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Days of Military Honour, the Glossary

Index Days of Military Honour

The Days of Military Honour (Дни воинской славы, dni voinskoy slavy) are special memorable dates in the Russian Armed Forces dedicated to the most outstanding victories won by Russia.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 41 relations: Armed Forces Day, Battle of Borodino, Battle of Chesma, Battle of Gangut, Battle of Kulikovo, Battle of Kursk, Battle of Moscow, Battle of Poltava, Battle of Sinop, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Tendra, Battle of the Caucasus, Battle on the Ice, Constitution Day (Russia), Cosmonautics Day, Crimean offensive, Defender of the Fatherland Day, First French Empire, Golden Horde, International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, Moscow, Nazi Germany, October Revolution, October Revolution Day, Order of St. George, Ottoman Empire, Red Square, Russia, Russian Armed Forces, Samara, Siege of Izmail, Siege of Leningrad, Soviet Union, Swedish Empire, Tatiana Day, Teutonic Order, Time of Troubles, Victory Day (9 May), Victory over Japan Day, World War II, 1941 October Revolution Parade.

  2. Armed Forces days
  3. Observances in Russia

Armed Forces Day

An Armed Forces Day, alongside its branch-specific variants often referred to as Army or Soldier's Day, Navy or Sailor's Day, and Air Force or Aviator's Day, is a holiday dedicated to honoring the armed forces, or one of their branches, of a sovereign state, including their personnel, history, achievements, and perceived sacrifices. Days of Military Honour and armed Forces Day are armed Forces days.

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Battle of Borodino

The Battle of Borodino took place near the village of Borodino on during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.

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Battle of Chesma

The naval Battle of Cheshme (also the Battle of Chesma or Chesme) took place on 5–7 July 1770 during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) near and in Çeşme (Cheshme, Chesma, or Chesme) Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.

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Battle of Gangut

The Battle of Gangut (Гангутское сражение; Riilahden taistelu; Finland Swedish: Slaget vid Rilax; Sjöslaget vid Hangöudd) took place on 27 JulyJul./ 7 August 1714Greg. during the Great Northern War (1700–1721), in the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland, between the Swedish Navy and Imperial Russian Navy.

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Battle of Kulikovo

The Battle of Kulikovo (Kulikovskaya bitva) was fought between the forces of Mamai and Russian forces led by Grand Prince Dmitry of Moscow.

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Battle of Kursk

The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk was the single largest battle in the history of warfare. It, along with the Battle of Stalingrad several months earlier, are the two most oft-cited turning points in the European theatre of the war.

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Battle of Moscow

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Battle of Poltava

The Battle of Poltava (8 July 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War.

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Battle of Sinop

The Battle of Sinop, or the Battle of Sinope, was a naval battle that took place on 30 November 1853 between Imperial Russia and the Ottoman Empire during the opening phase of the Crimean War (1853–1856).

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Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of StalingradSchlacht von Stalingrad see; p (17 July 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a protracted struggle with the Soviet Union for control over the Soviet city of Stalingrad in southern Russia.

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Battle of Tendra

The Battle of Tendra (or the battle of Khadjibey) was a naval action fought on 8 and 9 September 1790 (28 and 29 August, O.S.) in the Black Sea as part of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792).

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Battle of the Caucasus

The Battle of the Caucasus was a series of Axis and Soviet operations in the Caucasus as part of the Eastern Front of World War II.

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Battle on the Ice

The Battle on the Ice, alternatively known as the Battle of Lake Peipus (Schlacht auf dem Peipussee; bitva na Chudskom ozere), took place on 5 April 1242. Days of Military Honour and Battle on the Ice are military history of Russia.

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Constitution Day (Russia)

Constitution Day (translit) is public holiday of Russia celebrated on December 12. Days of Military Honour and Constitution Day (Russia) are Observances in Russia.

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Cosmonautics Day

Cosmonautics Day (translit) is an anniversary celebrated in Russia and some other post-Soviet states on 12 April. Days of Military Honour and Cosmonautics Day are Observances in Russia.

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Crimean offensive

The Crimean offensive (8 April – 12 May 1944), known in German sources as the Battle of the Crimea, was a series of offensives by the Red Army directed at the German-held Crimea.

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Defender of the Fatherland Day

Defender of the Fatherland Day (День защитника Отечества Den' zashchitnika Otechestva; translit; translit; translit; translit) is a holiday observed in Russia, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

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First French Empire

The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

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Golden Horde

The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus (in Kipchak Turkic), was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire.

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International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

International Chornobyl Disaster Remembrance Day (Міжнародний день пам'яті про чорнобильську катастрофу) is a remembrance day, observed annually on April 26.

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Moscow

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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October Revolution

The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution (in Soviet historiography), October coup,, britannica.com Bolshevik coup, or Bolshevik revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923.

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October Revolution Day

October Revolution Day (officially Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution, День Великой Октябрьской социалистической революции) was a public holiday in the Soviet Union and other Soviet-aligned states, officially observed on November 7 from 1927 to 1990, commemorating the 1917 October Revolution.

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Order of St. George

The Order of Saint George (Orden Svyatogo Georgiya) is the highest military decoration of the Russian Federation.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Red Square

Red Square (Krasnaya ploshchad') is one of the oldest and largest squares in Moscow, the capital of Russia.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russian Armed Forces

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia.

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Samara

Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev during Soviet rule, is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia.

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Siege of Izmail

The siege of Izmail or Ismail / Ishmael / İzmail (İzmail Kuşatması), also called the storming of Izmail (Штурм Измаила), was a military action fought in 1790 on the Black Sea during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) and simultaneously the Austro-Turkish War (1788–91).

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Siege of Leningrad

The Siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military siege undertaken by the Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Swedish Empire

The Swedish Empire (stormaktstiden, "the Era as a Great Power") was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region.

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Tatiana Day

Tatiana Day (Татьянин день, Tatyanin den), also known as Tatyana's Day or Students Day, is named after Saint Tatiana, a Christian martyr in 3rd-century Rome during the reign of Emperor Alexander Severus. Days of Military Honour and Tatiana Day are Observances in Russia.

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Teutonic Order

The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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Time of Troubles

The Time of Troubles (Smutnoye vremya), also known as Smuta (troubles), was a period of political crisis in Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Feodor I, the last of the House of Rurik, and ended in 1613 with the accession of Michael I of the House of Romanov.

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Victory Day (9 May)

Victory Day День Победы, Deň Pobedy Дзень Перамогі Dzěň Pěramohi Ғалаба куни, Gʻalaba kuni/Ğalaba Kuni Жеңіс Күні, Jeñis Küni გამარჯვების დღე, Gamarjvebis dğe Qələbə Günü Ziua Victoriei Жеңиш майрамы Ceñiş Mayramı Рӯзи Ғалаба, Rúzi Calaba Հաղթանակի օրը, Haqtanaki orë Ýeňişlar Harçlaarsiň is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945.

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Victory over Japan Day

Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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1941 October Revolution Parade

The 1941 October Revolution Parade of November 7, 1941 was a parade in honor of the October Revolution 24 years earlier.

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See also

Armed Forces days

Observances in Russia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Military_Honour

Also known as Anniversary of the Victory over the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of the Ice, 1242, Battle of Tendra Day, Day of the Battle of Borodino, Victory over the Golden Horde in the Battle of Kulikovo.