Holidays on this day
- The day of the defeat of Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad
- Flaw Detector Day in Russia
- International Transformation Games Day
- World Wetlands Day
- Sled Dog Day
- Groundhog Day
- Hedgehog Day
- Day of the letter Y
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
- Potato Ball Day
- Heavenly Dishes Day
Significant events in history
962 The birth of the First Reich – the Holy Roman Empire.
1536 Buenos Aires was founded by Spanish conquistadors.
1702 A decree of Peter I was issued, which laid the foundation for the Baltic Fleet.
1887 In the United States, Groundhog Day was officially celebrated for the first time.
1892 Patented metal bottle cap.
1943 The Battle of Stalingrad ended.
1956 The first launch of a rocket with a nuclear warhead was carried out from the Kapustin Yar test site.
Persons
On February 2, 1829, German zoologist and traveler Alfred Brehm was born.
On February 2, 1883, the Soviet composer, musical figure, teacher, professor Mikhail Gnessin was born.
On February 2, 1885, the Soviet statesman and military leader Mikhail Frunze was born.
On February 2, 1904, the Soviet pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Valery Chkalov was born.
Folk calendar
Efimov day.
Euthymius the Great, also called Euthymius the Complacent or Euthymius the Schemamonk, lived in the 5th century. Along with Anthony, Macarius and Pachomius the Great, he is revered as a hermit – one of the pillars of desert living and the founders of monasticism.
February is the month of snowstorms. No wonder they used to say in Rus': “Blizzards and blizzards arrived in February.” Efimov's Day is no exception. “The winds blew on Efim – his hat was blown away, his caftan was taken off, his mittens fell off on their own,” people joked.
Another saying: “Get off the stove on Yefim – tell fortunes about Maslenitsa” – meant that based on the weather on that day it was possible to predict the weather on Maslenitsa. If there was a blizzard on that day, then blizzards were expected in the spring. In this case, they said: “Broom with a broom – yes to Maslenitsa.” If the sun was shining at noon, it predicted a rainy summer; and if the wind blew, then the whole year had to be damp.
We also observed the behavior of domestic animals on Efim. The attentive owner knew: if a cat scratches the floor and chickens wag their tails, expect a snowstorm.
Name day on this day
Efim, Zakhar, Inna, Lavrentiy, Lev, Pavel, Rimma, Semyon.
Source: Calend.ru.
