Interesting facts about May 1

Interesting facts about May 1 Is a great opportunity to learn more about the origins of world holidays. Today, in some states, May 1 is considered the "red day of the calendar", while in others it is not honored.

This is not surprising, because today in some countries even May 9 is not a public holiday.

So, here are the most interesting facts about May 1.

1. In the Russian Federation and Tajikistan, May 1 is celebrated as the "Holiday of Spring and Labor".
2. In a number of countries, the holiday is not always celebrated on May 1. It is often celebrated on the 1st Monday of May.
3. In America, Labor Day is celebrated on the 1st Monday in September, and in Japan on November 23rd.
4. In Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, PRC and Sri Lanka on May 1, Labor Day is celebrated.
5. An interesting fact is that days dedicated to work and workers exist in 142 states.
6. During the Soviet era, May 1 was a workers' holiday, but after the collapse of the USSR, May Day lost its political overtones.
7. The May Day holiday appeared in the middle of the 19th century in the labor movement. It is curious that one of the main demands of the workers was the introduction of an 8-hour working day.
8. Did you know that Australian workers were the first to demand an 8-hour day? It happened on April 21, 1856.
9. In the Russian Empire, May 1 was first celebrated as Labor Day, back in 1890, when Emperor Alexander 3 was the head of the country. Then a strike was organized with the participation of over 10,000 workers.
10. On May 1, the appearance of the so-called Mayevoks (picnics), which were held in Tsarist Russia, is associated. Since the government forbade May Day, workers pretended to organize workers' meetings, when in reality they were May Day.
11. In Turkey in the period 1980-2009. May 1 was not considered a holiday.
12. In the USSR, since 1918, the first of May has been called the International Day, and since 1972 - the Day of International Workers' Solidarity.
13. During the reign of Nicholas, 2 May Day events acquired political overtones and were accompanied by large-scale rallies.
14. In 1889, at the congress of the Second International, held in France, it was decided to celebrate May 1, in the status of the "Day of Solidarity of the Workers of the World".
15. An interesting fact is that in the Soviet Union it was believed that there was no exploitation of man by man in the state, as a result of which the workers did not protest, but only showed solidarity with the workers of the bourgeois powers.
16. In the Soviet era, children were often given names dedicated to May Day. For example, the name Dazdraperma was deciphered as - Long live May 1!
17. In Russia, the holiday on May 1 acquired an official status after the October Revolution of 1917.
18. Did you know that in Finland the 1st of May is the students' spring carnival?
19. In Italy, on May 1, men in love sing serenades under the windows of their girls.
20. During the reign of Peter 1, on the first day of May, mass celebrations were organized, during which people welcomed the spring.

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