Since 2005 Russia has
celebrated a new holiday - the so-called Day of National Unity, commemorating
the anniversary of the Russian people’s victory over the Polish invaders back
in 1612.
Almost four centuries back
in early November the Russian levy en masse headed by merchant Minin and Prince
Pozharsky kicked the invaders away from Moscow and put an end to the so-called Time
of Troubles.
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