Just finished new year holidays, and Russians are already eagerly asking questions: how are we going to relax on March 8, 2019? Will there be a postponement of the weekend and how many days of rest will there be for International Women’s Day on March 8 in Russia. This year the long weekend will only last 3 days because March 8th falls on a Friday. But Thursday, March 7th is officially a shortened working day.
Russian citizens will have a holiday for International Women's Day for 3 days in a row - from March 8 to 10. The Government of the Russian Federation made this decision at the end of last year (resolution on postponing days off).
At the very beginning of March, spring gives us bright holiday– International Women’s Day, on which everyone traditionally congratulates the fair sex in their families, work teams and among acquaintances.
Officially, March 8 is a day off, and if according to the calendar it is in close proximity to Saturday or Sunday, then often working people in Russia have another three-day day off. To determine how many weekends will fall on March 8 in 2019, you need to familiarize yourself with the calendar.
How many days do we have a holiday on March 8, 2019?
In the Russian Federation, the holiday date of March 8 is an official non-working day. In total, in 2019, in honor of the holiday, Russians will rest for 3 days in a row.
List of days off in honor of the International women's day in 2019:
- March 8, 2019 (Friday)
- March 9, 2019 (Saturday)
- March 10, 2019 (Sunday)
The production calendar will tell you how we work and relax in March 2019, and what long weekends there are. Will inform you about the number of working days, weekends and holidays, working hours standards for this month.
Working hours in March
According to the Russian production calendar, in March 2019 there were 20 workers in the country (including 1 laid-off worker) and 11 days off and holidays.
Standard working hours:
with a 40-hour work week - 159 hours (20 x 8 - 1, where 20 is the number of working days, 8 is the duration of the work shift, 1 is the number of shortened working days);
at 36 hours – 143 hours (20 x 7.2 – 1);
at 24-hour – 95 hours (20 x 4.8 – 1).
How to relax in March 2019
How we work in March 2019
History of the holiday in Russia
Wednesday (March 7, 2019) on the eve of the holiday is a shortened working day. And after a four-day weekend you should go to work on Monday, March 12, 2019.
The history of the March 8 holiday in Russia dates back to 1913, when about one and a half thousand people gathered at the St. Petersburg grain exchange for scientific readings concerning women's rights. On February 23, 1917 (according to the old calendar, or the Julian calendar, and March 8, according to the new Gregorian calendar), residents of the Northern capital again went to a rally, this time their slogans demanded “bread and peace.”
This event happened on the eve of the February Revolution: 4 days later, the last monarch of the great Russian Empire, Nicholas II, abdicated the throne, and the provisional government that received the reins of power gave women voting rights.
In 1965, the leadership of the Soviet Union gave International Women's Day the status of a state holiday, and March 8 was declared a day off on an all-Union scale in honor of Soviet communist women who bravely opposed the enemy in wartime and showed dedication in building a peaceful society.
Modern approach
International Women's Day is officially established as a non-working day and is celebrated in almost all republics in the post-Soviet space with minor shifts in date and changes in name.
So, in Russia, Belarus, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine and a number of CIS countries, the holiday has not changed; in Tajikistan, March 8 is now called Mother’s Day; in Armenia, it is celebrated on April 7 and is called Mother, Beauty and Spring Day. But Lithuania and Estonia, after the collapse of the USSR, hastened to get rid of the remnants of the past and excluded this day from the list of holidays.
As time passed, the holiday of March 8 lost its political implications and became more a day of women-mothers, rather than women-warriors. Husbands, sons, brothers, colleagues strive to congratulate their wives, mothers, sisters and colleagues, to show them their love and affection on this day.
Where else is March 8 celebrated?
Official holiday International Women's Day is recognized not only in Russia, North Korea and China but also, for example, in Burkina Faso. In the rest of the world, March 8 is not considered a public holiday, but every year it is gaining more and more popularity, while maintaining a feminist slant.
The main popularizer of the date today is the UN. In 1977, the United Nations invited member countries to choose any day to celebrate the ideas of women's equality and world peace, which became March 8.
Countries that have supported the UN primarily use the holiday as an occasion to raise social issues important to women. From year to year, the UN chooses a priority topic on which efforts will be directed.
In 2013 it was opposition to violence against women, last year it was “Equality for women - progress for all.” In 2015 - “Inspiring Women - Inspiring Humanity.” The symbol of the holiday is a purple ribbon.
Kaltasinsky district was formed on August 20, 1930. The administrative center was determined to be the village of Kaltasa, but due to the lack of appropriate buildings, the village of Krasny Kholm became the temporary center.
- On August 22, the 1st district party conference was held, which elected the district committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, headed by executive secretary Ya.B. Bayguzin. On September 2, at the 1st congress of the district council, a district executive committee was formed, and A.A. was elected chairman of the RIC. Sultanaev.
- On February 20, 1932, as a result of the liquidation of the Nikolo-Berezovsky (Krasnokamsky) district, all rural councils of this region were transferred to the Kaltasinsky district. Although the village of Keltei was named the administrative center of the enlarged district, the center temporarily remained in the village of Nikolo-Berezovka.
By resolution of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the following settlements and rural Soviets were transferred from district to district:
- from Kaltasinsky district to Buraevsky district - Bustanaevsky and Kugarchinsky village councils,
- Baryazinsky village council without the Chumara plant and forest areas of state importance;
- from Kaltasinsky district to Yanaulsky district - Cheraulsky, Orlovsky, Krasnokholmsky, Izhboldinsky, Sosnovsky, Kyrpinsky village councils;
- from the Yanaul district to the Kaltasinsky district - Susadybashevsky village council, and the village of Stary Oryebash of the Kyrpinsky village council was left in the Kaltasinsky district.
In September 1933, the Baryazinsky and Kugarchinsky village councils were returned to the Kaltasinsky district.
On February 3, 1935, the Presidium of the Bashkir Central Executive Committee again restored the Krasnokamsky district, in connection with this the village of Keltei temporarily became the administrative center of the Kaltasinsky district. And since 1936, administrative institutions have been transferred to the newly built village of Kaltasy.
In 1963 - 64 Kaltasinsky, Krasnokamsky, Tatyshlinsky districts became part of the Yanaulsky district. In March 1964, by the Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the Kaltasinsky district was re-established with its center in the village of Kaltasy, which included all the village councils of the former Krasnokamsk region.
In 1972, the last division of the region into Kaltasinsky and Krasnokamsky took place within the current borders. Then 14 settlements of the Novoburinsky village council were transferred to the Krasnokamsky district.
Geographical information
Location of the Kaltasinsky district relative to the borders of the Republic of Bashkortostan and the city of Ufa.
The region is located in the northwestern part of the republic, within the Pribelsky ridge-undulating plain, in the interfluve of the Bystry Tanyp and Bui rivers.
The climate is warm, moderately humid. The vegetation cover is represented by coniferous and soft-leaved forests; they occupy 60,308 hectares of area.
The regional center is the village of Kaltasy, located 210 km from Ufa, 50 km from the Yanaul railway station, 40 km from Neftekamsk.
The area of the district is 1,548.35 sq. km, its length from west to east is 63 km, from north to south - 47 km.
It borders on the Yanaulsky district in the north, Buraevsky district in the east, Dyurtyulinsky district in the south, and Krasnokamsky district in the west.
February and March public holidays Although they are not very rich, these months still have two “red” calendar dates. And Russians are looking forward to them with great impatience. These are men's and women's holidays.
How to relax on February 23 and March 8 in 2018 in Russia: Weekend schedule, calendar
It goes without saying that Defender of the Fatherland Day and International Women's Day are holiday weekends. Now we’ll tell you how many days in a row we’ll rest. February 23rd falls on Friday this year. It is followed by two calendar days off - Saturday and Sunday. Thus, on Defender of the Fatherland Day we will rest for three whole days in a row. Moreover, Thursday, February 22, is a pre-holiday day. You can legally leave work an hour early. And on the occasion of International Women's Day, Russians are looking forward to a big weekend.
We will rest and relax from March 8 to 11, 2018. The Russian government, drawing up the production calendar, resorted to a postponement. This gave me an extra day off. Thus, the day off from Saturday, January 6 has been moved to Friday, March 9. Let us add that March 7 is considered a pre-holiday day in the working calendar, therefore, the duration of work is reduced by one hour.
Production calendar 2018 with holidays and weekends, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation
Taking into account the postponement of holidays, the 2018 calendar includes six long weekends and holidays:
- from February 23 to 25 (3 days on the occasion of Defender of the Fatherland Day);
- from March 8 to 11 (4 days dedicated to International Women's Day);
- from April 29 to May 2 (4 days to celebrate the Spring and Labor Festival);
- from June 10 to 12 (3 days to celebrate Russia Day);
- from November 3 to 5 (3 days, dedicated to the Day national unity).
- One holiday - May 9 in honor of Victory Day - will be a rest day during the week.
On the eve of non-working holiday the working day is reduced by 1 hour (Part 1 of Article 95 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). We will tell you in our material how to notify employees about this and how to write an announcement about a shortened pre-holiday day.
Should I write an announcement about the pre-holiday day?
We discussed the issue in a separate consultation.
The issue of declaring a pre-holiday working day is resolved in a similar way: the employer has no obligation to announce to employees that the working day will be shortened. Therefore, he decides at his own discretion whether or not to notify employees that the pre-holiday working day is shortened by 1 hour.
An announcement to employees about the peculiarities of work on a pre-holiday day can be delegated to the responsible employee of the accounting department or the personnel department, and can also be done by them at their own discretion. After all, the law does not prohibit any employee of the employer from informing other employees about the rights that labor legislation provides them with. And the right to a shortened pre-holiday working day is one of these rights.
Announcement of pre-holiday shortened working hours: sample
Since the announcement of a reduction in the pre-holiday working day is not provided for by law, the form of such an announcement is developed independently by the compiler.
An announcement about reducing the pre-holiday working day may look like this.
