Today, Russian social media users send each other pics with burning rowan bushes and a gray-bearded man who promises to come and flip your calendar.

🔻You won’t find this holiday in any calendar, but pretty much every Russian knows about it. So, what the hell are Russians celebrating? They call September 3 ‘Shufutinov Day’.

🔻Traditionally, on this day, people flip the calendar, burn rowan bushes, remember their ex lovers and ask each other “Why?!”

🔻This all stems from the cult song ‘September 3’ about broken hearts in the fall, performed by supreme chansonnier Mikhail Shufutinsky in 1994. 

🔻If you happen to be in Russia on September 3, don’t even try to switch the radio stations - this song will be on them all!

PS And yes, don’t forget to flip the calendar!😉

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#holidays
#just_a_joke

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• Большая Никитская улица
[bal-sha-ya ni-kit-ska-ya u-li-tsa]
Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street

🔻In the 15th-16th centuries, the main road from the Kremlin to Veliky Novgorod ran along the line of this street. It changed its name several times. Only in the 17th-18th centuries it became known as Bolshaya Nikitskaya.

🔻It was settled mainly by the nobility. The wealth of landowners determined the size of their courtyards and the architectural beauty, style, and solidity of the buildings. Therefore, most of the buildings of the 18th-19th centuries have survived.

🔻Notable landmarks on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street include:

☆ Moscow University
☆ Church of St. Tatiana
☆ Theater at Nikitsky Gates
☆ Moscow State Conservatory after P.I. Tchaikovsky
☆ Mayakovsky Theater
☆ TASS building
☆ Church of the Great Ascension
☆ House of A.V. Suvorov
☆ Central House of Writers
...

🔻Discover hidden gems, admire magnificent facades on this historic street.

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#Moscow

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