What a weekend in May. Holidays in May

May is eagerly awaited by both adults and children. Great time - the sun is shining outside the window, warming with warm rays. Many Russians are already preparing for the summer season. However, there is no need to hurry with a trip to the dacha, holiday festivities are ahead.

May holidays

The month starts with a long weekend. In the period from April 29 to May 2, the Russians will be able to relax. This is a good time to enjoy nature and have a picnic with the whole family.

The next holiday falls on May 9th. There will be no transfers, the holiday will last only 1 day. The only thing is that a shortened working day is expected on the 8th.

There will be 20 working days in a month. They fall on the following numbers: 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31.

Public holidays

May holidays are a great time. A good chance to gain strength for the summer season, to relax before the upcoming work.

1st of May

How do we relax on the May holidays, starting from the first day? The holiday of Spring and Labor, it is dedicated to the working people. The Russians will be able to spend time in good company. Demonstrations will be held at the sites, festivities will unfold in the parks.

Every year, half a million Russians, guests of the capital, who want to relax, gather on the square. Festive processions are held in the morning, the event is scheduled to start at 10 o'clock. Those who come will be able to plunge into the atmosphere of past years, to feel the strength of the spirit of former comrades. Also on this day, according to tradition, the President of Russia presents medals to the heroes of labor.

Such events are remembered, and the official May holidays in Russia are an excellent occasion to spend time with your family, get together in a friendly company in the park.

May 2

Another official day off, which will be given to the Russians in 2018. Mass events are already over. However, do not despair, the weekend continues. So the whole family can go on a picnic. Recreation in nature will help the family become friendly, charge with a lot of positive emotions.

May 8

The working day, according to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, will be shortened. The Russians will be able to come home from work an hour earlier to prepare for the holiday.

9th May

Victory Day. This holiday has a special relationship. Russians celebrate the victory of the Soviet army over Germany in the Great Patriotic War. 73 years have passed since the terrible war.

May 9 is a red day of the calendar, this official May holiday in Russia is never transferred. All Russians will be able to take a break from work on this day and become participants in cultural events in 2018.

The organizers decided to start the holiday with the laying of flowers. In the capital, you can see a parade, festivities will unfold in the parks. Vacationers will be able to try the field kitchen, get acquainted with military equipment. Museums, exhibitions will also open their doors to visitors.

Flash mobs will be organized for young people, they will take place in the squares. Pop stars will take an active part in the festivities and perform famous hits.

For those who want to watch a movie, there will be a cinema, it will be located in the open air. Vacationers will be able to watch films of military subjects.

The May holiday in 2018 will end with fireworks, which will begin at 21.00. At this time, the sky will be decorated with many bright lights, vacationers will be able to enjoy the amazing beauty, because on the May holidays, fireworks are distinguished by their magnificence. They are eagerly awaited by children and adults.

Vacationers should be prepared for the fact that traffic will be limited, some routes will change their direction. As for the subway, it will operate as usual.

What holidays are still celebrated in May in 2018

In addition to public holidays, there will be others in May. Weekends are not provided for these days, but many Russians treat them with special trepidation. The most significant are the following holidays:

May 17 - Ascension of the Lord. It will end 40 days after Easter. The holiday is significant for Christians. It is believed that Jesus Christ went to heaven and is waiting for people to live a long life with him;

In addition, in May, the dead are commemorated for 3 days. These dates fall on the following dates:

May 26 - Parental Saturday. The day is intended to commemorate relatives and loved ones who have passed away.

As you can see, May is rich in holidays. Despite the fact that not all of them are the red day of the calendar, they are still worth remembering.

What to do on May holidays

May is one of the most beloved and long-awaited months. Everyone associates the May holidays with outdoor recreation. There is entertainment for everyone.

Families who prefer an active lifestyle can go to the forest, to the river, to the cottage. Guitar songs, outdoor games will help you spend time with pleasure and remember the May weekend for many years.

Russians who prefer to relax in the city will be able to attend entertainment events. In addition, the doors of theaters, cinemas, museums, exhibitions will be open to visitors.

May holidays allow you to travel. You can choose a tour of Russian cities or go abroad. In any case, you will be able to get a lot of pleasure from the trip, recharge with positive emotions.

May holidays need to be planned, as each city will have a very rich holiday program. For vacationers, various cultural events will be presented, concerts with the participation of celebrities will be held on the squares.

These holidays are best spent with family. Entertainment programs will be interesting for both kids and their parents.

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This production calendar has been prepared on the basis of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated July 10, 2019 No. 875.

First quarter

	JANUARY					FEBRUARY					MARCH
Mon		6	13	20	27		3	10	17	24		2	9	16	23/30
Tue		7	14	21	28		4	11	18	25		3	10	17	24/31
Wed	1	8	15	22	29		5	12	19	26		4	11	18	25
Thu	2	9	16	23	30		6	13	20	27		5	12	19	26
Fri	3	10	17	24	31		7	14	21	28		6	13	20	27
Sat	4	11	18	25		1	8	15	22	29		7	14	21	28
Sun	5	12	19	26		2	9	16	23		1	8	15	22	29

	January	February	March	I sq.
Amount of days
Calendar	31	29	31	91
workers	17	19	21	57
Weekends, holidays	14	10	10	34
Working time (in hours)
40 hours. a week	136	152	168	456
39 hours. a week	132,6	148,2	163,8	444,6
36 hours. a week	122,4	136,8	151,2	410,4
24 hours. a week	81,6	91,2	100,8	273,6

Second quarter

	APRIL					MAY					JUNE
Mon		6	13	20	27		4	11	18	25	1	8	15	22	29
Tue		7	14	21	28		5	12	19	26	2	9	16	23	30
Wed	1	8	15	22	29		6	13	20	27	3	10	17	24
Thu	2	9	16	23	30*		7	14	21	28	4	11*	18	25
Fri	3	10	17	24		1	8*	15	22	29	5	12	19	26
Sat	4	11	18	25		2	9	16	23	30	6	13	20	27
Sun	5	12	19	26		3	10	17	24	31	7	14	21	28

	April	May	June	II quarter.	1st p/y
Amount of days
Calendar	30	31	30	91	182
workers	22	17	21	60	117
Weekends, holidays	8	14	9	31	65
Working time (in hours)
40 hours. a week	175	135	167	477	933
39 hours. a week	170,6	131,6	162,8	465	909,6
36 hours. a week	157,4	121,4	150,2	429	839,4
24 hours. a week	104,6	80,6	99,8	285	558,6

Third quarter

	JULY					AUGUST					SEPTEMBER
Mon		6	13	20	27		3	10	17	24/31		7	14	21	28
Tue		7	14	21	28		4	11	18	25	1	8	15	22	29
Wed	1	8	15	22	29		5	12	19	26	2	9	16	23	30
Thu	2	9	16	23	30		6	13	20	27	3	10	17	24
Fri	3	10	17	24	31		7	14	21	28	4	11	18	25
Sat	4	11	18	25		1	8	15	22	29	5	12	19	26
Sun	5	12	19	26		2	9	16	23	30	6	13	20	27

	July	August	September	III quarter.
Amount of days
Calendar	31	31	30	92
workers	23	21	22	66
Weekends, holidays	8	10	8	26
Working time (in hours)
40 hours. a week	184	168	176	528
39 hours. a week	179,4	163,8	171,6	514,8
36 hours. a week	165,6	151,2	158,4	475,2
24 hours. a week	110,4	100,8	105,6	316,8

fourth quarter

	OCTOBER					NOVEMBER					DECEMBER
Mon		5	12	19	26		2	9	16	23/30		7	14	21	28
Tue		6	13	20	27		3*	10	17	24	1	8	15	22	29
Wed		7	14	21	28		4	11	18	25	2	9	16	23	30
Thu	1	8	15	22	29		5	12	19	26	3	10	17	24	31*
Fri	2	9	16	23	30		6	13	20	27	4	11	18	25
Sat	3	10	17	24	31		7	14	21	28	5	12	19	26
Sun	4	11	18	25		1	8	15	22	29	6	13	20	27

	October	november	December	IV quarter.	2nd p/y	2020 G.
Amount of days
Calendar	31	30	31	92	184	366
workers	22	20	23	65	131	248
Weekends, holidays	9	10	8	27	53	118
Working time (in hours)
40 hours. a week	176	159	183	518	1046	1979
39 hours. a week	171,6	155	178,4	505	1019,8	1929,4
36 hours. a week	158,4	143	164,6	466	941,2	1780,6
24 hours. a week	105,6	95	109,4	310	626,8	1185,4

* Pre-holiday days, on which the duration of work is reduced by one hour.

Holidays and days off in May 2019 in Russia are approved in the amount of 13 days. Among them are 2 public holidays. This is the "Feast of Spring and Labor" (May 1) and "Victory Day" (May 9).

How we relax in May, taking into account holidays and weekends

May Day five days

Weekends in May 2019 will start from the mark "May 1, Wednesday" and will last for five whole days - until Monday, May 6. Such generosity is explained by the transfer of holidays from other months of the year. This practice has been used in our country for more than a year to form a more convenient production calendar.

Let's analyze the structure of the non-working May Day five-day period:

May 2, 3, Thursday-Friday - transfer of days off from January 5 and 6 (when the New Year holidays were layered on the already non-working days of the week Saturday and Sunday);
May 4.5, Saturday-Sunday - traditional days off.

Note that this is only true for those employees who work on a five-day work week - from Monday to Friday with two subsequent days of rest weekly.

For six-day workers - people with an official working Saturday, the answer to the question of how we relax on the May holidays in 2019 is not so optimistic. Such employees get a whole “fence” of working and non-working days in early May:

May 1, Wednesday – public holiday;
May 3, Friday - postponement of the day off from January 6;
May 5, Sunday is a traditional day off.

Thursday and Saturday in this case are working days. Six-day workers in early May work like this: day off-working day-off-working day off. Then a new work week begins.

Winning repetition

The second period of the May holidays this year will be a little less than the first - four days from May 9 to 12. Their structure is similar:

May 10, Friday - postponement of the day off from February 23;
May 11, 12, Saturday-Sunday - traditional days off.

Let's make an amendment again - this data is relevant for those who work on a five-day week. The official six-day work week makes the following adjustments:

May 9, Thursday – public holiday;
May 12, Sunday is a traditional day off.

Friday and Saturday May 10-11 in this case will have to work. The transfer of the day from February 23 is not relevant, since it falls on Saturday - a working day. The only bonus for such employees is that in February they had one non-working day (February 23) more than usual. While the five-day workers had the usual number of days off in the second month of winter.

Hourly bonuses

No matter how many working days you have in your week according to your employment contract, everyone is covered by the norm of a shortened working day preceding a public holiday. And this means that you can safely subtract 60 minutes from your working time on April 30 and May 8. At this hour, you can legally leave work and start preparing for the weekend or collecting things for a trip. Some will go on vacation that evening.

Having figured out in advance how we rest in May in 2019, you can plan the May holidays to your taste.

There will be two long holidays in Russia in May 2019. On the first May holidays we rest for 5 days: from May 1 to May 5. On the second May holidays we rest for 4 days: from May 9 to May 12.

weekends and holidays
pre-holiday days
(with reduced working day by 1 hour)

How we work and relax in May 2019

In May 2019, Russia has 18 working days and 13 days off and holidays.

Work days:

May 8 is a pre-holiday working day with reduced working hours by one hour (Article 95 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

Weekends and holidays:

Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun		Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun		Sat	Sun		Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	...	9	10	11	12	...	18	19	...	25	26

Long weekend in May

In May 2019, Russia celebrates two public holidays: May 1 - Spring and Labor Day and May 9 - Victory Day. These are public holidays. There are also three additional rescheduled days off. Thanks to this, there are two long weekends in May.

How to rest on May 1

How to rest on May 9

Public holidays in May

In May 2019, Russia celebrates 2 public holidays: Spring and Labor Day, Victory Day. These are official days off (Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

May 1, Wed. - Labour Day. Dedicated to all workers. People call this day May Day. On this holiday, it is customary to arrange May Day parties: picnics, trips out of town, fishing, to the country.

May 9, Thu. - Victory Day. Dedicated to the victory of the Soviet army over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. In 2019, Russia celebrates the 74th anniversary of the victory over fascism.

May 1, 2019 - day off or work

Where do the extra days off in May come from?

According to the Decree of the Russian Federation of October 01, 2018 “On the postponement of days off in 2019”, the Government of Russia approved for May 2019 the transfer of days off from the New Year holidays and Defender of the Fatherland Day:

Working hours

According to the production calendar of Russia, in May 2019 there are 18 working days in the country (including 1 shortened one) and 13 days off and holidays.

Working hours norms:

with a 40-hour work week - 143 hours (18 x 8 - 1, where 18 is the number of working days, 8 is the duration of the work shift, 1 is the number of reduced working days);
at 36 hours - 128.6 hours (18 x 7.2 - 1);
at 24-hour - 85.4 hours (18 x 4.8 - 1).

Where to go on May holidays

Travel lovers can go on an excursion to another city in Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, go on a bus tour along the Golden Ring of Russia.

In Moscow, you can book a sightseeing bus tour of the city, visit historical museums, a zoo, the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (VDNKh), a circus, a planetarium, a botanical garden, and climb the Moscow City observation deck. On May 9, it will be interesting to watch the Victory Parade on Red Square, the Immortal Regiment procession, and fireworks.

In St. Petersburg, you can stroll along Nevsky Prospekt, Vasilyevsky Island, admire St. Isaac's Cathedral, visit the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, Peterhof, Tsarskoe Selo, go on a night tour "Night of Drawbridges". On May 9, it will be interesting to watch a military parade on Palace Square, a festive concert and fireworks.

In Sochi, you can visit the Dendrarium park, the dolphinarium and the oceanarium in the Riviera park. You can go on a boat trip on a boat, ride ATVs and horses in the foothills of Sochi. The water in the sea in early May is still cool. However, the sun is already hot, and daredevils can swim in the sea.

Those wishing to spend the May holidays abroad can go to Turkey, Georgia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands.

In Turkey, the beach season opens in May. Swimming in the sea and boat trips can be combined with visiting architectural monuments, fortresses and museums, shopping. You can also go on an excursion to the thermal springs of Pamukkale.

In the Czech Republic, you can go on a tour of Prague: visit the Prague Castle - a fortress, the residence of the President of the country, the Old Town, Charles Bridge, admire the Prague Clock on the Old Town Square, take a boat ride along the Vltava, see the castles around the city. The holiday season opens in Karlovy Vary on the May holidays. Tourists are given the opportunity to visit the food festival, craft fairs, holiday concerts.

In the Netherlands, it will be interesting to visit the Tulip Mania festival in the Keukenhof Flower Park in Liss. You can also walk around Amsterdam, The Hague. In Amsterdam, you can take an evening boat tour through the city's canals, visit the Nemo Science Museum, the Rijksmuseum Art Museum, the Royal Palace, and the Red Light District. In The Hague, you can visit the Binnenhof Castle, the Gevangeport Torture Museum, and the Madurodam Amusement Park.

How to celebrate, where to go on May holidays

May holidays are the time for outdoor recreation. At this time of the year, warm weather sets in, flowers and trees bloom. Fans of outdoor activities can go with family or friends to the river, to the forest or to the country house. There you can cook food on fire, play games, sing songs with a guitar.

Those who want to relax in the city can arrange a cultural and entertainment program: go to the cinema or theater, visit museums or exhibitions, organize shopping. You can walk in the park, sit in a cafe.

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State, professional and folk holidays

Might be interesting

May holidays for many residents of Russia is, first of all, the first opportunity of the year to thoroughly get out of the city to summer cottages, nature and barbecue. Others are already looking forward to the beginning of May in order to spend a week abroad on the official weekend, taking an additional couple of days of vacation. In general, Russia is resting in all sorts of ways.

Whatever leisure option you choose these days, you should make sure in advance that your vacation schedule and the official holidays that the production calendar for 2019 has prepared for us coincide.

It is about how many May holidays there will be in 2019 and how the country is resting, we will remind you today.

May holidays schedule 2019

You can learn about how we walk on May this year from the production calendar, annually approved by the government.

So how many May holidays in 2019 do you end up with? Officially, there are only two festive days - May 1 and May 9. But we will rest longer. May 1st, May 2nd and May 3rd- Labor Day and 2 weekends postponed from the New Year holidays. And then another Saturday and Sunday. It turns out 5 days off in a row.

And since February 23 this year falls on a day off, the holiday was successfully postponed to May 10. We rest from 9 to 12 - 4 days off in a row.

Thus official days off of the May holidays in 2019 from May 1 to May 5, and from May 9 to 12 separately.

And the answer to the question "how we work on the May holidays 2019" will be as follows: you will have to work from Monday (May 6) to Wednesday (May 8). Just three business days.

The official holidays for schools for the May holidays in 2019 are similar. Schoolchildren rest according to the same schedule, so it’s quite possible to take them with you to the dacha for socially useful work, because the beds won’t dig themselves up;)