October 6

Holidays

6 October in the world day of the protection of the environment, which main aim is to attract people's attention to the problem of the maintance of fauna.

6 October is the day of The Russian insurer. The choice of this date is not accidental,  the state Insurance Company in Russia begain its work on6 October, 1921.

Birthdays

1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer

Contributed by Trushina Margarita

October 5

Events 

1952 —  XIX Community Party Congress. All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks was rename in 

Communist Party of the Soviet Union (was held from October 5–14, 1952. It was the last congress of Joseph Stalin's regime and the first to take place since World War II. It was attended by many foreign dignitaries, including Mao Zedong)

Holidays

·         The all-Russian Day of Strength Sports

·         The day of the Criminal Investigation Department

Birthdays

1850

Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma

1900

Varvara Myasnikova, Russian actress

1925

Raisa Struchkova, Russian-Soviet ballerina (the Bolshoi Theatre)

1930

Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut

1943

Inna Churikova, Russian actress

Contributed by Julia Pyzhenko 

World Animal Day

World Animal Day is celebrated each year on October the 4th. It started in Florence, Italy in 1931 at a convention of ecologists. On this day, animal life in all its forms is celebrated, and special events are planned in locations all over the globe. The 4th of October was originally chosen for World Animal Day because it is the feast day of Francis of Assisi, a nature lover and patron saint of animals and the environment. Numerous churches throughout the world observe the Sunday closest to October the 4th with a Blessing of the Animals.

World Animal Day, however, has now gone beyond being the celebration of a Christian saint and is today observed by animal-lovers of all beliefs, nationalities and backgrounds. Animal blessings are held in churches, synagogues, and by independent animal chaplains in parks and fields. Animal rescue shelters hold fundraising events and open days, wildlife groups organize information displays, schools undertake animal-related project work and individuals and groups of friends or co-workers donate to animal charities or pledge to sponsor a shelter animal.

This holiday is celebrated in Russia as well.

October 4

The Day of Space Forces

This date is celebrated since 2006 year. This holiday is timed to the day of launch of the first artificial earth satellite.

Day of Civil Defense

In 1932, October 4 the Federal system of Russian Local Defence was established by goverment decree.

Birthdays

1900

Borisov M. D., Soviet military commander, Civil War and World War II veteran

1932

Zolotov Yu. A., Soviet and Russian chemist-analyst, academician of The Russian Academy of Sciences.

1949

Klimov V. M., Soviet and Russia cameraman

1964

Drozdov A. V., chairman of the board of Pension Fund of the Russian Federation.

contributed by Yana Perepelitsa

October 3

1863 

Pyotr Kozlov, Russian explorer (d. 1935)

1895

Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)

1924

Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter

Contributed by Irina Demidova

October 2

Russian Birthdays

1964

Evgeni Sidihin - Russian theatre and film actor. Films: "Countess", «Behind the last line», «the Operation "Lucifer", «Wolf blood», «Mother don't grieve», etc.

1914

Yri Levitan - announcer of all-Union radio

1902

Peter Galperin - an outstanding Soviet physiologist and one of the leading Soviet scientists in the field of general, age and pedagogical psychology, the author of world famous theories and approaches

1882

Boris Shaposhnikov - marshal of the Soviet Union, Soviet statesman, military theoretician, regular officer of old army

1847

Sergey Nechaev - Russian revolutionist, organizer of society «National punishment»

Contributed by Vorozheikina Daria

October 1

The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year.

On December 14, 1990 the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons as recorded inResolution 45/106. The holiday was observed for the first time on October 1, 1991.

The holiday is celebrated by raising awareness about issues affecting the elderly, such as senescence and elder abuse. It is also a day to appreciate the contributions that older people make to society.

The observance is a focus of ageing organizations and the United Nations Programme on Ageing.

This holiday has its own site! Have a look!