Historical and Holiday Dates of the Kyrgyz Republic: February 2013
FEBRUARY
1 – 85 years since the birth of A. Belekov (1928–1999), a famous poet and translator
2 – 85 years since the birth of K. Usenbaev (1928–1999), a historian
4 – 140 years since the birth of M. M. Prishvin (1873–1954), a Russian writer
– 70 years ago (1943) Ch. Tuleberdiev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union
7 – 535 years since the birth of Thomas More (1478–1535), an English humanist and founder of utopian socialism
8 – 185 years since the birth of Jules Verne (1828–1905), a French writer
9 – 230 years since the birth of V. A. Zhukovsky (1783–1852), a Russian poet
10 – 115 years since the birth of Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), a German poet and playwright
12 – Day of the employee of the Drug Control Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic
13 – 75 years since the birth of K. Alymkulov (1938), Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor, honored cultural figure
– 140 years since the birth of F. I. Shalyapin (1873–1938), a Russian singer, director, and artist
– 110 years since the birth of Georges Simenon (1903–1989), a French writer, author of world-famous detective and socio-psychological novels
– 130 years since the birth of E. B. Vakhtangov (1883–1922), a director and actor
14 – Valentine's Day
– 200 years since the birth of A. S. Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869), a Russian composer
– 530 years since the birth of Z. M. Babur (1483–1530), an Uzbek and Indian writer, statesman, and military leader
16 – 120 years since the birth of Marshal of the Soviet Union M. N. Tukhachevsky (1893–1937)
17 – 80 years since the adoption (1933) of the resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the Kyrgyz ASSR on the opening of the Kyrgyz Zoo-Veterinary Institute (now the Kyrgyz Agricultural Academy)
19 – 540 years since the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), a great Polish scientist
– Day of the employee of the Financial Police of the Kyrgyz Republic
20 – World Day of Social Justice – 85 years since the birth of O. Sulaymanov (1928–1976), a famous Kyrgyz poet and translator
21 – International Mother Language Day
22 – Day of the worker of land management, registration of rights to real estate, geodesy, and cartography of the Kyrgyz Republic
23 – Defender of the Fatherland Day
– 110 years since the birth of Y. Fuchik (1903–1943), national hero of Czechoslovakia, writer, journalist
24 – 100 years since the birth of E. G. Kazakevich (1913–1962), a Russian writer
25 – 85 years since the birth of Doctor of Medical Sciences, Academician S. B. Daniyarov (1928–2011)
27 – 100 years since the birth of Irwin Shaw (1913–1984), an American writer
28 – 480 years since the birth of Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), a French philosopher and writer
In 2013, the following anniversaries are celebrated:
– 135 years since the birth of Belek Soltonoev (1878–1937), a Kyrgyz enlightener, historian, philosopher, and poet
– 130 years since the birth of Kalik Akiev (1883–1953), an akyn-improviser, singer, and storyteller, People's Artist of Kyrgyzstan
– 70 years of the city of Tash-Kumyr (1943)
– 965 years since the birth of the Tajik poet Omar Khayyam (1048–1122), a Persian poet and thinker
February – already not winter, but not yet spring, in folk terms, a border between two seasons. The ancient Romans dedicated February to repentance for sins and the memory of the dead, naming it after the god of the underworld, Februus. The ancient Russian names for the month include: sechen (cutting winter winds), mezhen, snezhin, lyuten. In Kyrgyz, it was previously called birdin ayi.
• February knocks winter off its horns.
• Blizzards and snowstorms have attacked February.
• February adds three hours to the day.
• In February, winter meets spring for the first time.
