In Russia, the New Year was celebrated March 1 - in the X - XV centuries, September 1 - from 1348 after the Cathedral in Moscow, and from 1699, by decree of Peter I, was postponed to January 1. As a result, by now the New Year has become a dense mixture of ancient Slavic, Christian, Western European and Eastern traditions.

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