to our Russian friends! My understanding of the holiday, which is celebrated on February 23rd, is it was somewhat akin to our Veteran's Day. However, since it falls a couple of weeks prior to International Women's Day, which is much celebrated, it has become more of a Men's Day, celebrating all men and not just those who served in the military. There were goodies to eat at R's office, he had his picture made in a cardboard cutout of a military uniform and there were gifts! One of the gifts was a package similar to an American MRE, the children had great fun opening it and sampling all the items. There was a beautiful boomerang also, that I didn't get a picture of. R admits, as a child of the 70's and 80's, it was relatively difficult to have his picture made in the Russian military uniform. . .
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