Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Holidays and red-letter days on 21 June of the calendar of Ukraine

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Bee on its way to landing on a lupine. Bee on its way to landing on a lupine. Photo: Joergen Deleuran.

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 official holidays wich are days off.

Brown marks the official holidays which are working days.

Green marks the celebrations, which change date.

21 June

• In Ukraine, Ivan Maryanenko (real name Petlishenko) was born – Soviet film and theater actor, theater director and teacher (1878/06/21 – 1962/11/04).

• In Poltava, Oleksander Shargey, pseudonym – Yuri Kondratyuk (1897/06/21 – 1942/02/25) was born – Soviet scientist, one of the founders of astronautics. At the beginning of the 20th century, he calculated the optimal route to the moon.

• Establishment of the Medal «For the Defense of Kyiv» (1961).

• Archaeologists have found a Scythian breastplate in gold on the hill Tolstaya Mogila, the Dnipropetrovsk region (1971).

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