Den' Zashchitnikov otechestva?

[Laura Kline]

According to my 2000 Russian calendar it is DEN ZASHCHITNIKOV OTECHESTVA.

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:57:27 -0500 Jerry Ervin <AATSEEL at COMPUSERVE.COM>
writes:
> 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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