Last Sunday, Russia celebrated the Agriculture Worker’s Day.
The Agriculture and Processing Industry Worker’s Day in the Russian Federation, annually celebrated on the second Sunday of October, is established by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 31, 1999. In 2018, the date is the October 14th.
The holiday was originally established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 26, 1966 and was called the “All-Union Day of Agricultural Workers”. It was also celebrated on the second Sunday of October. On the third Sunday of October, the Day of Food Industry Workers was celebrated, established by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 30, 1966. In 1986, these two holidays were united into one – “Day of workers in agriculture and the processing industry of the agro-industrial complex”. It was celebrated on the third Sunday of November. In 1988, it was combined with the “Day of Reclamation” in a single holiday with the name “The Agriculture and Processing Industry Workers’ Day “, which was also celebrated on the third Sunday of November. In 1999, the date of the celebration was postponed to the second Sunday of October, and in the title they replaced the word “workers” with “worker”.
Russia has a significant share of agricultural land on the planet – 4.5%. In the country, as well as throughout the world, agricultural production is the largest life-supporting sector of the national economic complex. Its condition and economic efficiency of functioning have a decisive influence on the level of food security and the well-being of the people. The agroindustrial complex (AIC) largely determines the state of the entire economy of the country, since it closely interacts with other sectors of the national economy.
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