Presidents day music: President’s Day: 20 Presidential Songs
Free President Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time
President songs are great for Presidents’ Day, presidential elections, Inauguration Day, and president unit studies. Today, I’m adding lots of president songs for any of those occasions to my series of free songs and rhymes for circle time. Note: see the bottom of the post for non-holiday songs and rhymes as well as for other holiday songs throughout the year.
There are lots of CDs you can buy, but I’m just listing free resources here. You can typically find links to buy the CDs for songs on YouTube if you wish. These are songs that I’ve found online for teachers and childcare providers. They are also great if you’re a homeschooler or parent supplementing your child’s learning at home. And I think they’re lots of fun for grandparents and anyone who enjoys spending time with a special child.
Presidents’ Day Video
If you’d like more information to share with children about Presidents’ Day, here are a couple of narrated videos:
- “Presidents Day Information for Kids” – Kerrie Fraser
- Presidents’ Day Facts for Kids – Homeschool Pop
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President Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays with Lyrics
- President’s Day Songs from Preschool Express
- Preschool Songs for Presidents Day from The Holiday Zone
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- President’s Day Songs and Poems from Preschool Playbook
- President’s Day Songs, Poems & Fingerplays from Child Fun
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Presidents’ Day Playlist: 44 Songs for Every US Commander-in-Chief [LISTEN]
By
Jon Niles
Today is George Washington‘s birthday, which follows Abraham Lincoln‘s birthday by a few days, meaning today is Presidents’ Day and you’re probably home from school because of it. But instead of just celebrating this day off, we’re taking a look and listen at how music has celebrated our Commanders in Chief over the years. Check out this new playlist of 44 songs that were written for and/or about each of our Presidents over the years!
1. George Washington
“No More Kings” by Pavement, a School House Rock cover, is an educational tune about our very first President and our country’s origins.
3. Thomas Jefferson
Nas‘ “Black President” from 2008 brings to mind the scandalous past of our founding father, namely his relations with his slaves.
4. James Madison
Johnny Horton‘s “The Battle of New Orleans” is about a pivotal moment in the US’s history under our fourth President.
5. James Monroe
While Sheryl Crow‘s rocking “Hard to Make a Stand” song isn’t really about the last Founding Father President, she does mix his name with James Dean, which is kind of a compliment, don’t you think?
7. Andrew Jackson
Fans of Sufjan Stevens consider his album homage to Illinois a great collection of tunes, with the song “Jacksonville” talking about the town’s namesake – our 7th President.
8. Martin Van Buren
Our eighth President is responsible for the trail of tears, which “Indian Reservation” was written about.
9. William Henry Harrison
This well-known phrase was the campaign song for the brief President!
10. John Tyler
We thank Tyler for the annexation of Texas!
11. James Knox Polk
They Might Be Giants, once again, show up on the playlist!
13. Millard Fillmore
Bobby Rydell apparently had a song called “Forgotten,” which was about our 13th President, but it is super hard to find. So here’s his hit “Forget Him,” which we did do regarding Fillmore.
14. Franklin Pierce
15. James Buchanan
16. Abraham Lincoln
Obviously one of our most important Presidents, it is only fitting that Marvin Gaye sing about him and other important figures in this song.
17. Andrew Johnson
He was the first President to be impeached, so we’re going to just link you to the singer that has a similar name!
35. John F. Kennedy
“We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel … you know why!
36. Lyndon Johnson
Singer-songwriter Tom Paxton hit the nail on the head with this song.
40. Ronald Reagan
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43. George W. Bush
Connor Oberst of Bright Eyes fame has never been shy about his distaste for the Bush administration. He wrote the song “When the President Talks to God” as a tongue-in-cheek message to the Commander, and then released it for free.
Do you have a favorite song written for or about a President that you think should’ve made this playlist? Let us know in the comments section below!
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Preschool Education Music & Songs : Holiday > President’s Day
Honest Abe added
8-7-97 Original
Author Unknown
Sung to:
“Yankee Doodle”
I Love the name of Abraham
We see him on our money
His picture’s on the $5.
00 bill
And also on our penny.
Honest Abe is what he’s called
Honest, kind and true.
He was our 16th President
He loved both me and you, sir.
It’s a Special Day
added 8-7-97 Submitted
by: Cheryl
Sung to: “If
you’re happy and you know it”
It’s a very special day today,
Yes sir! (Clap twice.)
It’s a very special day today,
Yes sir! (Clap twice.)
It’s President’s Day,
When we can shout and say,
“Have a happy, happy, happy, happy, day!” (Clap twice.)
George Washington
added 8-7-97
Submitted by:
Cheryl
Sung to:
“Yankee Doodle”
One time there was a little boy
Who had a little hatchet
He looked and looked around to find
A little tree to catch it
At least he spied a cherry tree
His father’s pride and joy
He chopped it down, right to the ground
My! What a naughty boy!
And then he heard an angry voice
It sounded like a cymbal
George knew he was in trouble great
And he began to tremble
Who cut this tree, my son did you?
His father asked the question.
Yes, it was I. I cannot lie.
I cut it with my hatchet!
Chorus:
Georgie, Georgie, no, no, no.
Be careful what you do.
Hatchets can be dangerous
And you might get hurt too!
George Washington the first
added 8-7-97
Submitted by:
Cheryl
Sung to:
“Yankee Doodle”
George Washington was the first
President of our country,
The people loved him, one and all,
He worked to make our land free.
He led the soldiers-that was hard,
For they were cold and hungry.
He said, “Be brave, now don’t give up.
We’ll build a brand new country.”
Lincoln added
8-7-97 Submitted
by: Cheryl
Through hard work, skill, &
determination. (wipe forehead)
Lincoln became one of America’s greatest men. (one finger)
He was a peace-loving man who was just. (hand to heart)
Equal rights for all was a must! (spread arms)
George Washington
added 8-7-97
Submitted by:
Cheryl
A very old legend tells me (point to self)
George Washington cut down a cherry tree.
(pretend to chop)
Because he would not tell a lie, (shake head sideways)
When asked who did this terrible deed, (deep voice, place hands on hips)
He said, “Dear Father, it was I.” (point to self)
Although this story is only a legend, (shake head sideways)
It reminds me that George Washington
Was a brave & honest man.
Three Corners
added 8-7-97
Submitted by:
Cheryl
My hat it has 3 corners. (form triangle
above head)
Three corners has my hat.
If it did not have 3 corners, (raise 3 fingers fingers)
It would not be my hat. (shake head sideways)
President’s Day added
8-7-97 Submitted
by: Cheryl
Sung to:
“My Country Tis of Thee”
Lincoln and Washington
They are remembered on
President’s Day.
Two men in history
Who gave us liberty.
Honor their memories
On this great day.
Presidents
Added 3-11-99
Submitted by: No Name Given
Sung to: “London
Bridge”
Who’s fine face is on the penny?
On the penny, on the penny
Who’s fine face is on the penny?
Abraham Lincoln!
Who’s fine face is on the quarter?
On the quarter, on the quarter
Who’s fine face is on the quarter?
George Washington!
Abraham
Lincoln
added
1-3-01 Original
Author Unknown
President Lincoln is a favorite President,
He is honored and loved by many.
So we do not forget him,
We put his face on our penny.
Who Chopped
Down…
added 2-4-01 Original
Author Unknown
Sung to: ” Do you know the Muffin
Man”
Do you know who chopped down the tree
Chopped down the tree, chopped down the tree
Do you know who chopped down the tree
Dad asked George one Day.
Yes I know who chopped down the tree,
Chopped down the tree, chopped down the tree
Yes I know who chopped down the tree
Honest George did say.
It was I who chopped down the tree
Chopped down the tree, chopped down the tree
It was I who chopped down the tree
I’m sorry, but it’s true.
Thank you George, you told the truth
You told the truth, you told the truth
Thank you George, you told the truth
I am proud of you.
Songs for President’s Day
Songs for President’s Day
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“Hail To The Chief” is the most notable Presidential song. “Harry Truman” by Chicago was one of the few
President Nixon was opposed in many songs such as “Ohio” by
Abraham, Martin and John by Dion
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It is often heard
Roosevelt’s Back Again by Norman & Nancy Blake
Ford (God Bless America) by Jessica Adams© Playlist Research. All rights reserved.
Presidents and their music
February 20, 2022
The Uniform Monday Holiday Act became effective in 1971. It created three federal holidays: Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day and Labor Day.
All became holidays to be observed on the third Monday of the traditional month of that celebration. This year,
Washington’s birthday, colloquially referred to as “Presidents’ Day” falls on Monday, Feb. 21, and is a welcome day off for many Americans.
Here are some chronological tidbits about some of our musical, and not so musical, Presidents who are saluted and remembered this Monday.
As our first President, George Washington’s birthday is the anchor for the Presidents’ Day holiday. His Mount Vernon estate was the site of much music during his presidential terms, as he was apparently quite the party animal. He had a standing soiree on Thursday afternoons, during which his nieces provided much rehearsed classical music. The compositions were played on a five-octave harpsicord from London and a Dodds pianoforte, one of the very first built in America.
In addition to being the first President, Washington was also the first critic, and was a hard nut when it came to his troops.
He complained about the quality of song coming from his army’s music corps, saying, “the music of the army was in general very bad.” The President further said, “The drum and fife Majors exert themselves to improve it or they will be reduced (demoted), and their extraordinary pay taken from them.”
The third President and the face on the nickel, Thomas Jefferson, played the violin and cello. He played during his college years, practicing up to three hours each day. Jefferson played with other fine musicians just for the pure enjoyment of it, citing the delightful conversations that they partook in as part of the reason.
He was very fond of the music composed by Hadyn, Vivaldi, Handel and Boccherini. Jefferson was, ahem, instrumental in building the United States Marine Band into their present magnificence. He was the first President to have the band play at the Inauguration.
Abraham Lincoln is said to be one of America’s most unmusical Presidents, but he loved to listen to music passionately.
He loved both classical and “popular” music. Lincoln was also an opera buff, and viewed productions centered on the works of Rossini, Wagner, Verdi and Beethoven. He, in fact, attended the opera more than 30 times during his four years in the White House.
Mary Todd Lincoln did enjoy actually playing the piano. When the family took up residence in the White House, she ordered a new grand piano from the Schomacker Company, and set it up in the Victorian themed Red Room of the White House.
Chester A. Arthur played the banjo. Enough said.
Warren Harding “played every instrument but the slide trombone and the E-flat cornet.” It is said that Harding sat in with the band that played at his nomination in 1920.
Harry Truman was our nation’s 33rd President. In addition to overseeing the end of World War II, Truman played a mean piano. He is said to have never passed a piano without playing a tune. During the first televised tour of the White House in 1952, Truman played Mozart’s “A Major Sonata” to the live audience of 30 million Americans.
About music, Truman once joked, “My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse, or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.”
Richard Nixon was a classically trained pianist and also played the accordion and violin. He even composed music and performed one of his short concertos on Jack Parr’s “Tonight Show,” with full orchestral accompaniment.
He never learned to read music, but Nixon played well enough – or was brave enough- to play “Happy Birthday” to Duke Ellington when the great band leader appeared at the White House in 1969.
Bill Clinton was apparently pretty good on the sax. He sat first chair in the Arkansas All-State High School Band and considered pursuing music as a career.
While running for President in 1992, he was a guest on “The Arsenio Hall Show.” That night, he played “Heartbreak Hotel” (co-written by Mae Axton, Hoyt’s mother) and “God Bless the Child” with Hall’s band. He played well, looked cool, and soon passed George H.
W. Bush in the polls.
Here’s a trivia question. Which U.S. President is credited on a live concert recording that also features David Bowie, Goo Goo Dolls, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Destiny’s Child, Eric Clapton, James Taylor and The Who? Bill Clinton, “The Concert for New York City (to Benefit the Robin Hood Relief Fund)” (Columbia Records, 2001)
In the leave ‘em with a laugh department, there is this. Perhaps the least musical president was Ulysses S. Grant, the guy buried in Grant’s Tomb. He was said to have been terribly tone deaf. He was credited with his honesty when he said, “I only know two tunes. One of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’ and the other isn’t.”
Happy Presidents/ Day, everybody.
‘Hail to the Chief’ wasn’t always so presidential
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Presidents Day: ‘Hail to the Chief’ wasn’t always so presidential
“Hail to the Chief” was first associated with a president on Feb.
22, 1815, when it was played (under the title “Wreaths for the Chieftain”) partly to honor George Washington (depicted on the left on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota), who died in 1799.Scott Olson/Getty Images
February 18, 2022
Is there a more authoritatively “American”-sounding composition than “Hail to the Chief”? What’s most surprising, however, is that the origin of the music isn’t American at all, and its use might have had a lot to do with making up for shortcomings.
Played to announce the arrival of the president at official state functions, “Hail to the Chief,” is typically preceded with a fanfare of four “ruffles and flourishes” and then the familiar march.
Hail to the Chief chorus sheet music and lyrics
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To get the whole history, we have to start at the beginning, which in this case is Walter Scott’s poem “The Lady of the Lake.” The poem is a narrative of how a wayward clan from the Scottish Highlands loses its territory to an invasion.
The poem was published May 8, 1810, and with it came fame and money, selling 25,000 copies in less than a year. The thrilling plot and in-depth characters lent to an easy stage adaptation; 1811 saw at least three productions in London alone, plus one in Edinburgh, Scotland, produced by Edmund John Eyre.
A year later, the sensation swept across the Atlantic, and the Scottish version had its U.S. debut in Philadelphia’s New Theater on New Year’s Day, 1812. Among the songs selected to accompany the play was James Sanderson’s “Hail to the Chief,” written for one of the London productions, taking this stanza to heart:
Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
Honored and blessed be the ever-green Pine!
Sanderson set “Hail to the Chief” to the words of Stanza XIX of the Second Canto of Scott’s “Lady of the Lake.” The poem’s “Chief” was the Scottish folk hero Roderick Dhu, who strove to protect the Douglas clan from their enemy, King James V, but died at the monarch’s hand.
Because of the play’s popularity, sheet music was made available. The first U.S. sheet music for “Hail to the Chief” was published in Philadelphia under the title “March and Chorus, ‘Hail to the Chief,’ in the Dramatic Romance of The Lady of the Lake.”
Given its sheer availability and rousing pomp, it was only a matter of time before U.S. presidents became the “chief” in the title. “Hail to the Chief” was first associated with a chief executive on Feb. 22, 1815, when it was played (under the title “Wreaths for the Chieftain”) to honor George Washington, who died in 1799, and the end of the War of 1812.
It was used sporadically to honor presidents throughout the next few decades. Andrew Jackson was the first living president to hear it in his honor in 1829. It made an appearance at Martin Van Buren’s inauguration in 1837. But then in 1841, first lady Julia Tyler, wife of John Tyler, requested its use to announce the president’s arrival.
Her request formalized its use, but that doesn’t mean it was widely accepted.
It was, however, included in some musical instruction books, including the one that future first lady Sarah Childress Polk studied. Of course, it was included in her husband’s inauguration but would also prove helpful for one of his administration’s shortcomings — his meekness.
Historian William Seale explained: “Polk was not an impressive figure, so some announcement was necessary to avoid the embarrassment of his entering a crowded room unnoticed. At large affairs, the band … rolled the drums as they played the march … and a way was cleared for the president.”
President Chester Arthur was not a fan and requested that none other than John Philip Sousa compose a new piece. Sousa, who for a great part of his career directed the U.S. Marine Band, came back with the forgettable “Presidential Polonaise.”
President Harry Truman — an amateur musicologist and outstanding pianist — spent time tracing the origins of the piece and in 1954 the Department of Defense established it as the official musical tribute to the president.
The Lyrics
Lyrics that were written by Albert Gamse are set to James Sanderson’s music, but they are rarely sung.
Hail to the Chief we have chosen for the nation,
Hail to the Chief! We salute him, one and all.
Hail to the Chief, as we pledge cooperation
In proud fulfillment of a great, noble call.
Yours is the aim to make this grand country grander,
This you will do, that’s our strong, firm belief.
Hail to the one we selected as commander,
Hail to the President! Hail to the Chief!
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Hail to the Chief chorus sheet music and lyrics
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The much admired March & Chorus “Hail to the Chief” In the celebrated Melo-Dramatic Romance, The Lady of the Lake. Arranged for the Piano Forte by T. Carr. [music by Sanderson]
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What songs do Putin, Zelensky and other presidents listen to
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Former US President Barack Obama presented a playlist of the best songs for this summer – it includes tracks by Rihanna, The Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, Louis Armstrong and Bob Dylan.
Gazeta.Ru talks about favorite performers and songs of other world leaders, including former ones.
Vladimir Putin
It is believed that in his free time Putin listens to Lube, which periodically performs at official events with the participation of the president. The head of state himself spoke about the passion for the group’s creativity earlier. At the same time, in an interview with Irina Shikhman, political strategist Gleb Pavlovsky said that Putin listens and loves Vladimir Vysotsky.
In 2008, the president also said that he liked the work of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (as part of a recent Direct Line, he again named Tchaikovsky’s first concerto among his favorite works), and of foreign classics – Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In addition, Putin admitted to his passion for jazz.
The favorite song of the Russian President is called by some the composition “Where the Motherland Begins” by Veniamin Basner from the film “Shield and Sword”.
Her Putin performed on the piano in 2010 at a charity evening in St. Petersburg.
Dmitry Medvedev
The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia is quite a musical person. In one of the interviews, the politician said that in his youth he was a DJ and preferred rock. However, with age, his preferences became more diverse. “I can have anything on my repeat, from Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, and even Beethoven and Mozart, to completely modern rock bands, and sometimes even electronic musical compositions,” Medvedev said.
Of the Russian performers, the ex-president of Russia likes Splin, Aquarium, BI-2, Chaif, Kino.
Donald Trump
During the first election campaign, Donald Trump’s love for American rock classics was clearly manifested – he tried to actively use some of the hits of the stars of the genre at campaign events.
True, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne and other artists subsequently banned their songs from being included as part of Trump’s speech to supporters.
The ex-president of the United States himself said that he was a big fan of The Rolling Stones, Eminem and Elton John, and his favorite song is “Is that all there is?” (“Is that all?”) performed by Peggy Lee. “It’s a great song because I’ve had an amazing success and then moved on to the next one, reminding myself, ‘Oh, is that it?’ Trump told his biographer Michael D’Antonio.
Ronald Reagan
The 40th President of the United States was quite closely associated with the world of art, music and cinema. The site dedicated to the memory of the politician published well-known facts from his life: including food preferences, films and much more. According to the portal, Reagan loved Frank Sinatra’s song “Nancy (With the Laughing Face)”, which the singer dedicated to his daughter. In addition, the politician liked the soundtrack of the film “The Sound of Music” of the same name.
65 years old. The melody was written by the famous composer Richard Rogers, the lyrics were written by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Sergei Lavrov
The head of Russian diplomacy once wrote the MGIMO anthem. By his own admission, at the time of working on the composition, he was not going to compete with the first anthem of the university, “The Old House by the Moscow River.”
Lavrov singled out the bard Vladimir Vysotsky among his favorite performers, and named folk and jazz as his favorite genres. The Minister of Foreign Affairs also said that he likes the work of saxophonist Igor Butman, the British group The Beatles and Frank Sinatra.
Iosif Stalin
It is believed that Stalin was especially fond of the Georgian lyric song “Suliko”, the words and music to which were written by Varinka and Akaki Tsereteli.
The song is great for friendly feasts and, it is not excluded, was sometimes used by the Soviet leader during gatherings in the country.
Vladimir Zelensky and Petro Poroshenko
The former and current presidents of Ukraine have rather different tastes in music. So, in 2019, the HB Ukraine channel asked presidential candidates about their musical preferences. Then Zelensky replied that he liked the songs of the British singer Adele. Poroshenko considered the march of the new Ukrainian army a real hit.
Emmanuel Macron
The French President prefers the great classics in everything: art, cinema and music.
His idol is the French chansonnier Charles Aznavour, recognized as the best pop singer of the 20th century by Time and CNN. According to open sources, Macron also likes the music of the award-winning French rock musician Johnny Hallyday and bard Leo Ferre.
Queen Elizabeth II0 musical years. The list includes: “Cheek to Cheek” by Fred Astaire, “The White Cliffs Of Dover” by Vera Lynn, and “Anything You Can Do (Annie Get Your Gun)” by Dolores Gray and Bill Johnson. The Queen also enjoys religious music and is also a big fan of musicals.
Angela Merkel
The German chancellor said that she loved listening to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones when she was young. She also enjoyed songs such as “Je t’aime” by Lara Fabian and “Bridge over Troubled Water'” by Simon & Garfunkel.
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January 1, – New Year’s holiday
January 1, – Epic hero Ilya Murumets
– 95 years since the birth of the Russian children’s writer Lev Ivanovich Davydichva (1927 –1988)
January 2 – 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer, literary critic and public figure Marietta Omarovna Chudakova (1937)
January 3 — 130 years since the birth of the English writer, philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (Tolkien) (1892-1973)
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– 210 years since the birth of the Russian writer Evdokia Petrovna Rostopchina (1812–1858)
January 6, 150 years since birth 9 since birth 9.
0078 Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist, teacher, representative of symbolism in music.
January 7, – Christmas
January 8 – Children’s Cinema Day (Established on January 8, 1998 by the Government of Moscow on the initiative of the Moscow Children’s Fund in connection with the centenary of the first showing of films for children in Moscow)
1007 January – Day of Reserves and National Parks (Celebrated from 1997 years on the initiative of the Center for the Protection of Wildlife, the World Wildlife Fund in honor of the first Russian reserve – Barguzinsky, opened in 1916)
January 12 – 115 years from the date of birth of Sergey Pavlovich Korolev , an outstanding Soviet scientist and designer in the field of rocket science and astronautics.
January 12, – 250 years since the birth of Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (1772-1839), Russian public and statesman, reformer, lawmaker.
January 13 – Day of Russian Press Petrovich Semenov-Tyan-Shansky (until 1906 – Semenov) (1827-1914), Russian geographer, botanist, statistician, economist, traveler, statesman and public figure. He received a postscript to his surname “Tyan-Shan” because he described the Tien-Shan mountains.
January 15 – 400 years since the birth of the French playwright, theater figure Jean Batista Moliere (1622–1673)
– 155 years old since the birth of a Russian writer, publicist and translator Vikentievich Vilesaev (1867–1945)
January 17 — Day of Children’s Inventions
January 18 — 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer, journalist Grigory Nikitich Grebnev (1902-1960)
January 18 – 140 years from the birthday of the English writer, poet and playwright Alan Alexander Milne, best known as the author of fairy tales about the “bear with sawdust in his head” – Winnie the Pooh.
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January 24 – 290 years from the date of birth of the French playwright and publicist Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
from the date of birth of the Russian writer January 24 – 1100078 Savva Artemyevich Dangulov (1912-1989)
January 25 – Day of Russian Students (Tatiana’s Day) (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On the Day of Russian Students” No. 7 of January 25, 2005)
140 January
25 years since the birth of the English writer, literary critic Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
and an aquaphorist engraver. He, like no one else, managed to convey through his canvases the beauty of the pristine forest, the endless expanses of fields, the cold of a harsh land.
January 27, – Day of military glory of Russia. Lifting the blockade of Leningrad (1944). It is celebrated in accordance with the Federal Law of March 13, 1995 No.
32-FZ “On the days of military glory (victorious days) of Russia.”
January 27 — 90 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Rimma Fedorovna Kazakova (1932–2008)
January 27 — 190 years since the birth of the English writer and mathematician Carroll Fox 079 (1832–1898)
January 28 – 125 years since the birth of the Russian writer Valentina Petrovich Kataev (1897–1986)
February
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February 2 – Day of the military Slava . Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by the Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943). Established by Federal Law No. 32-FZ of March 13, 1995 “On the days of military glory (victorious days) of Russia.”
February 4, – 115 years since the birth of Dmitry Borisovich Kedrin (1907-1945), Russian Soviet poet, playwright, translator, editor and journalist. He wrote in a wide range from sharp epigrams to large-scale historical poems.
February 7 – 210 years since the birth of the English writer Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
February 8 – Russian Science Day )
February 8, – Day of memory of the young anti-fascist hero. This day was approved by the regular UN Assembly in 1964, in honor of the dead participants in anti-fascist demonstrations – the French schoolboy Daniel Feri in 1962 and the Iraqi boy Fadil Jamal in 1963.
(1799-1837). On this day, Russia celebrates the Memorial Day of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, because it was on February 10 in 1837 that the great Russian poet died after being wounded in a duel.
February 11 – 105th birthday Sidney Sheldon , real name Sidney Schechtel (1917-2007), American writer and screenwriter.
February 14 – International Book Giving Day (Celebrated since 2012, residents of more than 30 countries of the world, including Russia, take part in it every year) –1998)
February 15 — Memorial Day in Russia.
Day of Remembrance for Russians who performed their duty outside the Fatherland . An official commemorative date in the Russian Federation, designed to honor the memory of internationalist soldiers who performed their international duty outside the borders of their homeland. The date for the event was not chosen by chance. It was on this day, February 15, 1989, that the last column of Soviet troops left Afghanistan.
February 17, – 215 years from the date of birth Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) , (in the world of Dmitry Alexandrovich Bryanchaninov) (1807-1867), bishop, Russian theologian and spiritual writer.
February 20 – World Day of Social Justice (Celebrated since 2009. Adopted by the UN General Assembly)
February 20 – 170 years since the birth of Russian writer and publicist Nikolai Georgievich Garin-Mikhailovsky (1852-1906)
February 21 – International Mother Language Day (Celebrated since 2000 at the initiative of UNESCO)
February 23 – Day of military glory of Russia.
Day of Defender of the Fatherland (adopted by the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation in 1993)
February 25 – 105 years since the birth of an English writer, translator and musician Anthony Burdes (1917–1993)
February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 – February 25 315 years since the birth of the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793)
26 – 220 years since the birth of the French prose writer, poet and playwright Victor Marie Gyugo (1802–1885)
9000 9000 – February 27, – February 27, – February 27, 120 years since the birth of John Ernst Steinbeck (1902-1968), American writer, Nobel laureate.
February 27, – 215th birthday Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), American poet and translator.
Author of the “Song of Hiawatha” and other poems and poems.
February 28 – 100 years since the birth of a literary critic, culturologist Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman (1922–1993)
March
March 1 – World Civil Defense Day (in 1972 was created International Civil Defense Organization In Russia this day has been celebrated since 1994)
1 March – World Cat Day. In 2004, the Moscow Cat Museum, together with the editors of the newspaper and the magazine “Cat and Dog”, initiated a new holiday dedicated to cats. World Cat Day – March 1 – is currently celebrated not only in Russia, but also in other countries.
March 2 – World Read Aloud Day (Celebrated since 2010 at the initiative of LitWorld on the first Wednesday of March)
March 3 – World Writer’s Day
3 March World Wildlife Day
6 March International Children’s Television and broadcasting (Established on the initiative of UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) in 1994.
Celebrated on the first Sunday of March)
March 6 – 85 years since the birth of Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (b. 1937), USSR pilot-cosmonaut, the world’s first female cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union. Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman on the planet to go into space.
March 7 – 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Dmitry Gavrilovich Sergeev (1922-2000)
March 8 – International Women’s Day hold the Day of Solidarity of Working Women of the World, celebrated in Russia from 1913)
March 13 – 85 years since the birth of Vladimir Semenovich Makanin (1937-2017), Russian writer, screenwriter, editor, mathematician.
March 14, – Orthodox Book Day. On December 25, 2009, at a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the issue of measures to further expand church preaching through the book was considered. By the decision of the Synod, it was decided to establish an annual Day of the Orthodox Book, coinciding with the date of the release of Ivan Fedorov’s first printed book in Russia, The Apostle, which was published on March 1, 1564 (March 14, according to a new style).
March 15 – 85 years old since the birth of a Russian writer Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin (1937–2015)
March 18 – 90 years since the birth of an American writer John Apdai (1932–2009)
9000 9000 March 18 – 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer Lidia Yakovlevna Ginzburg (1902–1990)
March 21 – World Poetry Day (Celebrated by decision of UNESCO since 1999)
March 21 – International Day of Puppet Theater (Celebrated since 2003 by the decision of the Congress of UNIMA – International Union of Puppet Theater Workers)
March 21 – International Day of Forests .)
March 22 – World Water Day (Celebrated by the UN since 1922)
1944 The first “Knizhkina Name Days” were held on the initiative of L. Kassil in 1943 in Moscow.)
March 24–30 — Week of Music for Children and Youth
March 24 — 145 years from the birth of the Russian writer Aleksey Silucha Novikov-Proboy (1877–1944)
March 24-115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Lidia Korneevna Chukovskaya (1907–1996)
, 240 years years old years old years from the day birthday Orest Adamovich Kiprensky (1782-1836), Russian artist, graphic artist and painter, portrait master, representative of romanticism.
Portraits of Kiprensky are scattered throughout Europe.
March 25 – Cultural Worker’s Day (Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation on August 27, 2007)
March 27 – International Theater Day (Celebrated since 1961 by decision of the IX Congress of the International Theater Institute at UNESCO)
March 28 – 430 years since the birth of a Czech writer, teacher Yana Amos Komensky (1592–1670)
29 – 120 years since the birth of the French writer Marseille Eme (1902–1967)
March 30 – 110 years since the birth of the Russian poet, playwright Alexander Konstantinovich Gladkov (1912–1976)
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March 31 – 140 years old since the birth of a Russian writer, critic, literary critic, translator Korneya Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882–1969)
April
9000 9000 9000 April 1 – April 1 – day – day – day – day – April 1 – day – day – day – day (The history of April Fool’s Day goes back to ancient Rome, where, along with other gods, the god of laughter was revered)
April 1 is International Bird Day (In 1906, the International Convention for the Protection of Birds was signed)
April 1 – 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Sergei Petrovich Alekseev (1922–2008)
April 2 – International Children’s Book Day (Celebrated from 1967 on the birthday of K.
Andersen decision of the International Council on Children’s Books – IBBY)
April 6 – 210 years since the birth of the Russian writer, publicist, public figure Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (1812–1870)
April 7 – World Health Day (Celebrated since 1948 by the decision of the UN World Health Assembly)
April 9 – 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer Olga Vasilievna Perovskaya (1902-1907 2 April 1
) – 205 years since the birth of the Russian writer, poet, historian Konstantin Sergeevich Aksakov (1817–1860)
April 10 – 85 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (1937–2010)
April 12 — Cosmonautics Day Alexander Ivanovich Shalimov (1917-1991)
April 15 – International Day of Culture0005
April 15 – 570 years since the birth of the Italian artist, scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
April 18 – International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites (Celebrated since 1984.
Established by decision of UNESCO)
5 April 18, – Day of military glory of Russia. Victory Day of Russian soldiers of Prince Alexander Nevsky over German knights on Lake Peipus (Battle on the Ice, 1242). Established by the Federal Law “On the Days of Military Glory and Commemorative Dates of Russia”.
April 18 – 95 years since the birth of the Russian writer Yuri Mikhailovich Druzhkov (1927–1983)
April 19, 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer Veniaminich Kaverin (1902–1989)
2222–1989) April 22 – International Earth Day
April 22 – 0078 Henry Fielding (1707-1754), 18th-century English writer and playwright, noted for his worldly humor and satirical skill, as well as the author of The Story of Tom Jones, the Foundling.
April 23 – World Book and Copyright Day (Celebrated since 1969 by decision of UNESCO) ) (1907-1979), Soviet Russian composer, pianist, public figure.
April 26 – International Day of Intellectual Property (Celebrated since 2000 at the initiative of the countries participating in the World Intellectual Property Organization)
April 26 – Commemorative date of Russia. Day of participants in the liquidation of the consequences of radiation accidents and disasters and the memory of the victims of these accidents and disasters. is celebrated annually in memory of the world’s largest man-made disaster on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
April 28 – 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Zoe Ivanovna Voskresenskaya (1907–1992)
April 28 – 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer Valentina Aleksandrovna Aleksandrovna Aleksandrovna Aleksandrovna Aleksandrovna Aleksandrovna Aleksandrovna Aleksandrovna Aleksandrovna (1902–1969)
April 29 – International Dance Day 1890 In the Russian Federation, celebrated as the Spring and Labor Day since 1992)
May 2 – 120 years from the birth of the Australian writer Alan Marshall (1902-1984)
May 3 – World Press Freedom Day (Celebrated by UNESCO since 1991)
May 3, – 70 years since the birth of Tatyana Nikitichna Tolstaya (b.
1951), Russian writer, TV presenter, publicist and literary critic. Winner of many literary awards and the TEFI television award. The works of Tatyana Tolstaya have been translated into many languages of the world.
May 4 – 250 years since the birth of the founder of the encyclopedic publishing house Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772–1823)
May 7, – Radio Day. Holiday (in the USSR and Russia) for workers in all branches of communications, radio engineering and radio journalism (professional holiday).
May 9 – Day of military glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 (1945 year ) . Installed to commemorate the victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 8, 1945.
May 10-90 years since the birth of the Russian writer Galina Nikolaevna Shcherbakova (1932–2010)
-85 years old since the birth of an American science fiction writer Roger Joseph Zhelyazi (1937–1995)
May 15 – International Day of the Family (noted by decision of the UN since 1994)
– May 16 – 135 years since the birth of the Russian poet Igor Vasilyevich Severyanin (1887–1941)
May 18 – International Museum Day (celebrated since 1977 (celebrated since 1977 .
by decision of the International Council of Museums)
May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (Proclaimed in a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 2002)
May 21 – 90 years from the birthday of the Russian writer, poetess, translator Maya Ivanovna Borisova (1932-1996)
May 21 – 150 years from the birthday of the Russian writer Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Teffi (1872-1952)
Slavyanskoy Day
writing and culture (Celebrated since 1986 in honor of the Slavic enlighteners Cyril and Methodius)
May 27 – All-Russian Day of Libraries (Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 1995 in honor of the foundation of the state public library in Russia on May 27, 1795 d.)
May 27 — 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Andrey Georgievich Bitov (1937–2018)
May 28 — 145 years since the birth of the Russian literary critic, artist Maxim 907 Voloshina (1877–1932)
May 29 – 235 years since the birth of a Russian poet, prose writer Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov (1787–1855)
May 29 – 130 years since the birth of a Russian writer Ivan Sergeyevich Sokolov-Mikitov (1892–1975)
May 30-110 years since the birth of the Russian poet-songwriter Lev Ivanovich Oshanin (1912–1996)
– World World Wound .
Established in 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO).
May 31 – 130 years since the birth of the Russian writer Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky (1892–1968)
JUNE
June 1 – International Children’s Protection Day (established in 1949 at the Moscow session of the Council of the International Democratic Federation of Women)
June 1, 90 years since the birth of Boris Andreevich Mozhaev (1932 -1996), Russian writer, playwright, screenwriter, publicist. The heroes of his books are hunters, timber raftsmen, collective farmers, agronomists, artists, policemen and people of many other professions. The most famous work of the writer is the novel “Men and Women”.
June 2 – 85 years since the birth of the Russian poetess Yunna Petrovna Moritz (1937)
June 5 – World Environment Day Day of Russia (Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 1997)
June 6 – Day of the Russian Language (Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 2011)
June 7 – 70 years since the birth of the Russian writer Elena Vasilievna Gabova (1952)
June 9 – 350 years from the date of birth of Peter I the Great (1672-1725), the last Tsar of All Russia (since 1682) and the first Emperor of All Russia (since 1721), Russian statesman and reformer, founder of St.
Petersburg. The personality of Peter I is associated with many important historical events for our state.
June 12 – Day of Russia (Established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 1994)
June 15 – 155 years old since the birth of a Russian poet, publicist, translator Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont (1867–1942)
June 18 – 210 years of since the birth of a Russian writer, literary critic of Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (1812-1891)
June 18 – 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (1907-1982)
June 20 – 90 years since the birth of the Russian poet0078 Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994)
June 21 – 225 years old since the birth of the Russian poet, critic, translator Vilhelm Kuhelbeker (1797–1846)
June 22 – Memorial date for Russia . Day of memory and sorrow. Day of national memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War.
Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 1996 in honor of the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and the beginning of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945).
June 22 – 115 years since the birth of the Russian writer Andrey Sergeevich Nekrasov (1907-1987)
June 23 – International Olympic Day -Morice)
June 25 – 115 years since the birth of the Russian poet Arseniy Aleksandrovich Tarkovsky (1907-1989)
June 26 – International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (established by the UN General Assembly in 1987)
26 – 100 years since the birth of a Russian writer Yuri Yakovlevich Yakovlev (1922–1995)
June 27, – Youth Day of Russia. Officially celebrated in accordance with the order of the first President of the Russian Federation No. 459-rp dated June 24, 1993 “On the celebration of Youth Day”. And the Committee of the Russian Federation for Youth Affairs and the National Council of Youth Associations came up with the initiative to celebrate.
June 28 – 310 years since the birth of the French philosopher, writer, composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
JULY
in Russia and continental Europe and one of the largest libraries in the world, located in Moscow.
July 2 – 145 years since the birth of a German writer, Nobel laureate (1946) German Hesse (1877–1962)
July 5, – 220 years Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimova Nakhimova Nakhimova (1802-1855), Russian naval commander, admiral, who wrote more than one bright page in the heroic chronicle of the Russian fleet. A native of the Smolensk province.
July 6 – 145 years since the birth of the Russian writer, translator Alexei Mikhailovich Remizov (1877–1957)
July 6, – 125 years since the birth of Anatoly Borisovich Mariengof (1897-1962), Russian poet, art theorist, prose and playwright, memoirist.
July 8 – All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity (Celebrated at the initiative of State Duma deputies since 2008)
July 10, – Day of military glory of Russia. Victory day of the Russian army under the command of Peter I over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava (1709).
July 10 – 230 years since the birth of the English writer Frederick Joseph Marriet (1792–1848)
July 11 – 85 years old since the birth of the Russian poet, prose writer, translator Leonid Yakhnin (1937–937– 2018)
July 13 — 155 years since the birth of the Russian bibliographer, bibliologist Nikolai Alexandrovich Rubakin (1862–1946)
July 20 — International Chess Day (Celebrated by decision of the World Chess Federation since 1966)
July 23 – World Whale and Dolphin Day. Established in 1986 by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). On this day in 1982, IWC voted to completely ban commercial whaling from the 1985/1986 season.
July 23 – 95 years since the birth of the Russian writer, translator Yuri Petrovich Vronsky (1927–2008)
July 23 – 230 years since the birth of the Russian poet, literary critic of Peter Andreevich Vyazemsky (1792–1878)
24 – 220 years since the birth of the French writer Alexander Dumas (1802–1870)
July 28, – Memorable date in Russia. Day of the Baptism of Russia. On this day, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, the Baptist of Russia.
July 28 – 20079 since the birth of the Russian poet, literary critic of Apollo Aleksandrovich Grigoryev (1822–1864)
– 100 years since the birth of the Russian writer Vladimir Vasilyevich Karpov (1922–2010 (1922–2010 )
July 29, – 205 years since the birth of Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900), Russian artist, marine painter, battle painter, collector, philanthropist.
AUGUST
August 1 — Commemorative date in Russia. Day of Remembrance of Russian soldiers who died in the First World War of 1914-1918. This date was included in the list of memorable dates of Russia in December 2012 in order to perpetuate the memory and reflect the merits of Russian soldiers who died during the First World War.
August 5, – International Traffic Light Day. Celebrated in honor of an event that took place on 1914 years old. It was on this day that the first electric traffic light, the forerunner of modern devices, appeared in the American city of Cleveland.
August 8 – 85 years old since the birth of a Russian writer, philosopher, scientist Igor Markovich Efimov (1937–2020)
August 8 – 95 years old since the birth of the Russian writer Yuri Pavlovich Kazakova (1927– 1982)
August 9 – Day of military glory of Russia.
The day of the first naval victory in Russian history of the Russian fleet under the command of Peter I over the Swedes at Cape Gangut (1714)
August – 125 years since the birth of the English writer Enid Mary Blyton (1897-1968)
August 14 – 155 years since the birth of the English writer, Nobel Prize winner (1932) John Golsourcy (1867–1933)
August 19 – 85 years old since the birth of a Russian writer Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (1937–1972)
9000 90 years August 20 – 90 years of since the birth of the Russian writer Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov (1932-2009)
August 20 – 195 years years since the birth of the Belgian writer Charles Theodore Henri De Coster (1827-1879)
August 20 –
079 since the birth of the Russian children’s writer
, Joseph Ivanovich Dick (1922–1984)
August 22 – Day of the State Flag of Russia (established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 1994)
August 23, Day of Military Glory of Russia .
Day of the defeat of the Nazi troops by the Soviet troops in the Battle of Kursk (1943).
August 27 — Russian Cinema Day
August 29 — 160 years since the birth of the Belgian prose writer, playwright, philosopher, Nobel laureate (1911) Maurice Meterlink (1862–1949)
– 110 years of since the birth of the Russian writer Vitaly Gubarev (1912-1981)
August 30 — 225 years since the birth of the English writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851)
August 31 — 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer, essayist, translator Mark Sergeevich Kharitonov (1937)
September
September 1 – Knowledge Day (celebrated on the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 01.10.1980) 9000 9000 9000 – September 2 – – September 2 – – – 9007 Commemorative date of Russia. End of World War II (1945).
The date is set in accordance with the Federal Law “On Amendments to Article 1(1) of the Federal Law “On the Days of Military Glory and Commemorative Dates of Russia”, signed by the President of the Russian Federation on July 23, 2010.
September 3 – Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism Belarusian writer, literary critic Ales Mikhailovich Adamovich (1927-1994)
September 5 – International Day of Charity (Celebrated by UN decision since 2013)
September 5 – 205 years since the birth of the Russian writer Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875)
September 8 – International Literacy Day (Celebrated since 1967 by decision of UNESCO)
September 8 Day of Military Glory 3.90-79 Borodino battle of the Russian army under the command of M. I. Kutuzov with the French army (1812).
September 9 — World Beauty Day (The initiative belongs to the International Committee of Aesthetics and Cosmetology SIDESCO)
September 10 – 150 years since the birth of the Russian writer, traveler, ethnographer Vladimir Klavdievich Arseniev (1872–1930)
September 11 – 3.
Day of military glory of Russia Victory day of the Russian squadron under the command of F.F. Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Tendra (1790).
September 11 — 160 years of the birth of the American writer O. Henry (1862–1910)
September 11 – 140 years since the birth of the Russian writer Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov (1882–1938)
September 17 – 165 years old since the birth of a Russian scientist, inventor, designer, writer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935)
September 21 – International Day of Peace 0079 – Day of military glory of Russia. Victory Day of the Russian regiments led by Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy over the Mongol-Tatar troops in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380).
September 21 – 75 years since the birth of an American writer Stephen Edwin King (1947)
– 230 years of from the birth of a Russian writer Ivanovich Lazhechnikov (1792–1869) 9000 9000 9000 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 September — 125 years since the birth of William Faulkner (1897-1962), American writer, Nobel laureate in literature.
Belongs to the largest writers in the United States, masters of the new American prose of the XX century.
September 26 – 90 years since the birth of the Russian prose writer, poet, playwright Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich (1932–2018)
September 27, – World Tourism Day. Established by the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization on 1979 in the Spanish city of Torremolinos. It has been celebrated in Russia since 1983. The purpose of the holiday is to promote tourism, highlight its contribution to the economy of the world community, and develop ties between the peoples of different countries.
September 29, (according to other sources, October 9) – 475 years since the birth of a Spanish writer, poet Miguel de Cervantes Savedra (1547–1616)
September 30, – Internet day in Russia. Initiated in 1998 year by IT Infoart Stars, which sent out a proposal to firms and organizations to designate September 30 as Internet Day and conduct a census of the “population of the Russian-speaking Internet – Runet”.
September 30 – 155 years old since the birth of the Russian children’s writer Maria Lvovna Tolmacheva (1867–1942)
October
October 1 – International Elderly Day (celebrated by decision annually from 1991)
October 1 – International Music Day (Celebrated by the decision of UNESCO since 1975)
October 4 – World Animal Day (Celebrated on the name day of Francis of Assisi – protector and patron of animals since 1931 .)
4 October — 65 years ago (1957) in the USSR the world’s first artificial Earth satellite was launched, opening the space era in the history of mankind.
October 4 – 175 years since the birth of the French writer, traveler Louis Henri Boussenard (1847-1910)
October 5 – World Teacher’s Day (Celebrated by UNESCO since 1944)
2 130 years since the birth of the Russian poetess, prose writer, playwright Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892–1941)
October 9 – World Post Day (On this day in 1874 the Universal Postal Union was founded) 125 years from the birth of Russian writer Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf (1897–1937)
October 16, – World Bread Day.
Established in 2006 at the initiative of the International Union of Bakers and Confectioners. And the choice of the date is due to the fact that October 16, 19In 45, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was created, which dealt with problems in the development of agriculture and its production.
October 19 – Day of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum (On this day in 1811 the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum was opened) ) Vasily Ivanovich Belov (19October 24 – United Nations Day school libraries, celebrated on the fourth Monday of October)
October 27 – World Audiovisual Heritage Day (Established in 2005 at the 33rd session of the General Conference of UNESCO, observed since 2007)
October 28 – International Animation Day (established in 2002 by the International Association of Animation Cinema ASIFA, in Russia it is celebrated since 2007)
29, – Day of the All -Union Leninsky Communist Union (Komsomol) (Komsomol).
(1918)
October 30, – Day of Remembrance for victims of political repressions. Officially, this day was established by a resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of October 18, 1991 According to the law “On the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repressions”, various coercive measures applied by the state are recognized as political repressions.
October 31 – World City Day (celebrated by decision of the UN since 2014)
– October 120 – 120 years since the birth of the Russian writer Evgeniy Andreyevich Permyak (1902–1982) 9000 9000 November
November 3 – 225 years since the birth of the Russian writer, Decembrist Alexander Aleksandrovich Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (1797–1837)
November 3-135 years since the birth of a Russian poet, playwright, translator Samuel Yakovlevich Marshak (1887–1964) 9000,0002 November 4- Military Glory Russia.
National Unity Day. The holiday was adopted by the State Duma of the Russian Federation on December 24, 2004. This date is dedicated to the liberation of Moscow and Russia by the people’s militia from the Polish interventionists in 1612.
November 6 — 170 years since the birth of the Russian writer, playwright Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak (1852–1912)
November 7 — Commemorative date in Russia. Day of the October Revolution of 1917. In the Labor Code of the RSFSR in 1918, this date was included in the number of public holidays as “the day of the proletarian revolution”. After the formation of the USSR and the adoption of the Labor Code of the USSR in 1922, it also retained its status as an official Soviet holiday.
November 7 – 95 years since the birth of the Russian writer Anatoly Nikolaevich Tomilin (1927–2015)
November 10 – World Science Day for Peace and Development (Proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in 20 90 02) November 10 – 155 years since the birth of the Russian writer Nikolai Dmitrievich Teleshov (1867–1957)
November 14 – 115 years since the birth of the Swedish writer, laureate of the International Prize.
H. C. Andersen (1958) Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (1907–2002)
November 16 – International Tolerance Day (Declaration of Tolerance Principles UNESCO in 1995)
17 November – years since the birth of of Vladimir Vladimir Grigoryevich Benediktov (1807-1873), Russian poet and translator.
November 20 – World Children’s Day 9007
November 20 – 85 years old since the birth of a prose writer, cinema dramaturgy Victoria Samoilovna Tokareva (1937)
November 21 – World Wittings (Two Brothers – Michael McCormak in 1973 invented this holiday)
November 21 – World Television Day Dahl)
November 22 – 60 years since the birth of Viktor Olegovich Pelevin (b. 1962), Russian writer, essayist, author of cult novels of the 1990s: “Omon Ra”, “Chapaev and Emptiness” and “Generation” P””. Winner of numerous literary awards.
November 24-30 – All-Russian Week “Theatre and Children”0079 from the date of birth Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov (1717-1777), Russian poet, playwright and literary critic.
One of the largest representatives of Russian literature of the XVIII century.
November 26 – World Information Day (Established on the initiative of the International Informatization Academy in 1992)
November 27 – Mother’s Day (Established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 1998. Celebrated on the last Sunday of November 5)
november – 75 years since the birth of a Russian writer, poet Grigory Beneconovich Oster (1947)
29 – 220 years since the birth of a German writer, storyteller Wilhelm Gauf (1802–1827)
November 30 – 355 years old – 355 years old years old since the birth of the English satirist writer, politician Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
DECEMBER
December 1 – Day of military glory of Russia. Victory day of the Russian squadron under the command of P.S. Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop (1853)
December 1, – World AIDS Day.
The International Day of the United Nations was first proclaimed by the WHO in 1988, since 1996 it has been held by UNAIDS. The day was established to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, as well as a day of remembrance for the victims of this disease.
December 3 – Commemorative date of Russia. Day of the Unknown Soldier. Declared by the State Duma of the Russian Federation on October 24, 2014, as a day of remembrance for all unknown soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War.
December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities (celebrated by decision of the UN since 1993)
– 115 years since the birth of the Russian poetess, translator Zinaida Nikolaevna Aleksandrova (1907–1983)
9000 4 December – 140 years from the date of birth of the Russian writer-popularizer, publicist Yakov Isidorovich Perelman (1882–1942)
December 5 – Volunteer (Volunteer) Day – 220 years from the date of birth of the Russian poet, Decembrist Alexander Ivanovich Odoevsky (1802–1839)
December 9 – Commemorative date of Russia.
Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. It has been celebrated since 2007 in accordance with Federal Law No. 231-FZ of October 24, 2007. The revival of the tradition of celebrating Heroes’ Day is not only a tribute to the memory of great ancestors, but also a celebration of the living Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, holders of the Order of St. George and the Order of Glory.
December 10 – International Human Rights Day (In 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted a universal declaration proclaiming the right of everyone to life, liberty and security)
December 12 — Memorable date in Russia. Day of the Constitution of the Russian Federation (the Constitution was adopted by popular voting in 1993)
– 225 years old since the birth of a German poet, publicist, criticism Christian Johann Henry Heine (1797–1856)
9000 9000 16 December – 105 years since the birth of the English science fiction writer Sir Arthur Charles Clark (1917–2008)
December 22 — 85 years since the birth of the Russian writer Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (1937–2018)
December 23 — 245 years since the birth of Alexander I , Russian Emperor and Autocrat who carried out moderate liberal reforms in Russia.
The eldest son of Pavel I.
December 27, – 190 years from the date of birth Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1832-1898), Russian businessman, philanthropist, collector of Russian fine art, founder of the Tretyakov Gallery.
December 31 – 275 years from the birth of the German writer Gottfried August Burger (1747–1794)
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Putin invited the Ukrainian military to “take power into their own hands”
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Putin on the first day of the invasion, February 24, at a meeting with representatives of Russian business
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Ukrainian military, who are now repelling the attack of Russian troops on their country, and offered to take power into their own hands.
The Kremlin said that Russia is ready to send a delegation to negotiate with Ukraine in Minsk. This was preceded by an appeal by President Volodymyr Zelensky to Putin with a proposal to sit down at the negotiating table.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine began early in the morning. At the same time, Putin’s address was aired. On Thursday evening, Putin spoke about the war, which he calls a special military operation, with business.
Now he spoke about this at a meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council.
Literally, his words sounded like this: “I once again appeal to the military personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine. Do not allow neo-Nazis and Bendera to use your children, your wives and old people as human shields … Take power into your own hands! It looks like you and I will easier to negotiate than with this gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis, who settled in Kyiv and took hostage the entire Ukrainian people.
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Putin did not specify whom he called “drug addicts” and “neo-Nazis”.
It is also not clear whether the Russian president meant a military coup.
- The Kremlin: it is necessary to clean up Ukraine from “pro-Nazi people”
Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov spoke about the Ukrainian government in a similar vein the day before. The purpose of the invasion of Ukraine, he called the “demilitarization” and “denazification” of the country. Responding to a request to explain what “denazification” is, Peskov said: “Ideally, Ukraine should be liberated, cleaned from the Nazis. From pro-Nazi people and ideology.”
On Friday, a Kremlin spokesman said that Russia was ready to send a delegation to Minsk for talks with Ukraine. This was preceded by an appeal by President Volodymyr Zelensky to Putin.
- Zelensky offered negotiations to Putin. The Kremlin is ready to send a delegation to Minsk
The Kremlin is ready to send a delegation to Minsk “I want to appeal to the President of the Russian Federation again. Fighting is going on all over Ukraine. Let’s sit down at the negotiating table. To stop the death of people,” Zelensky said.
In a nightly speech in which the President of Ukraine announced the deaths of 137 Ukrainians on the first day of the invasion, he said that Kyiv was not afraid of talking about the country’s neutral status. These words drew attention in the Kremlin.
- “It looks like we’re being bombed”: how Ukraine met the first day of the Russian invasion
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“This is more of a move towards the positive.
Now we have to analyze it. I can’t say more yet,” Peskov said at the daily briefing. Later, he announced Moscow’s readiness for negotiations with Kyiv in Minsk and again interpreted Zelensky’s words as if he “declared his readiness to discuss the neutral status of Ukraine.”
“In this context, in response to Zelensky’s proposal, Vladimir Putin is ready to send a Russian delegation to Minsk at the level of representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the presidential administration for negotiations with the Ukrainian delegation,” the Kremlin spokesman said.
Later, Peskov clarified – “after a short pause,” as he claims, the Ukrainians said that “they are reconsidering the idea with Minsk and now they want to go to Warsaw, and after that they completely left the connection and took a break.” “And this pause has been going on for quite some time,” he added.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier on Friday that Zelensky was “telling lies” about his readiness to discuss a neutral status.
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“Demilitarization and denazification”: Sergey Lavrov about Ukraine
Moscow will negotiate with Kyiv as soon as the Ukrainian military lay down their arms, Lavrov delivered an ultimatum.
The fact that Putin agreed to high-level talks with Ukraine was reported by the Chinese state television company after a telephone conversation between the Russian president and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Russian soldiers continue fighting in Ukraine for the second day. Alarms sounded several times in Kyiv and Lvov. People are forced to seek shelter in the subway.
- Why did Russian troops seize the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
In the Kiev region of Obolon, fighting was going on in the morning. At night, a residential building caught fire as a result of an explosion in the sky.
The Ukrainian authorities reported the fall of the aircraft, the Russian military – that the Ukrainian air defense could allegedly shoot down their plane.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that a sabotage and reconnaissance group was operating in Obolon. A BBC correspondent reported hearing “constant explosions” in the area. The Russian Defense Ministry did not comment on this topic.
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Video Caption units of the Russian landing at the airfield in the village of Gostomel, ensuring the blocking of the city of Kyiv from the west. The landing party was landed the day before. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine stated that the military of the National Guard launched an artillery strike on the airfield. The Russian Ministry of Defense on Friday reported that there were no casualties among the paratroopers.
- Russia seized Serpent’s Island, Ukraine claimed that those who defended it died. What is known
What is known Kyiv Mayor Klitschko said on Friday that the city is moving into a “defense phase”. He advised to collect a supply of food and water, warm clothes, blankets to take them to shelters, but not to go outside. According to him, four residents were injured as a result of a night hit by rocket fragments in a multi-storey building.
“The Ukrainian army is holding the defense around Kyiv. The situation is complicated,” Klitschko stated.
According to the UN, 25 civilians were killed as a result of shelling.
The US and Britain imposed tough sanctions in response to the invasion, EU sanctions are expected. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on Friday evening suspended Russia’s membership in the organization.
Anna Pushkarskaya, BBC correspondent
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CMCE) has suspended the right of representation in Russia in PACE and the CMCE – in connection with a serious violation of Article 3 of the Charter of the Council of Europe – it obliges members of the organization “to recognize the principle rule of law” and guarantee to all persons under its jurisdiction the observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The decision came into force immediately due to Russia’s armed attack on Ukraine, according to a CoE press release.
The Russian Federation remains a member of the Council of Europe and a party to relevant Council of Europe conventions, including the European Convention on Human Rights.
The judge elected to the European Court of Human Rights from Russia also remains a member of the ECtHR, and complaints filed against Russia will continue to be considered by the court.
Suspension is not a final measure, but a temporary one, leaving channels of communication open.
UNESCO City of Music – Tallinn invites you to International Music Day
On Saturday, October 1, the International Music Day, initiated by UNESCO, will be celebrated as Tallinn for the first time as a UNESCO City of Music. On this occasion, free concerts will be held throughout the city.
The purpose of the International Music Day is to draw attention to the field of music, musicians, as well as to the world of sounds around us.
Tallinn has been included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the City of Music category since November 2021. To date, the network of cities of music includes 59cities around the world.
“Tallinn’s goal as a city of music is to create an environment that provides the best conditions for creating and enjoying music in all its diversity,” said Vice Mayor Kaarel Oja. – To achieve this goal, we work every day, developing a variety of initiatives in the field of music. Music Day, October 1, is a holiday that allows you to demonstrate the musical life of the capital at the highest level and in all its diversity. At the heart of the celebrations is the opening of the MUBA School of Music and Ballet, whose impact on the music industry we have yet to realize.”
According to Ivari Ilja, president of the Estonian Music Council and board member of the UNESCO City of Music in Tallinn, music’s ability to relate to an ever-changing world is unique. “Music can overcome linguistic and cultural boundaries, convey the depth of feelings and human consciousness directly, without translation.
This is a gift that we should appreciate. In 1975, violinist and then President of the International Music Council Yehudi Menuhin proclaimed International Music Day, which emphasizes the importance of music to all people around the world. We need to be grateful that we have music and people who can create and perform it, enlivening sounds and making us all better, ”added Ilya.
In Estonia, Music Day has been celebrated for 20 years, initiated by the Estonian Music Council – in the last 9 years, with a large-scale concert program, in which live music is played all over Estonia. In collaboration with talented performers and organizers, musical events are held throughout the country.
An integral part of the Music Day is the solemn international gala concert, which will take place in the newly opened Artium Center in Viimsi. During the event, the Estonian Music Council and the Culture Capital Foundation will celebrate outstanding figures in the music industry. The ceremony will start at 19:00.
Estonian television will broadcast the event on 1 October starting at 21:35. Tickets can be purchased on the Piletilevi network, their number is limited.
Program of events throughout Estonia (in Estonian): https://muusikapäev.ee/programm/
Information about Tallinn, the UNESCO City of Music: https://www.tallinn.ee/en/gorodmuzyki
Music Day program in Tallinn :
10:00 Piano concert in the small hall of the Russian Culture Center
More information on the homepage.
The concert is free.
11:00 Concert of the Tallinn School of Music and Ballet MUBA in the large chamber hall .
More details on the home page.
The concert is free.
11:00 Violin music concert in the small hall of the Center of Russian Culture
Additional information on the home page.
The concert is free.
12:00 Estonian Piano Gala in the Great Hall of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Age Juurikas, Christy Kapten, Peep Lassmann, Sten Lassmann, Marco Martin, Mihkel Poll, Johan Randvere, Maksim Szura, piano player Kai Rattasepp and Mati Mikalai perform. More details on the website of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
The concert is free.
12:00 Organ in Tallinn Dome Cathedral: Kristel Aer, Olga Gams, Pille Metsson, Kadri Ploompuu. The works of Estonian and Ukrainian composers sound.
Entrance for a donation (3€). For military refugees from Ukraine, admission is free.
12:00 Tour of the Tallinn School of Music and Ballet MUBA .
More details on the home page.
The event is free, participation by prior registration.
12:00 Blackbox of the Tallinn School of Music and Ballet MUBA: rhythmic music concert.
More details on the home page.
The concert is free.
12:00 Old City Music House: all these keys.
Young keyboardists perform from all over Estonia.
Leaders: Marge Loik, Piret Willem, Indrek Oselein, Ene Nael.
12:00 Pärnu Music School students performance, leader Indrek Oselein.
12:30 performance by students of the Kadrina Art School and Rakvere Music School, leader Piret Willem.
13:00 Performance by pupils of TEE Private School and Viljandi Music School, director Marge Loik.
13:30 performance by students of the VHK music school, leader Ene Nael.
The concert is free.
12:00 Viola quartet will perform at St. John’s School: Liina Zygurs, Karin Sarv, Andres Kaljuste, Kaia Lukas.
Program: York Bowen, Christopher Lowry, Max Bruch.
The concert is free.
12:00 Greetings in front of the Tallinn Art Building: Chamber Choir of the Estonian Academy of Arts, conductors Kristel Marand and Anneli Leinberg. If you wish, after the concert, you can join the procession at 13:00, participation in it with a ticket to the exhibition.
The concert is free.
13:00 MUBA Tallinn School of Music and Ballet: organ students concert.
More details on the home page.
The concert is free.
13:00 Children’s Choir Opera “Chimney Sweep” in the Great Hall of the Center of Russian Culture
More information on the homepage.
The concert is free.
14:00 Tanya Mihailova, Tallinn Police Band, conductor Siim Aimla will perform at Lindakivi Cultural Centre.
More details on the home page.
The concert is free.
14:00 Concert of foreign students of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
More details on the home page.
The concert is free.
14:00 MUBA Tallinn School of Music and Ballet: Tauno Aintsi’s work “Creator, Scientist, Artist” will be presented in the Great Hall
Premiere of the work for dancers, choir and orchestra.
Stage director Teet Kask, conductor Andres Kaljuste.
More details on the home page.
The concert is free.
14:00 Concert “Time with love” at the Nõmme Cultural Centre.
Margaret Kodusaar (vocals) and Andranik Kecsek (piano) will perform love songs by Sinatra, Valgre, Porter, Gershwin and others.
Tickets worth 5€ on site and in the Fienta network.
More details on the home page.
15:00 Tour of the Tallinn School of Music and Ballet MUBA .
More details on the home page.
The event is free, participation by prior registration.
15:00 Concert “Popular arias and romances” in the small hall of the Center of Russian Culture
Additional information on the home page.
The concert is free.
16:00 Tallinn School of Music and Ballet MUBA: concert in the large chamber hall.
More details on the homepage.
The concert is free.
16:00 At the Russian Theater on the stage RINGlava Modulshtein (solo)
Tickets for 6€ at Piletilevi.
Facebook event page.
16:00 in the Solaris Center – Collegium Musicale, conductor Andrik Yuksvjarav.
Fragments of Velho Tormise’s cycle “Forgotten Peoples” will be performed.
The concert is free.
Facebook event page.
16:00 Cello music in the small hall of the Center of Russian Culture
Additional information on the home page.
The concert is free.
17:00 Silvia Ilves and Samuel Bezerra-Gomez will perform at Mustamäe Cultural Center Kaya
Passionate melodies from France and South America will be played.
Read more on Kaya’s homepage.
The concert is free.
17:00 Estonian National Opera
Estonia invites you to the theater to talk to the representatives of the troupe and look behind the scenes of the theater before the performance of Ravel:Ravel.
More details on the homepage.
The event will be held in the theater hall free of charge.
17:00 Concert “Shakespeare’s Sonnets” in the small hall of the Center of Russian Culture
Eduard Toman reads, Alexander Nekrasov sings.
Additional information on the home page.
The concert is free.
18:00 Hopner House: St. Michael’s Boys’ Choir, conductors Kadri Hunt and Karin Weissmann.
The concert is free.
18:00 Vocal evening – Maria Melakha in the small hall of the Russian Culture Center
More information on the homepage.
The concert is free.
19:00 Hortus Musicus “O Musica” at the Tallinn TV Tower
Tickets for 24/19€ are available on the Piletilevi network.
19:00 Piano duet (O. Kulikova, V. Ignatov) in the small hall of the Center of Russian Culture
Additional information on the home page.
The concert is free.
19:00 Estonian National Opera Ravel:Ravel
Tickets on the Piletimaailm network.
More details on the home page.
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June 12 is the Day of Russia, one of the youngest holidays, because of which the labor calendar “reddens”. The fact that this day is a day off is spelled out in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
This year the holiday falls on Sunday, so its celebration is postponed to Monday and we will rest for three days.
Day of Russia appeared in 1990, but not immediately in the form in which we know it today.
32 years ago, on June 12, 1990, at the first Congress of People’s Deputies of the RSFSR, the Declaration on the Sovereignty of Russia was adopted, and our country also received a new name – the Russian Federation.
The constitution became the main guarantor, and the country, in fact, gained independence – along with other republics that had been part of the Soviet Union for many years.
A year later, the new country got a president, on that day the Russians elected Boris Yeltsin. In 1994, the head of state signed a decree: June 12 was recognized as a public holiday – the Day of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Federation. But for the people, the long name was shortened to “independence day.” By the way, Yeltsin also proposed calling the holiday the Day of Russia at 1998, but the name was fixed only on February 1, 2002, after new amendments were made to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
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One of the government traditions on this day is the presentation of State Prizes of the Russian Federation in the Kremlin Palace. The awards from the hands of the president are received by figures of science, art and humanitarian activities. Celebrations are held on Red Square, which end with fireworks.
In St. Petersburg, the schedule for the holiday is less formal: concerts and competitions in urban areas, festive film screenings and other activities. But the main thing is that we have three days off filled with interesting events.
From 9 to 11 June, the International Flower Festival takes place in St. Petersburg. The organizers have prepared a competition program, exhibitions and colorful processions along Nevsky Prospekt.
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On June 12, during the Brass Band Defile, more than 450 musicians will gather in the Peter and Paul Fortress. So they will remind you of the tradition that Peter the Great laid down.
He created the Military Orchestra Service of the young regular Russian army and was a full-time senior drummer of the Preobrazhensky Regiment.
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| June 12, 2019 | 0:00–23:59 |
| June 12–14, 2021 | all day |
| June 11-13 | all day |
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Peter and Paul Fortress
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The Presidential Library Fund keeps evidence of the birth of world musical masterpieces
Dmitry Shostakovich
October 1 is International Music Day, established on the initiative of the International Music Council under UNESCO in 1973.
One of the ideological inspirers of this holiday was our compatriot, composer Dmitry Shostakovich.
He issued an open letter to the United Nations, where he asked to establish a Music Day and thus show its important role in uniting peoples and exchanging cultural experience.
All over the world, and in our country since 1996, the holiday is celebrated with bright concerts, performances by the best artists, performance of musical masterpieces. The Presidential Library stock contains many documents and rare publications that tell how many works were created.
These stories are sometimes difficult, like the birth of Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony. In the digitized file of the newspaper “Leningradskaya Pravda” for the period of the Great Patriotic War in the issue of August 7, 19For 42 years, you can read a note about the preparation for the performance of this work in a besieged city, which became a real harbinger of victory.
On August 9, 1942, Dmitri Shostakovich’s 7th Symphony was performed in Leningrad.
Karl Ilyich Eliasberg conducted the Orchestra of the Leningrad Radio Committee.
“In a conversation with a TASS correspondent Comrade. Eliasberg said: “We have completed all the preparatory work. Now the orchestra team is busy with the artistic finishing of the performance of the symphony. The score of the Seventh Symphony was written for double the orchestra.
In the conditions of the blockaded city, this presented us with a number of difficulties. We invited musicians from army bands to work on the symphony. <...> Already in the first part, the sincere lyrical musical story about the joyful life of free Soviet people is interrupted at first by a distant, then more and more close and formidable theme of the war.
Piece by piece, until the finale, in which the solemn hymn of victory sounds, Shostakovich develops in musical images and sounds the idea of love for a free man and hatred for the enemy who has trampled on the happiness of millions of people.
Maybe that is why he was able to express so deeply and movingly the feelings of millions of heroic fighters for the freedom, culture and happiness of the Soviet people.”
<…> Shostakovich wrote the symphony under bombardment and artillery shelling. Karl Eliasberg – an artist of his time
The score of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony with the conductors’ handwritten notes, which, risking his life, was delivered to the besieged city by a military pilot, can now be seen on the library’s portal. Here is the program for that famous concert, which also served as a ticket.
Many materials kept in the Presidential Library’s collections are dedicated to the work of Mikhail Glinka, who, as the critic Vladimir Stasov wrote, “has the same significance in Russian music as Pushkin in Russian poetry.” Both are great talents, both are the founders of the new Russian artistic creativity, both created a new Russian language – one in poetry, the other in music.
Olga Raeva: “And here Glinka is the first!”
Evidence of how the formation of an outstanding composer took place is kept in the Presidential Library.
Thus, Glinka’s notes of that period were published in the monthly historical journal “Russian Starina” for 1870:
and at rehearsals, but I became close to this first, in my opinion, composer of our century, as much as you can get close to an extremely eccentric person.
Some time later, Glinka confessed to Berlioz, “I understood that music is created by the people. It is time for Russian composers, who are still on the same level of random use of folk song motifs, to rise one step higher. Thus, the idea of a national opera was born in him, and soon, as it is told in the book by Alexei Gruzinsky “M. I. Glinka”, he writes to his friend:
“I have a project in my head, an idea… It seems to me that I could give a large composition at our theater.
The main thing is the choice of the plot. In any case, it will be completely national. And not only the plot, but also the music: I want my dear compatriots to be here at home.” Vasily Avenarius’s book “The Creator of the Russian Opera, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka” (1903) describes the very beginning of the creation of the masterpiece:
“We Russians, as a matter of fact, do not yet have our own national music. To write a real Russian opera is my dream.” After these words, Mikhail Glinka sat down at the piano. An aria sounded in the room, now known to every Russian who has heard at least once the opera A Life for the Tsar. “This is something completely new, fresh and at the same time so familiar, dear! exclaimed the delighted interlocutor. “The theme is purely Russian, folk…”
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: “One can live only in Russia”
From the selection of materials dedicated to another no less outstanding world-famous composer, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, one can also learn about the emergence of masterpieces, about the foreboding of their author.