For 73 years in a row, on November 7, the USSR celebrated an important historical event for every Soviet person - the accomplishment of the Great Socialist Revolution. Then the military and workers, taking up arms, pitchforks, shovels and knives, carried out a large-scale uprising in Petrograd. They broke into the Winter Palace, which housed the Provisional Government, arrested its members, and later killed the entire Romanov imperial family. In this way, the rebels managed to establish their power - the Power of the Soviets. In history, this day is also called “Great October”, because the days of the calendar at that time were counted according to the old Julian style. Accordingly, the Petrograd coup occurred on October 25. Since then, from 1918 to 1991, October Revolution Day was marked in red on the calendar and was the most important holiday in the Soviet Union. In his honor, parades of military equipment, demonstrations of the proletariat, as well as other ceremonial events were held annually in all cities of the country. On November 7 and 8, people did not go to work; they had official days off. In addition, industrial production stopped completely. Even in 1941-1945, when the war with the fascist occupiers broke out, the holiday canon of November 7 was strictly observed. The liquidation of the Soviet Union, which occurred in August 1991, reduced the activities and influence of the communists and their party to nothing. The CPSU has actually lost its significance and lost support among the population. Because of this, the situation with the celebration of the “Great October Revolution” has changed radically. Any events previously held on November 7 have been cancelled. Although people secretly devoted to the revolution gathered rallies in the main squares of their cities to celebrate an important holiday for them. Further, in the course of his presidential policy, Boris Yeltsin abolished the October Revolution Day in March 1995. Instead, he established the Day of Harmony and Reconciliation (now the Day of National Unity). In 2004, the head of Russia, Vladimir Putin, signed a federal law, according to which November 7 turned from the “Great October Revolution” into the Day of Military Glory of Russia. The Day of the October Revolution has lost its former significance, but November 7, 1917 will forever remain an important memorial date in Russian history. Only two former Soviet republics - Belarus and Kyrgyzstan - still celebrate November 7 as October Revolution Day.

In 1995, the Federal Law “On Days of Military Glory and Memorable Dates of Russia” supplemented the holiday calendar with a new memorable date. Officially, this day is known as the Day of Military Glory of Russia - the day of the military parade on Red Square in the city of Moscow to commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (1941). The parade took place on November 7, 1941 and was an unprecedented politically significant event that demonstrated Russia's fearlessness and high morale. The question of holding a parade was raised by J.V. Stalin on October 28 at a meeting with members of the Politburo and commanders-in-chief of the armed forces. It would seem that what kind of solemn events can be discussed when Hitler’s troops were rapidly advancing across the territory of the Soviet Union and were preparing to deliver a decisive blow to the very heart of our Motherland. Nevertheless, on the personal instructions of Stalin, it was decided to hold a parade at all costs in order to raise the spirit of the military and home front workers. The organizer of the parade and its commander was appointed commander of the troops of the Moscow Military District and the Moscow Defense Zone, Lieutenant General P.A. Artemyev. Military units trained intensively to participate in the parade. A combined brass band was also assembled under the direction of V.I. Agapkin. The training took place in conditions of strict secrecy and the constant risk of bombing and shelling by Nazi troops. On November 6, a ceremonial meeting was held at the Mayakovskaya metro station, at which the start time of the parade on Red Square was announced, which was subsequently changed for security reasons. And the parade was supposed to start not at 10, but at 8 o’clock in the morning. November 7th finally arrived, marked by a severe snowstorm. The troops stretched from the Moskvoretsky Bridge to the building of the Historical Museum in orderly rows. The commander of the parade, Pavel Artemyev, gave a report to the Marshal of the Soviet Union, Comrade Budyonny, who was hosting the parade, made a tour of the troops, after which the Chairman of the State Defense Committee, Supreme Commander-in-Chief and People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR I.V. Stalin made a solemn and pathetic appeal to the defenders of the fatherland and the people. He spoke about the transition of the Soviet army from defense to offensive, about the collapse of Hitler’s plans, about the greatness and fortitude of the Soviet people, which, undoubtedly, will help to withstand the further struggle against the Nazi invaders. After this, 140 artillery pieces, 160 tanks, and 232 vehicles marched solemnly across the snow-covered Red Square. Aviation units were unable to take part in the parade due to unfavorable weather conditions. The duration of the parade was only 25 minutes, but its significance for our country was enormous! After all, he showed that the Soviet Union is not broken, it is capable of winning thanks to its iron spirit. And immediately after the end of the parade, the soldiers of the Soviet troops went straight to the front. The parade on November 7, 1941 received worldwide publicity and strengthened the authority of the Soviet Union in the international arena, showing the amazing patriotism and cohesion of Soviet society in the fight against the enemy. The news of the parade reached the Fuhrer himself and became a deep shock for him. The next time Red Army troops marched across Red Square was only in May 1945. Since 2003, on November 7, a solemn march has been held on Red Square, in which veterans of the Great Patriotic War, cadets of military schools, schoolchildren and students take part.

The street game, during which participants exchange shots from air pistols with paintballs, appeared at the end of the 19th century. According to one version, Canadian loggers used weapons in this way to mark trees selected for decommissioning. Since 1937, “paint throwers” ​​for outdoor games began to be produced in France. In the 80s, they began to be used for active leisure by stockbrokers and representatives of other professions associated with excessive nervous tension. In the Russian Federation, the first competition among players shooting paint balls at each other took place on November 7, 1992. The date is significant for fans of extreme sports and is considered the Day of Russian Paintball. Initially, air guns were used not only by lumberjacks, but also by American cowboys to mark animals for sale. The first marker (from the English mark - "sign") for the game of paintball (paint - "paint" and ball - "ball", "ball") was released in the 60s of the twentieth century. This version of the weapon, which was not the most successful from a technical point of view, was improved in 1972. 13 years later, a rifle with an optimal projectile feed speed was invented, which reduced the risk of injury to players. The marker is charged with compressed nitrogen or carbon dioxide. The dye from the first oil balls was difficult to remove from athletes' clothing, so gelatin capsules were invented in 1984-85. The water-soluble pigment, which washes well, has been used to fill projectiles to this day. In the history of the United States, the first paintball game took place in 1981. In Russia, a friendly match in 1992, organized thanks to the efforts of the American Thierry Attridge, was held in the Polet boarding house near Moscow. 30 people took part in the competition in dexterity and accuracy of shots, in which friendship won. The sports discipline received official recognition in 1996 after the founding of the Russian Penitball Federation (RFP). Today the game is developing in 3 directions. Paintball is a sports discipline in which tournaments are held within the country and abroad. Thus, the prize fund of the NXL World Cup among professionals is 12 thousand US dollars. Participants in international games of X-Ball, M5, M500 and paintball of other formats participate in weekly training in tactics and physical training, purchase special equipment and tournament balls to participate in competitions. The game is used to develop professional skills among law enforcement officers and departments. But paintball is most popular among fans of extreme entertainment. Team sports competitions are held in the forest or in open areas filled with inflatable figures. Sometimes demilitarized equipment is involved in participation - armored personnel carriers, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles. The game scenario depends on the chosen theme - capturing the flag of the opposing team, rescuing hostages, World War II, modern armed conflicts, post-apocalypse, etc. Tactical paintball players use not only markers, but also airsoft pyrotechnics, double-glass masks, belts for carrying paintballs and other equipment. The RFP team took 2nd place in France at the World Championships in September 2021. Competition among teams is very strong - paintball is played in 104 countries around the world. Therefore, this sport is actively popularized and developed. Every year on November 7 in Russia, in honor of the holiday, master classes, competitions and other events are held in the open air. Participation in the Russian Paintball Day is an opportunity to experience strong emotions, test your dexterity and get indescribable pleasure from extreme entertainment.

November 7 is Jellied Day. This is a fun holiday that is still celebrated unofficially. But as its popularity grows, we can hope that in the future more people will be involved in celebrating this fun date. The holiday is celebrated by gourmets in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine. This is a typical Slavic dish (sometimes called “studen”), which originated in the 16th century. Cooking recipes changed, spices were added, and as a result a classic recipe was formed, involving pork or beef meat, garlic, horseradish, carrots and mustard. The popularity of jellied meat is understandable, because it is created from bones and tendons, that is, it does not require expensive ingredients. The recipe can be changed by adding almost any vegetables and spices to your own taste. This kind of jelly is unpretentious. It is known that travelers used to carry it with them, from merchants to ordinary peasants. And all because the product can remain fresh for a long time thanks to the abundance of salt and spices. Yes, perhaps someone will say that the time of jellied meat is a thing of the past, since many people strongly associate it with the Soviet past, when it was served at the festive table along with Olivier salad. Despite the fact that such a stereotype exists, jellied meat has never become a thing of the past. On the contrary, more and more new cooking recipes are appearing, that is, great imagination is opening up for creativity. In addition, doctors made their contribution. It was found that in moderate quantities the dish will be very useful. And although it contains cholesterol, it also contains essential amino acids: lysine, glycine. Such inclusions have a good effect on the human musculoskeletal system; they stimulate the functioning of the brain. Therefore, jellied meat in moderate quantities will be useful for children and adults. On this day, jelly lovers compete in their cooking skills. Not many people know, but ideally it is prepared from cow brains, heads, leg bones, and even chopped cow or ox tails are added. If we take pork as a basis, then the legs, pig ears, and tail are considered especially tasty. There is a version that Peter the Great began to popularize this dish. Perhaps, if not for his love for jelly, seasoned with sauerkraut and pickles, this peculiar dish would not have taken root so quickly on the Slavic table. Peter preferred simple food, wanting to try what even soldiers and peasants eat. Having tasted the jellied meat, which is believed to have been prepared for him by a personal chef from Denmark, Peter appreciated the taste, aroma and ease of preparation. In order to please the king, those close to him also began to partake of the jelly, and as a result, it became truly popular, not being lost through the centuries. Perhaps those close to the king, who was not distinguished by his good character, were simply afraid to object to him, but the fact remains: jelly began to often appear both on the tables of nobles and ordinary peasants. This day is celebrated in different ways. Interestingly, some catering establishments specializing in Slavic cuisine offer a special menu on this day, ideal for the holiday. Little by little it is becoming a good tradition to revive not only classic, but also ancient cooking recipes. So, you can take beef and pork as a basis, as well as maral, that is, venison. Shank and deer cartilage are used, and to fully develop the taste, lingonberries or cranberries and traditional ingredients are added: black pepper, garlic, bay leaf, dried cloves, carrots, onions. Of course, cooking based on reindeer meat will certainly not displace similar recipes based on pork and beef, but this is also a very interesting option, which is well known to people living in northern latitudes. November 7th will also be an excellent occasion to learn about the traditions of cooking jellied meat among different nations.

In winter, a trolleybus or bus window often becomes a canvas for painting pictures with a simple plot, wishing good luck for the passenger who will later take your place. The heroes of old films about love exchange phone numbers, leaving them in a hurry on the glass of the compartment of a departing train. Does your hand reach out to draw a heart on the bathroom mirror after a shower? Do you want to write your name on a frost-covered window? Then Day of Drawing on Foggy Glass, celebrated on November 7, is your holiday. "Be patient, people, summer is coming!" - such a message was left to fellow travelers by a passenger traveling on a tram in winter. An unknown girl wrote “I miss Dima,” a schoolgirl in love wrote “Stas from 4 “A” is an idiot.” Some people draw a funny face or a smiley face on a foggy car window, while others write I love you, a heart or the sun. The writing on the window is somewhat akin to psychotherapy. These short messages are a form of communication both with your inner world and with an unknown recipient, who is hypothetically a like-minded person. “Smile!”, “Cold” and “Don’t be sad!” they write not to a stranger, but to a spiritually close person. A funny habit formed the basis of the plot of one of Donald Bisset's stories about the London policeman Arthur and his horse Harry. This couple's favorite pastime was drawing on foggy glass. Harry would sit at the back of a bus and breathe on its back window, and Arthur would make funny faces. Therefore, the policeman and his horse had absolutely no time left to catch the crooks. The fun activity attracted the attention of Arthur’s colleagues. After a while, all the mounted police drew pictures on the bus windows, fogged up from the horses’ breath. London's swindlers have found out why law enforcement officers don't catch them. The criminals liked painting on bus windows so much that they stopped stealing and bought horses and followed the example of the police. On this joyful note the story of the English writer ends. And it couldn’t be any other way, because drawing on foggy glass is a cute and funny habit, a pastime that both children and adults enjoy. To send short messages into space in the form of the affirmation “Everything will be fine”, congratulations “Happy New Year!” or leaving a handprint, just breathe on the “easel”. Foggy glass provides absolute scope for imagination. Draw on November 7th for your own pleasure, leave wishes of love and goodness on mirrors and windows in honor of the holiday! Create positive affirmations for the universe and send them out. Who knows, maybe drawing on foggy glass will radically change your life, making all your written wishes come true.

“Rus' has joy and drink, we cannot exist without it,” is a well-known phrase about the adherence of the ancestors of the Eastern Slavs to the “earthly serpent,” which is attributed to Prince Vladimir. Drunkenness has long been considered a national problem. In the 12th century. In winter, drunks who could not stand on their feet were picked up on the streets so that they would not freeze. Prototypes of modern sobering-up stations appeared under Peter I. They were located in the cold basements of drinking establishments. In the USSR, the first establishment of this kind opened in 1931 on Marata Street in Leningrad. The day of creation of medical sobering-up stations in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is considered to be March 4, 1940. Until the relevant order is issued by the Commissioner of Internal Affairs L.P. Beria, the institutions where drunks were taken, including minors, were subordinate to the People's Commissariat of Health. People were picked up on the streets and taken to a special place, where they were revived and left overnight. In tsarist Russia, in sobering stations at the beginning of the twentieth century. There were two people working - a coachman and a paramedic. The “shelter for the drunk” in Tula opened on November 7, 1902 and was maintained at the expense of the city treasury - drunkards lay there for free, they were soldered with cucumber pickle and a gramophone was turned on to lift their spirits. The poor were provided with shoes and clothing upon discharge. In Soviet times, those who ended up in a sobering-up center did not have to expect such courtesy. Drunkenness and being indecent in public was considered “offensive to human dignity and public morality” behavior. The citizen was placed under a cold shower, after which he was examined by a paramedic and issued a cavitation to pay for services for being in the sobering-up station. This fact was reported at the place of work. The workforce reacted to this in different ways: a drinker was subject to public censure, could lose his bonus or even be demoted. After the release of order No. 00298 on March 4, 1940, L.P. Beria on the transfer of sobering-up stations to another department, they began to submit to the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs. The police picked up people in the second or third stage of intoxication on the streets and took them to specially created institutions. Their employees brought drinkers to their senses, identified chronic alcoholics and conducted educational conversations with them. If a person ended up in a sobering-up center several times over the course of a year, he was sent for treatment to a mental health clinic or drug treatment clinic. With the collapse of the USSR, medical institutions where drunk citizens were taken began to close. Their maintenance was too expensive - on average, municipal authorities annually spent from 5 to 11 million rubles on the maintenance of each establishment. By October 2011, there was not a single sobering center left in the Russian Federation, although the need for them had not disappeared. Their disbandment created a problem in ordinary hospitals, where drunken citizens began to be taken. They behaved aggressively and violently, causing inconvenience to their ward neighbors and medical staff. According to the remark of Soviet millionaires, sobering-up stations significantly facilitated the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in solving crimes. Thieves often entered the establishments, drinking away the loot and boasting about their “exploits” while drunk. In 2010, a commemorative medal “70 years of medical sobering-up centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia” was issued. This fact emphasized the social significance of such institutions and gave a high assessment to the activities of their employees. Therefore, the date March 4, 1940 will forever remain in history as the Day of the creation of medical sobering-up stations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The October Revolution, which took place on October 25 (November 7, new style), radically changed the economic and political structure of the country. The corresponding decree carried out social transformations - estates and civil ranks were destroyed, and with them the existing privileges and restrictions. Throughout the existence of the Soviet Union, November 7 and 8, the Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, were days off. After the collapse of the USSR, the holiday began to be called the Day of Harmony and Reconciliation in Russia. It was celebrated in 1996-2004. The solemn date remained on the calendar thanks to the decree of President B.N. Yeltsin. For Russian citizens, the 90s, the times of wild accumulation of capital and plunder of the country, its natural resources, intellectual and economic heritage of the USSR, became a test of strength. The sharp gap between rich and poor led to social tension. According to the authorities, the renaming of the holiday was carried out “in order to soften the confrontation and reconcile various strata of Russian society.” The celebration was supposed to help achieve agreement between people who believed that the Soviet Union was the greatest power in the world, and its collapse was a huge mistake, and those who shared the change in course from socialism to capitalism. The USSR will forever remain a country that defeated fascism and conquered space, which achieved a lot in the social sphere: citizens were provided with free housing, medical care and education. The achievements of the Soviet Union cannot be begged, representatives of the Communist Party and their supporters are convinced. The formation of a society that exists in the interests of workers and peasants, industrialization, the creation of a scientific and technical base for the development of industry and other sectors of the national economy became possible after the revolution of 1917. Therefore, it is logical and natural, in memory of the achievements of the ancestors who built such a powerful power, to celebrate the appearance of world map of the country of the Soviets. The liberal-minded part of Russian society in the 90s believed that the USSR, as a totalitarian state, should be ostracized and forgotten. Arguments in favor of refusing to celebrate the Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution included famine during collectivization, Stalinist repressions, deportation of small nations, persecution of dissidents and other tragic events that claimed the lives of millions of people. Representatives of various political movements, liberal economists, communists and nationalists, as well as their supporters, could not reach a consensus. Therefore B.N. In November 1996, Yeltsin signed a decree changing the name of the national holiday, leaving it in the calendar of solemn dates in memory of a significant event in the history of Russia. Today, November 7, is celebrated by people whose best years of life occurred during the times of the Soviet Union - a great power in which there was a lot of good and a lot of bad, but which this did not stop them considering as their Motherland.

On this day it was considered necessary to come to the graveyard and decorate the graves of loved ones. In this way, the living pay tribute to the memory of the dead, so that the latter can help them in earthly affairs. It was also considered right to help those in need during Grandfather’s laments - to shelter, feed or warm them.

October Revolution Day in the Republic of Belarus

New Era Day in Tunisia

International Merlot Day

Information and Press Day in Kyrgyzstan

Days of history and memory of ancestors in Kyrgyzstan

Orthodox holidays on November 7:

Memorial Day of the Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrios

Memorial Day of Righteous Tabitha of Joppa