Holiday Article

Date	Name	Type / Location
Wednesday, Jan 1	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Thursday, Jan 2	New Year Holiday Week	National Holiday
Friday, Jan 3	New Year Holiday Week	National Holiday
Monday, Jan 6	New Year Holiday Week	National Holiday
Tuesday, Jan 7	Orthodox Christmas	National Holiday, Orthodox
Wednesday, Jan 8	New Year Holiday Week	National Holiday
Tuesday, Jan 14	Orthodox New Year	Observance
Friday, Feb 14	Valentine's Day	Observance
Sunday, Feb 23	Defender of the Fatherland Day	National Holiday
Monday, Feb 24	Defender of the Fatherland Day observed	National Holiday
Thursday, Feb 27	Special Operations Forces Day	De Facto Holiday
Sunday, Mar 8	International Women's Day	National Holiday
Friday, Mar 20	March Equinox	Season
Sunday, Mar 22	Isra and Mi'raj	Muslim
Sunday, Apr 19	Orthodox Easter	Observance, Orthodox
Friday, Apr 24	Ramadan Begins	Muslim
Friday, May 1	Spring and Labor Day	National Holiday
Saturday, May 9	Victory Day	National Holiday
Monday, May 11	Victory Day observed	National Holiday
Tuesday, May 19	Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power)	Muslim
Sunday, May 24	Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	Muslim
Friday, Jun 12	Russia Day	National Holiday
Saturday, Jun 20	June Solstice	Season
Sunday, Jun 21	June Solstice	Season
Friday, Jul 31	Eid al-Adha	Muslim
Thursday, Aug 20	Muharram / Islamic New Year	Muslim
Tuesday, Sep 1	Day of Knowledge	Observance
Tuesday, Sep 22	September Equinox	Season
Thursday, Oct 29	Mawlid / Prophet's Birthday	Muslim
Wednesday, Nov 4	Unity Day	National Holiday
Monday, Dec 21	December Solstice	Season

Russia Holidays in 2020