International Women's Day is a special day for women which is celebrated in the first month of spring on March 8th. This holiday celebrates all women, including mothers, grandmothers, wives, sisters, daughters, and girlfriends. March 8th is first of all the day of warm feelings and excitement.
On February 8th the Day of Russian Science is celebrated in the Russian Federation. It was established in 1999 by a presidential decree in honour of the 275th anniversary of the establishment of the Academy of Sciences in Russia. On this day in 1724, Emperor Peter I signed a decree on the formation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which was initially called the Academy of Sciences and Arts.