Sunday, 01 January 2017

Holidays and red-letter days – 2 January in the Ukrainian calendar

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December 2014 in Shostka town, Sumy region, Ukraine. December 2014 in Shostka town, Sumy region, Ukraine. Photo: Victoriya Zakharkina.

Events and celebrations in the Ukrainian calendar year.

According to the law of Ukraine, in cases where a public holiday falls on the weekend (Saturday or Sunday), the weekend is extended by one day.

Red marks the holidays as days off.

Brown marks the holidays which are working days.

Green marks the celebrations, which change date.

2 January

• The Ukrainian actress Galina Yablonska was born (01/01/1928).

• The mass extermination of Jews began in the Kharkiv region (1942).

• A bus «LAZ-699" from Lviv Automobile Factory drove its first route (1961).

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