On 12 December 2022, a research associate of the department of museum and educational activities of Bolgar Museum-Reserve R. Z. Vagapov held an informative and educational lesson on “Folk calendar” for the students of Spassky College of sectoral technology.
At the lesson, the students learned what calendar we now live by, who and when created it. They were surprised to learn what number New Year we celebrate and how the month December is translated into Russian – “the tenth”.
In the Slavic calendar, December is called “studen”: in this month the winter begins, and cold comes. The students were also acquainted with the Tatar calendar. It was a revelation to the participants that the month of Saban (plough) was not June, but May. It was in this month that Sabantuy was celebrated. The students also learned what calendar the Russian state was switched to by Peter the Great, it was the Julian calendar.
15 people attended the event.

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