 national holidays in belarus are classified into state holidays and other holidays and commemorative days, including religious holidays. nine of them are non-working days."belarus olfficial holidays" {| class="wikitable" |- ! date !! english name !! local name !! remarks |- | january 1 || new year || ÐÐ¾Ð²Ñ Ð³Ð¾Ð´ (novy hod) || |- | january 7 || orthodox christmas || ÐÐ°Ð»ÑÐ´Ñ Ð¿ÑÐ°Ð²Ð°ÑÐ»Ð°ÑÐ½ÑÑ (kalady pravasÅaÅ­nyja) || |- | march 8 || international women's day || ÐiÐ¶Ð½Ð°ÑÐ¾Ð´Ð½Ñ Ð¶Ð°Ð½Ð¾ÑÑ Ð´Ð·ÐµÐ½Ñ (miÅ¾narodny Å¾anoÄy dzieÅ) || |- | may 1 || international labor day || ÐÐ·ÐµÐ½Ñ Ð¿ÑÐ°ÑÑ (dzieÅ pracy) || |- | may 9 || victory day || ÐÐ·ÐµÐ½Ñ ÐÐµÑÐ°Ð¼Ð¾Ð³i (dzieÅ pieramohi) || marks the victory against germany in world war ii |- | july 3 || independence day || ÐÐ·ÐµÐ½Ñ ÐÐµÐ·Ð°Ð»ÐµÐ¶Ð½Ð°ÑÑi (dzieÅ niezaleÅ¾nasci) || adopted in 1996, in commemoration of the red army's 1944 liberation of minsk during the minsk offensive |- | november 7 || october revolution day || ÐÐ·ÐµÐ½Ñ ÐÐ°ÑÑÑÑÑÐ½ÑÑÐºÐ°Ð¹ ÑÑÐ²Ð°Ð»ÑÑÑÑ (dzieÅ kastryÄnickaj revalucyi) || |- | december 25 || catholic christmas || ÐÐ°Ð»ÑÐ´Ñ ÐºÐ°ÑÐ°Ð»iÑÐºiÑ (kalady katalickija) || |- | moveable || commemoration day || Ð Ð°Ð´ÑÐ½iÑÐ° (radunica) || 9 days after orthodox easter |} other holidays and commemorative days {| class="wikitable" |- ! date !! english name !! local name !! remarks |- | february 23 || defender of the fatherland and armed forces day || ÐÐ·ÐµÐ½Ñ Ð°Ð±Ð°ÑÐ¾Ð½ÑÑ ÐÐ¹ÑÑÐ½Ñ (dzieÅ abaroncy ajÄyny) || |- | march 15 || constitution day || ÐÐ·ÐµÐ½Ñ ÐÐ°Ð½ÑÑÑÑÑÑÑi (dzieÅ kanstytucyji) || adopted in 1994 |- | april 2 || unity of peoples of russia and belarus day || ÐÐ·ÐµÐ½Ñ ÑÐ´Ð½Ð°Ð½Ð½Ñ Ð½Ð°ÑÐ¾Ð´Ð°Ñ ÐÐµÐ»Ð°ÑÑÑi i Ð Ð°Ñii (dzieÅ jadnannia narodaÅ­ bielarusi i rasii) || |- | april 26|| chernobyl tragedy commemorative day || dzieÅ ÄarnobyÄºskaj trahiedyi || |- | second sunday of may || state flag and state emblem day || ÐÐ·ÐµÐ½Ñ ÐÐ·ÑÑÐ¶Ð°ÑÐ½Ð°Ð³Ð° Ð¡ÑÑÐ³Ð° i ÐÐ·ÑÑÐ¶Ð°ÑÐ½Ð°Ð³Ð° ÐÐµÐ±ÑÐ° (dzieÅ dziarÅ¾aÅ­naha sciaha i dziarÅ¾aÅ­naha hiebra) || |- | june 22 || day of remembrance of the victims of the great patriotic war || ÐÐ·ÐµÐ½Ñ ÑÑÐµÐ½Ð°ÑÐ¾Ð´Ð½Ð°Ð¹ Ð¿Ð°Ð¼ÑÑÑ Ð°ÑÐ²ÑÑ ÐÑÐ»ÑÐºÐ°Ð¹ ÐÐ¹ÑÑÐ½Ð½Ð°Ð¹ Ð²Ð°Ð¹Ð½Ñ (dzieÅ usienarodnaj pamiaci achviar vialikaj ajÄynnaj vajny) || in solemn remembrance of all the victims of the second world war, and in commemoration of the heroic last stand of brest fortress in 1941, on the very country and city (brest) in which the eastern front began. |} in additional
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