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Paratroopers' Day, the Glossary

Airborne Forces Day (День Воздушно-десантныхвойск) also known as Paratroopers' Day (День десантника) is a professional military holiday observed in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, celebrated on 2 August annually.^[1]

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Former public holidays in Ukraine
Military of Belarus
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Public holidays in Belarus
Public holidays in Kazakhstan
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Soviet Airborne Forces
Summer events in Russia

Almaty

Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of over two million.

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BBC News Ukrainian

BBC News Ukrainian (BBC News Україна) is the Ukrainian service of BBC News which conveys the latest political, social, economical and sport news relevant to Ukraine and the world.

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Belarus

Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.

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Border Guards Day

Border Guards Day (День пограничника; Шекараны қорғау күні; Рӯзи сарҳадбонони сарҳадӣ; Чек ара кызматы күнү; дзень пагранічніка; Ziua de Grăniceri), also known as Frontier Guards Day is a former Soviet holiday that celebrates the border guard services of Russia and former Soviet republics. Paratroopers' Day and border Guards Day are military of Belarus, military of Russia, public holidays in Belarus, public holidays in Kazakhstan, public holidays in Russia, public holidays in the Soviet Union and Summer events in Russia.

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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. Paratroopers' Day and Defender of the Fatherland Day are former public holidays in Ukraine, military of Belarus, military of Russia, public holidays in Belarus, public holidays in Russia and public holidays in the Soviet Union.

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Donetsk

Donetsk (Донецьк; Донецк), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic.

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Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy

Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (Выставка достижений народного хозяйства, Vystavka dostizheniy narodnogo hozyaystva, abbreviated as VDNKh or VDNH, ВДНХ) is a permanent general purpose trade show and amusement park in Moscow, Russia.

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.

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Kyiv

Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.

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Maidan Nezalezhnosti

Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Майдан Незалежності) is the central square of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine.

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Michael (archangel)

Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i faith.

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Military exercise

A military exercise, training exercise, maneuver (manoeuvre), or war game is the employment of military resources in training for military operations.

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Monument to Minin and Pozharsky

The Monument to Minin and Pozharsky (Па́мятник Ми́нину и Пожа́рскому) is a bronze statue designed by Ivan Martos and located on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral.

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Moscow

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.

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Moscow Military District

The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War

The National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War (Національний музей історії України у Другій світовій війні) is a memorial complex commemorating the German-Soviet War located in the southern outskirts of the Pechersk district of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on the picturesque hills on the right-bank of the Dnipro River.

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Navy Day

Several nations observe or have observed a Navy Day to recognize their navy.

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Palace Square

Palace Square (p), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire.

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Paratroopers' Day (Tajikistan)

Paratroopers' Day is a day celebrating the Tajik Mobile Forces, which is as service branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan. Paratroopers' Day and Paratroopers' Day (Tajikistan) are August observances.

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Petro Poroshenko

Petro Oleksiiovych Poroshenko (born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian oligarch and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019.

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Poklonnaya Hill

Poklonnaya Gora (Покло́нная гора́, literally "Bow-Down Hill"; metaphorically "Worshipful Submission Hill"') is, at 171.5 m, one of the highest natural spots in Moscow.

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Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day

Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day, commonly known outside Russia as the Day of the Police (День полиции; Полиция күні; Рӯзи милитсия; ИИМ күнү; Дзень паліцыі; День поліції; Ziua de poliție, Politsiya kuni) is a public holiday celebrated in Russia and most post-Soviet republics which honors all those serving in their national police. Paratroopers' Day and police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day are public holidays in Belarus, public holidays in Kazakhstan, public holidays in Russia and public holidays in the Soviet Union.

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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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REGNUM News Agency

REGNUM News Agency is a Russian nationwide online news service disseminating news from Russia and abroad from its own correspondents, affiliate agencies and partners.

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Rossiyskaya Gazeta

(lit) is a Russian newspaper published by the Government 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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Saint Basil's Cathedral

The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed (Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo), known in English as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is an Orthodox church in Red Square of Moscow, and is one of the most popular cultural symbols of Russia.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Soviet Airborne Forces

The Soviet Airborne Forces or VDV (from Vozdushno-desantnye voyska SSSR, Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска СССР, ВДВ; Air-landing Forces) was a separate troops branch of the Soviet Armed Forces.

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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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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Ukrainian Air Assault Forces

The Ukrainian Air Assault Forces (abbreviated as DShV or AAFU), known until 2017 as the Ukrainian Airmobile Forces are the airborne forces of Ukraine.

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Ukrainization

Ukrainization (also spelled Ukrainisation; Ukrainizatsiia) is a policy or practice of increasing the usage and facilitating the development of the Ukrainian language and promoting other elements of Ukrainian culture in various spheres of public life such as education, publishing, government, and religion.

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Ukrainska Pravda

Ukrainska Pravda (lit) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum).

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