Holidays
- Security Specialist Day
- World Pneumonia Day
- Titmouse's day
- Feast of the Ozeryan Icon of the Mother of God
- Happy Hour Day
- Day of Visible Breathing in the Cold
- Pizza day with everything except anchovies
- Day of creative fulfillment
Significant dates
1335 A meeting of the rulers of Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic took place in Visegrad, marking the beginning of the first military-political alliance in Central Europe.
1717 Bessler-Orfireus demonstrated the “perpetual motion machine” he had invented.
1803 Nikolai Karamzin has been officially appointed as a “Russian historiographer”.
1982 Yuri Andropov was elected General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee.
Persons
On November 12, 1727, the Russian statesman, favorite of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, philanthropist Ivan Shuvalov was born.
On November 12, 1833, Russian composer and chemist Alexander Borodin was born.
On November 12, 1840, French sculptor Auguste Rodin was born.
On November 12, 1935, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, singer, People's Artist of the USSR Lyudmila Gurchenko was born.
Folk calendar
Zinovy and Zinovia, Titmouse's Day
In Rus', the holiday of fishermen and hunters was celebrated on Zinovia and Zinovia. The hunters, setting out for hares that day, were going to feast in one hut. It was imperative to catch at least one animal, which was called the birthday animal, otherwise the hunt throughout the year could be unsuccessful. That’s why they said: “Put down the horse and leave the hare.” At the same time, the true value of such prey was small, and this was always remembered: “The price of a hare is two money, and a run is a hundred rubles.”
Fishermen also went fishing to Zinovia. If the nets arrived full, the catch was certainly celebrated with a feast on the river bank.
In addition, this day was called the Titmouse holiday, since it was to Zinovy that all the winter birds, including tits, bullfinches, and waxwings, flew closer to people. Children, under the guidance of adults, began to make and hang feeders. At the same time they said: “Feed the birds in winter, and they will serve you in the spring.”
The behavior of tits was used to judge the weather: if they appeared in whole flocks near the house, this foreshadowed imminent cold weather. They also knew: if a tit whistles, it means a clear day, if it squeaks, it means night frost.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Anastasia, Artem, German, Elena, Zinovy, Joseph, Leonid, Makar, Maxim, Mark, Matvey, Semyon, Stepan, Terenty, Julian
Source: Calend.ru.
