Holidays
- Russia Day
- World Day Against Child Labor
- Balloon Party Day
- Gas mask birthday
- International Shia Day
- Snake Festival
- Red Rose Day
- Peanut Butter Cookie Day
Significant dates
1798 The Institute of St. Catherine for noble maidens was established in St. Petersburg.
1849 The first patent for a gas mask device was issued.
1964 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment.
1967 The rocket was launched with the Venera-4 station.
1991 For the first time in history, presidential elections were held in Russia.
Persons
On June 12, 1898, Soviet publicist, journalist, and writer Mikhail Koltsov was born.
On June 12, 1908, Soviet ballerina, choreographer, People's Artist of the USSR Marina Semenova was born.
American banker, financier and statesman David Rockefeller was born on June 12, 1915.
On June 12, 1915, the Soviet geophysicist, academician Vladimir Magnitsky was born.
Folk calendar
Snake Festival
In Rus' there was a belief that on this day “snakes gather and go by train to a snake wedding.” Killing the many reptiles crawling through the forests was very dangerous: it was believed that the snake relatives would cruelly take revenge on anyone who harmed them, and not a single healer could save them from snake venom on that day.
In Rus' there was a belief that snakes are closely related to certain plants, and that they are able to influence each other. Many people often carried a piece of marina root in their amulet – it was credited with the ability to drive away snakes. They also believed that if fresh rue branches were scattered on the sunny edges early in the morning, snakes would rush towards them, eat everything and soon die. But the ash tree could not kill the reptile – but it was able to deprive him of his strength and ability to bite. Emerald was endowed with the same property – although, of course, this stone was not available to everyone.
On the snake holiday it was customary to plant beans. Before this, they were soaked in winter water, which was collected in forest ravines where snow had lain for a long time.
Name day on this day
Vasily, Isaac, Nikanor.
Source: Calend.ru.
