Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Soviet Calendar

  1. #1
    Завсегдатай
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Seventh
    Posts
    4,113
    Rep Power
    18

    Soviet Calendar

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_calendar

    Does anybody know what the name of the days were in the Five or Six day week, or were they just the same as the normal names.
    Ingenting kan stoppa mig
    In Post-Soviet Russia internet porn downloads YOU!

  2. #2
    Почтенный гражданин flowforever's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    МСКВ
    Posts
    330
    Rep Power
    13
    Пятидневка
    Шестидневка
    These words still exist.
    Придёт весна и мы раскроем окна..
    Айда на встречу друг другу!
    Придёт весна и яркое солнце
    Растопит лёд старых обид глупых.

  3. #3
    Завсегдатай
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Serving Polonium-flavoured Sake at a London Japanese Restaurant
    Posts
    2,662
    Rep Power
    15
    Quote Originally Posted by flowforever
    Пятидневка
    Шестидневка
    These words still exist.
    I think these refer to the overall artificial week, though, and not individual days. I think, judging by the article, the names of the days stayed the same -- they just changed the days that a person would actually work. So you TATY, maybe would have worked Sunday through Thursday, leaving пятница и суббота как твои выходные дни. Или я -- не прав?
    Заранее благодарю всех за исправление ошибок в моём русском.

  4. #4
    Завсегдатай
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Ukraine
    Posts
    5,073
    Rep Power
    25
    Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
    Quote Originally Posted by flowforever
    Пятидневка
    Шестидневка
    These words still exist.
    I think these refer to the overall artificial week, though, and not individual days.
    Yes. It means how many days per week you should work. For example, there was "шестидневка" in my school and University. We had only one day off (Sunday).

  5. #5
    Почётный участник
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Shoval, Israel
    Posts
    75
    Rep Power
    12
    Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
    Quote Originally Posted by flowforever
    Пятидневка
    Шестидневка
    These words still exist.
    I think these refer to the overall artificial week, though, and not individual days. I think, judging by the article, the names of the days stayed the same -- they just changed the days that a person would actually work. So you TATY, maybe would have worked Sunday through Thursday, leaving пятница и суббота как твои выходные дни. Или я -- не прав?
    The individual days were called just "первый день шестидневки", "второй день шестидневки", etc. (No traditional names at all!)
    You can even see the text "Двадцать первый год Социалистической Революции, 1937, декабрь 12, шестой день шестидневки: день выборов в Верховный Совет СССР" at the illustration in the Wikipedia article.

  6. #6
    Завсегдатай
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Seventh
    Posts
    4,113
    Rep Power
    18
    Quote Originally Posted by Barmaley
    Quote Originally Posted by flowforever
    Пятидневка
    Шестидневка
    These words still exist.
    I think these refer to the overall artificial week, though, and not individual days. I think, judging by the article, the names of the days stayed the same -- they just changed the days that a person would actually work. So you TATY, maybe would have worked Sunday through Thursday, leaving пятница и суббота как твои выходные дни. Или я -- не прав?
    No, I think the weeks were 5 days long.

    So like each month had 30 days, so each month consisted of exactly 6 weeks.
    Ingenting kan stoppa mig
    In Post-Soviet Russia internet porn downloads YOU!

Similar Threads

  1. A calendar for the nearest future
    By Ramil in forum Fun Stuff
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: December 7th, 2007, 10:12 AM
  2. Russian Word-A-Day Desk Calendar?
    By rachel9 in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: June 30th, 2006, 07:54 PM
  3. Soviet Empire
    By Beautiful_Contradiction in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: May 25th, 2005, 05:49 AM
  4. Anyone proud to have been a SOVIET?
    By 2CREATV in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 117
    Last Post: May 14th, 2005, 08:05 AM
  5. Calendar MOD
    By Tutor in forum Tech Support and Site Comments
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: April 24th, 2003, 07:00 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Russian Lessons                           

Russian Tests and Quizzes            

Russian Vocabulary