Crane Driver's Day in Russia
Crane Driver's Day in Russia is held on June 4. Or Crane Operator's Day is an unofficial holiday. This event in the first decade of the month June is annual. Help us
Cranes were invented by the Greeks around 500BC. Over the centuries the crane was modernised and its design improved, but it wasn't until The Medieval Period, between the 5th and 15th century, that a jib was added to the crane, giving it the ability to move a load both vertically and horizontally.
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The day of healthy eating and refusal of excess eating in Russia on June 2 (celebrated since 2011);
Day of military missions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on July 5 (Commemorative date introduced by Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation of 2016);