{"id":3230,"date":"2021-02-23T11:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T11:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=3230"},"modified":"2021-02-23T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T11:22:48","slug":"russia-pays-tribute-to-its-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/russia-pays-tribute-to-its-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Pays Tribute to its Men"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Say it with shaving cream …<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 23 February 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of you will know about International Women\u2019s Day. It is the day in the UK when feminists, The Guardian<\/em> and The Independent <\/em>celebrate feminism and in Russia femininity, but how many of you know about Men\u2019s Day? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia Pays Tribute to its Men<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s\u2019 Day in Russia is actually called Army Day. It began life as the Defenders of the Fatherland Day and, as the title suggests, was reserved for those who served in the military but has now been extended to incorporate all members of the male sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And today, 23rd<\/sup> February 2021 is that day: a day on which all Russian men will be looking forward with unalloyed joy to receiving the traditional Army Day gifts: socks, shaving cream and aftershave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, the gift policy has become so predictable that it is rumoured that Russian men have renamed the day \u2018The All-Russian Day of Shaving Cream\u2019 and some have even formed a pre-emptive coalition, stocking up in advance on socks, shaving cream and aftershave in the hope that their wives or girlfriends will get the message and present them with something quite unexpected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps I can help them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia Pays Tribute to its Men<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Not many people know that I was once in the Russian military, although, as the photograph shows, it was some time ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, working on the premise that \u2018when in Rome \u2026\u2019, and having made sure that I had enough shaving cream and aftershave to sink a US aircraft carrier, I took the precaution of purchasing not just one pair, but two pairs of thick woolen handmade socks from my local babushka. Now, I thought, let\u2019s see wifey how inventive you can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Russia<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Result?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s enough to make the nation jealous: How many Russian men can say that they are a proud owner of a masculine blue towel monogrammed with a Russian tank and flag?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The temptation to sit down tonight wearing nothing else but my blue towel whilst drinking home-made vodka with a polar meeshka may be too seductive for me to resist and far too much for my wife to bear (pun intended).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think I can safely say that next year, it will be back to the socks and shaving cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2018-2021 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Say it with shaving cream … Published: 23 February 2021 Most of you will know about International Women\u2019s Day. It is the day in the UK when feminists, The Guardian and The Independent celebrate feminism and in Russia femininity, but how many of you know about Men\u2019s Day? Russia Pays Tribute to its Men Men\u2019s\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[1424,185,1423,1422],"class_list":["post-3230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-life-in-kaliningrad","tag-army-day-russia","tag-international-womens-day-2","tag-russia-celebrates-its-men","tag-russia-pays-tribute-to-its-men"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tank-Close.jpg?fit=508%2C402&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11819,"url":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/russia-day-in-kaliningrad-honours-past-and-present\/","url_meta":{"origin":3230,"position":0},"title":"Russia Day in Kaliningrad Honours Past and Present","author":"Mick","date":"4 \u0434\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0431\u0440\u044f, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Commemorate and Celebrate 4 December 2024 ~ Russia Day in Kaliningrad Honours Past and Present RUSSIA DAY has been celebrated annually on 12 June since 1992. 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