Russia public holidays 2025

Russia 2025

The calendar above is already set to Russia holidays for 2025, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in Russia

All 19 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1WednesdayNew Year's Day
January 2ThursdayNew Year holiday
January 3FridayNew Year holiday
January 4SaturdayNew Year holiday
January 5SundayNew Year holiday
January 6MondayNew Year holiday
January 7TuesdayChristmas Day (Orthodox)
January 8WednesdayNew Year holiday
February 23SundayDefender of the Fatherland Day
March 8SaturdayInternational Women's Day
May 1ThursdayLabour Day
May 2FridayTransferred day off
May 8ThursdayTransferred day off
May 9FridayVictory Day
June 12ThursdayRussia Day
June 13FridayTransferred day off
November 3MondayTransferred day off
November 4TuesdayUnity Day
December 31WednesdayTransferred day off

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one.

Long weekends in 2025

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
January 1 – January 88New Year's Day, New Year holiday, New Year holiday, New Year holiday, New Year holiday, New Year holiday, Christmas Day (Orthodox), New Year holiday
May 1 – May 44Labour Day, Transferred day off
May 8 – May 114Transferred day off, Victory Day
June 12 – June 154Russia Day, Transferred day off
November 1 – November 44Transferred day off, Unity Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

4 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2025, and the day off is carried to a weekday — the substitute dates are in the table above:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print Russia holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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