Den' Zashchitnikov otechestva?

[Jerry Ervin]

Can anyone confirm the new, official name of the 23 February commemoration
that used to be called (I think) Army Day?  Is it Den' Zashchitnikov
otechestva?  RUSSIAN LIFE gives the English as "Defenders of the Fatherland
Day ('Men's Day')."  

(But on the Web site <www.holidayfestival.com/Russia.html> 23 Feb is listed
as "Defenders of the Motherland Day," which doesn't quite seem to fit.)

Also, whatever its name, is it an official holiday, i.e., a day off work?

Thanks,

Jerry Ervin

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