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2mo ago

Russia Starts Six-Day Workweek Ahead of Unity Day Holiday

A government order moves the Nov. 1 day off to Nov. 3 to form a three-day break from Nov. 2 to 4.

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Overview

  • The six-day schedule runs from Oct. 27 to Nov. 1 under a federal resolution transferring the day off.
  • Nov. 1 becomes a working Saturday, which will be a shortened pre-holiday day, according to a HeadHunter labor law expert.
  • Russians will have a continuous three-day holiday from Sunday to Tuesday, Nov. 2 to 4.
  • The following workweek will last three days, from Nov. 5 to 7.
  • Unity Day falls on Nov. 4, marking a state holiday established in 2005 that commemorates the 1612 liberation of Moscow by the Minin and Pozharsky militia and is observed nationwide with public events.