Put on February 23 in the history

Defender of the Fatherland Day. Day of military glory Russian Federation, is celebrated according to the federal law "About days of military glory and memorials Russian Federation" of March 13, 1995. Since 2002, the Defender of the Fatherland Day, according to Federal law of the Russian Federation of 30 December 2001 No. 197-FZ "On the Labor Code of the Russian Federation", is a non-working holiday. The decree about the organization of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (WPRA) was adopted by Council of People's Commissars on January 28, 1918. In a year the chairman of the Highest military inspection of RKKA Podvoysky Nicholas took the initiative to celebrate anniversary of its creation. The leaders of the young country decided to combine this...