New Year 2009

New Year

New Year - celebrated by many peoples in accordance with the holiday calendar, coming at a time of transition from the last day of the year on the first day of the next century goda.Do XV (possibly also to the adoption of Christianity) in Russia in the new year occurred on March 1, yulianskomu calendar. With the XV century, a new year begins on 1 September, about the celebration of New Year's there since the end of the XV century. «Paris dictionary moskovitov» (XVI century) retained the title of Russian New Year: The first day in the year. Since 1700 under the decree of Peter I the New Year is celebrated in Russia as in the European countries on Jan. 1, and is still on yulianskomu calendar.
At the time of Peter Julian calendar was still adopted in many Protestant countries of Europe, Russia, and then celebrated the New Year at the same time with them, but 11 days later than in Catholic countries, where c 1582 acted Gregorian calendar. As in the XVIII century, virtually all Protestant state switched to Gregorian style (as in Russia until 1918, remained Julian), the New Year in Russia again stopped coincide with Western Europe.