Gone May holidays 2015 and it’s time to think about how we will relax during the May holidays in 2016 and, perhaps, even plan some events for these days. After all, it is not without reason that there is wisdom among people about the need to prepare a cart in winter. On this moment an accurate and official one has been compiled and approved, which takes into account time standards, increase/decrease and. In this regard, the calendar for May 2016, telling about days of rest, was approved and formed on the basis of the current legislation of the Russian Federation (in particular, Article 112 of the Labor Code).

1st of May. Regulated rest days

Today, the Spring and Labor Festival has almost completely lost its political background, which was put into it during the existence of the USSR. Now this date is dedicated primarily to the beginning of the summer season and is, according to tradition, an additional day off. In fact, May Day has deeper roots and was celebrated by pagans: among the Celts - Beltan, among the Slavs - Eremey the Harness, and so on.

Now let’s look at how we relax during the May holidays in 2016. May 1, 2016 falls on a Sunday. Therefore, this day is moved to Monday. And the holiday on January 2 has been moved to May 3. Thus, on May Day the following days are days off: May 1, 2 and 3.

9th May. Regulated rest days

May 9th is one of the most significant days in Russia and throughout the world, as it marks the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War over fascism in the person of Nazi Germany. In the question of how we relax during the May holidays in 2016, the following turns out: May 9 falls on a Monday. Therefore, the postponement of the holiday is not expected. With a six-day working week, the days off will be: May 8 and May 9. And with a five-day working week - May 7, May 8 and May 9.

Production calendar for May 2016. Results

Now it's time to summarize and present full list days off with a five-day and six-day working week in May 2016. All non-working days for the May holidays 2016, as well as regulated weekends, will be presented here.

Weekends in May 2016 (working week – five days): 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29.

Weekends in May 2016 (working week – six days): 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 22, 29.

Working days in May 2016 (working week – five days): 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31.

Working days in May 2016 (working week – six days): 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31.

This is the complete list for May 2016, giving an idea of ​​all the main weekends and workdays.

Every year, changes are made to the production calendar due to the postponement of various holidays, including church holidays. This is due to the fact that some holidays fall on weekends. According to current legislation, these days are shifted either to the next working days, or by special decree they are transferred to days of other months. This approach allows you to make holidays continuous. This is economically beneficial and justified from the point of view of convenience for citizens. The largest number of days off falls on new year holidays and for the month of May.

Preliminary information posted officially helps you plan your weekends and vacations by booking tours, booking hotels and purchasing tickets in advance. In many cases, such pre-planning helps to make your dreams come true, since on many weekends, especially New Year's holidays, it is simply unrealistic to purchase tours and tickets.

Note! Bookings are often made six months before the trip itself.

So, let's figure out how to relax in 2016.

The most joyful holidays in January

Ministry of Labor Russian Federation in accordance with Article 112 Part 2 of the Labor Code, a decision was made to transfer the weekends on which the holidays of January 2 and 3 fell to other days so that workers could spend more holidays without interruptions.

The day off is moved from Saturday, January 2, to Tuesday, May 3, and Sunday, January 3, to Monday, March 7. This practice is common and rational, helping to maintain the continuity of holidays and allow people to go on holiday this weekend.

Note! In the new year 2016, we will all have a rest for ten whole days - from January 1 to January 10 inclusive.

Weekends for January holidays are added to non-working days holidays in January. These are January 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8, which fall on New Year holidays, and January 7, when all Orthodox Christians celebrate the Nativity of Christ. All these data are approved in accordance with Article 112 Labor Code Russian Federation.

Such a serious vacation will allow many to have a great rest at home, and also have time to go on a tourist trip, skiing, skating and sledding. A long winter holiday will benefit the body, and will give the little ones numerous New Year's parties and performances where they can go as a family, with mom and dad. Congratulations and gifts received from family and friends, as well as those provided by Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, will make the New Year holidays as desirable for children as for adults.

Weekend in February

In February 2016, the days from Sunday 21 to Tuesday 23 February were turned into holidays. This was done in honor of Defender of the Fatherland Day. Three days of rest in a row were possible thanks to the postponement of the day off from Saturday, February 20, to Monday, February 22. As a result, we have the opportunity to plan a winter trip for three free days or just sit back and relax.

It’s not for nothing that February is considered the hardest month - these are the last gasps of winter, when the weather is not at all pleasant and your strength is running low. A little rest will be very helpful.

Note! Unfortunately, Saturday became a working day because the day off from Saturday, February 20, was moved to Monday, February 22.

Holidays in March

The 2016 non-working days in March include four whole days - from Saturday 5 to Tuesday 8 March. The postponement from Sunday, January 3 to Monday, March 7, helped celebrate International Women's Day for so long. Seemingly lost on New Year the day off turned out to be very useful in March, because women's holiday In our country we love and honor people, and spring further promotes the desire to properly relax and have fun.

After a long winter spring holidays especially valuable and pleasant.

May holidays in 2016

On the May holidays, it is customary for us to have picnics and out-of-town trips, with families and noisy groups of friends going there. This year, the May holidays will take place from April 30, Saturday, to May 3, Tuesday. During this time, everyone will have time to relax, enjoying the steady warmth, blooming gardens and traditional May kebabs.

How many days we will rest in May depends on what days the holidays fall on. This year, the May 1 holiday falls on a Sunday, a day off, so according to the law it was moved to Monday. Another day off appeared as a result of the postponement of January 2 to May 3. As a result, in May 2016, Workers' Solidarity Day became a four-day holiday.

But that is not all. In May we will rest for another 3 days - from May 7 to May 9, from Saturday to Monday, celebrating Victory Day over Nazi Germany with our family and friends. These days we will remember everyone who did not return from this war, who shed their blood and worked with all their might in the rear. These are our grandparents, it is to them that we now owe the opportunity to work calmly, relax and enjoy the peaceful sky, hoping for a bright future for our children and grandchildren.

June holidays

In honor of Russia Day, the workers of our vast Motherland will receive a three-day rest. It will run from Saturday June 11th to Monday June 13th. June 12, 2016 turned out to be a Sunday and was moved to the next day.

On these pleasant warm summer days, it will be very nice to be outside the city or in the country, breathe in the freshness of the night and listen to the nightingale singing. At night, when the air is filled with aromas flowering plants, you begin to understand the truth of the words about “how delightful the evenings are in Russia.”

November holidays

These autumn holidays traditionally popular in our country, although their ideological meaning has changed dramatically. The revolutionary theme disappeared, replaced by a more progressive and democratic Day of National Unity. In November we will be able to relax for three days in a row, from November 4 to 6, from Friday to Sunday inclusive. These days we can all gain strength before the coming winter by taking a walk on fresh air and meeting friends and loved ones.

The May holidays are not only a rest for the soul and body, it is already an established tradition of going out into nature with a noisy company, a guitar and a barbecue. This is the day that you will remember for a long time during your workdays. What a pity that today, while celebrating this holiday, we forget about its origins and true meaning. After all, before, it was a great holiday that praised the hard work and dedication of the Russian people. But, at the moment, the holiday can be called more like a “Celebration of the beginning of the dacha season” than a tribute to the USSR.

Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say. Therefore, it is better to relax and spend this weekend taking a break from all the thoughts and soul-searching. Every year, the Ministry of Labor establishes its system of holidays by reviewing the calendar, calculating the days and preparing a Government resolution on this matter. Basically, from year to year the dates and number of days off are approximately the same.

May holidays in Russia

This year, in the Russian Federation, the May holidays were given a four-day day off. According to the law “On the transfer of holidays in 2016”, the holiday will last from May 1 to May 3. Since May 1st will be on Sunday, the day off will be moved to the second day, but the third day deserves a rest due to the fact that it was postponed from January 2nd. Thus, on May days, we will get 3 days off in a row.

May 2016
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1Sunday, May 1, 2016. This is a holiday. Spring and Labor Day, Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation
2Monday, May 2, 2016. It's a day off	3Tuesday, May 3, 2016. This is a day off, postponed from 2016-01-02	4	5Thursday, May 5, 2016. Diver's Day in Russia	6Friday, May 6, 2016. Saint George's Day	7Saturday, May 6, 2016. Radio Day, Day of the Creation of the Russian Armed Forces	8
9Monday, May 9, 2016. This is a holiday. Victory Day, Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation	10	11	12	13Friday, May 13, 2016. Day of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy	14Saturday, May 14, 2016. All-Russian Forest Planting Day	15
16	17	18Wednesday, May 18, 2016. International Museum Day, Baltic Fleet Day of the Russian Navy	19	20	21Saturday, May 21, 2016. Pacific Fleet Day of the Russian Navy, Polar Explorer Day in Russia	22
23	24Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Day of Slavic Literature and Culture	25Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Philologist's Day	26Thursday, May 26, 2016. Russian Entrepreneurship Day	27Friday, May 27, 2016. All-Russian Library Day (Librarian's Day)	28Saturday May 28, 2016. Border Guard Day, Welder Day in Russia	29Sunday May 29, 2016. Military Motorist Day of the Russian Armed Forces
30	31

There are still disputes in the government and relevant departments regarding the working days between the May holidays. Many argue that there is no point in people going to work for 2 days, since labor productivity between weekends leaves much to be desired. Therefore, it would be more logical to make the weekend from May 1 to May 9. But for now, the disputes remain disputes, and the Government decree for 2016 established that May 4, 5 and 6 are working days.

Victory Day will also be celebrated on a grand scale, and therefore 3 days have been allocated for it - from May 7 to May 9. It turns out that out of the 31 days of May, we will rest for 12 days, taking into account all weekends and holidays. Thus, it turns out that the May days gave everyone an additional 6 days of rest. According to the work calendar, there are only 148 working hours in May, which is much less than the norm in a normal month.

Workers' Day in Ukraine

Basically, May holidays in Ukraine always coincided with those in Russia, but still had their differences. So, for example, the workers' day in this country lasts not from 31 to 3, but from 1 to 4. The result is four days, but the dates are completely different. By the way, in Ukraine these days run from Sunday to Wednesday, and therefore they will have more days off.

If in the Russian Federation Victory Day is celebrated from May 7 to 9, giving the opportunity to rest until the holiday itself, then in Ukraine everything is done exactly the opposite, giving a weekend after the great day. Thus, Ukrainians receive the same 3 days off, but from the 9th to the 11th.

So, the weekend calendar of this country has the same 13 days of rest, only they are structured a little differently. But the fact remains a fact, and the weekend is a weekend, and nothing can influence people to go out into nature with a barbecue, a fire and a guitar, celebrating the arrival of the weather and All Workers' Day.

According to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, or rather its 3 articles, the country has its own public holidays for the May period. So, the republic celebrates May 1 great holiday unity of the people of Kazakhstan. Since in 2016 it falls on a weekend, people get three days of rest - from May 1 to May 3.

Unlike Russia and Ukraine, May 7 is a great day in Kazakhstan public holiday-Defense of the Fatherland Day, and therefore this day is also a day off. Since the 7th is Saturday, the holiday is moved to the 6th, that is, Friday. In addition, as in other countries, May 9 is Victory Day, and therefore has not one day off, but three at once, and the celebration will last from May 9 to 11.

Due to the fact that in Kazakhstan the 31st is not a day off, it is compensated by the 7th, and as a result, Kazakhs will receive 13 days to relax with family, friends and loved ones.

May weekend in Belarus

The difference between Belarus is the absence of a law on the transfer of holidays to a weekday if it falls on a weekend. For this reason, the Republic of Belarus will have the least rest. The 1st being Sunday significantly lowered the mood of all Belarusians. After all, unlike other neighboring countries, on May 2 they will be forced to go to work.

The only consolation for them is the presence of holidays on May 9, that is, on Monday and May 10 - the Radunitsa holiday, which falls on Tuesday and is a day off.

The May holidays are a holiday for all countries that were previously part of the USSR and are directly related to it. Despite the difference in the number of days off, these holidays remain long-awaited and enjoyable for all residents.

Every year we look forward to the May weekend, we plan in advance to go out for barbecues, organize picnics, meet with friends and watch the parade in honor of the great Victory Day. We should not forget about perhaps the most anticipated holiday event of the year for many believers. In 2016, the government of the Russian Federation defined weekends for its citizens as follows.

How do we relax during the May holidays?

• May 1, 2016 falls on Sunday. By the way, in 2016 May Day is combined with Easter.
• May 2, 2016. Due to the fact that May 1 turned out to be a non-working day, the day off in the production calendar was moved to the next day - Monday.
• May 3, 2016. Oddly enough, it’s also a day off! Official holidays in January (2 and 3) fell on Saturday and Sunday, which is why January 2 was moved to May 3, and January 2 to March 7. Consequently, Russians will rest for three days – from 1.05 to 3.05.
• May 7, 2016- Saturday.
• May 8, 2016- Sunday.
• May 9, 2016- one of the most important days of the year for Russians, when all residents of the country celebrate the anniversary of the victory over the fascist invaders. Victory Day will be on Monday, which means that Russians will have to rest for 3 days - from Saturday (7.05) to Monday (9.05) inclusive.

In the future, all May holidays may be united!

Thus, there are no long weekends for the May holidays. This issue has already been raised several times in the Duma: one group of deputies adheres to the position of uniting the May holidays into a single weekend period. Others say that additional days off should be eliminated altogether. production calendar, adding them to the annual vacation period. There is a third opinion - to give the Russians a choice. Anyone who wants can take extra days off for the May holidays, and if not, take those days off for vacation.

Traditionally, it has happened that a large number of Weekends in our country fall not only at the beginning of the year and the first month of spring, but also in May. Therefore, many of our fellow citizens are interested in the question of when to relax during the May holidays. Also, many people want to know how many days off there will be in May. Now these questions can be answered quite simply, since deputies determine the weekend schedule in advance. By making some of the days of May days off, they hope that our fellow citizens will spend this free time usefully.

Russians' interest in the number of days off in May is due to the fact that some politicians have recently made statements in which they talk about the need to take initiatives to gradually reduce the number of holidays. Such decisions, according to some politicians, will help avoid the phenomena of continuous drunkenness into which some fellow citizens throw themselves. However, the majority of the country's population does not yet support such initiatives. Therefore, the number of days not only does not decrease, but also increases.

This year, Spring and Labor Day, celebrated on May 1, falls on Sunday. Based on the norms in the law, it should be postponed to the next day. This means that May 2 will be a holiday, which means a day off. At the same time, if we focus on the government decree, which determined that the day off Saturday, January 2, was moved to Tuesday, May 3, it turns out that citizens working five days a week at the beginning of the last month of spring will have four days off. Thus, on April 30, May 1, 2 and 3, they can enjoy their holidays and go about their business. With a six-day working week, three days are allocated for rest - May 1, 2 and 3.

Another holiday that falls in May is Victory Day, sacred to Russians, celebrated on May 9. This year it falls on Monday. In anticipation of it, there are two days off for people who work a “five-day week.” This way they will have three days off. They will be free from work on May 7, 8 and 9. For those people who work a six-day workday, rest will be limited to only two days - May 8 and 9.

Thus, it can be stated that those of our citizens who work on a schedule five days a week will have more days off. Not only will they have more days off. In addition, the week between holidays will be shortened. Thus, at the beginning of the month they will receive four days off - from Saturday 30 April until 3 May. Then you will have to work for 3 days. Their last working day will be May 4. Workdays will begin on Wednesday, May 4 and end on Friday, May 6. After this, the weekend will begin - from Saturday 7 May to Monday 9 May. Citizens who work a five-day week will return to work on May 10. There are no other holidays in May.