevsky, the great Russian prince and commander, was honored. In the 13th century, during the time of Alexander, Rus' was attacked from three sides at once – the Catholic West, the Mongol-Tatars and Lithuania. Throughout his life, the prince did not lose a single battle, and moreover, he showed diplomatic talent more than once.
On the day of memory of Alexander Nevsky in Rus', they remembered the fallen soldiers and wondered about those who went to war. To do this, three buns were baked, in one of which a cross was placed, after which they were laid out around the house: one on the threshold, another on the bench, the third on the shelf near the icons. If a bun with a cross appeared on the threshold, then the soldier would soon return home, but if it was near the images, then he might not return at all.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Alexey, Boris, Gregory, Ivan, Mitrofan, Seraphim, Fedor.
Source: Calend.ru.
