July 1, 2012 - Marine and River Fleet Workers Day
On the first Sunday of July, workers of the sea and river fleet celebrate their professional holiday. In 2012 Day of workers of sea and river fleet falls on 1 July.
Seaman's profession was always shrouded in a halo of romance: boundless sea spaces, salty air of freedom, travel to exotic countries. Many people have been pestering the sea since childhood: probably, in each yard there is a boy who dreams of becoming a brave captain of long voyages.
Earlier ships were almost the only kindtransport, allowing to travel to distant countries, separated by a water obstacle (not for nothing these countries were called overseas). Great Britain was one of the most influential states thanks to its fleet, which allowed it to acquire a large number of colonies on other continents and win the status queen of the seas.
Now you can get to another continent by plane, but so far sea and river transport remains one of the most important sectors of the economy, allowing you to deliver goods to any placecountry and carry out international trade turnover, and its role as passenger transport is still significant. And great merit in this belongs to many generations of workers in the fleet, who devoted their entire lives to work in this industry.
History of the Russian Navy begins at the end of the XVII century, when at the shipyardsVoronezh Admiralty built the first ships for the blockade of the Turkish fortress of Azov. Thus, the first in the history of Russia regular naval fleet was laid. The Navy Day is celebrated since 1939, but the Day of Maritime and River Fleet Workers was established much later, in 1980, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On Festive and Memorable Days".
If among your acquaintances there are sailors or river guidesany fleet (trade, passenger, icebreaker), ship repairmen or port workers - in short, people of any profession whose activities are somehow connected with the sea or river fleet - do not forget congratulate them on a professional holiday. Their work is not only very romantic, but also very difficult, and on such a day one can not leave them without sincere congratulations.
Congratulations on the Day of Maritime and River Fleet Workers
* * * You are plowing water, You are the pride and power of the country! Let everything happen, whatever you want, Salutes will be given in your honor! Let the wind always blow you, And the sea will meet with an easy wave, Let the children make you happy, They avoid failure by the side! | * * * For you, water is your own element, And the deck - its own path. See, from God you are, And this, therefore, is fate. Let no thunder, no storm, no wind Ways-roads will not be noticed, And the sun of happiness in life shines, And brings joy to work. |
* * * To hunt you down Seas, rivers of all countries ... Happy Fleet Day You, sailor, captain! The ocean let it be violent, Or calm, light breeze, You are taking tourists, Coal, fruit and rice. On the river rigging Or in the long journey Cheerful you even On the ground can not find! No salted miles Accounts, flights, ports ... And seven feet under the keel Again we wish you! | * * * Reading as a child Kipling and Vern, We were friends with their heroes, probably. Married you to the romance of the seas, Dreamed of becoming more mature soon, To plow the expanse of the oceans, From the boy to grow to the captain, To the sea forever to connect fate, Marine fleet glory multiply. The fleet is proud of the courageous guys, Military and peaceful courts, Although the appointment is different from them, You are sailors on those and on others. At the call of the heart they became sailors, Destiny was associated with rivers and seas. Your work for us is significant, and great - Heroes of the real, not from the books. |
