October Revolution Day has long been considered a holiday. It was celebrated on November 7th. According to the old style, a significant event took place on October 25, but first things first.
Weekend Rebellion
The Great October Socialist Revolution took place on October 25, 1917. On the night of October 26, the Bolsheviks seized power. The grand rebellion was led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. After this event, November 7, the day of the October Revolution, was considered a nation-wide holiday for many years. The government decided to give citizens not one, but 2 whole days off. We rested not only on the seventh, but also on the eighth of November. If the weekend fell before or after these two days, then people officially rested for 3-4 days. Everyone liked it.
Indeed, in those days there was no such long New Year holidays for adults, so the days of the October Revolution were waiting for everyone to get enough sleep and not go to work at that time. However, not everyone managed to sleep on November 7, as demonstrations were held that day. Early in the morning, workers came to their duty stations, took banners, huge flowers from paper and walked to Red Square. It was the seventh of November.
As the USSR celebrated the holiday
The day of the October Revolution was fun. Jokes and laughter were heard in the ranks of the demonstrators. This was facilitated not only by the festive mood, but also by strong drinks. Although it was strictly forbidden, but some managed to fight off a small group for a while from the convoy to drink some alcohol. Of course, this happened long before coming to Red Square, and mostly men sinned by such behavior, and even that wasn’t all.
They drank not only at the demonstration, but also at home. After all, the day of the October Revolution was considered a great holiday. Of course, this is not the New Year, but the scope of the celebration was amazing. Mistresses made many delicious dishes, including herring under a fur coat, olivier. For a significant event at the enterprises gave holiday orders. The sets consisted of smoked sausage, ham, sweets, red caviar. In those days, these products were in short supply, so the day of the October Revolution is also an opportunity to eat deliciously.
This fall weekend, people went to visit each other, holiday toasts sounded. This is how the day of the October Revolution of 1917 made it possible for the Soviet people to rest and celebrate.
November 7 today
In recent years, the triumph is forgotten. Now on November 4-5 they celebrate National Unity Day. This was done in order to prevent people from expressing dissatisfaction with the disappeared holiday. And not for ideological reasons, but because hardly anyone will refuse an extra weekend. Now there are even more of them. Indeed, in addition to rest in early November, it is possible not to go to work for several days in the first half of January.
Not everyone stopped celebrating the Great October Socialist Revolution Day. Representatives of the CPSU still honor each other and political figures of the Soviet era. The communists staged a demonstration, but now not on Red Square. Festive events must first be agreed with the government, and after approval go out into the street with banners. On November 7, you can see with written slogans not only the Communists, the opposition is also becoming active on this day. However, the processions are mostly peaceful and without global excesses.