This year the May holidays were placed very conveniently on the calendar. May 1 fell on a Sunday and resulted in a day off on Tuesday, the third. None of the employers applied for Saturday on the last day of April, so everyone will receive a pleasant mini-vacation of 4 days (April 30 - May 3). Then there are three working days - May 4, 5, 6 - followed by a three-day weekend from the 7th to the 9th. The remaining Saturdays and Sundays in May will remain unchanged.
It's safe to say that on weekdays between the May holidays there will be few cars on the roads. Many of those who have time off, extra vacation days, or the opportunity to take days at their own expense will try to do this (and you, dear readers, can do it too!). As a result, they will get a full 10-day vacation with an economical “waste” of measured vacation days.
Holidays in May and more
Of course, guessing and calculating is not always convenient. There has been talk for several years about making the May holidays long weekends instead of New Year's. Still, relaxing in a relatively warm May is much more pleasant than in an unpredictable January: whether it will snow or not, whether the skating rinks will open or melt...
Alternative projects were also submitted to the Duma: for example, to leave only January 1, 2 and 7, May 1 and 9 as days off, cancel everything else and automatically add another 10 days to everyone’s annual leave. Or finally make December 31 a day off, because few people find it convenient to celebrate the New Year after waking up at 6-7 in the morning and working all day. But no decision has been made yet, and the May holidays remain separated by a “half-working” period of 3-4 days.
Have a nice holiday!
May is one of the most complete months in Russia in terms of days for rest.This May 2016 will not be an exception!
This month we have only 19 working days, all others will be either weekends or holidays. As for shortened working weeks, there will be none this year in May. This is due to the fact that the ninth day of May falls on a Monday and will be considered a full day off, and the first day is on Sunday, which by default is already a non-working day, which means that any holiday falling on it automatically makes the next working day a day off.
So, let’s present graphically all the working days of May 2016:
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From this line you can clearly see that we go to work for the first time in May on the 4th. We are also open on the 5th and 6th and then have long weekends until May 10th
Total this month we have 152 working hours
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Weekends and holidays in May 2016
This May we have 12 full days of rest.Of these, 6 days off (including 3 Saturdays and 3 Sundays) and 6 holidays, which consist of two Sundays (1 and 8 May), two Mondays (2 and 9 May), Tuesday - 3 and Saturday - 7 May.
To more clearly represent all weekends and holidays, let’s depict them graphically:
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19 working days and 12 days off- in total, in May 2016, the weekend lost to workers by exactly a week.
Let us remember that in 2015 there was a more attractive arrangement: 18 workers versus 13 days off, and May 8 was then a pre-holiday, shortened working day, because it fell on a Friday.
Calendar for May 2016
In order to visually represent the May holidays, weekends and working days, we will graphically depict the May calendar for 2016.To make it more convenient to use the calendar, we offer. You can simply save the document to your computer or print it on paper. Even if you have a black and white printer, the color shades of the weekend and holiday cells are selected in such a way as to maximize your identification.
May holidays
In addition to the famous Victory Day on May 9, there are many more interesting and useful holidays this month. Probably the most important of them is Orthodox Easter, which in 2016 comes on May 1. Also in May, radio workers, Russian freelancers, metrologists and many others will celebrate their day.Below is a detailed table with all the May holidays:
| Holidays May 2016 | date |
| Easter (Bright Sunday) | 1st of May |
| Labour Day | 1st of May |
| World Press Freedom Day (25) | May 3 |
| Code Talker Day | 5 May |
| Diver's Day (14) | 5 May |
| International Astronomy Day | May 7 |
| Radio day | May 7 |
| International Mother's Day | May 8 |
| Victory Day (71) | 9th May |
| World Nurses Day | 12 May |
| Russian Black Sea Fleet Day | may 13 |
| Freelancer Day in Russia | May 14 |
| Metro Workers Day | May 15 |
| International Family Day | May 15 |
| AIDS Memorial Day (33) | May 15 |
| International Day Against Homophobia (13) | May 17 |
| International Museum Day | May 18 |
| Baltic Fleet Day | May 18 |
| Birthday of the pioneer organization (94) | May 19 |
| World Metrologist Day (15) | May 20 |
| Volga Day (8) | May 20 |
| Military Translator Day (16) | May 21st |
| Polar Explorer Day (3) | May 21st |
| Russian Pacific Fleet Day | May 21st |
| Unemployment Protection Day (24) | May 21st |
| Personnel Day (11) | May 24 |
| Day of Slavic Literature and Culture (25) | May 24 |
| Philologist's Day | May 25 |
| International Day of Missing Children | May 25 |
| Russian Entrepreneurship Day (8) | 26 of May |
| All-Russian Library Day (21) | May 27 |
| Border Guard Day | May 28 |
| Customs Veterans Day (16) | May 29 |
| International Day of Peacekeepers (13) | May 29 |
| Military Motorist Day (16) | May 29 |
| Chemist's Day | May 29 |
| World Blonde Day (10) | May 31 |
| Lawyer Day (10) | May 31 |
| No Tobacco Day (28) | May 31 |
Note: in brackets it is indicated how many years this holiday has been celebrated.
Signs of May
There are quite a lot of signs in May, most of them, of course, related to the weather. Our ancestors planted their lands this month and relied on every natural phenomenon to help them get a good harvest in the fall. Therefore, over the course of many years, they were able to identify a number of patterns in nature, which we most often call “signs”.So here are some of them:
- It is believed that if May is rainy, June will be sunny and low in humidity.
- Heavy hail in May - all summer there will be heavy short-term rains, but without prolonged cloudy days.
- If the number of cockchafers is high, expect excessively dry weather in the summer.
- Foggy May means rich harvests in autumn.
- Traditionally, there are two cold periods in May - during the flowering of bird cherry and oak.
- Rainy May - dry September.
- Hot beginning of May - damp end.
Traditionally, it so happens that a large number of weekends in our country fall not only at the beginning of the year and the first month of spring, but also in May. Therefore, many of our fellow citizens are interested in the question of when to relax during the May holidays. Also, many people want to know how many days off there will be in May. Now these questions can be answered quite simply, since deputies determine the weekend schedule in advance. By making some of the days of May days off, they hope that our fellow citizens will spend this free time usefully.
Russians' interest in the number of days off in May is due to the fact that some politicians have recently made statements in which they talk about the need to take initiatives to gradually reduce the number of holidays. Such decisions, according to some politicians, will help avoid the phenomena of continuous drunkenness into which some fellow citizens throw themselves. However, the majority of the country's population does not yet support such initiatives. Therefore, the number of days not only does not decrease, but also increases.
This year, Spring and Labor Day, celebrated on May 1, falls on Sunday. Based on the norms in the law, it should be postponed to the next day. This means that May 2 will be a holiday, which means a day off. At the same time, if we focus on the government decree, which determined that the day off Saturday, January 2, was moved to Tuesday, May 3, it turns out that citizens working five days a week at the beginning of the last month of spring will have four days off. Thus, on April 30, May 1, 2 and 3, they can enjoy their holidays and go about their business. With a six-day working week, three days are allocated for rest - May 1, 2 and 3.
Another holiday that falls in May is Victory Day, sacred to Russians, celebrated on May 9. This year it falls on Monday. In anticipation of it, there are two days off for people who work a “five-day week.” This way they will have three days off. They will be free from work on May 7, 8 and 9. For those people who work a six-day workday, rest will be limited to only two days - May 8 and 9.
Thus, it can be stated that those of our citizens who work on a schedule five days a week will have more days off. Not only will they have more days off. In addition, the week between holidays will be shortened. Thus, at the beginning of the month they will receive four days off - from Saturday 30 April until 3 May. Then you will have to work for 3 days. Their last working day will be May 4. Workdays will begin on Wednesday, May 4 and end on Friday, May 6. After this, the weekend will begin - from Saturday 7 May to Monday 9 May. Citizens who work a five-day week will return to work on May 10. There are no other holidays in May.
The production calendar will tell you how we rest and how we work in May 2016. In it you will find information about the May holidays, find out the number of working days and days off in the last month of spring.
| May 2016 | ||||||
| Mon | W | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
How we relax. May holidays
According to the Russian working calendar, May 2016 has 12 official days off and holidays: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29.
There are two public holidays this month: May 1 - Spring and Labor Day and May 9 - Victory Day. According to Art. 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, they are non-working days.
May 1, 2016 falls on a Sunday, so the day off is moved to Monday, the 2nd. May 3 is another additional non-working day, moved from the holiday Saturday on January 2.
Thus, on the May holidays there are two long weekends lasting 4 and 3 days:
- from April 30 (Saturday) to May 3 (Tuesday);
- May 7-9 (Saturday-Monday).
Working time standards
In accordance with the labor calendar of the Russian Federation, in May 2016 there are 19 working days and 12 weekends and holidays.
Working time standards are:
- with a 40-hour work week – 152 hours (19 * 8, where 19 is the number of working days, 8 is the duration of the work shift);
- at 36 hours – 136.8 hours (19 * 7.2);
- at 24-hour – 91.2 hours (19 * 4.8).
The confrontation began in 1902. Since then, the teams have already held 242 meetings, of which Real won in 95, Barcelona won in 96, and 51 matches were played with a draw.
El Classico football matches are invariably the most popular on the planet and attract the attention of fans not only in Europe, but throughout the world. The number of viewers for each game is in the hundreds of millions. For example, the game, which took place in April 2017, was watched by more than 650 million viewers in total.
El Classico December 18, 2019 - when will it be (starting time, where to watch):
In the 2019-2020 season of the Spanish championship (LaLiga), the teams will meet twice.First meeting(Barcelona - Real Madrid, La Liga round 10) will take place on Wednesday December 18, 2019.
The start time of the match in local time is 20:00, which corresponds to 22:00 Moscow time.
Venue: Camp Nou stadium.
The meeting will be shown live TV channel "Match!".
As for when it will be second meeting El Classico (Real - Barça) in the 2019-2020 season of the Spanish Championship, it is scheduled for March 1, 2020 (26th round of La Liga).
Where will the ice hockey match between Russia and Finland take place on December 15, 2019:
At the Russian stage of the 2019 Euro Hockey Tour, which is called the “Channel One Cup,” the Russian national hockey team holds three meetings.The first two games have already taken place in Moscow at the CSKA Arena, and the final match of the stage ( Russia - Finland) will be held on Sunday December 15, 2019 in St. Petersburg at the Gazprom Arena.
That is, the location of the Russia-Finland match on December 15, 2019:
* Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Gazprom Arena.
Gazprom Arena was originally a football stadium, and it was first converted into hockey in December 2018. Then the Russia-Finland game, held as part of the 2018 Channel One Cup, broke the attendance record for hockey matches between Russia and the USSR. The 2018 game was attended by 71 thousand 381 people.
Now the record for attendance at hockey matches in Europe belongs to the Veltins Arena, where 77,803 spectators came to watch the 2010 World Hockey Championship game between Germany and the USA.
During the organization of the hockey match, the Gazprom Arena football field was moved onto the street. But it will remain intact, since the lawn is covered and the heating is turned on. Fans who come to the stadium will also be comfortable, because... The roof of the arena has been moved. The indoor temperature will be approximately 20 degrees Celsius higher than the outdoor temperature.
What time will the match Russia - Finland start on December 15, 2019, where to watch (TV channel):
The beginning of the hockey match between the Russian and Finnish national teams on December 15. 2019 scheduled for 16:00 Moscow time.The game will be shown live two television channels: federal "First" and sports "Match! Arena". The live broadcast from St. Petersburg will begin at 15:55 Moscow time.
The replay (recorded match) is available on the Pervoy website.
What time does the Russia-Sweden hockey match start, where to watch it live:
Start time of the match Russia - Sweden - 20:00 Moscow time.Live broadcast can be seen in mode online on the Channel One website(section "Channel 1 Hockey Cup 2019"). The game will also be available for viewing on the website in recording.
Live broadcast will be available on the channel " Match! A country", included in some cable operator channel packages, starting at 19:55 Moscow time.
On the First television broadcast, the Russia-Sweden meeting will be shown in the recording at 00:00 (midnight), from December 12 to December 13, 2019. The time indicated is Moscow.
The shortest day awaits Russians on Sunday December 22, 2019. Almost the same (with a difference of no more than 14 seconds) will be the duration of the previous and subsequent days (December 21 and 23, 2019) - 6 hours 59 minutes. The time is indicated “from sunrise to sunset” for Moscow.
That is:
December 22, 2019 is the shortest day in 2019.
Note that the duration of the shortest and longest days of 2019 differs by almost 3 times. So, if during the winter solstice the length of the day (from sunrise to sunset) is 7 hours, then the longest day of the year lasts almost 18 hours.
