In Russia and Ukraine, military holidays are very revered and celebrated with great scope. There are quite a lot of festive dates in the calendar, besides, their list is periodically updated. The prestige of military service was and remains unshakable, and the merit of all military experts, without exception, is to ensure reliable defense and state security.
Calendar of military and military-historical holidays in Russia:
- 21.01 - Day of Engineers;
- 02.02 - Day of military glory of Russia;
- 23.02 - Defender of the Fatherland Day;
- 27.03 - Day of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation;
- 08.04 - Day of employees of military commissariats;
- second Sunday in April - Day of the Air Defense Forces;
- 18.04 - Day of military glory of Russia;
- 09.05 - Day of Victory of the Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945;
- 28.05 - Day of the frontier guard;
- 22.06 - Day of Memory and Sorrow;
- the last Sunday in July - the Day of the Navy;
- 01.08 - The Rear Services Day of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation;
- 02.08 - Day of the Airborne Forces;
- 06.08 - Day of the Railway Troops;
- 12.08 - Day of the Air Force;
- 02.09 - Day of the Russian Guard;
- the second Sunday in September - Day of the tanker;
- 01.10 - Day of the Land Forces;
- 04.10 - Day of the Space Forces;
- 20.10 - Military Communications Day;
- 24.10 - Day of Special Purpose Units;
- 05.11 - Day of the military scout;
- 13.11 - Day of the troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection;
- 19.11 - Day of Missile Troops and Artillery;
- 17.12 - Day of the Strategic Missile Forces;
- 10.06 - The day of the formation of the GSVG;
- 29.05 - Day of the military motorist;
- 04.09 - Day of a specialist in nuclear security.
List of professional military holidays in Ukraine:
- February 14 - Day of the troops of radiation, chemical, biological protection;
- July 8 - Day of the Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- August 1 - Day of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- August 2 - Day of airmobile troops;
- August 8 - Day of the troops of communication;
- August 15 - Day of the Air Force of Ukraine;
- September 7 - Day of Military Intelligence;
- 9 September - Day of tankmen;
- September 14 - Day of the mobilization worker;
- October, 14 - Day of the defender of Ukraine;
- October 29 - Day of the military financier;
- November 3 - Day of Missile Troops and Artillery;
- November 3 - Day of Engineers;
- November 16 - Day of Marine Corps of Ukraine;
- November 30 - Day of Radio Technical Forces of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- December 6 - Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- December 12 - Day of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- December 23 - Day of servicemen of operational management (department, department) of staffs of all levels of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.