In different parts of the world there is a tradition to devote a year to some important event or phenomenon. Russia did not stand aside in this matter, this practice has taken root in our country and is becoming more and more popular and significant.
It is impossible to give an exact date for the establishment of this tradition in Russia, because similar decrees of the President of the Russian Federation existed earlier. They talked about the timing of the year to some event or about closer international relations with a certain country. But the special characteristic scope and scale that the year will pass under some specific theme happened a little more than ten years ago.
This is what these years have been devoted to …
- 2006 - the year of the humanities
- 2007 - the year of the Russian language
- 2008 - the year of the family
- 2009 - the year of youth
- 2010 - year of the teacher
- 2011 - the year of astronautics
- 2012 - the year of history
- 2013 - the year of environmental protection
- 2014 - the year of culture
- 2015 year of literature
- 2016 - the year of cinema
- 2017 - the year of ecology
And what does 2018 have in store for us?
At the moment, there are several possible options at once:
- year of Russian ballet
- year of theater
- a year of civic engagement and volunteering
- year of unity
- year of entrepreneurship
- year of Alexander Solzhenitsyn
- year of engineer
- a year of the fight against cancer
These options were offered to the President by prominent figures of culture and politics. All these topics are related to historical memorable dates or are relevant for Russian society. Now all that remains is to wait for a special decree from the head of state.
Tradition is useful because it draws the attention of the authorities and society not only to the cultural and historical heritage, but also to the problems of today.
