Public holidays in Kyrgyzstan

This is the list of public holidays in Kyrgyzstan:

Date | English name  | Local name/s  | Notes

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January 1 | New Year's Day | Жаңы жыл
Новый Год (Novyy God)  |
January 7 | Orthodox Christmas | пайгамбардын туулган күнү
Рождество Христово (Rojdestvo hrıstovo / Rozhdestvo Khristovo)  | Celebrated by local Orthodox Christians
February 23 | Fatherland Defender's Day | Мекенди коргоочунун күнү
День защитника Отечества  | Formation of the Red Army in February 1918.
March 8 | International Women's Day | Эл аралык аялдар күнү
Международный женский день (Mezhdunarodnyy zhenskiy den')  |
March 21 | Nooruz Mairamy | Нооруз  | Which is originally the Persian New Year, is traditionally a springtime holiday marking the beginning of a new year.
April 7 | Day of the People's April Revolution[1] | Элдик Апрель революциясы күнү  | Commemorates the Second Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010.
May 1 | International Workers' Day | Эмгек күнү  |
May 5 | Constitution Day | Кыргыз Республикасынын конституция күнү
День Конституции Кыргызская Республики (Den' Konstitutsii Kyrgyzskaya Respubliki)  |
May 9 | Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day | Жеңиш күнү
День Победы (Den' Pobedy)  | A holiday in the former Soviet Union carried over

to present-day Kazakhstan and other former republics (Except Baltic Countries and Ukraine).

August 31 | Independence Day | Кыргыз Республикасынын Эгемендүүлүк күнү
День независимости (Den' nezavisimosti)  |
November 7–8 | Days of History and Commemoration of Ancestors | Тарых күн жана аталардын эскерүү  | Two-day holiday commemorating the national liberation uprising and the tragic events of 1916 known as Urkun.[2][3]

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Previously, from independence to 2017, the country celebrated the Great October Socialist Revolution. It has now been replaced with День примирения и согласия ("Day of Reconciliation and Agreement"), celebrated on a Nov. 7 (at least officially) before amendments in Labour Codex (adopted in December 2004, new holiday, which celebrates at November 4 is the People Unity Day ("День народного единства)"

Defined by lunar calendar | Orozo Ait | Орозо айт  | Feast of Fast-breaking
Celebrated 70 days after the Orozo Ait | Kurman Ait | Курман айт  | Feast of Sacrifice

Two additional Muslim holidays Orozo Ait and Kurman Ait are defined by lunar calendar.

## Other holidays[edit]

* Day of the Armed Forces \- 29 May
* Day of Aviation - August 18

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Kyrgyz Popular Revolution Recognized As Public Holiday". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
2. ^ "Kyrgyzstan Renames Soviet-Era October Revolution Day, Lengthens Holiday".
3. ^ "Статья 113 Трудового Кодекса Кыргызской Республики" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2017-11-07.

* National holidays on Kyrgyzstan government web site. Retrieved on 8 March 2009
* R. Stewart and S. Weldon, Kyrgyzstan, Odyssey, 2002, p. 105, ISBN 962-217-675-5

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