New Year is not just a holiday, it is a noisy fun, which is expected all year round. Children are especially fond of him. As a rule, they meet him with the whole family at a beautiful New Year tree, with gifts and fireworks.
Only one island country in the whole world, the Kingdom of Tonga, celebrates the New Year before the rest of the world by 13 hours.
In 1870, the Greenwich Standards and the 180th meridian were approved. The time difference began to fluctuate from 1 to 12 hours.
Some countries fell into the zone with a larger time difference. These include New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, +13 hours. Every morning the sun rises 1 hour earlier there. These countries, as well as Russia, use the transition to winter time, the difference in this period is 12 hours. One single country, the Kingdom of Tonga, does not translate the clock. Therefore, it became the only state that celebrates the New Year first.
Residents of Tonga begin the celebration with a prayer. Throughout the first week of January, they pray diligently in the morning and evening, at lunchtime they gather at the festive table.
Tonga is a paradise for tourists.
The first to celebrate New Year's Eve are:
1. In the remote Chukchi peninsular village of Uelen.
2. Together with them, Anadyr enters New Year's Eve. It was built on permafrost. The city looks beautiful and spectacular, it is distinguished from its dullness by brightly painted multi-story houses. More than 6000 km from the city to the capital.
3. City of gold miners and port gates Russian Federation- Pevek. At this time, the polar night dominates there.
4. Kamchatka Territory. Territory active volcanoes and endless hills. You can only visit them by plane or by ferry. Difference with Moscow +9 hours. When they raise their glasses, it is 15:00 in the capital.
An hour later, the clink of glasses will be heard in Sakhalin, the east of the Yakutsk and Magadan regions.
At the end of 2014, the Russian Federation adopted a law on time limits, 9 time zones were allocated. As of today, changes have been made, there are 11 of them.
Moscow is the third time zone. The law approved for each region its own time zone. One Yakutsk region has become an exception, it has three such zones.
The sequence of clinking glasses is as follows:
Residents of the Kaliningrad region will be the last to celebrate New Year's Eve in Russia.
On the first of January, at 14-00 Moscow time, the island country of Samoa, Midway, will launch a colorful New Year's fireworks display.
Residents of Russia can raise their glasses 11 times and celebrate the New Year. They begin to celebrate in Kamchatka and end in the Kaliningrad region.
Option 1
The strait between the Chukchi Peninsula and Alaska has two settlements - the Diomede Islands. On the big one, Russian servicemen control the state border, on the small island, the Americans. The 180th parallel runs between the islands. When our military has a night, the neighbors have the morning of the next day.
The Russian Federation and the United States have signed a visa-free regime for the local population. There you can celebrate the New Year twice. First on one island, then on the second, visiting neighbors.
Option 2
Travel to Vladivostok. Their chimes will strike midnight Moscow time at 15:00. Moving west towards the capital, you can celebrate the New Year more than once.
According to the survey, most of the population of the Federation chose the sun and the warm breeze of Thailand, India, and the United Arab Emirates. From cooler countries, Italy, Spain, France, Austria.
Tour operators advise visit Finland . New Year's holidays here will be incomparable. You will be offered trips on snowmobiles, motorized sleds, go fishing, ride a team of reindeer and dogs. For kids, this is an exciting adventure.
Meeting the real Santa is really something.
For these holidays, travel agencies will offer tours to railway, in the company time flies quickly.
There are currently two directions available:
The fastest way to get there is by plane.
Most kids love skis, snow, slides . You can celebrate the New Year holidays in the mountains. Domestic ski resorts are a great place to spend family holidays. There is a place for children to turn around, and there are entertainments for adults too.
Tour operators will offer Rosa Khutor, the most suitable complex with children. "Slides Gorodok" can ride even the smallest children.
lovers sandy beaches, sea breeze, can expect the chimes under the palm trees. The tour operator will help you choose a hotel of the right level, with a family concept, competent staff.
An interesting offer is sea tours. You will see different cities, countries.
Those who have already vacationed on the seas this year can show the kids Europe. More often Russians book Czech, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Hungarian hotels. The capitals of these countries have beautiful architecture.
Trips to the Czech Republic, Spain are relevant at any time of the year.
The capital of Hungary - Budapest, will amaze with its architecture. Children will remember visiting the water park, the children's railway. A large number of museums, such as "Marzipan". And meeting with the local Santa Claus - Mikulash, will give a lot of positive emotions.
The Italian Disneyland, which is located in the town of Verona, will give the kids many joyful moments. It is also recommended to visit the attractions and entertainment in the Movieland park complex. Italian architecture itself is already a landmark.
Disneyland Paris is recommended by many travel companies. Christmas celebrations are long, starting in December and ending at the end of January. There is a residence of Santa, kids can make a wish and get on his knees. Additional service from the tour operator can become personal guide. He will not only show all the most interesting and exciting places in the park, but also tell you about them in detail. Moreover, rides with his presence are available without queues. You will also be provided with a layout of the park in your native language.
From available options choose St. Petersburg, ski resorts in Sochi, sanatoriums near Moscow, Gelendzhik. It is not necessary to fly to distant lands, you can have a great rest in your native country.
Leading positions are occupied by:
You can go visiting Santa Claus , he will receive guests in Veliky Ustyug. You need to plan such a trip in advance, tour operators will offer a choice of hotels. It must also be remembered that there are only a few of them, and there are a lot of people who want to visit Grandfather.
You can go with children to the no less interesting town of Kostroma. The granddaughter of Santa Claus lives there. House of the Snow Maiden located on the Volga embankment.
Also hospitable Santa Claus in Karelia. Together with the Snow Maiden and the forest trolls, they will intrigue the kids. Their hut is no less interesting, these days there are many guests.
It is worth visiting the local museum, where children will be shown the first Christmas tree toy. You will be treated to a traditional red fish soup. Children can go dog sledding.
After the trip will be something to remember. They celebrate there cheerfully, on a grand scale, and they cook excellently.
Of the available New Year's tours, they can offer Thai beaches, the Indian islands of Goa, the colorful UAE, Egypt with its majestic pyramids. Egypt in winter is not very attractive, the sea is cold, children can soak up only in heated pools.
Of the more expensive ones they will offer Maldives, Mauritius, Malaysia, Dominican Republic. Impressions will be more than enough.
The perfect place to stay in Bali. Weather conditions are always wonderful, + 30 C, water at least + 26 C. Excursion programs will not leave your children indifferent. The nature is beautiful, there are many exotic birds, all living creatures, it is bright and bewitching.
Guides will offer a lot of educational games and activities for children, draw on fabric, carve ivory figurines, learn how to cook exotic dishes.
On the first of January, the Pig takes over the reign. We will be protected throughout the year. Therefore, it is extremely important to appease the royal person. Think in advance what you will cook for the feast, what outfit you will wear.
New Year's Eve should be spent in cheerful company, sing, dance, the more active the better.
Mumps will begin to fully fulfill their duties only on February 5th. It is at this time that the New Year begins according to the Eastern calendar.
But we are accustomed to our traditions. The night from January 31 to January 1 is a grandiose holiday for us, for which we are diligently preparing, making wishes. Treat the preparation of the holiday with all responsibility. And then the hostess of the year will generously reward your family with prosperity, joy, and give you many fun, memorable moments.
What color to prepare Christmas decorations
The coming year brings its own changes. It is actual to use red, orange, yellow, brown colors. They create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort.
What to wear
Choose an outfit that is comfortable. It is better if it is made from natural fabrics. You need to complete the image bright accent on the lips, chic hairstyle.
How to celebrate New Year's Eve
Pig is a traveler, not a homebody at all. It is recommended to celebrate New Year's Eve by traveling. It is not necessary to fly to distant lands. The road to relatives is also a small journey.
What dishes to cook
Prepare two to three salads, one of them must be vegetable. From hot dishes, give preference to chicken, beef, fish, but not pork.
When setting the table, pay attention to meat dishes and seafood, they should be placed side by side. This arrangement of dishes attracts good luck for the whole next year. The key to financial stability is fruit. Place a vase in the center of the table, ideally filled with red apples.
In order for life to give you generous gifts, you need to give something, to give. Treat with due understanding, be kind and generous to your neighbors.
On the table, and in the decor of the house, there should be figures of the Pig.
A couple of years ago, Saudi Arabia officially banned New Year's Eve. But this state is far from the only one where the traditional for us meeting of the new year goes completely unnoticed. It turns out that the New Year on January 1 is not celebrated in many countries.
On New Year's Eve, the inhabitants of our latitudes drink champagne, launch colorful fireworks and eat Russian salad. It would seem that the whole world at this moment is celebrating the onset of the new year. But this is by no means the case. Somewhere thousands of kilometers away, an ordinary Indian or Iranian snores calmly on New Year's Eve - in the morning he will start an ordinary working day.
The religious police of Saudi Arabia, Al Mutawa, warned citizens and foreigners living in the Kingdom of a ban on celebrating the New Year. A special unit of law enforcement agencies, announcing the inadmissibility of the celebration, is guided by a fatwa (religious injunction in Islam) issued by the supreme committee of Saudi ulema (Islamic preachers), as Muslims follow lunar calendar.
Police officers contact shops selling flowers and gifts so that they do not sell a number of goods that can be purchased on the occasion of this holiday. Al Mutawa closely monitors the implementation of norms in a purely conservative Saudi Arabia. However, cases of abuse of authority by this department were often recorded, which, in particular, led to human casualties.
The Islamic New Year is celebrated on the vernal equinox, March 21, which almost always corresponds to the first day of the holy month of Muharram. The chronology is from the Hijra (July 16, 622 AD) - the date of the migration of the Prophet Muhammad and the first Muslims from Mecca to Medina.
In Israel, January 1 is also a regular working day, unless, of course, the first day of the new year happens on Saturday - a holy day for the Jews. The Israelis celebrate their New Year in the fall - on the new moon of the month of Tishrei according to the Jewish calendar (September or October). This holiday is called Rosh Hashanah. It is celebrated for two days, and many traditions, rituals and ceremonies are associated with its celebration in Israel.
As a rule, the traditions of celebrating the New Year in the sense in which it is understood in Europe and North America are supported by the Russian diaspora living in Israel. And then everyone gets out as best they can. People try to take a day off from work and traditionally celebrate the holiday with family and friends. Someone gathers at home, and someone goes to a Russian restaurant.
Some Israelis believe that the celebrants are celebrating the day of the Catholic Saint Sylvester, which falls on December 31st. Therefore, the country often calls the New Year "Sylvester".
January 1 is not a holiday at all in Iran either. The country lives according to its own calendar. For example, it is now 1395 in Iran. The Iranian calendar, or Solar Hijra, is an astronomical solar calendar that was developed with the participation of Omar Khayyam and has since been refined several times.
New Year in Iran is celebrated according to the calendar on the first day of spring, which corresponds to March 22 of the Gregorian calendar. The New Year's holiday in Iran is called Novruz (or Noruz), and the first spring month is called Favardin.
By the way, Novruz is celebrated not only in Iran, but also in many countries where the ancient Persians managed to pretty much inherit. For example, the year in Afghanistan begins with Novruz. Along with January 1, Novruz is celebrated in Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Albania and Macedonia.
In multicultural India, there are so many holidays that if you had to celebrate everything, there would be no time to work. Therefore, some of them have become "holidays of choice". These days, all institutions and offices are open, but employees can take time off. January 1 is one of those holidays.
In addition, there are several other options for celebrating the arrival of the New Year in the Indian subcontinent.
March 22 is coming New Year according to the unified national calendar of India. In Maharashtra it is celebrated as Gudi Padwa and in Andhra Pradesh it is called Ugadi. In Kerala, New Year is celebrated on April 13th. It is called Vishu. Sikhs celebrate their New Year, Vaisakhi, on the same day. In South India, the Divapali festival is widely celebrated in autumn, which also means the arrival of the new year.
New Year in China (where it is now called Yuan-dan) passes quite unnoticed. Only in large department stores and shopping centers, paying tribute to Western traditions, they put up shiny artificial Christmas trees and puppet Santa Clauses here and there, and the Chinese send electronic New Year cards to their Western friends. And even then it is done for Christmas, and not for the New Year.
"Yuan-dan" is the first, initial day of the new year ("yuan" means "beginning", "tribute" - "dawn" or simply "day"). The New Year in China until the 20th century was counted according to the lunar calendar, and not at all according to the calendar we are used to, and Yuan-dan was celebrated on the first day of the first lunar month.
On September 27, 1949, the government of the newly established People's Republic of China decided to call the first day of the lunar calendar "Spring Festival" (Chun Jie), and the first of January according to the Western calendar - "Yuan-dan". Since that time, January 1 has become an official public holiday in China. But even today, the Chinese still do not celebrate this day, not perceiving it as a holiday, marking the change of years. The "Western" New Year is not a competitor to the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival.
Every time, on New Year's Eve, all of us, sitting at the festive table, or standing on the street near a beautifully decorated city Christmas tree, look forward to the chiming clock and the New Year. Already in the hands of glasses of champagne - the long-term is about to come this moment. In these seconds, someone makes wishes, and someone exchanges funny jokes with neighbors, and now it has come - the New Year!
The whole vast country is celebrating his arrival. Have you ever thought about who is still the first to celebrate the New Year 2019, to whom the first Santa Claus or Santa Claus will send his reindeer team in the first place? And who had already met him long before us? It is quite interesting who will celebrate the New Year a few hours after you, and who in general will be the last to meet it on this planet. Let's look at this interesting moment of the holiday from the height of the flight of satellites and Santa Clauses.
As it turned out, the inhabitants of Line Island, located in the state of Kiribati, are the first to begin to congratulate each other on the New Year. This country is part of the Christmas Islands. Kiribati is in the earliest time zone UTC + 14, it is worth noting that the island completely coincides with Hawaii in hours, but the difference is a whole day. Thus, it turns out that when it is midnight on December 30 in Hawaii, it is already midnight on December 31 on Line Island. Also, among the first to celebrate the New Year are the inhabitants of the city of Nuku'alofa, which is also located in Oceania. Next in line will be New Zealand, located in the UTC + 13:45 time zone, then the islands of Phoenix, Tonga and Fiji, which are 13 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
Surely, everyone knows that Russia is located in more than one time zone, but did you know that their number is nine? Thus, it turns out that the Russians have a great opportunity to celebrate the New Year nine times. First fill their glasses and light sparklers residents of Magadan, Kamchatka and Petropavlovka. They have a New Year on December 31 at 16.00 Moscow time, while Muscovites are just starting to put dishes on festive table. Further, at 17.00 Moscow time, everyone living in Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Vladivostok and Ussuriysk begins the celebration of the New Year.
And so every hour the inhabitants of one or another territory of Russia fill their glasses and say festive toasts. We will not write in detail about each city, since Mother Russia is a rather large country and listing all its cities will take a very long time. We only note that Moscow and St. Petersburg celebrate this magnificent holiday at 00.00 on the first of January, and an hour later the clink of glasses will be heard in the homes of the inhabitants of Kaliningrad - this is the last city in Russia where the New Year is coming.
The Chinese celebrate this holiday differently than we do - December 31st. They adhere to the lunar calendar, according to which the New Year will not come on January 1, but on February 19, since this will be the first new moon after the winter solstice. Thus, all those who believe in the Eastern (Chinese) calendar will celebrate the New Year one and a half months later, compared to those who are used to celebrating this holiday strictly on December 31st.
It's no secret that China is a country that has a rich culture and many different traditions. They are preparing especially hard and diligently for the coming of the New Year. First of all, the Chinese thoroughly clean their home, since dirt and dust are highest degree manifestations of disrespect for the owner of the dwelling for the coming year.
The Chinese try to pay off any debts before the New Year in order to start life from scratch and not owe anyone. Important for the people of China is what they will wear on New Year's Eve. It is preferable to wear new clothes and bright accessories that will symbolize this amazing holiday.
The Chinese consider a rich festive table to be the key to success, prosperity and wealth in the coming year. As a rule, it contains traditional oriental dishes, such as: rice, seafood and noodles. Dishes prepared from these ingredients will help to appease the yellow earthen pig - the patron saint of 2019.
Of course, these are far from all the traditions of Chinese culture, but they can be called fundamental.
It doesn’t matter which calendar you prefer to celebrate 2019, and what traditions you follow, the main thing is good mood and faith in the best. Try to ensure that there is no place for conflicts, quarrels and talk about troubles and troubles at the festive table. Greet your guests with a smile, willingly thank everyone who will present you with New Year's gifts, and completely plunge into the festive atmosphere, forgetting about any problems and worries. And it doesn’t matter at all who is the first to celebrate the New Year 2019, the main thing is that everyone celebrates it well.
Which countries celebrate New Year at what time? This is detailed in the article.
The founder of this holiday is Gaius Julius Caesar. In 46 BC. e. The Roman ruler established the beginning of the year on the first of January. The first day of this month in the empire was dedicated to the god Janus. The first month of the year is named after him: Januarius/January. two-faced god, patronizing everything new, made sacrifices and timed important events. It was customary on this day to give gifts and splendidly celebrate the beginning of the year. Previously, it was celebrated in the Roman Empire on the first day of spring.
And today, in many countries, the tradition has been preserved to celebrate the holiday of the beginning of the year on the first day of January. julian calendar compiled back in those distant times. Which countries celebrate the New Year on January 1st? These include all those who live on Gregorian calendar. That is, the countries of Western and of Eastern Europe, Russia, Japan, Greece, Turkey, Egypt. In addition, the official New Year in Mongolia is January 1, but there is another date for celebrating this celebration. In Thailand and India, New Year also falls on January 1st. But there are also celebrations according to the Buddhist calendar in these countries.
Like the ancient Romans, until the 15th century in Russia, the New Year was celebrated at the beginning of spring. This was due to nature and the beginning of agricultural work. At the end of the 15th century, and according to some sources a little earlier, the church, whose influence had greatly increased, moved the beginning of the year to September 1st. Last changes This date was held by the reformer and lover of everything European, Peter the Great. In 1699 he signed the decree. It was said to consider the beginning of the year on January 1. ordered to decorate the streets and houses with pine and juniper branches, just as it was done in the German Quarter.
Which country is the first to celebrate the New Year? Now let's figure it out. The meeting of the New Year on planet Earth lasts 25 hours, starting and ending at pacific ocean. The inhabitants of Oceania are the first to open the celebration. And the procession of the holiday ends on the Polynesian Islands.
Which country is the first to celebrate the New Year? The inhabitants of the Kingdom of Tonga are the very first to begin to celebrate. After 2 hours, the holiday comes to the inhabitants of Kamchatka. After another 2 it is celebrated in Vladivostok. In Siberia, the celebration comes after 6 hours. An hour later, Yekaterinburg and Ufa join the New Year's celebration, after Samara. In Moscow and St. Petersburg, the New Year comes after 2 hours. Next comes the turn for the countries South America, Canada and USA.
Which country is the last to celebrate the New Year? In 23 hours, the holiday will come to the inhabitants of Alaska and the Marquesas Islands.
The last people on earth to celebrate the New Year are the inhabitants of Hawaii and Samoa, where the holiday comes in 25 hours.
Also, as in Russia, the New Year's celebration on the night of December 31 to January 1 is not celebrated everywhere. In some countries, according to European customs, it is customary to decorate the city by this date, to hold promotions in large shopping centers. But there is no holiday customary for Russians and there are no public holidays. In these countries, on the first of January, it is customary to go to work as usual.
Now that we know in which country the New Year is celebrated first and who is the last to sit down at the festive table, let's take a closer look at where the New Year is celebrated on the last day of the year.
In the Scandinavian countries, too, little attention is paid to this celebration. Lush festivities are held at Christmas, and on the first day of January they go to work.
The situation is the same in countries where the majority of the population is of the Catholic faith. The New Year is here, just like everywhere else. But it's not particularly noted. In countries Western Europe the main winter holiday is Christmas. In the Baltic countries, for example, Christmas and New Year celebrations are celebrated equally magnificently.
In Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, Sylvester is celebrated on the last day of the year - a holiday dedicated to Pope Sylvester I and the beginning of the New Year. Legend has it that Sylvester I slew the biblical monster, the Leviathan, who could have destroyed the entire world. He died on the eve of the new year on December 31. Every year on this day, people celebrate the Feast of St. Silvestr. The holiday is celebrated with street festivities and fireworks, people have fun, drink, eat, sing songs and wait for the New Year.
According to the tradition that has developed over an entire era to celebrate this holiday on December 31, people are accustomed to in all countries that were part of Soviet Union.
In the Asian countries of the CIS, as elsewhere, the arrival of the New Year is celebrated. But most of these countries preach Islam. And the arrival of the new year according to the Islamic calendar is not in January, but in March. Currently in Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan New Year's celebration noted twice. Probably, there are no countries in the world where the celebration is celebrated 1 time.
Which countries celebrate the new year at a different time? Now let's figure it out:
Which country celebrates the New Year the most? India. Here they celebrate the arrival of the new year up to four times a year. There are more than one or two calendars in multinational India, so in different parts of the country this holiday is celebrated at different times of the year. In the south it happens in March, in the north in April. The western provinces celebrate in October, in the southeast sometimes in July, sometimes in August.
In Saudi Arabia, the first day of the month of Muharram is celebrated, which is considered the beginning of the year. The traditional New Year is not usually celebrated here. Yes, and generally not welcome, as it does not correspond to Islamic traditions.
South Korea rests on the first day of January, like many countries in the world. The usual holiday for everyone is not given here special attention. This is rather a long-awaited and additional day off that you can spend at home with your family. But on a large scale, the New Year is celebrated according to the lunar calendar, which falls at the end of January - mid-February. The celebration lasts up to two weeks, Koreans tend to spend this time with their families and visit older relatives.
In Bangladesh, the New Year comes on April 14th. But among the public holidays there is a European New Year's holiday on January 1.
Turkey, which everyone knows well for its summer resorts, like all Muslim countries, does not arrange magnificent New Year celebrations. Big cities It is customary to decorate with festive symbols. New Year's sales are arranged in large markets and shops. January 1 becomes a holiday only if it falls on a weekday. Installing a Christmas tree at home and celebrating a holiday in Turkish families is not customary. New Year in Turkey can be spent in Istanbul or on ski resorts countries where an appropriate holiday atmosphere is created for tourists. There are many tourists on the southern coasts of the country even in winter. On the eve of the holiday, palm trees are decorated instead of a Christmas tree, night festivities are held and fireworks are launched.
Now it is clear in which countries they celebrate and when. It is also clear that this cheerful and noisy holiday, so loved by both children and adults, is in fact a worldwide one. And if it is not celebrated somewhere else, then very soon this day will become part of the state celebrations of that country. Happy New Year, people of all the earth!
Time zones in Russia set federal law adopted in autumn 2014. Prior to its approval, there were 9 zones, today there are 11. According to international numbering, they range from 2 to 12. Moscow time (hereinafter referred to as MSK) refers to the third time zone. The changes were adopted at the legislative level so that each subject of the Russian Federation belongs to one zone. The exception is Yakutia (three time zones). So who in Russia is the first to celebrate the New Year?
Earth divided into two hemispheres: Western and Eastern. The line along which the border runs is the 180th meridian. It is established by international agreement that a new day begins here. The 180th meridian passes through the water basin and crosses the land only twice - the Fiji Islands and the Chukchi Peninsula. That is why every Russian schoolboy knows: in our country, the day begins with Chukotka. It originates at the point of the 180th meridian, the border of which is conditionally transferred from the territory of the Bering Strait to land. In which villages does morning come first? "Border of the day" - these are the easternmost settlements of Uelen and Naukan.
Here lies the answer to the question of who in Russia is the first to celebrate the New Year. For those who are in the MSK + 9 time zone, it arrives at 15:00 Moscow time. Nearby is the easternmost settlement of our country - the village of Uelen, where about 650 people live. It stretched out along the pebble strip that separates the lagoon from the Chukchi Sea, and is located at the very foot of the hill, the slope of which is visible at any time because of the black hillocks on them. The inhabitants of the village are Eskimos, Chukchi and Russians, who are engaged in fishing and sea hunting. It is curious that Yu. S. Rytkheu, a famous writer, was once born in this small settlement.
In fact, the easternmost village was Naunkan. Founded presumably in the XIV century, the village was located directly on Cape Dezhnev. When asked where the New Year was celebrated first in Russia, until 1958 they always answered: "In Naunkan."
But it was 1958 that was the last year in the life of the inhabitants of the village. It was abolished by resettling 400 people across the territory of the Autonomous Okrug. Now only a few monuments have been preserved on the cape in the place where one of Dezhnev's koches once crashed. May the memory of the most famous natives of the village be preserved, among them the famous engraver Khukhutan and the poetess Z.N. Nenlyumkin.
Together with Chukotka, the capital of the ChAO, Anadyr, is the first to meet Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. The most northeastern city of the Russian Federation, located on the banks of the river of the same name. It was founded as an outpost in 1889 and was called Novo-Mariinsk. Already in the 30s it became the administrative center of the district, and in 1965 acquired the status of a city. Today, its population exceeds 15 thousand people, Russians, Chukchi and Eskimos predominate. By the way, the locals call the capital of the ChAO Kagyrgym, which in translation from Chukchi means "mouth", or Vyen ("entrance"). The city is really located in a small neck, from where the path to the upper part of the estuary opens.
City dwellers living in conditions permafrost, call the rest of Russia the mainland, emphasizing their remoteness. The distance to the capital of the Russian Federation is more than 6,100 km. Dwelling houses built on piles, painted in bright colours, which looks quite impressive against the background of the gray tundra. The facades are decorated with drawings of animals, people, shaman tambourines. There is practically no unemployment in the city. In addition to reindeer herding, hunting and fishing, residents mine coal and gold, work at a fish factory and the largest wind farm - the Anadyr wind farm. So, which city of Russia will be the first to meet? Undoubtedly, Anadyr. But it is not the only one located in the MSK+9 time zone.
Two more cities are located in the Autonomous Okrug, where its residents are the first to celebrate the New Year in Russia. These are Bilibino and Pevek. The first one has had the status of a city since 1993 and is located even further from the capital of the Russian Federation - at a distance of 6500 km. Previously, it was called Karalvaam - after the name of the river on the banks of which it is located. The place was founded in connection with the discovery by geologists of a placer gold deposit and is now considered one of the most expensive cities in the country. At the moment, its population exceeds 6.3 thousand people.
Answering the question about which city in Russia will be the first to celebrate the New Year, it should be said about the northernmost - Pevek, founded in 1933. It received its current status in 1967. Its population is 4.5 thousand people. This is an important port located on the shore of the strait that connects the East Siberian Sea and the Chaun Bay. At one time, tin deposits were discovered on its territory and two ITC institutions were founded. Today Pevek is one of the gold mining regions. However, after the closure of the tin mines in the 90s, the population of the city began to decline sharply due to employment problems. By the way, during the meeting of the New Year, the polar night reigns in the city, lasting until January 16th.
The Kamchatka Territory is also located in the MSK + 9 time zone. The capital of the administrative district is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. This is the answer to the question of which city in Russia celebrates the New Year first. Almost 180.5 thousand residents of the capital of the region raise their glasses with champagne before others in Russia. Among them, about 80% are Russians, a little more than 3.5% are Ukrainians. Other nationalities make up less than 1%. Among them are Tatars, Azerbaijanis, Belarusians, Koryaks, Chuvashs and others.
The city is located in the southeast of the peninsula, on the hills, on the very shore of the Avacha Bay. There are four volcanoes in the visibility zone, two of them are active. Kamchatka (especially its eastern coast) is a seismically dangerous place, so most of the buildings are built with five floors. Recently, skyscrapers have also appeared that can withstand an earthquake of 10 points. The peculiarity of the peninsula is that there are no overland communications with the mainland. To get to Vladivostok, for example, you can only by plane or boat.
There are two more cities of regional subordination in Kamchatka - Vilyuchinsk and Yelizovo. The first is ZATO. It was formed by the merger of workers' settlements, where the Navy's shipyard and base were once built. nuclear submarines. The name of the city is given by the name of an extinct volcano, which is a natural monument. Year of foundation - 1968. The population is just over 22 thousand people.
To the question of who in Russia is the first to celebrate the New Year, it will be correct to answer: Yelizovo. Located 32 km from this city with 38 thousand people, it occupies the banks of the Avacha River. Here in the middle of the 19th century there was a settlement renamed in honor of G. M. Elizov, the commander of a partisan detachment who died in 1922. The village received city status in 1975. Its inhabitants live by catching fish and processing it.
So, we have sorted out the inhabitants of which regions are the first to celebrate the New Year. An hour later, Magadan, Sakhalin Island and the east of Yakutia take the baton.
