23 feb

Start
Sat, February 23, 2013
17:00
End
Sun, February 24, 2013
06:00
Location
Zelenograd

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Defender of the Fatherland Day

is a holiday observed in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine^[1] and several other former republics of the Soviet Union. It is celebrated on February 23.

History
The holiday marks the date in 1918 during the Russian Civil War when the first mass draft into the Red Army occurred in Petrograd and Moscow. It was originally known as Red Army Day (Russian: День Красной Армии / Dyen' Krasnoy Armii). In 1949, it was renamedSoviet Army and Navy Day (Russian: День Советской Армии и Военно-Морского флота / Dyen' Sovyetskoy Armii i Voyenno-Morskogo flota). Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the holiday was given its current name.

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