When the Student's Day 2016 is celebrated: the date. What day of the student is in Russia?

Most likely people who do not know whatthe number in Russia comes the day of the student, just does not exist, however, we will recall that the happiest day of the year falls on January 25. The history of the celebration is very interesting and sends us back to the good old days, when our state was still called the Empire, and Queen Elizabeth Petrovna was sitting on the throne.

When the student's day began to celebrate: the dates

On January 25, 1755, courtiers of the Russian courtwitnessed a landmark event. The Empress signed a decree on the opening of the Moscow University, which became the first higher educational institution in Russia. Spurred her to this important step famous scientist Mikhail Lomonosov and court patron, and concurrently favorite Elizabeth, Ivan Shuvalov. They managed to convince the monarch that without a high-quality, multi-level education, the state can never become meaningful and will not occupy a proper place in the world arena.

Count Shuvalov made every effort to openthe university occurred on 25 January. On this day the name day was celebrated by his beloved mother Tatyana Petrovna and he really wanted to please her. Since then, Saint Tatiana, whose day according to the church calendar also falls on the 25th day of the first severe winter month, is considered the patroness of all students and the shores of Russian educational institutions.

During the USSR, a merry triumph was unfairthey were consigned to oblivion. This was due to the religious component. After all, on the day when the student's day is celebrated, it has long been customary to recall Tatyana, who gave her life for the Christian faith, to the great-grandmother. The youth festival was declared a relic of the past and slowly wiped from memory.

The first attempt to restore the day of the Russianstudents took place in 1992. The main rector of the Moscow State University, V.A. Sadovnichy, however, the decree on the official establishment of the celebration was signed only in 2005 by President V.V. Putin. Today, when this remarkable date is celebrated, all kinds of mass events at the federal and regional levels are held for the entrants, and the most successful students are awarded with personal scholarships and grants for education.