Valentine's Day
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Tuesday February 14, 2023
cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
Defenders' Day
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Thursday February 23, 2023
Secular holiday : not a paid holiday when falling on Sunday
WORKING DAY
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Saturday February 25, 2023
Secular holiday :
Womens' Day
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
Secular holiday :
WORKING DAY
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Saturday March 11, 2023
Secular holiday :
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday March 17, 2023
School holidays :
Public holiday
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Saturday March 18, 2023
Secular holiday :
Public holiday
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Monday March 20, 2023
Secular holiday :
Nowruz
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Tuesday March 21, 2023
Zoroastrian : Naw Ruz--Zoroastrian New Year and celebration of Righteousness Divine Spirit Asha Vahishta, creator of fire. Feast of Ahura Mazda, Spring Equinox Also spelled Newroz, Nauruz, Nauryz, Noe-Rooz, Nawroz, Norooz, Noruz, Novruz (in Azerbaijan and Turkey), Noh Ruz, Nauroz, Nav-roze, Navroz, Naw-Rúz, Nevruz, Sultan Nevruz, Наврӯз, Navruz, or Nowrouz [Wikipedia]
WORKING DAY
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Saturday March 25, 2023
Secular holiday :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday March 26, 2023
Special Events :
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday April 3, 2023
School holidays :
Revolution Day
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Friday April 7, 2023
Secular holiday : Marks the 2010 revolution that swept Kurmanbek Bakiyev from power and made way for the presidency of Almazbek Atambayev.
On April 7, 2010, mass antigovernment protests in Bishkek turned violent, with nearly 100 people killed by security forces. (from 2016) Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
WORKING DAY
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Saturday April 29, 2023
Secular holiday :
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday :
Constitution's Day
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Friday May 5, 2023
Secular holiday : Adopted in 1993. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Public holiday
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Saturday May 6, 2023
Secular holiday :
Public holiday
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Monday May 8, 2023
Secular holiday :
Victory Day
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Tuesday May 9, 2023
Secular holiday : Capitulation of Nazi forces to the Allies (the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and other principal Allied nations) in Berlin on May 8, 1945. It is celebrated in the successor states to the Soviet Union on May 9, because when the German Instrument of Surrender was signed (in the midnight), it was already May 9 in the USSR and Eastern Europe.
WORKING DAY
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Saturday May 13, 2023
Secular holiday :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Thursday June 1, 2023
School holidays :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :