The Day of Defender of the Fatherland, celebrated on February 23, is often interpreted in modern Russia as the Day of All Men, and was born almost a hundred years ago, during the Civil War. In the USSR, it was known as the Day of the Soviet Army and Navy.
Instructions
Step 1
On January 28, or according to the old style, on January 15, 1918, the Council of People's Commissars, which in fact was the government in Soviet Russia, adopts a Decree on the organization of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA). We can assume that from this moment the history of the famous holiday begins.
Step 2
In 1919, the holiday was celebrated as the anniversary of the "Decree on the Creation of the Red Army," in 1920 and 1921, the holiday was not celebrated at all. On February 23, 1922, it takes its official name - Red Army Day. Subsequently, the date of the holiday often varied, it could fall at the end of January, sometimes it was tied to Sunday. The date of February 23 was returned and set as a holiday for the tenth anniversary in 1928.
Step 3
In 1938, changes were made to the history of the origin of the holiday. From that moment on, he was no longer associated with the "Decree on the Creation of the Red Army." According to the new version, in February 1918, the troops of the German invaders were stopped near Narva and Pskov, as a result of which they could not pass to Petrograd. This memorable day, when the troops of imperialism were repulsed, began to be considered the day of the creation of the young Red Army.
Step 4
However, already in the order of 1942, the wording was once again changed. It indicated that in 1918 the young Red Army, having entered the war for the first time, completely defeated the Germans near Narva and Pskov. That is why the date of February 23 was considered a birthday for the Red Army. From this year on, the holiday became known as the Day of the Soviet Army and Navy.
Step 5
The last Soviet interpretation of the origin of the holiday appeared in 1951. The History of the Civil War in the USSR indicated that in 1919 the first anniversary of the entry of peasants and workers into the Red Army, the formation of units of the new army, the mobilization of workers to defend the Fatherland was celebrated.
Step 6
In 1995, a federal law "On the days of military glory" was issued in the Russian Federation. In this new document, the holiday takes on the long name Day of the victory of the Red Army over the Kaiser's troops in Germany in 1918 - the Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland.
Step 7
In 2006, the last changes are made to the name of the memorable day. The first part is completely truncated, and the concept of "protector" now sounds in the singular. From that time to the present day, the holiday has the official name "Defender of the Fatherland Day". Since 2002, February 23 is a day off by the decision of the State Duma.
