Holiday Article

Date	Name	Type / Location
Tuesday, Jan 1	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Wednesday, Jan 2	New Year Holiday Week	National Holiday
Thursday, Jan 3	New Year Holiday Week	National Holiday
Friday, Jan 4	New Year Holiday Week	National Holiday
Monday, Jan 7	Orthodox Christmas	National Holiday, Orthodox
Tuesday, Jan 8	New Year Holiday Week	National Holiday
Monday, Jan 14	Orthodox New Year	Observance
Thursday, Feb 14	Valentine's Day	Observance
Saturday, Feb 23	Defender of the Fatherland Day	National Holiday
Wednesday, Feb 27	Special Operations Forces Day	De Facto Holiday
Friday, Mar 8	International Women's Day	National Holiday
Wednesday, Mar 20	March Equinox	Season
Thursday, Mar 21	March Equinox	Season
Wednesday, Apr 3	Isra and Mi'raj	Muslim
Sunday, Apr 28	Orthodox Easter	Observance, Orthodox
Wednesday, May 1	Spring and Labor Day	National Holiday
Thursday, May 2	Spring and Labor Day Holiday	National Holiday
Friday, May 3	Spring and Labor Day Holiday	National Holiday
Monday, May 6	Ramadan Begins	Muslim
Thursday, May 9	Victory Day	National Holiday
Friday, May 31	Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power)	Muslim
Wednesday, Jun 5	Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	Muslim
Wednesday, Jun 12	Russia Day	National Holiday
Friday, Jun 21	June Solstice	Season
Monday, Aug 12	Eid al-Adha	Muslim
Sunday, Sep 1	Day of Knowledge	Observance
Sunday, Sep 1	Muharram / Islamic New Year	Muslim
Monday, Sep 23	September Equinox	Season
Monday, Nov 4	Unity Day	National Holiday
Sunday, Nov 10	Mawlid / Prophet's Birthday	Muslim
Sunday, Dec 22	December Solstice	Season

Russia Holidays in 2019