Holidays on this day
- International Jeweler's Day
- Day of drawing the sun on the snow
- Day of Inspiring the Heart with Art
- Hot Chocolate Day
- Reverse Day
Significant events in history
1714 The “Sovereign's Cabinet” was created – the Kunstkamera (18+).
1729 The first printed book in Arabic script was published in Istanbul.
1892 The first competitions took place on the Holmenkollen ski jump (6+) in Oslo.
1893 The Coca-Cola trademark has been registered.
1921 Founding day of the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics.
1924 The first Constitution of the USSR was adopted.
Persons
Austrian composer Franz Schubert was born on January 31, 1797.
On January 31, 1865, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' was born.
American chemist and Nobel laureate Theodore William Richards was born on January 31, 1868.
Swedish diplomat, politician, writer, Nobel laureate Alva Myrdal was born on January 31, 1902.
On January 31, 1910, Soviet pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Grizodubova was born.
On January 31, 1911, the Bulgarian clairvoyant Vanga was born.
On January 31, 1921, Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR Vladislav Strzhelchik was born.
On January 31, 1924, Georgian and Soviet film director, People's Artist of Georgia Tengiz Abuladze was born.
On January 31, 1952, Soviet graphic artist Nadezhda Rusheva was born.
On January 31, 1956, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, director, People's Artist of Russia Vera Glagoleva was born.
Folk calendar
Afanasyev Day, Afanasy – clematis
Athanasius the Great, whose memory is celebrated on this day, is considered one of the fathers of the Greek church. He was archbishop of Alexandria in the 4th century.
Afanasy was nicknamed Clematis in Rus' because severe frosts occurred on his day. “Frost grabs the lazy by the nose, but takes off his hat in front of the agile,” people said, noting that in cold weather it is worth moving more.
There were other sayings about the weather: “On Afanasyev’s day there is the heaviest, most frosty”; “Athanasius the clematis has come – take care of your cheeks and nose”; “The frost is not scary when your nose is covered.”
There were many signs associated with Afanasyev Day. If the day turns out to be blizzard, you shouldn’t wait for early spring; The clear weather at noon suggested otherwise. If crows fly and circle in flocks, this means even more frost. The loud humming of the samovar also foreshadowed the cold. By the way, the cold was perceived without negativity: it was believed that the ground frozen in winter would produce more crops in the summer.
People believed that in the frosts of Afanasyevsk, witches fly to the Sabbath and there they lose their heads from excessive fun. When they return, they try to harm people. Therefore, on this day it was necessary to drive out evil spirits from homes. Exactly at midnight, healers began to cast spells on the chimneys, through which, as it was believed, the witch could fly into the house. Ordinary men themselves drove out the evil spirits – they took whips, shafts and walked around the village with them, pounding on the walls of houses, stables and barns.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Afanasy, Vladimir, Dmitry, Evgeny, Emelyan, Efrem, Hilarion, Kirill, Ksenia, Maxim, Maria, Mikhail, Nikolay, Sergey.
Source: Calend.ru.
