Thursday, 05 October 2017

Holidays and red-letter days on 5 October of the calendar of Ukraine

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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.

5 October

• Bohdan-Ihor Antonych – Ukrainian poet, prose writer, translator and literary researcher was born (1909/10/05 – 1937/07/06).

• In the Kyiv region, Pavlo Popovych (1930/10/05 – 2009/09/30) was born – Soviet cosmonaut.

• The Ukrainian National Council was founded in Kyiv (1941).

• The full-length film drama «Las Meninas» came on the screen, and became the first Ukrainian film at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam (2009).

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