Forgotten Holidays - October Revolution Day

The day of the October Revolution was considered a holiday for a long time. It was celebrated on November 7. According to the old style, a significant event occurred on October 25, but about everything in order.

The rebellion that gave the weekend

The Great October Socialist Revolutionwas accomplished on October 25, 1917. On the night of October 26, the Bolsheviks seized power. The great uprising was led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. 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 two whole days off. We rested not only on the seventh, but also on the eighth of November. If the weekend before or after these two days, people officially rested for 3-4 days. Everybody liked it.

After all, in those days there were no such longNew Year holidays for adults, so the days of the October Revolution were all waiting to get enough sleep and not go to work at this time. However, not everyone managed to indulge in a dream on November 7, as demonstrations were held on that day. Early in the morning workers came to their places of service, took banners, huge flowers of paper and walked on foot to Red Square. It was the seventh of November.

As in the Soviet Union celebrated the holiday

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 the strong drinks. Although it was strictly forbidden, some managed to fight off a small group for a while from the column to drink some alcohol. Of course, this happened long before coming to Red Square, and sinful behavior was mostly men, and even then not all.

They drank not only at the demonstration, but at home. Indeed, 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 amazed. Mistresses made many delicious dishes, including herring under the fur coat, Olivier. Celebratory orders were given to the significant event at the enterprises. The kits consisted of smoked sausage, ham, sweets, and red caviar. In those days, these products were in short supply, so the day of the October Revolution is also an opportunity to eat deliciously.

In these autumn days off people went to each other's house, there were holiday toasts. So, the day of the October Revolution of 1917 enabled the Soviet people to rest and celebrate.

November 7th today

In recent years, the celebration has been forgotten. Now on November 4-5, the Day of National Unity is celebrated. This was done, among other things, so that people would not complain about the disappeared holiday. And not for ideological reasons, but because of the extra days off hardly anyone will refuse. Now there are even more of them. After all, in addition to rest in early November, there is the possibility not to go to work and a few days in the first half of January.

Not everyone stopped celebrating the Great DayOctober Socialist Revolution. Representatives of the CPSU still honor each other and political figures of the Soviet era. The Communists are organizing demonstrations, but now not on Red Square. Holiday events must first be coordinated with the government, and after approval, go out on the street with banners. November 7 can be seen with written slogans not only of the Communists, oppositionists are also becoming more active on this day. However, the marches go for the most part peacefully and without global excesses.