Soviet christmas

New Year celebrations are popular all over the world, but in Russia they are the main national holiday. The festivities last for at least eight days, and sometimes as many as 20.

At the Airport (1964) Boris Pavlovich Shvarkov

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When Russians celebrate Christmas, Russian Orthodox Christmas customs take center stage among other Eastern European traditions.

Between 1927 and 1935, there was a strict ban on the celebration of winter holidays in the Soviet Union. Christmas, as a religious holiday, was banned throughout the entire existence of the Soviet Union, but in 1935, the authorities allowed citizens to celebrate New Year, which became a kind of substitute for Christmas. Trees were decorated for the New Year holiday, but only with ideologically correct ornaments. RBTH presents five of the most popular Soviet tree decorations.

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Ded Moroz is a Slavic fictional character similar to that of Father Christmas. The literal translation is "Old Man Frost", often translated ...