Celebrate the holiday began in Soviet Russia Council, when the People's Commissars decided to switch to the Gregorian calendar. As a result, on the night of 13 to 14 January 1919, Soviet citizens had another holiday in order to rest and drink.
In Ukraine, Belarus on this day celebrate a generous evening, during which mass festivities are held, the girls are wondering, and the children are cheering for happiness in the neighborhood yards. The Old New Year is also celebrated in Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as in Montenegro, where the church uses the Julian calendar.
Historically, both in European countries celebrate this holiday, but only the German-speaking population and the peoples of the southern and western Slavs. This is a consequence of the popular rejection of the transition to the Gregorian calendar during the Reformation.