2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21
The Day of the October Revolution has long been considered a holiday. It was celebrated on November 7th. According to the old style, a significant event took place on October 25, but first things first.
Rebellion that brought the weekend
The Great October Socialist Revolution took place on October 25, 1917. On the night of October 26, the Bolsheviks seized power. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin led the grand uprising. After this event, for many years November 7 - the day of the October Revolution - was considered a national holiday. The government decided to give citizens not one, but 2 whole days off. We rested not only on the seventh, but also on the eighth of November. If there was a weekend before or after these two days, then people officially rested for 3-4 days. Everyone loved it.
After all, in those days there were no such long New Year holidays for adults, so everyone was waiting for the days of the October Revolution to sleep and not go to work at this time. However, not everyone managed to indulge in sleep on November 7, since demonstrations were held on that day. Early in the morning workers came to their places of service, took banners, huge flowers made of paper and walked toRed Square. It was November 7th.
How the holiday was celebrated in the USSR
The Day of the October Revolution was fun. Jokes and laughter were heard in the ranks of the demonstrators. This was facilitated not only by the festive mood, but also by strong drinks. Although it was strictly forbidden, some managed to fight off the column in a small group for a while to drink some alcohol. Of course, this happened long before coming to Red Square, and mostly men sinned with such behavior, and even then not all.
Drank not only at the demonstration, but also at home. After all, the day of the October Revolution was considered a great holiday. Of course, this is not the New Year, but the scope of the celebration was amazing. The hostesses made many delicious dishes, including herring under a fur coat, Olivier. For a significant event, holiday orders were given at the enterprises. The sets consisted of smoked sausage, ham, sweets, red caviar. In those days, these products were in short supply, so the October Revolution Day is also an opportunity to eat deliciously.
This autumn weekend people went to visit each other, festive toasts sounded. This is how the day of the October Revolution of 1917 gave the Soviet people the opportunity to relax and celebrate.
November 7 today
In recent years, the celebration is forgotten. Now November 4-5 is National Unity Day. This was done, among other things, so that people would not express dissatisfaction because of the disappeared holiday. And not ideologicallyconsiderations, but because hardly anyone will refuse an extra weekend. Now there are even more of them. Indeed, in addition to resting in early November, there is an opportunity not to go to work for several days in the first half of January.
Not everyone stopped celebrating the Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Representatives of the CPSU still honor each other and political figures of the Soviet era. The Communists stage demonstrations, but now they are no longer on Red Square. Festive events must first be coordinated with the government, and after approval, go out into the street with banners. On November 7, not only communists can be seen with written slogans, oppositionists also become more active on this day. However, the marches are mostly peaceful and without global excesses.
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