Knowledge Day

Knowledge Day (Russian: День знаний, romanized: Den' znaniy), often simply called 1 September, is the day when the school year traditionally starts in Russia and many other former Soviet republics as well as other countries in the former Eastern Bloc (excluding Romania, where it falls on 11 September; the former East Germany, where varies in a coordinated fashion; and Azerbaijan and Bulgaria, where it falls on 15 September) and Israel.

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