Surely many of you are interested in the history of the world and your country, the distant and recent past, past events, memorable dates, significant and significant successes in development and all kinds of discoveries, as well as folk signs, as we are sure that everyone would not mind finding out which famous and successful people were born December 25, in different years and eras.

Below you will find out how certain past and real events of December 25 influenced the course of world history, or of a particular country, how the date of this day is remembered, what kind of incident, something unusual this day was remembered for, and also what is remarkable the date of this day, who was born and died of famous people and much more. In a word, we will help you understand all this in more detail and to your benefit. You will find on this page all the answers to these topics that interest you; we have tried to put together as many materials as possible for this day of the year.

Who was born on December 25

Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop - Desireless was born in Paris on December 25, 1952. In 1986-88, she took first place in the European and Asian charts with her super hit Voyage Voyage.

Igor Romanovich Lifanov. Born on December 25, 1965 in Nikolaev. Russian theater and film actor.

Konstantin Evgenievich Kinchev (real name Panfilov). Born on December 25, 1958 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian musician, songwriter, leader of the rock band "Alice".

Helena Christensen (Danish Helena Christensen). Born on December 25, 1968 in Copenhagen. Danish supermodel and photographer.

Carlos César Salvador Araña Castaneda (Spanish: Carlos César Salvador Araña Castaneda, December 25, 1925 (either 1931 or 1935), Cajamarca, Peru (or Mairiporan, Brazil) - April 27, 1998, Los Angeles, USA) - American writer and anthropologist (PhD in anthropology), ethnographer, esoteric thinker and mystic, author of best-selling books on shamanism and the presentation of a worldview unusual for Western man.

Vladislav Borisovich Galkin (born Sukhachev). Born on December 25, 1971 in Moscow - died on February 25, 2010 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, Honored Artist of Russia (2009).

Sasha Savelyeva (December 25, 1983 [Moscow]) - Russian singer, lead singer of the pop group “Fabrika”;

Armin Van Buuren (December 25, 1976 [Leiden]) - Dutch music producer and DJ;

Irina Sotikova (December 25, 1973 [Leningrad]) - Russian actress;

Olga Khokhlova (December 25, 1965 [Angarsk]) - Russian actress;

Andrey Kozlov (December 25, 1960 [Lugansk]) - Russian TV presenter, director and producer;

Jairzinho (December 25, 1944 [Duqui de Caxias]) - Brazilian footballer, forward;

Hu Jintao (December 25, 1942 [Jixi County]) - Chairman of the People's Republic of China;

Levon Oganezov (December 25, 1940) - Soviet and Russian accompanist;

Arkady Khait (12/25/1938 - 02/22/2000) - Russian humorist, screenwriter;

Irish McColla (12/25/1928 - 02/01/2002) - American actress;

Ivan Ryzhov (December 25, 1913 [Green Settlement] - March 15, 2004 [Moscow]) - Soviet actor;

Margaret Churchill (12/25/1910 [Kansas City] - 01/09/2000 [Broken Arrow]) - American stage and film actress;

Vladimir Lepko (12/25/1898 - 10/19/1963) - Soviet comedian, actor at the Moscow Satire Theater;

Louis Chevrolet (12/25/1878 - 06/06/1941) - American racing driver and automaker of Swiss origin;

Peter Titov (December 25, 1877 [city of Kuzminsk] - November 23, 1937 [city of Turtkul]) - Archbishop of Kherson and Nikolaev. Canonized as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000;

Lina Cavalieri (12/25/1874 [Onano] - 02/08/1944 [Florence]) - opera prima of the early 20th century, soprano;

Steve Brody (12/25/1861 [New York] - 01/31/1901 [San Antonio]) - American who jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge;

Vladimir Markovnikov (12/25/1837 - 02/11/1904) - Russian chemist; Peter Wittgenstein (12/25/1768 - 05/30/1843) - Russian military leader.

Dates December 25

Pakistan - Muhammad Ali Jinnah's Birthday

According to the folk calendar, this is Spiridon Solstice

On this day:

In 336, the first official and documented celebration of Christmas took place in Rome.

in 1066, the notorious William the Conqueror becomes king of England

in 1492, Christopher Columbus founded the first European settlement in the New World on the island of Cuba - the village of La Navidad

in 1741, the physicist Celsius proposed his own scale for measuring temperature, which has become commonly used, with zero at the freezing point of water and one hundred degrees at its boiling point

in 1946, the first nuclear reactor was launched in the USSR under the leadership of the famous physicist Igor Kurchatov

in 1979, Soviet troops entered Afghanistan

in 1989, democratic Romania showed how to take advantage of democracy by shooting Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife

in 1991, the first and last president of the collapsed USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, resigned

In 2010, freezing rain fell in Europe, causing a lot of trouble in the Moscow region and leaving half of Europe without electricity.

Events of December 25

1991 The first President of the USSR M.S. Gorbachev resigned.

On December 25 at 19.00, the central television of the USSR broadcast an address from the first and last President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev's speech was broadcast live and became a real blow for millions of Soviet citizens. However, the Soviet people realized the full scale of the tragedy several years after the collapse of the USSR.

In his farewell speech, Mikhail Sergeevich noted that he could no longer fulfill the duties of President of the Soviet Union, for ideological and principled reasons. According to Gorbachev, the cause of the collapse of the USSR was the behind-the-scenes “games” of the leaders of the three former Soviet republics: Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

With the decisions made in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Boris Yeltsin, Leonid Kravchuk and Stanislav Shushkevich finished off the already collapsing Union, and the formation of the CIS put a “fat end” in this whole epic. At the Kremlin residence, the red state flag of the USSR was lowered and the flag of the Russian Federation was hoisted.

1759 academician Adam Brown obtained mercury as a result of experiments

On December 25, 1759 in St. Petersburg, a member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Joseph Adam Braun, conducted his research. As you know, the scientist worked on obtaining the so-called liquid metal - mercury. Using cooled mixtures, the researcher was able to lower the temperature to -56°C and thereby obtain solid mercury, which could be worked with mechanically: chopping, sawing and forging.

The scientist’s successful experiment with freezing mercury shocked the global scientific community. After all, before this it was believed that mercury could not freeze. After many years, other scientists determined the minimum freezing point of mercury -39 ° C.

Brown's experiments made it possible to develop and regulate the creation and operation of metric equipment and instruments. In particular, the use of thermometers was limited in severe frost conditions.

1917 Proclamation of the formation of the Ukrainian SSR

In the post-revolutionary period, Ukraine resembled the era of feudal fragmentation, because several pseudo-state formations were simultaneously formed on its territory: the UPR, the Ukrainian State, the Western Ukrainian People's Republic, the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Republic, the Kuban Territory, etc. Such feudal fragmentation almost naturally led to internecine armed conflicts.

A civil war broke out in the country, which literally ruined the once richest region in two years. In conditions of complete devastation and anarchy, the only force that managed to take control of the situation was the Communist Party of Ukraine. The leadership, which in 1917 announced the creation of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

At this difficult moment for the country, the communists took responsibility for the future of the Ukrainian nation, mobilized the population to fight the armed detachments of temporary state formations, as well as gangs and anarchists. During the civil war, the communists were able to establish their power over much of Ukraine. In 1922, the Ukrainian SSR became part of the USSR.

1926 Hirohito is proclaimed Emperor of Japan

On December 25, 1926, the eldest son of the late Emperor Taisho, Prince Hirohito, was proclaimed the new Emperor of Japan. The official coronation of the new Emperor took place in 1928 in Kyoto. With Hirohito's rise to power, the country's military elite, using loopholes in the laws and traditions of the state, managed to take full control over the imperial family.

As a result, the power of the Emperor turned out to be largely nominal, and all spheres of the life of the state were controlled by the military, led by the generals, which pushed Japan into a criminal military adventure. During the period of Japan's participation in World War II, Emperor Hirohito was practically isolated in his residence, and his influence on social and political processes in the state was zero.

Only after Japan's defeat in the war, the role of the Emperor increased many times, the Emperor became a symbol of the unity of the people and hope for the rehabilitation of the Japanese in the eyes of the world community.

In 1947, on the initiative of Hirohito, a new “peaceful” Constitution of Japan was adopted, which defined the Japanese state as a Constitutional monarchy, where the power of the Emperor was significantly limited and its representative functions were expanded. Executive power was transferred to the Cabinet of Ministers, which was accountable to the Parliament of Japan. The Emperor also assigned himself the function of dissolving Parliament.

Signs December 25 - the day of Spiridon Solstice

In the church on December 25, the memory of Saint Spyridon of Trimythous, who lived on the territory of Cyprus in the 3rd-4th centuries, is honored. As a child, Spiridon, even despite his years, led a righteous life and sincerely believed in God, was friendly and sympathetic. For his good deeds, he was awarded the gift of healing and could also cast out demons.

After the death of his wife, Spyridon became the bishop of the city of Trimifunt in Cyprus. According to legend, one day there was a fairly long drought, and the saint was able to bring rain with the help of prayer.

By his example, Spiridon showed how a real Christian should behave; he was hardworking and kind. He also took care of strict observance of church rules and the preservation of the text of the Holy Scriptures unchanged.

In Rus', the day of December 25 was called the Revolution, and they even said that Spiridon himself turns the sun so that it does not hide from people. It was forbidden to work for Spiridon, but one could guess. People on December 25 often tried to find out whether the next year would be fertile, guided by signs. To do this, one could observe the wind.

If it changed direction during the day, then the year will be fruitful. After the solstice, the housewife had to stick a sickle into the lintel. The owner at this time wedged an ax into the threshold. They did this so that the power of the instrument would partially transfer to the house and protect the residents from evil spirits.

It was supposed to feed the chickens from the right sleeve - this way they would lay eggs better. There was a widespread tradition of calling out to the sun on December 25th. For this, people lit fires. They tried not to go into the forest unless absolutely necessary, because they believed that a bear could toss and turn in its den, hear a person, wake up and attack him.

Day of the State Courier Service of Ukraine

On December 25, workers of courier communications in Ukraine celebrate their professional holiday - the oldest among modern types of communications, which plays an important role in the public administration system. The tasks of military communications operators include the delivery of important confidential government documents as quickly as possible.
The personnel of the Service primarily provide operational government military courier communications serving the Verkhovna Rada, the Presidential Administration, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, legislative and executive authorities, enterprises and institutions.
The history of special courier communications dates back to Kievan Rus, when messengers and messengers were used to support relations between the principalities and deliver letters of the grand dukes and deliver important messages.
The first courier corps as an independent military unit was created in Tsarist Russia by the Decree of Paul I back in 1796.
Today, the courier service remains one of the most reliable ways to deliver important information “from hand to hand.”

Constitution Day in the Republic of China (Taiwan)

December 25 commemorates the 1946 adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of China, the world's most populous country, founded in 1911 and at the time controlling Mongolia and parts of mainland China.
Until the 1970s, the Republic of China was recognized by most states, and it was also represented in the UN.
Today the Republic of China is partially recognized, but it constantly continues to claim its rights to mainland China.
The Constitution of the Republic of China has remained virtually unchanged since its adoption on December 25, 1946 and its entry into force on December 25, 1947.

Religious holiday

Nativity

Christmas is one of the most important great Christian holidays, established in honor of the memory of the birth of Jesus Christ in the city of Bethlehem.
The Nativity of Jesus Christ is celebrated annually on December 25 and is a public holiday in more than 100 countries around the world.
The Nativity of Christ is celebrated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians in most countries of the world, Lutherans and other Protestant denominations.
Christians first celebrated Christmas in the 4th century. The real date of birth of Jesus Christ is controversial.
On December 25, before the coming of Jesus Christ, the pagan solar holiday “Birth of the Invincible Sun” was celebrated. One hypothesis correlates the date of the Nativity of Christ with the simultaneous celebration by early Christians of the Day of the Incarnation (the conception of Christ) and Easter.
The holiday of the Nativity of Christ consists of five days before the celebration (from December 20 to 24) and six days after the celebration.
On the eve of the holiday, on the day of eternity, prophecies and events from the Old Testament relating to the Nativity of Jesus are remembered and a particularly strict fast is observed - Christmas Eve, during which only raw barley or wheat grains boiled with honey are consumed. According to tradition, the fast ended with the appearance of the first evening star in the sky.
Christmas services are performed three times: at midnight, early at dawn and at noon, which symbolizes the Nativity of Christ, first in the bosom of God the Father, then in the womb of the Mother of God and finally in the soul of every Christian.
According to the main tradition of the Christmas holiday, a decorated spruce tree was installed in houses, as a symbol of the tree of paradise with abundant fruits. This pagan tradition was born among the Germanic peoples, whose rituals included spruce as a symbol of life and fertility.

SPIRIDON Solstice

On this day, Orthodox Christians honor the memory of Saint Spyridon of Trimythous, who lived in Cyprus in the 3rd and 4th centuries. From childhood, Spiridon led a pious life, was sympathetic and friendly with all people. The Lord rewarded Spiridon for his good deeds with the gift of casting out demons and healing the sick. After the death of his wife, Spyridon became a bishop in the Cypriot city of Trimifunt. As legend says, once during a long drought, Saint Spyridon caused rain with the help of his prayer; he constantly showed his flock an example of hard work and his virtuous life, becoming famous for his justice and mercy. Spyridon constantly cared about preserving the text of the Holy Scriptures unchanged and observing church traditions.
Our ancestors called today the Spiridon Turn, or the Solstice, because from that time the night decreased and the day increased. The sun turns to summer, and winter - to frost - so the peasants said, imagining that Spyridon himself was turning the luminary.
Everyone was forbidden to work for Spiridon. One could only guess about future fertility by watching the wind: if the wind changed its direction during the day, then the year would be fruitful. On the day of Spiridon, various magical rituals were performed. After the day of the Solstice, the housewife stuck her sickle into the lintel, and the owner wedged his ax into the threshold, so that the power of these tools and protection from evil spirits would be transferred to the house.
On this day, people conjured the sun - they went out to high places in the morning to meet the dawn, and in the evening they burned bonfires in honor of the luminary.
Name day on December 24th: Alexandra and Spiridona

Unusual holidays

— Day of admiring the evergreen tree
— New Year's Cartoon Day
— A day when it’s cold and warm at the same time
- Day of People with a Good Sense of Humor
— Sex day under the Christmas tree
— Day of giving Christmas tree balls.

World calendars

Gregorian calendar: December 25, 2013 - Wednesday, 52nd week, 359th day of the year
Julian calendar: December 12, 2013
Jewish calendar: 22 Tevet 5774
Islamic calendar: 21 Safar 1435
Chinese calendar: 23rd day 11th month 30th year 74 cycles (snake, black, water)
National Calendar of India: 4 Pause 1935
Indian lunar calendar: 23 Margashirsha 2070 of the Vikrama era - constellation Uttaraphalguni
Persian calendar: 4 Days 1392
Baha'i calendar: 1 Kull-i Shay 9 Vahid 18th year (Abha) 15th month (Masail) 14th day (Kaul)
May calendar (Long Count): 13 baktun 0 katun 1 tun 0 uinal 9 kin
May calendar (Short count - Haab): 7th day of the month "Kankin"
Calendar "May" (Short count - Tzolkin): 9th day of the month "Hish"
French calendar: 5 day (Quintidi) 1 decade 4 months (Nivosa) 222 years

Church holidays on December 25: Catholics around the world celebrate Christmas, one of the most important Christian holidays. On December 25, the British Queen traditionally addresses the people of the Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

Name day on December 25th is celebrated by: Noel, Emmanuel, Jesus, Adam, Alexander, Albert, Angelina, Evgenia, Natalia, Maria and Peter.

Holidays and memorial days on December 25:
December 25th marks Constitution Day in Taiwan, Family Day in Mozambique and the day of the capture of Gaziantep in Turkey.

Historical events on December 25:
The establishment of Soviet power in Ukraine (1917), the beginning of the USSR invasion of Afghanistan (1979), the execution of Nicolae Ceausescu (1989), the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev from the post of President of the USSR (1991).

Celebrity birthdays: who was born on December 25:
Arkady Khait, writer, author of scripts for “Well, wait a minute!” and “The Adventures of Leopold the Cat” (1938), Annie Lennox, lead singer of Eurythmics (1954), Eugene “plays the blues best” Margulis, musician (1955), Kostya Kinchev, lead singer of “Alice” (1958), Armin Van Buuren, super- DJ (1976).

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You are a practical person and at the same time loving and gentle, craving harmony. Your main strengths include personal charm and the ability to get along with people. This increases your chances of success.

You were born on December 25th, zodiac sign Capricorn. Ease, liveliness and courtesy in communication are inherent in you from birth. In addition, you always have a lot of fresh, productive ideas, often ahead of their time.

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You are independent and practical, and at the same time considerate of others. You show sincere concern for them and are able to selflessly serve any noble cause.

You are a reliable and responsible person. Creating your own home is of great importance to you. You are willing to work hard to protect those you love from adversity and hardship.

If you take on a job, you try to do it as best as possible. You are willing to make sacrifices to achieve your goal.

You have a good sense of structure; it helps you develop business skills and makes it easier to solve complex problems.

You love to live large, but this in no way detracts from your innate humanism and desire to help others. You know how to give valuable advice and solve other people's problems.

But if you take this too far, you are not immune to attempts to overtly interfere in other people's affairs, dominate, or overly criticize other people. However, you usually take a broad view of things, strive to keep the peace, and you can be relied upon.

Until the age of 26, you approach life from a realistic position, showing pragmatism and determination. At 27, there comes a turning point. Now you strive for freedom and at the same time - for harmonious relationships in a team, for fruitful teamwork, make new friends, experiment, bringing various original ideas to life.

At age 57, your value system undergoes significant changes again. You begin to pay more attention to your inner world, your feelings, become more receptive, try to empathize with other people, and perhaps become interested in art and mysticism.

Personal qualities of those born on December 25

You are characterized by idealism, a sharp mind, and a philosophical outlook on life. You feel like the happiest person doing fruitful work and expanding your knowledge. The key to your success and great achievements in life may be studying at a university or constant self-education.

Capricorns born on December 25 are characterized by honesty, directness, developed intuition, and the ability to feel and quickly assess the situation. You are well versed in the motives of other people's actions.

You can think strategically, big-picture, and often experience bursts of optimism and inspiration that strengthen your determination and entrepreneurship.

You approach life creatively and learn quickly. You have a strong desire for self-expression. You are energetic and tireless. You feel a constant need to communicate with people; You may want to try yourself in a variety of professions related to active communication.

You have diverse interests, which is undoubtedly a positive quality. But at the same time, it is important to be collected, to be able to concentrate on one thing if necessary. Then you can avoid wasting your energy, unnecessary hesitation and worry.

Modesty and sensitivity to the problems of others will help you become much more flexible and tolerant, and will bring great satisfaction.

Work and vocation of those born on December 25

You are entrepreneurial, yet you are an idealist and humanist. You are very receptive, have a personal charm and get along well with people. Active social activities will benefit you.

You are able to achieve enormous success in politics; work in public organizations and in the healthcare sector is suitable for you.

A love of knowledge and a desire for spiritual self-improvement may motivate you to study and then teach history, philosophy or astrology.

If those born on December 25 have a penchant for technology and natural sciences, then they will have success in mathematics, astronomy, chemistry or biology.

You strive for creative self-expression and may want to develop your literary or artistic abilities.

Love and partnership born on December 25

You really need love and tenderness. You may be looking for a romantic love relationship. You are very friendly and are attracted to any activity related to human relationships.

But given your sensitivity, it would be wise not to take your sociability to the extreme.

Many may succumb to your charm, but to avoid this, you should choose your partners extremely carefully.

You need to strive for equality in relationships, and not become dependent on your partner.

You have a strong need for harmony and peace of mind; The desire for stability and the creation of a family home plays an important role in your love relationships.

An ideal partner for those born on December 25th

To establish a stable relationship and find love, you can start by dating someone born on the following days.

• Love and friendship : January 9, 14, 15, 25, 28; February 10, 13, 23, 26; March 8, 11, 21, 24, 31; April 6, 9, 19, 22, 29; May 4, 6, 7, 17, 20, 27; June 2, 5, 15, 18, 25; July 3, 13, 16, 23; August 1, 11, 14, 21, 31; September 9, 12, 19, 29; October 7, 10, 17, 27; November 5, 8, 15, 25; December 3, 6, 13, 23.
• Favorable contacts : January 12, 23, 26; February 10, 21, 24; March 8, 19, 22, 28; April 6, 17, 20, 26; May 4, 15, 18, 24; June 2, 13, 16, 22; July 11, 14, 20, 31; August 9, 12, 18, 29; September 7, 10, 16, 27; October 5, 8, 14, 25; November 3, 6, 12, 23; December 1, 4, 10, 21.
• Soulmate : January 24; February 22; 20th of March; April 18, 30; May 16, 28; June 14, 26; July 12, 24; August 10, 22; September 8, 20; October 6, 18; November 4, 16; December 2, 14.
• Fatal attraction : June 23, 24, 25, 26; November 30th; December 28th.
• Troubled relationships : January 17, 18, 21; February 15, 16, 19; March 13, 14, 17, 29; April 11, 12, 15, 27; May 9, 10, 13, 25; June 7, 8, 11, 23; July 5, 6, 9, 21-30; August 3, 4, 7, 19, 28; September 1, 2, 5, 17, 26; October 3, 15, 24; November 1, 13, 22; December 11, 20.

He was born so frail that the priest sadly assured his parents that the baby would not survive. But as if in protest to the clergyman, Isaac not only survived, but almost never got sick in his entire life. Good health agreed to only one loss: at the age of 84, Newton lost a tooth.

The story of the apple hitting the great scientist on the head is pretty boring. Therefore, let’s say better that Newton never married, being a very strange young man, and later, of course, not such a young man. Love hit him on the head only once - as suddenly as an apple. While studying at the Royal School in the small town of Grantham, Newton fell in love with a pretty girl named Storey. But nothing romantic happened between them. Although Newton visited his only love even in old age, when she was already a grandmother.

In 1759, December in the Russian capital turned out to be simply brutal. The air temperature in St. Petersburg dropped to -37 Celsius.

But this was not enough for academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences Joseph Adam Braun, a German who had settled in Russia for ten years. On December 25, 1759, while experimenting in the laboratory, using cooling mixtures, he managed to lower the temperature to -56 degrees Celsius and as a result obtained solid mercury that could be forged, chopped and sawed. A few days later, Brown and his colleague and patron, academician Mikhailo Lomonosov, repeated the experiments. He spoke about his work at a public meeting of the Academy of Sciences in a report “On the amazing cold, produced by art, from which mercury froze.”

The discovery of the freezing of mercury, reports of which appeared in many scientific journals, created a genuine sensation in the scientific world. Later, in 1785, it was established (and, by the way, also by St. Petersburg academicians) that mercury freezes already at -39 degrees Celsius.

In 1761, Peter the Third ascended to the Russian throne.

The son of Peter the Great's daughter Anna and the Holstein Duke Karl Friedrich, nephew of King Charles XII, Peter the Third was heir to two thrones - Russian and Swedish.

He became the Russian emperor thanks to the efforts of his aunt, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. Despite the infantilism and frivolity of the emperor, his first steps evoked approval in society: he liquidated the Secret Chancellery, returned Biron, Minich, Lestocq, Lopukhin and other disgraced figures from exile. Historians reproach Peter the Third for lacking a political eye: the decree “On the Liberty of the Nobility” and the alliance with Prussia are considered gross mistakes. The main enemy of Peter the Third was his wife - the future Catherine the Second, who twice conspired against her husband and achieved his deposition.

In 1905, a Bolshevik conference was held in the southern Finnish city of Tammerfors (now Tampere), at which Lenin and the twenty-six-year-old delegate from Tiflis Dzhugashvili met for the first time.

Stalin later recalled that when he saw Lenin, he was disappointed: he supposedly expected to see a big man, “not only politically, but, if you like, physically big, because Lenin seemed to me like a giant.”

As you know, both Lenin and Stalin were almost equally short. However, Lenin’s impressions of his first meeting with Stalin have not been preserved - perhaps Stalin did not make any impression on him then.

On December 25, 1917, Soviet power was proclaimed in Ukraine for the first time. For the first time - because then it was overthrown by the Central Rada, and the German occupiers, who installed Hetman Skoropadsky, and the Petliura Directory, but in 1919, Soviet power returned - for more than 72 years.

In 1918, the third president of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, was born.

Elected in 1970 after the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Sadat led his political course. In 1972, he expelled Moscow “military advisers” from Egypt, and the following year began a lightning war against Israel on the most important Jewish holiday - Judgment Day. Sadat was close to victory, but Israeli General Sharon, the future prime minister, saved his country with a tank raid behind Egyptian lines. After this, Sadat became imbued with the ideas of peace in the Middle East.

In 1977, he made an unprecedented trip to Jerusalem and spoke in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and in 1978 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Israeli Prime Minister Begin. But Muslim fanatics in Egypt did not forgive Anwar Sadat for trying to establish peace. On October 6, 1981, he was shot at point-blank range during a military parade. During the ensuing shootout, some government members and foreign guests present at the parade were also killed or wounded. Sadat's successor was Vice President Hosni Mubarak (by the way, he was also wounded in the arm during the assassination attempt on Sadat).

“Alice” remains one of the most amazing artistic phenomena born of Russian rock culture, and its leader Kostantin Kinchev is one of the most original poets of Russian rock. In his songs, Kinchev depicted a gallery of monsters generated by the phobias of urban civilization and created a unique poetic world.

Today Konstantin does not drink alcohol, does not play concerts during Lent, regularly attends church and sings songs with meaningful titles: “Motherland”, “Without a Cross”, “Sky of the Slavs”, etc. Despite the fact that Kinchev has become a believer , he is not going to give up music, although he no longer considers it the main thing in his life.

In 1991, a country appeared on the world map - the Russian Federation. The new official name of the republic was approved on December 25 by a corresponding resolution of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR. At 19:45 Moscow time, the tricolor Russian flag was raised over the Kremlin.

Having signed a decree relieving himself of the functions of Supreme Commander-in-Chief and transferring the right to use nuclear weapons to the President of Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev at 19:00 spoke live on central television with a farewell speech to the people and announced his resignation from the post of President of the USSR “for reasons of principle” . The first and last president of the Soviet Union was in power for six years and nine and a half months - from March 11, 1985. The newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets published a photograph of Gorbachev and a meaningful caption: “No, I won’t leave all of you...”.

On the evening of December 25, US President George W. Bush announced the official recognition by the United States of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. “This is a victory for democracy and freedom,” said the American leader.

The next day, December 26, 1991, the last meeting of the Council of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR took place. The adopted declaration stated that with the creation of the CIS, the USSR Union as a state and subject of international law ceases to exist. The activities of the Supreme Council itself were also terminated.

On the morning of December 27, the former USSR president’s office in the Kremlin was occupied by a new owner, Boris Yeltsin.