Holidays in March

Holidays in March happen almost every day. At the same time, there is only one state when the rest of the country is resting. The rest are professional holidays or even pagan, which are associated with the beginning and the coming of spring. After all, March is the first month of this magnificent season.

Public holidays in March in Russia

The main holiday of spring is March 8 - this is the long-awaited and beloved by all women's day. It is a good mood and a sea of flowers. Men on this holiday try to become ideal, attentive, caring and incredibly affectionate with all women. They give them not only smiles, but flowers. And the women of March 8 are simply stunning and good-natured.

By this day all men are getting ready ahead of time: they are buying flowers (certainly spring), they are choosing gifts and are looking for congratulations and toasts to their beloved women. And there was a holiday back in 1857, when in New York women started fighting for rights and freedoms. And it was only after more than 50 years that Clara Zetkin proposed organizing the Women's Day not at all, namely on March 8. After all, on this day, women entered the struggle for equality.

Professional Holidays in March

Many professionals celebrate in March. So, every second Sunday in this spring month celebrate the holiday geodesists and cartographers. This day is officially established by the President.

The roots of this professional holiday go back to the time of Peter I. It was in 1720 (in March), signed a special decree, according to which the cartographic survey of the entire Russian Empire began.

On March 10, all workers of the archives celebrate the holiday throughout the country. Again, he owes his existence to Peter I. He introduced archives in every authority. Accordingly, thanks to this emperor appeared and such a profession as the archivist.

Thus, the numerous reforms carried out by Peter I laid the foundation and the beginning of all kinds of services. This means that new professions have appeared . And already in our time there were also various professional days.

On this professional holidays in March do not end. The President of the Russian Federation established another solemn day by his Decree. Now, on March 11 of each year, workers of drug control are honored.

Immediately the next day all employees of the penitentiary system celebrate in Russia. The history of this celebration begins in 1879. It was then that Alexander III established a special prison department. The main goal of these professionals is to protect society from criminal principles.

The youngest structure of law enforcement bodies is the tax police. And the holiday of these specialists in Russia is celebrated annually on March 18. But the next day they celebrate the day of the submariners. This profession was singled out in the navy in 1906. At this time, Nicholas II included in it a completely new kind of ships, which is a submarine.

In March, but on the 23rd day a meteorologist's day is celebrated. These are people, through which we know about the upcoming cataclysms of nature and can assume what the weather expects us. The "start" of such a profession was given by Nicholas I.

Every year on March 25 all the cultural workers who create and store it celebrate a professional holiday. Despite the fact that there is already a librarian's day in the calendar , the day of theaters, cinemas, museums, etc., in 2007 the Day of all workers of culture would still be approved.

At the very beginning of the 19th century, internal troops were created , which are still engaged in the maintenance of order and ensuring the strict security of the entire population. All employees of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs celebrate their day on March 27 in our country. March 29 marks the day of military lawyers.

Russian, pagan holidays in March

The first spring month celebrates the Slavic pagan holiday called Magpies. It is celebrated on March 22, because it is timed to the solstice. This is a celebration that people have met since spring.

In the Orthodox Church it is the day of forty martyrs. Back in the 4th century, they preferred death instead of betraying their beliefs. Today Magpies are celebrated by many people. However, everyone does it their own way.

Holidays in March are replenished also on March 25, when everyone celebrates Komodets. On this day all the ancestors come to visit their distant descendants. It is a holiday that shows the resurrection of nature and earth. Otherwise, Komodets is called the Bear holiday. The fact is that according to the beliefs, on this day all the bears wake up from their lairs from sleep.