Holidays and significant dates in August
Railroad Day on August 1 (first Sunday in August) - obsolete date of celebration. See here
August 2 Day airborne troops of Ukraine
August 2nd Day Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (the first Sunday in August)
August 2 Holy Prophet Elias
August 2, 1995 ago (1914) in Austria-Hungary created a legion Ukrainian Sich Riflemen
August 4 Day of Mary Magdalene
August 4 150 years since the birth of Knut Hamsun (1859-1952), Norwegian writer
August 4 155 from the birth of MK Zankovetska (1854-1934), Ukrainian actresses, theatrical figure
August 6th World Day for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
6 August International Day of Physicians for Peace
August 6 Transfiguration of Our Lord for Catholics
August 6 Martyrs Boris and Gleb
August 7 Assumption Righteous Anna, mother of the Virgin
Aug. 7 190 years since the birth of Panteleimon Kulish Alexandrovich (1819-1897), Ukrainian writer, translator, folklorist
August 8 Day Signal Corps
August 9 Builder's Day (second Sunday in August)
9 August International Day of Indigenous People
August 9th Day of Veterinary Medicine (second Sunday in August)
August 9 Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
12 August International Youth Day
13 August International Day of left-handers (left-handers)
August 14 Celebration of the Holy Cross (First Saviour)
August 14 Saints of seven Maccabean martyrs
August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic
August 19 Day Beekeeper
Aug. 19 at Holy Transfiguration Orthodox (Second Spas)
August 21 100 years since the birth of Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogolyubov (1909-1992), Ukrainian and Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician
Aug. 23 Day of State Flag of Ukraine
23 August International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
August 24 Independence Day. National holiday
August 25, 1985 birthday of Paul Arkhipovich Zagrebelniy (1924), Ukrainian writer
August 28 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Orthodox (Assumption)
August 28 260 years since the birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet and thinker
Aug. 29 Aviation Day in Ukraine (the last Saturday of August)
Aug. 29 transfer of the image of the Lord Jesus Christ (Third Spas)
August 30 Miner's Day (last Sunday in August)
31 August 1990 back (1919) joined Ukrainian troops UNR and UGA got Kiev
Day airborne troops
August 2
Day airborne troops. Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 937/99, on 08.02.1999, the).
Railroad Day
3 August (date to 2008)
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 257/93, of 15.07.1993), in the first Sunday of August as the professional holiday of railway employees. - Outdated date of celebration. See here
International Day of Physicians for Peace
August 6
Indicated by the decision of the executive committee of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
Day Signal Corps
August 8
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 154/2000, of 02/01/2000 was)
International Day of Indigenous People
August 9
International Day of Indigenous Peoples of the World is set on Dec. 23, 1994 UN General Assembly. On this day in 1992, the first meeting of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Took place in 1994-2004 the International Decade of Indigenous People. In its resolution of 20 December 2004, in which the Assembly proclaimed the International Decade of the Friend of World's Indigenous People (2005-2014), she also decided to celebrate during the Second Decade of United Nations Headquarters in New York, Geneva and other UN offices each year International Day of Indigenous Peoples.
In 2004, the United Nations proclaimed the International Decade of the Friend of indigenous peoples of the world since January 1, 2005, which aims to further strengthen international cooperation in solving problems faced by indigenous peoples of the world in such areas as culture, education, health, human rights, leisure and social and economic development.
Workers' Day veterinary medicine
13 August (date to 2007)
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 1035/2001, of 11.1.2001 was) the second Sunday in August.
Builder's Day
13 August (date to 2007)
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 273/93, from 22/07/1993 was) the second Sunday in August as a professional holiday of workers in construction and building materials industry.
Day Beekeeper
August 19
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 815/97, on 08.15.1997, the) as a professional holiday of beekeepers.
International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
August 23
Notes on the recommendation of the 150 th session of the Executive Board of UNESCO.
Aviation Day
25 August (date to 2007)
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 305/93, on 08.16.1993, and amended by the Decree № 119/96, of 10.02.1996), in the last Saturday of August as the professional holiday of military and civilian pilots and aircraft industry workers and transport.
Miner's Day
26 August (date to 2007)
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 304/93, of 08.16.1993), in the last Sunday of August as the professional holiday of workers of the coal industry.
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