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diff --git a/calendars b/calendars index f4ed9e434e50..699de85cbffa 100644 --- a/calendars +++ b/calendars @@ -16,30 +16,9 @@ and (in Paris only) 1871-05-06 through 1871-05-23. Russia -From Chris Carrier (1996-12-02): -On 1929-10-01 the Soviet Union instituted an "Eternal Calendar" -with 30-day months plus 5 holidays, with a 5-day week. -On 1931-12-01 it changed to a 6-day week; in 1934 it reverted to the -Gregorian calendar while retaining the 6-day week; on 1940-06-27 it -reverted to the 7-day week. With the 6-day week the usual days -off were the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th of the month. -(Source: Evitiar Zerubavel, _The Seven Day Circle_) - - -Mark Brader reported a similar story in "The Book of Calendars", edited -by Frank Parise (1982, Facts on File, ISBN 0-8719-6467-8), page 377. But: - -From: Petteri Sulonen (via Usenet) -Date: 14 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT -... - -If your source is correct, how come documents between 1929 and 1940 were -still dated using the conventional, Gregorian calendar? - -I can post a scan of a document dated December 1, 1934, signed by -Yenukidze, the secretary, on behalf of Kalinin, the President of the -Executive Committee of the Supreme Soviet, if you like. - +Soviet Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar on 1918-02-14. +It also used 5- and 6-day work weeks at times, in parallel with the +Gregorian calendar; see <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_calendar>. Sweden (and Finland) |