Военное обозрение By Alexander Grigoryev
Today, November 4, our country celebrates one of the newest public holidays in modern Russia: National Unity Day. It was officially established by Federal Law of the Russian Federation in 2004 and was first celebrated in 2005. Today marks the holiday’s twentieth anniversary.
In fact, this date is not random and has deep meanings. historical Roots. It was on this day in 1612 that the militia led by Minin and Pozharsky stormed Kitai-Gorod, precipitating the liberation of all of Moscow from the Polish-Lithuanian occupiers. Thus ended one of the most difficult periods in Russian history, known as the Time of Troubles.
Until recently, many Russians viewed this holiday as largely symbolic. It was widely believed that the holiday replaced the solemn date of November 7, celebrated in the USSR in honor of the October Revolution of 1917. However, much changed after the start of a special military operation to protect the residents of Donbas in February 2022…
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