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The Verkhovna Rada registered the draft law No. 9009 " In particular, the document proposes to cancel some holidays and weekends and add new ones..
In particular, it is proposed to abolish:.
March 8 - International Women's Day;
May 1 - Labor Day;
May 9 - Victory Day over Nazism in World War II (Victory Day).
At the same time, it is proposed to establish the following holidays and weekends:.
February 25 - Ukrainian Woman's Day (Ukrainian Day) - Birthday of Lesya Ukrainka;
March 9 - Shevchenko's Day - Taras Shevchenko's birthday;
Second Sunday in May - Mother's Day.
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The myth and scheme of the Great Patriotic War totally dominated Ukraine for decades. The current war is not the main reason why Victory Day in the Russian version does not suit us and never did. Ukraine should not give Russia a great victory over Nazism, to which millions of Ukrainians made a colossal contribution with their blood. But we must celebrate the victory and honor the memory of veterans in a different way.. More about this in the article by Vitaliy Ogienko “What should we do from May 9?