Holidays
- World No Tobacco Day
- World Blonde Day
- Russian Advocacy Day
- Day of formation of juvenile affairs units in the system of internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation
- Psychotherapist Day
- Chemist's Day
- Trinity
- World Parrot Day
- Cycling Birthday
- International Twins Day
- World Inequality Day
- Hearing Protection Day
- World Meditation Day
- Donut Hole Day
- Macaroons Day
Significant dates
1223 The first battle of Russian squads with the Mongol-Tatar army on the Kalka River, which marked the beginning of the emergence of the Tatar-Mongol yoke in Rus'.
1859 The clock installed on London's Big Ben tower has been put into operation.
1868 Birthday of cycling.
1891 Construction of the Great Siberian Railway began.
1935 The resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) “On the Elimination of Child Homelessness and Neglect” was adopted.
1942 In besieged Leningrad, a football match (6+) was held at the Dynamo stadium.
2003 The official opening of the recreated Amber Room took place.
Persons
On May 31, 1832, a Russian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of A.S. Pushkin, Maria Pushkina (Hartung), was born.
On May 31, 1852, Russian archaeologist, statesman and public figure Alexey Bobrinsky was born.
On May 31, 1862, Russian painter Mikhail Nesterov was born.
On May 31, 1892, Soviet writer Konstantin Paustovsky was born.
On May 31, 1899, Russian writer, classic of Soviet literature Leonid Leonov was born.
Folk calendar
Fedot Ovsyanik, Seven Virgins
On this day, the Seven Holy Virgins are venerated – seven martyrs who suffered for the faith at the beginning of the 4th century, during the persecution of Christians by Emperor Diocletian.
In Rus', Fedot (Theodotus) was revered as the helper of spring and they said: “When Fedot comes, he will unfurl the last oak leaf.” The future harvest was also judged by the oak tree: “If the top of an oak tree has a edge, you will measure oats with a tub.” This meant that if the oak tree turned its leaves towards Fedot, the spring harvest would be good. If green leaves suddenly began to fall from the oak tree, this was a bad omen and foreshadowed a hungry year.
In addition to oak, the hero of this day was flax – it was sown just for Fedot and the Seven Virgins. So they said: “They sow flax from the seven deer.”
Name day on this day
Alexandra, Andrey, Bogdan, Vasily, David, Denis, Irakli, Claudia, Christina, Leo, Makar, Matrona, Mikhail, Pavel, Peter, Semyon, Faina, Fedor, Fedot, Julian, Julia.
Source: Calend.ru.
