National Holidays in Russia in 2026

When are the next National holidays in Russia?

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Thursday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Friday	Jan 02	New Year's Holiday (bridge day)	National Holiday	Bridge Holiday
Saturday	Jan 03	New Year's Holiday (bridge day)	National Holiday	Bridge Holiday
Tuesday	Jan 06	New Year's Holiday (bridge day)	National Holiday	Bridge Holiday
Wednesday	Jan 07	Orthodox Christmas	National Holiday
Thursday	Jan 08	Orthodox Christmas Holiday	National Holiday
Friday	Jan 09	Orthodox Christmas Holiday	National Holiday
Monday	Feb 23	Defence of the Fatherland Day	National Holiday	Originally known as Red Army Day
Sunday	Mar 08	International Women's Day	National Holiday
Monday	Mar 09	International Women's Day (in lieu)	National Holiday
Sunday	Apr 12	Orthodox Easter Day	Not A Public Holiday
Friday	May 01	Day of Spring and Labor	National Holiday	International Workers' Day
Saturday	May 09	Victory Day	National Holiday
Monday	May 11	Victory Day (in lieu)	National Holiday
Friday	Jun 12	Russia Day	National Holiday	National Day
Monday	Nov 02	Day of Unity Holiday	National Holiday	Compensated by Sun. Nov 1
Tuesday	Nov 03	Day of Unity Holiday	National Holiday
Wednesday	Nov 04	Day of Unity	National Holiday
Sunday	Nov 29	Mother's Day	Not A Public Holiday	Last Sunday in November. Not a public holiday

Key

If a annual public holiday falls on a Tuesday, the Monday will be declared a bridge holiday and a Saturday will be declared a working day as compensation.