30 Non-Obvious Holidays for Samara Region in 2026
Gray weekdays or eternal holiday? And which side are you on?
Next in line are the manufacturers of three-piece suits (underpants and two socks), sausage bouquets, and other fishing lures. Meanwhile, in Abkhazia, they are already counting future profits from mimosa supplies, and consultants in perfume shops have started taking magnesium. The whole country is hopefully waiting for the next long weekends.
Calendar of Samara holidays
But besides all-Russian holidays, Samara residents have their own purely local reasons for pride. We have counted at least 32 more holidays that residents of the region can celebrate when they feel blue. Bet you haven«t even heard of some of them?
In 2014, under Governor Nikolay Merkushkin, Samara parliamentarians passed the law «On Memorable Dates and Holidays of Samara Oblast». Each subsequent governor supplemented this list in their own way. Currently, it includes: Samara Oblast Day, Day of Remembrance for Employees of the Internal Affairs Bodies of Samara Oblast Who Died in the Line of Duty, Day of the Opening of the Provincial Zemstvo Assembly, Day of the Samara Banner, Day of Veterans of Combat Actions, Day of Samara Symbols, Day of Specially Protected Natural Territories in Samara Oblast, Day of Friendship of Peoples, Day of Remembrance of the Military Parade in the City of Kuibyshev in 1941, Day of Trade Unions of Samara Oblast, Day of the Release of the First Il-2 Aircraft in the City of Kuibyshev, Day of the Samara Press, Day of the Gardener, Day of the Bayan.
The editorial staff supplemented the legalized list with holidays that have a direct relation to our region. Just don«t immediately get outraged, for example, at Brewer»s Day. First read our materials about the von Vacano clan and the chief brewer of Kuibyshev Alexander Kasyanov.
When compiling the holiday calendar for a Samara resident, we intentionally removed February 10. The day of the terrible fire at the GUVD is a mournful date when families, friends, acquaintances, and colleagues remember the policemen who perished in the terrible fire.
For convenience, we divided all reasons for joy and pride into three blocks:
