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The New Year's tree was encouraged in the USSR after the famous letter by Pavel Postyshev, published in Pravda on 28 December 1935, in which he asked for trees to be installed in schools, children's homes, Young Pioneer Palaces, children's clubs, children's theaters and cinemas. [9] In Russia, the festive fir known to the world as the Christmas tree goes by another name: the New Year yolka. The history behind this tradition encompasses pagan rituals, tsars and tsarinas and Soviet anti-religious propaganda. When the Soviet Union rejected religion, it ditched Christmas, too — but kept the tree. Nowadays, many Russian Jews continue the yolka (New Year tree) tradition, though they've taken it to MOSCOW, January 1. /TASS/. Russia’s main New Year’s fir tree arrived at Moscow Kremlin’s Cathedral Square at midnight on December 12. The 90-year-old fir was felled near the settlement of Russia’s main New Year’s tree was cut down on December 11 in a forest near the village of Novopareevo, Shchelkovo Municipal District, in northeastern Moscow Region, and was delivered to the Despite allusions to the legendary Star of Bethlehem, the stars on top of Soviet-era New Year trees looked like those on top of the Kremlin towers. It became fashionable to decorate a tree with a spire, after the construction of Stalin-era skyscrapers was launched in Moscow. Russia has an annual tradition of choosing, decorating and displaying the country’s main public New Year’s tree. Nowadays, it stands in the Moscow Kremlin, but earlier, there were different The tradition of putting up an evergreen tree, or "yolka," to celebrate New Year's dates to the beginning of the former Soviet Union. which celebrates Christmas on Jan. 7 and New Year's on Jan On January 1, the year 2024 will begin. TASS has prepared this Factbox with background material on the history of the traditional New Year’s celebration in Russia. From its adoption of People pass by a New Year's tree, with the Kul Sharif Mosque in the background, in the Russian city of Kazan. Today in Russia, there are official winter holidays from January 1-8 (which A New Year tree in Moscow in 2007–2008 Ded Moroz and Snegurochka in Belarus. Novy God or Noviy God (Russian: Новый Год, lit. 'New Year') is a New Year celebration observed in Russia, in post-Soviet states, and globally by the diasporas of post-Soviet states. The Museum of Russian Art announces its annual holiday exhibition showcasing its remarkable collection of Imperial and Soviet-era holiday artifacts. This year, it is called The Yolka, which in Russian can mean a decorated holiday tree, a celebration, or simply a fir tree. Tree ornaments, garlands, holiday masks and c In 2001-2004, severe winter temperatures prompted a substitution of the living tree for an artificial one. New Year’s trees were twice delivered from the residence of Russia’s Ded Moroz In modern Russia, there is a 7 to 10 day holiday period after the New Year, while in the Soviet Union, January 2 was already a working day. The photo below depicts a typical scene in what was the Instead, the tree became a symbol of the new year. To this day, New Year is the most important of all holidays in Russia. We firmly believe that what happens on New Year’s Eve will dictate your The selection of Russia’s main New Year’s tree has been underway since the summer. Experts chose a tree that meets the Kremlin standards. It is 25 meters high, with a trunk diameter of 60 centimeters and a branch span of 8 meters. Central to the celebration is the New Year tree, or "Novogodnaya Yolka," which looks exactly like the Christmas tree. Interestingly, there are no stockings in Russia. All the presents need to be put under the New Year tree. Rather, Ded Moroz and his lovely snow maiden assistant, Snegurochka, are attached to New Year’s Eve, which in Russia is the new year and the secular bits of Christmas like trees and presents all Russia's main New Year's tree set up on the Kremlin’s Cathedral Square has already been decorated with more than 2,500 toys and two kilometers of garlands, the Russian President’s Directorate told TASS. “The decorating choices reflect New Year's traditions of different parts of Russia. Vintage Christmas Tree Skirt, Vintage Christmas Tree Stand, Christmas Artificial Christmas Trees Collectible, Christmas Artificial Christmas Trees Collectible 1970 Year Manufactured, Christmas Artificial Christmas Trees Collectible 1950 Year Manufactured, Christmas Artificial Christmas Trees Collectible 1980 Year Manufactured,
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