Russia public holidays 2028

Russia 2028

The calendar above is already set to Russia holidays for 2028, 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 14 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1SaturdayNew Year's Day
January 2SundayNew Year holiday
January 3MondayNew Year holiday
January 4TuesdayNew Year holiday
January 5WednesdayNew Year holiday
January 6ThursdayNew Year holiday
January 7FridayChristmas Day (Orthodox)
January 8SaturdayNew Year holiday
February 23WednesdayDefender of the Fatherland Day
March 8WednesdayInternational Women's Day
May 1MondayLabour Day
May 9TuesdayVictory Day
June 12MondayRussia Day
November 4SaturdayUnity Day

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 2028

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 99New Year's Day, New Year holiday, New Year holiday, New Year holiday, New Year holiday, New Year holiday, Christmas Day (Orthodox), New Year holiday
April 29 – May 13Labour Day
June 10 – June 123Russia Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

4 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2028, and Russia does not shift them to a weekday:

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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