Holidays
- Victory Day
- Europe Day
- Commemoration of deceased warriors
- World Migratory Bird Day
- World Fair Trade Day
- Lost Sock Memorial Day
- Street Musicians Day
- Day of overnight stay
- Toffee Cake Day
Significant dates
1791 Prince Potemkin arranged a grand celebration for Catherine II in the newly opened Tauride Palace.
1944 Sevastopol is liberated from fascist invaders.
[1945Themedal”ForthevictoryoverGermanyintheGreatPatrioticWarof1941-1945″wasestablished1960 The grand opening of the memorial in memory of the victims of the siege of Leningrad took place at the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery.
1994 The Order of Zhukov and the Zhukov Medal were established.
1995 The grand opening of the Victory Memorial Complex on Poklonnaya Hill took place in Moscow.
2006 The honorary title “City of Military Glory” has been approved in Russia.
Persons of the day
On May 9, 1683, the Russian military and statesman, Field Marshal General Christopher Minich, was born.
On May 9, 1837, German businessman and founder of the Opel company Adam Opel was born.
On May 9, 1874, the English archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, Howard Carter, was born.
On May 9, 1877, Russian surgeon and spiritual writer Archbishop Luke was born.
On May 9, 1924, the Soviet and Russian poet, composer, prose writer and screenwriter Bulat Okudzhava was born.
Folk calendar
Glafira Goroshnitsa
On this day the memory of Glafira of Amasia is honored. This virgin is known as a martyr: in 322 she was beheaded because she did not want to renounce Christianity.
In Rus', it was customary to plant peas and early potatoes on Glafira. Peas, among other things, were also talked about – for a good harvest. They also used other, more prosaic methods of caring for this legume. To protect the peas from morning frosts, the beds were covered with chopped peat. The peas developed right under the peat flooring until they became so strong that they would not be afraid of any matinees.
For lunch they prepared dishes from peas. The most popular were pea soup with meat and pea porridge.
Name day on this day
Vasily, Glafira, Ivan, Nikolai, Peter, Stepan.
Source: Calend.ru.
