Every year on September 1, Russia celebrates Knowledge Day. True, not all children perceive this day as a holiday, since this approach of this day means that the holidays are over and they need to return to school. The tradition of celebrating the Day of Knowledge on September 1 was born quite a long time ago, and since then this day has traditionally been the day of the beginning of the school year.
Once upon a time, a festival of harvest was celebrated on the same day among various nations. The author of the Knowledge Day in his usual sense is the teacher F. Bryukhovetsky, who back in the days of the USSR took the initiative to appoint this role on September 1. The academic year in the Soviet Union almost always began on September 1, although there were no clear indications of this until the 1930s. Later, the start of the school year was officially scheduled for that day.
Italian schoolchildren and students begin to study on the first of October, not the first of September, but their holidays begin later. During the time of Peter the Great, the school year usually began on December 1, and in some educational institutions it started at all in August. Officially, September 1 was appointed Knowledge Day in 1984. Since then, this holiday has been celebrated annually. New Year in Russia used to be celebrated on the first of September, and not on the first of January.
In Belarus and Ukraine, this day is also called the Day of Knowledge. In many English-speaking countries, for example, in the UK, USA and Canada, the academic year officially starts not on September 1, but on the first Tuesday of this month. September 1 according to the Gregorian calendar corresponds to August 19 according to Julian. In the Soviet Union, the start of the school year was officially scheduled for September 1, 1935. September 1, 1902, people saw the first-ever science fiction film. The film “Journey to the Moon” directed by Georges Méliès was shown to the public in France.
