Talk:Christmas in Russia

Text moved from Father Christmas article
I've moved the following text here from the Father Christmas article. That article largely relates to the development of the Father Christmas tradition in England, and discussion of Christmas in Russia really seems to sit better here. I don't want to add the text to Christmas in Russia myself, as I don't know much about the subject, but I've put it here in case anyone finds it useful.


 * Under the Marxist-Leninist doctrine of state atheism in the Soviet Union, in 1920s, Christmas celebrations—along with other religious holidays—were prohibited as a result of the Soviet antireligious campaign. The League of Militant Atheists encouraged school pupils to campaign against Christmas traditions, among them being Father Christmas and the Christmas tree, as well as other Christian holidays, including Easter; the League established an antireligious holiday to be the 31st of each month as a replacement.  The winter holidays concentrated on New Year's Day and Father Christmas was replaced by Ded Moroz, who also brought gifts to the children. The Christmas tree was replaced by the Winter tree which was decorated similarly.

--GreenC bot (talk) 01:11, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

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"Rooted in Slavic folklore, Ded Moroz is accompanied by his beautiful granddaughter, Snegurochka (Rus: Снегурочка, The Snowmaiden)". The ISO language code for the Russian language is ru. There is also the Template:lang-ru. --Gunnar (talk) 15:24, 27 December 2023 (UTC)