In late spring, every day is like a holiday: it's warm, everything is blooming and the whole summer is ahead. But if you need an official reason for a good mood, just look at the calendar and choose the desired holiday. On May 28, there are at least three of them.
Profession - to defend the Motherland
The main holiday on May 28 is, of course, Border Guard Day. It is celebrated in many countries of the former Soviet Union as a tribute to the founding of this branch of troops in 1918. It was then that the Council of People's Commissars signed a decree on the creation of the border guard of the RSFSR. The holiday itself was established 40 years later.
In 1987, on the Day of the Border Guard, Matias Rust landed his plane on Red Square.
However, not according to documents, but in fact, the border troops are much more years old. Even in Ancient Russia, for defense against enemy raids, defensive ramparts were built, on which a serpentine guard was on duty - the border guards of those times. With the expansion of the territory of the state, the need for them was more and more, border outposts appeared, the Cossacks began to take over the defense of the borders. They then began to advance the empire eastward, beyond the Ural Mountains. In general, the honor and dignity of the border troops have been forged for centuries. Border guards are the first to take the enemy's blow, and in peacetime they stoically serve at checkpoints most remote from civilization.
Random selection
Another holiday on May 28 is Optimizer Day. SEO specialists chose this date by an arbitrary simple vote on a professional forum in 2006. Perhaps this is how they wanted not only to please themselves, but also to raise the prestige of the profession. For many, the optimization of search results on the Internet is associated with unpleasant phenomena: spam, hidden text, etc. But real optimizers do not do this, they improve sites so that they get to the first lines of search engines deservedly. The task of a good optimizer is to fill the portal entrusted to them with useful information for visitors and provide only the links they need.
Historical turn
For Orthodox Christians, May is also filled with special dates. On the 28th, the holy noble Tsarevich Dimitri of Uglich is commemorated. On this day in 1591, the little son of Ivan the Terrible died for reasons still unclear. The official version of those years - the boy cut himself while playing with a knife due to a seizure. However, the idea of the murder of Dimitri by mercenaries of Boris Godunov looks more plausible. At that moment he was the de facto head of the Russian state. In order to reign on the throne in full measure, the death of the legitimate heir to power, who was only eight years old, was beneficial to him.
The death of young Demetrius meant the end of the Rurik dynasty: his older brother did not give birth to descendants.
The remains of Demetrius first rested in Uglich, in the temple in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord. At the beginning of the 17th century, the imperishable relics were transferred to the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Believers believe that they heal from eye diseases.
