March

The vernal equinox falls on this month - March 20 - day equals night.

Although March is considered the spring month, it is mostly winter weather in most of Russia. The average monthly temperature in March in the Moscow Region is −4.9 ° C with fluctuations from −10.3 ° C (in 1917) to −0.7 ° C (in 1921). The average start date for snowmelt in the Moscow Region is March 16, the earliest is February 3 (1914), and the late is April 10 (1895) ^[3] .

The total duration of sunshine is 109.3 hours ^[3] .

At the end of March, on the hillsides warmed up by the sun, where the snow has already melted, and the thawed areas, the first flowers may appear. Early sap flow in birch ^[3] .

The average time of arrival of birds: rooks - about March 12, larks - about March 28, starlings - about 30 of the month. The first litter of the hare. Elk grow new horns. Bear wakes up from hibernation ^[3] .

March begins on the same day of the week as November (always) and February (during non-leap years), and ends on the same day of the week as June.

The month received its name in honor of the Roman god of war and the protection of Mars . In ancient Rome, where the climate was relatively mild, March was the first spring month, a logical point for the start of the agricultural year, and was considered a favorable time for the start of a seasonal military campaign.

The name "March" came to the Russian language from Byzantium . In ancient Russia, until 1492, March was considered the first month; when the year began to be counted from September, until 1699 it was the seventh; and from the 1700th to the third. The Russian span began in March (“spring,” a word that has now come out of book use). In some Russian dialects, the first day of March is called a beginner . In the past, on March 1, Russian peasants ran out of winter hiring terms and spring hiring began.

Great Britain and its colonies used the starting point of the year of March 25 until 1752, when the Gregorian calendar was adopted in the country.

The historical European names for March include the Saxon names Lentmonat (named after the equinox and lengthening the day), also Rhed-Monat or Hreth-monath (in honor of the Saxon goddess Rhedam or Hreth , who were sacrificed this month) ^[4] . The Angles called March Hyld-monath ("month of storms"). In the old Russian calendar (before the adoption of Christianity), the month was called dry , in the folk months also - winter horticulture, protestor, rookery, dropper .

In most European languages, the name March corresponds to the Latin tradition. However, there are a few exceptions.

In Finnish, the month is called maaliskuu from maallinen kuu - “the month of the earth” - at this time the earth is shown from under the snow. In Czech, March is called březen , in Ukrainian - birch , from the word “birch”, from which sap flow begins. The Belarusian name sakavik is close in meaning, from the word “juice” (meaning birch). In Croatian, March - ožujak , it is assumed that the name comes from the Croatian word meaning “false”, which indicates the duality, the variability of the weather during this period. In Lithuanian it is called kovas , literally - “rook” ^[5] .

In Kazakh, the month of March is Nauryz, respectively associated with the Novruz holiday , which is celebrated the same month.

In modern Chinese and Japanese , March is referred to as the "third month."

• The first Sunday of March is International Children's Television and Radio Broadcasting Day .
• March 1 - National Day of Colored Women .
• March 3 - World Writer's Day .
• March 5 - Day of the employee of the judicial system of Kyrgyzstan .
• Second Saturday - Land Surveyor of Ukraine
• The second Sunday of March is the Day of Geodesy and Cartography Workers in Russia.
• March 8 - International Women's Day .
• March 9 - International DJ Day .
• March 11 - Day of the employee of drug control authorities in Russia; Tajik Press Day .
• March 12 - Tree Planting Day in China .
• March 14 - unofficial day of pi ; International Day Against Dams .
• Third Sunday - Day of workers in trade, consumer services and housing and communal services in Russia.
• March 16th - Muay Thai National Boxing Day in Thailand .
• March 17 - St. Patrick's Day in Ireland , Northern Ireland and in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .
• March 19 - Day of the submariner in Russia.
• March 20 - International Day of Francophonie (Journée Internationale de la francophonie) .
• March 21 is World Poetry Day .
• March 21 - 23 - Novruz is a holiday of spring and the beginning of a new year for the Iranian and Turkic peoples.
• March 23 is the All-Ukrainian Day of cultural workers and amateurs of folk art .
• March 25 - Day of the cultural worker in Russia; Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary among Christians using the "new style". Independence Day of Greece .
• March 26 is the Day of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine .
• March 27 -
  • Day of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia ;
  • World Theater Day .
• March 28 - Day of employees of the national security organs of Azerbaijan .
• March 29 - Day of a specialist in legal services in Russia.
• March 31 - Cesar Chavez Day .

Fine Art

• March - picture of Isaac Levitan , 1895
• Early spring - painting by Alexei Savrasov , 1880s

Cinema

• Early Spring - Japanese Film, Drama, 1956

Poetry

• Spring in the forest (1956), Springtime with ice (1931), March (1947), Ice drift (1916) - poems by Boris Pasternak

• March is dry, but wet May - there will be porridge and loaf.
• Dry March - fertility, rainy - crop failure.
• If in March snowstorms snow falls on the fields unevenly, wavy, knolls, then garden vegetables and spring bread will be well born.
• March and sows with snow and warms the sun.
• March is not spring, but premonition ^[6]
• March came - put on seven tricks (cold month).

• All year round. Russian agricultural calendar. - M: Pravda, 1989. ISBN 5-253-00598-6
• People’s Month. - M: "Contemporary", 1992. ISBN 5-270-01376-2

• March // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Calendar // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907. Article Vitkovsky V.V.
• The first week of March in Russian history