The archive of the Ministry of Energy is a huge information base in which documents created during the activities of both the Ministry itself and its predecessors are stored, compiled and used in daily work. This is a gigantic amount of data necessary for the functioning of the Unified Energy System and the entire fuel and energy complex of our large country.

There was no fun on this day; all household members were at home. There was no time to visit Pochinki for guests; every good owner was busy with work. The first thing on Pochinki was to put in order everything that had been used in the spring and summer. The proverb “Prepare the sleigh in summer and the cart in winter” suits this day perfectly.

Navy reconnaissance officers are engaged in collecting information about the location of enemy groups, their intentions, numbers and weapons. The data obtained is used by the naval command to assess the situation and make decisions about the start of hostilities. Since 1998, Russia has celebrated Navy Reconnaissance Day on February 16, a holiday established in honor of resourceful, intelligent, patient and physically strong warriors.

DPRK Holidays - Day of the Shining Star, Kim Jong Il Day

Spring smells of melted snow and earth, wet rotten leaves and trees that begin to exude a peculiar smell. For some it is sweet, for others it is bitter. In February, streams have not yet begun to flow and the buds on the trees have yet to swell; it is far from intoxication with the aromas of tulips and daffodils. But the soul already longs for warmth, spring renewal, freshness and purity.

Fresh pineapple went from being an exquisite delicacy to a popular dessert just a couple of hundred years ago. Its homeland is considered to be Brazil, from where the fruit, thanks to the Tupi Indians, spread to the rest of South and North America. The fruits of a perennial plant of the Bromeliad family contain a large number of useful substances that have a beneficial effect on the human body.

Every year on February 16, Lithuania celebrates its main national holiday - the Restoration of the State of Lithuania. On this day, Lithuanian flags are solemnly hung in all Baltic countries, in accordance with the current interethnic treaty.

It is on this date that Christians in the church honor the memory of the Monk Simeon and the prophetess-widow Anna. People prayed to Saints Semyon and Anna for the health of newborn children and for the cure of their illnesses. According to tradition, peasants did repairs on Semyon and Anna. Weather signs for this day: if you saw an abundance of snow on Semyon and Anna, you expected frequent rains in the summer, and screaming sparrows outside the window foreshadowed the approach of spring.

Orthodox holidays on February 16:

Memorial Day of the Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver and Anna the Prophetess

Memorial Day of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Japan