100 years ago, how did Russia take 13 days in February?

100 years ago, in 1918 all Russians took 13 days in February for a very simple reason.

The entire population of Russia took nearly half a February, exactly 13 days from 100 years ago. The reason for this strange event was so simple: The Soviet Russian government at that time officially changed from the old calendar, also known as the Julian calendar to the new calendar, or Gregorian or solar calendar.

The administration of Soviet Russia at that time issued a new order ' On the application of Western European calendar' , in this decree fixed immediately after January 31, 1918, February 14, 1918, instead of day 1 2/1918 as usual. This ordinance specifies the goal of 'setting up a time calculation system in Russia corresponding to most other countries'.

Desk schedule of leader Vladimir Lenin at.(Photo: Sputnik).

The European calendar conversion was carried out in the early 18th century, before the area used the Julian calendar issued by Roman Emperor Julius Caesar on January 1, 45 BC. However, this calendar type is deviated and slower than the modern calendar, or the Gregorian calendar was issued in the 16th century. By 1900, the Julian calendar was 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar.

Initially, the Bolsheviks planned to gradually change the new calendar by reducing 1 day per year. However, this choice is very complicated and consumes too much time for the conversion, so the Bolsheviks make a simpler decision - cutting 13 days after a night, instead of waiting until 13 year.

Before this ordinance was issued, in 1917, the Russian Empire still used the old calendar (Julian calendar) so major events this year were deviated from the actual time. For example, the Russian October Revolution actually took place on November 7 (according to the new calendar) and later celebrations in the Soviet Union and Russia took place on this day, but according to the old Russian calendar, that is October 25.