Russian Holidays - Inventor and Innovator Day

Officially, Inventor and Innovator Day was established back in Soviet times. In January 1979, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR established the All-Union Day of Inventor and Innovator. In Decree No. 3018-X dated 01.10.80 “On holidays and memorable days” the holiday is recorded as the Day of the Inventor and Innovator. The tradition of honoring representatives of technical creativity began in 1957 on the initiative of the Academy of Sciences. And for more than half a century, every year on the last Saturday of June in Russia, people whose activities help develop scientific and technological progress and improve production processes are congratulated; the authors of the best innovation proposals and inventions are presented with state awards and VOIR prizes. VOIR - The All-Russian Society of Inventors and Innovators unites the technical elite of Russia engaged in inventive and rationalization activities, protects their rights and interests. This public organization is the successor to the All-Union Society of Inventors, created in 1932. Undoubtedly, it is more difficult for single inventors to patent their discovery and introduce it into mass production. How many ingenious technical creations have not reached the mass consumer as a result of bureaucracy, ignorance and lack of understanding that it is rationalization and inventive activity that moves domestic industry, develops the economy, eliminating dependence on imported goods and technologies. In Russia, everyone strives to invent and improve something. Some people have a mini-greenhouse made of plastic bottles, others have a flying unit. This is a mentality determined by living conditions and the desire to do something unusual with your own hands. The inventive potential is enormous. It is important not to miss it, to direct it in the right direction. It is remarkable that today the issue of training inventors and innovators is on the agenda of government officials who understand that it is necessary to raise technical geniuses, identifying and supporting gifted children, and expanding opportunities and conditions for the development of children's technical creativity. With such serious support from the state, new Kulibins, Lomonosovs, Tupolevs, Kalashnikovs will definitely replace the world-famous Russian scientist-inventors. We wish everyone involved in technical creativity great discoveries and innovative achievements.