Activities ALL EVENTS
21 November 2024 -
International Conference "Election and Referendum Observation: Past, Present and Future" (on the 30th anniversary of the start of election observation by the IPA CIS)
21 November 2024 -
Session of the IPA CIS Council
22 November 2024 -
57th Plenary Session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS)
28 November 2024 -
Participation in the expert session to discuss the draft Model law on Medical Supplies in the CIS Members Nations
12 December 2024 -
Meeting of the IPA CIS Expert Advisory Board on Public Health
23 February is Defender of Fatherland Day
23 February 2024
Defender of the Fatherland Day was founded in 1918 as the day of the establishment of the Red Army. In 1922, the day became a holiday and was called as the “Red Army Day”, and then it was renamed as the “Soviet Army and Navy Day”.
After the collapse of the USSR the holiday is celebrated in several CIS counties.
Defender of the Fatherland Day is enshrined at the state level in the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation.
In Belarus, the holiday is called as Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces Day of the Republic of Belarus.
On 23 February, the Armed Forces Day is celebrated in the Republic of Tajikistan.
