Holidays
- Snowdrop Day
- Day of acceptance of Crimea, Taman and Kuban into the Russian Empire
- Legal Service Day of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
- Russian Printing Day
- Russian Scrap Processing Industry Worker's Day
- Bicycle Day
- Education Day of the Employment Service of the Russian Federation
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Day
- Line drying day
- Garlic Day
- Label Reader's Celebration
- Traveling Smile Day
Significant dates
1783 Catherine II's manifesto on the annexation of Crimea to Russia was published.
1935 The voluntary sports society “Spartak” was founded in the USSR.
1943 An armed uprising of Warsaw ghetto prisoners against the Nazis began.
1943 The Main Counterintelligence Directorate “Smersh” was established.
1970 The first VAZ-2101 car rolled off the assembly line.
Persons of the day
On April 19, 1834, the Russian painter and wandering artist Grigory Myasoedov was born.
On April 19, 1842, Russian astronomer, surveyor and cartographer Nikolai Tsinger was born.
On April 19, 1845, Russian statesman, count, diplomat Mikhail Muravyov was born.
On April 19, 1900, Soviet film director and cartoon director, master of the fairy tale genre, Alexander Ptushko, was born.
On April 19, 1902, Soviet writer and war correspondent Veniamin Kaverin was born.
On April 19, 1911, Soviet writer and public figure Georgy Markov was born.
Folk calendar
Evtikhiy Tikhiy and Erema Proletny
This day was named in honor of two saints – Archbishop Eutyches of Constantinople, who lived in the 6th century, and the martyr Jeremiah, who died for the faith in the 3rd century.
In Rus', according to the day of Eutychius and Erema (Jeremiah), the grain harvest was judged. To do this, they watched the weather; a good omen was the lack of wind. They said: “If Eutychius is quiet, it means a harvest of early grain, and when Erema is hit by the wind, he will knock off the ear”; “Erema Proletny is furious and threatens with the wind – it’s not good to sow spring crops, you won’t be able to collect the seeds.”
Apple trees usually bloom on Eutychium. In Russian folklore, they have always been a symbol of girlish beauty and innocence, which is why in wedding songs the bride is often compared to a tree in bloom. On this day, it was necessary to respect the apple tree – to bow to it, support the branches so that they could withstand the future harvest, paint the trunk to protect it from harmful insects. It was not a sin to eat pickled apples – if, of course, they survived until spring.
Name day on this day
Gregory, Eremey, Ivan, Methodius, Pavel, Peter, Sebastian, Jacob.
Source: Calend.ru
