Day of Defenders of the Motherland in Uzbekistan
Day of Defenders of the Motherland in Uzbekistan is held on January 14. This event in the second decade of the month January is annual. 
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Uzbekistan’s Defenders Day is considered a major public holiday in Uzbekistan, but is not a day off. This holiday in independent Uzbekistan is celebrated in honor of creation of own Army forces. In Uzbekistan January 14 is marked as the Day of Defenders of Motherland. It is the professional holiday of the military men because on 14 January 1992 the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan were established.
Women often give presents and postcards to their male relatives, including those who never served in the military. Many women also congratulate their male colleagues and schoolboys may receive small presents from their female classmates.
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Uzbekistan Constitution Day on December 8
Night of Redemption on February 2
Ruza Khayit or Ramazan hayit or Eid al-Fitr in Uzbekistan on February 17
Mother's Day in Albania on March 8 (also Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Kosovo, Laos, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan);
Kurban Hait or Eid-al-Adha or Kurban-bayram on June 6 (Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Hari Raya Aidiladha in Brunei);
Teacher's Day in Uzbekistan on October 1