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In the current qualifying tournament, this will be the second match of the Russian team. Recall that in the first meeting, Russia met with Belgium, which lost with a score of 1:3.
The Russia-Kazakhstan meeting will take place on March 24, 2019 at the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan - the city of Astana(which was renamed on March 20 in just a couple of hours to Nur-Sultan by decision of members of Parliament). And how can one not recall one of the jokes dedicated to the renaming of the city, and not to say, in relation to the Russian national football team, that it "flew to Astana, and flew to Nur-Sultan." Officially, the city changed its name on March 23, 2019, after the signing of the relevant Decree by the new head of state, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
The match will be played at the stadium "Astana Arena"("Nur-Sultan Arena"). Beginning - at 17:00 Moscow time (at 20:00 local time).
That is:
* Venue of the match - Kazakhstan, Astana (Nur-Sultan), "Astana Arena".
* Broadcast start time - 17:00 Moscow time.
Where to watch live match Russia - Kazakhstan:
In Russia the live broadcast of the football match will be shown by the federal TV channel "Match!". Broadcast, dedicated to the game, will begin at 16:35 Moscow time, the live broadcast itself will start at 17:00 Moscow time.In Kazakhstan live broadcast of the game of football teams can be seen on the channel QAZAQSTAN at 20:00 local time.
March 18 in Crimea is a day off or a working day:
According to the above laws, in the territory of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol the date "March 18" is a non-working holiday, an additional day off.That is:
* March 18 in the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol is a day off.
If March 18 falls on a holiday (as happens in 2023, for example), the holiday is moved to the next business day.
When matched holiday date with annual paid leave, March 18 is not included calendar days vacation, but extend it.
Is March 17 a shortened working day:
If the calendar date March 17 falls on a working day, then the duration of work on this day is reduced by 1 hour.This rule is established in the 95th article. Labor Code RF and applies to working days preceding, among other things, regional holidays.
International Women's Day on March 8 is a memorable date for the UN, and the organization includes 193 states. Memorable dates announced by the General Assembly are designed to stimulate UN members to show increased interest in these events. However, on this moment not all member states of the United Nations approved the celebration women's day in their territories on the specified date.
Below is a list of countries that celebrate International Women's Day. Countries are grouped into groups: in a number of states, the holiday is an official non-working day (day off) for all citizens, somewhere on March 8, only women have a rest, and there are states where they work on March 8.
In which countries is March 8 a public holiday (for everyone):
* In Russia- March 8 is one of the most beloved holidays, when men congratulate all women without exception.
* In Ukraine- International Women's Day continues to be an additional public holiday, despite regular proposals to remove the event from the list non-working days and replace it, for example, with Shevchenko's Day, which will be celebrated on March 9.
* In Abkhazia.
* in Azerbaijan.
* In Algeria.
* In Angola.
* In Armenia.
* In Afghanistan.
* In Belarus.
* To Burkina Faso.
* in Vietnam.
* In Guinea-Bissau.
* In Georgia.
* In Zambia.
* In Kazakhstan.
* In Cambodia.
* In Kenya.
* In Kyrgyzstan.
* In North Korea.
* In Cuba.
* In Laos.
* In Latvia.
* In Madagascar.
* In Moldova.
* In Mongolia.
* In Nepal.
* In Tajikistan Since 2009, the holiday has been renamed Mother's Day.
* In Turkmenistan.
* In Uganda.
* In Uzbekistan.
* In Eritrea.
* In South Ossetia.
Countries where March 8 is a day off for women only:
There are countries in which only women are released from work on International Women's Day. This rule has been approved:
* In China.
* In Madagascar.
Which countries celebrate March 8, but it's a working day:
In some countries, International Women's Day is widely celebrated, but is a working day. This:
* Austria.
* Bulgaria.
* Bosnia and Herzegovina.
* Germany- in Berlin since 2019, March 8 is a day off, in the whole country it is a working day.
* Denmark.
* Italy.
* Cameroon.
* Romania.
* Croatia.
* Chile.
* Switzerland.
Which countries do NOT celebrate March 8:
* In Brazil - most of the inhabitants of which have not even heard of the "international" holiday on March 8. The main event of late February - early March for Brazilians and Brazilians is not Women's Day at all, but the largest in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records brazilian festival, also called carnival in Rio de Janeiro. In honor of the festival, Brazilians rest for several days in a row, from Friday to noon on the Catholic Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent (which for Catholics has a movable date and begins 40 days before Catholic Easter).* In the USA, the holiday is not an official holiday. In 1994, an attempt by activists to get the celebration approved in Congress was unsuccessful.
* In the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) - most of the country's population considers the holiday as a relic of the communist past and main character the old regime.
The day of the solstice is coming soon. True, winter. It is in almost last days December nights will be the longest, and the days very short. But we dream of a bright spring and that after it the days will become longer than the dark night. And this is very good, because you can do a lot, and although the nights are short, you can also get enough sleep. And yet we ask ourselves,
2019 to
learn more about the traditions of the Slavic peoples.
But first, about the date. It should be constant, but leap year the calendar shifts a little and the solstice - June 20th of the month. And in normal years - June 21. The night will be like a sparrow's lope - only about a fourth of the day.
These days were widely celebrated by our great-grandfathers - the ancient Slavs. No matter how much one would like, but after the solstice, the Luminary already turned its course to the winter and the days became shorter and shorter. But in this time period, the people celebrated the day of the sun. And it, as you know, was for them a source of life, which warmed and helped to grow crops. And the sun shone longer than ever. As in the longest day in 2019.
Summer and sun festival
Those distant times the festival was called Kupala. The people had fun, rejoicing at the arrival of summer and celebrating the longest day of the year.. In the villages, responsible guys were chosen who were the stewards of the event. There were always musicians playing the flute and tambourine. Everyone was getting ready for the holiday. The girls wove wreaths, the guys brought firewood to the appointed place near the river. And then closer to the evening struck a spark. From the efforts during the friction process, the first spark appeared, and the tinder smoked. And when the fire at first timidly rose to the top, the joy of the villagers knew no bounds. So, the fire is burning, did not give up on them. And for a whole next year no misfortune or crop failure will occur.
Everyone had to jump over the fire. Because it was considered cleansing and blessed. None of the girls or guys, even the older generation, tried to evade this process. Because the villagers would consider him a dark sorcerer. But who was fiercely hated because it was them.
We tried to jump over the fire in pairs. It was both a test and an engagement. Then the wreaths were floated down the river. We went knee-deep into the water and quietly guided them downstream. A drowned wreath spoke of bad things. Washed up on a snag or shore - it means not to see another year of marriage. While the youth were having fun, desperate guys went to the forest or floodplains to look for the color of the fern. Because it was believed that a pot of gold was buried under it.
The old women used the night in their own way. Looking for all sorts medicinal herbs. Because such representatives of the flora had miraculous power. No children were allowed near the water, because the mermaids also liked this night. Therefore, they went ashore, swayed on the willow branches, and their uncle merman looked at them, chuckling.
Each nation had traditions of meeting and seeing off the solstice. We are now asking aboutwhat is the longest day of summer in 2019, a the ancients knew, from young to old. Because the sun is life. 
Holiday of health and love
All ceremonies were aimed at the health, love and well-being of the participants. The holiday started with ancient egypt when the sun was the most important deity for the inhabitants of the Nile, who rode his chariot during the day and slept at night. Therefore, the sun was provided on this day with letters of request on clay tablets. The priests in the temples also asked good harvest and prosperity already personally to the pharaoh.
Traditions were continued by the Celtic tribes. They had torchlight processions on the day of the solstice, their houses were decorated with greenery. A fire was blazing, and a sacrifice in honor of the luminary passed through it. Pieces of vegetables and fruits were thrown into the fire just before the fun. If the flame consumed the offering, then they expected good sunny weather and a harvest at the end of the year. If the fire refused to burn the sacrifice, then the crowd of those waiting became discouraged even on a sunny day.The longest day of summer in 2019at the same time as in ancient Slavic times. 
What now? Is the solstice celebrated in Slavic countries? No, traditions are a little forgotten. pagan holidays united with Christians. Dates changed, and the people gradually rejected the worship of various deities and celebrations dedicated to them. But still we are waiting for the summer season and such interesting events like the most short night of the year and the longest day. For someone it interesting phenomenon, someone will not notice anything new compared to the previous time period. Old-timers will remember the solstice. There are people who are waiting for this day to come and trying to find out when it will come. And the answer to those who are interested in this issue - June 21 is the longest day of 2019
The summer solstice in 2017 falls on June 21st. This day is considered the longest day of the year, when the height of the Sun's rise in the sky is the highest. The summer solstice is also called the first day of summer, since it is on this day in the northern hemisphere of our planet that the summer season according to astronomical laws.
In 2017, the summer solstice occurred at 04:24 UTC (04:24 Moscow time). On June 21, at the latitude of Moscow, the Sun will rise above the horizon to a height of more than 57 degrees, and in areas located above the latitude of 66.5 degrees (the Arctic Circle), it will not set below the horizon at all, as a result of which the day will last around the clock. At the South Pole at this time there is a polar night.
In ancient times, the summer solstice was timed to coincide with the Kupala holiday. According to tradition, on this day and night they wove wreaths, drank surya (honey drink), jumped over fires, made sacrifices to water and fire, collected healing herbs, performed rituals that called for the harvest, and also performed ablutions in rivers and lakes to wash the soul.
blogspot.com To date, the Kupala holiday does not correspond to the astronomical solar equinox, but many peoples celebrate the summer solstice in the old fashioned way. The summer solstice is also widely celebrated in the West. For example, in Britain the holiday is called Lita, it is closely connected with the pagan cult of the sun. Scandinavian and Baltic peoples celebrate day and night magnificently summer solstice, they are called Midsummer Day or Midsummer Night. In Latvia, the holiday is called Ligo or Janov's day, it has state status and is celebrated annually on June 23 and 24.
zonatigra.ru On the day of the summer solstice folk beliefs signs must be followed. First of all, earlier they paid attention to the weather on this day - bad weather promised a crop failure and a cold summer. It is believed that people born on the summer solstice have good health and a happy fate, as they are under the protection of the sun.
Also among the important beliefs and signs on the summer solstice there are sentences and conspiracies. For example, if on this day you climb over 12 fences, then your wish will come true within a year. And in order to get rid of all diseases, you need to take a steam bath with a broom, collected on the day of the summer solstice.
The solstice is one of the two days of the year when the Sun is at its greatest angular distance from the celestial equator, i.e. when the height of the sun above the horizon at noon is minimum or maximum. This leads to the long day and the shortest night (summer solstice) in one hemisphere of the Earth and to the very short day and the longest night (winter solstice) in another.
Longest day of the year
The day of the summer solstice is the day of the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere of the Earth and the beginning of winter in southern hemisphere, that is, if the inhabitants of the Northern part of the Earth from this moment are at the beginning of astronomical summer, then for the inhabitants of the Southern Hemisphere, astronomical winter will begin in the same period of time.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs on June 20, 21 or 22. In the southern hemisphere, these dates are the winter solstice. Due to various inequalities in the movement of the Earth, the epochs of the solstice fluctuate by 1-2 days.
In 2017, astronomical summer in the northern hemisphere will begin on June 21 at 7.34 am Moscow time.
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On the day of the summer solstice at the latitude of Moscow, the Sun rises above the horizon to a height of more than 57 degrees, and in territories located above the latitude of 66.5 degrees (the Arctic Circle), it does not set below the horizon at all, and the day lasts around the clock. At the North Pole of the Earth, the Sun moves across the sky at the same height around the clock. At the South Pole at this time there is a polar night.
During several adjacent days of the solstice, the noon heights of the Sun in the sky are almost unchanged; hence the name of the solstice. After the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, the day begins to wane, and the night gradually begins to increase. In the southern hemisphere, the opposite is true. For thousands of years, the summer solstice has been great value for our ancient ancestors who obeyed the cycles of nature.
How did the Slavs celebrate the solstice?
In the old days, even before the advent of Christianity, the Kupala holiday, dedicated to the ancient pagan god Kupala, was timed to the day of the summer solstice.
On this day and night, they wove wreaths, drank surya (honey drink), jumped over fires, made sacrifices to water and fire, collected healing herbs, performed rituals that called for the harvest, and "cleansing the soul and body" ablutions in rivers, lakes and streams. The central place among the vegetation that night was occupied by a fern. It was believed that the fern flower, blooming only for a moment at midnight, would indicate exactly where the treasure was buried.
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The people said: "To Kupala - the Sun for the winter, and summer for the heat", "Whoever does not go to the Bathhouse - he will be a stump-deck, and whoever goes to the Bathhouse - he will be a white birch."
The holiday has many names. Depending on the locality and time, he was called Kupala, Kres (Old Russian), Ivan the Good, Lover, Ivan Kupala, Ivan the Herbalist, Yarilin Day (in the Yaroslavl and Tver provinces), Sontsecres (Ukrainian), Spirits Day (Bulgarian) and etc. In Ukraine, it is also known as Kupailo, in Belarus - Kupala.
With the adoption of Christianity, people did not reject the Kupala holiday, but, on the contrary, timed this day to coincide with the day of John the Baptist, which, according to the old style, falls on June 24th. But according to the new style of the calendar, the day of John the Baptist falls on July 7th. To date, the celebration does not correspond to the astronomical solar equinox.
How the solstice is celebrated in the West
The celebration of the summer solstice was present in all ancient pagan systems, many peoples still celebrate it to this day, some in its original form, and some in a simplified one, leaving only the basic rituals and translating the ancient rituals of the ancestors into a bright holiday.
The summer solstice among all the Celtic peoples was considered the time of fairies, elves and others. supernatural beings. Among the Celtic peoples of Britain, the holiday was called Lita and was closely associated with the pagan cult of the sun.
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The Scandinavian and Baltic peoples splendidly celebrated the day and night of the summer solstice. Subsequently, these holidays in different countries received the name Ivan's day or Ivan's night (from the national version of the name Ivan).
In Latvia, the holiday is called Ligo or Janov's Day, it has state status and is celebrated on June 23 and 24, which are official holidays. In Estonia, it is also called Janov's Day, in Lithuania - Jonines (Jonines) or Rasos (Rasos, dew festival). In both countries, it is celebrated on June 24 and is public holiday and day off.
In Norway, the holiday named after John the Baptist is called Jonsok ("Midsummer Night"). Another name for the holiday - Jonsvaka (Jonsvoko) - is formed from the name Johan and the verb vake - "keep awake". It was believed that on Midsummer Night one could not sleep until dawn - not only because one could hear the singing of the elves, but first of all with the aim of protecting the whole coming year. Another name for the holiday, more "official" - Sankthansnatt or Sankthansaften (night of St. Hans).
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Sailing yacht from Finland "Svanhild" at the "Days of the Sea" festival in the port of Vanasadam in Tallinn
In Sweden, the holiday is called Midsommar. Until 1953, it was celebrated on the same day when Christian church celebrated the day of John the Baptist. But now the holiday usually falls on the penultimate Saturday of June, that is, it is usually celebrated from June 20 to 26. In Sweden, the celebration begins the day before, on Friday, which is also a public holiday.
In Finland, during pagan times, the holiday was called in honor of the God of Fire - Ukon juhla (Ukon juhla), but now it is called Juhannus (Juhannus) - an outdated form of the pronunciation of the name of John the Baptist. Since 1954, Juhannus has been celebrated on the Saturday that falls between the 20th and 26th of June. Since 1934 this day has been official holiday- Day of the National Flag of the country.
Folk omens on the day of the summer solstice
On this day, it is customary to follow the signs, that's what the people paid attention to.
Bad weather at the summer solstice predicted crop failure and a poor year. It is believed that if the Sun hid behind clouds, the summer will be bad.
If there is a lot of dew in the morning - to a rich harvest. This dew was collected and poured into one vessel, it was considered healing. The same power was possessed by the water collected in the morning from wells and springs. They washed themselves with it on the same day and drank.
If there are a lot of stars in the sky, this is a mushroom summer.
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Participants of the Novgorod Kupalle festival in Veliky Novgorod
It is believed that children born on the day of the summer solstice, June 21 or 22, have evil eye, that is, they can jinx it. However, according to another sign, these people have good health and a happy fate, as they are under the protection of the sun.
It was considered a good omen to meet the dawn on the day of the summer solstice - this gives strength and health for the whole year and protects from troubles.
It is also believed that if you climb over 12 fences on this day, then your wish will come true within a year.
And in order to get rid of all diseases, you need to take a steam bath with a broom collected on that day.
The material is compiled from open sources.
Spring is coming
Day this year winter solstice was Thursday, December 21st. Traditionally, December 22 is considered the shortest day in the northern hemisphere, but in practice this astronomical event jumps around the calendar due to its mismatch with the duration of the solar year. At half past eight in the evening Moscow time, the Sun will reach its farthest position from the celestial equator towards the South Pole of the world. And gradually again will begin rapprochement with the Earth.
To be precise, the current winter solstice will occur at 19:28 Moscow time. This day at Moscow latitude was the shortest of the year: the luminary rose above the horizon by only 11 degrees. Beyond the Arctic Circle comes a long twilight night, and closer to North Pole you can't even see the reflections in the sky in the daytime.
Despite the gloom of the astronomical picture, the peoples of the world have long celebrated the winter solstice as the day of the birth of a new cycle of life, the rebirth of the Sun. This is because from now on, the length of daylight hours will gradually increase, after winter comes spring and the long-awaited summer. In Russian folklore, there are signs dedicated to the shortest day of the year: if on this day there is frost on the trees, it means that the grain harvest will be rich.
By the way, it is curious: it is believed that the weather on New Year's Eve will be exactly the same as on the shortest day. In Moscow, apparently, severe frosts do not threaten lovers of walking along festive city under the chiming clock.
For the winter solstice, there are many tips on how to spend it correctly for the benefit of the future. So, it is believed that on this day success accompanies any undertakings - in work, study and even in personal life. It is also believed that on this day it is useful to engage in meditation and self-development.
There is a tradition of throwing away old unnecessary things, which is a symbol of readiness for renewal and a new stage in life.
There is also such a belief: if on the day of the winter solstice you write down your sorrows on paper and burn it, saying: "All this is in the past" - then the problems will really be left behind.