The tradition of celebrating the New Year with champagne while the bells are ringing appeared in the USSR only in the 1960s. In this respect kp.ru said Konstantin Titov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Public Administration and History at Perm National Research Polytechnic University.
“Before the revolution in Russia, only the nobility could afford champagne. After the revolution it became even less accessible. Therefore, ordinary people drank what they had. The tradition of drinking champagne on New Year’s Eve appeared in the USSR only in the early 1960s: then “Blue Light” began to be shown, where champagne became an obligatory part of the holiday, explained the expert.
Another New Year’s tradition, consisting of New Year’s round dances, dates back to even older times. According to the historian, this dance is one of the oldest dances in Russia; It was part of the Slavic ritual of worshiping the Sun. But round dancing did not disappear even after the advent of Christianity.
“During the Soviet period, round dancing, like any ritualized collective action, contributed to the construction of a ‘new historical community’, the Soviet people, and was also an effective disciplinary practice that dissolved the individual into the collective,” Titov said.
kp.ru survey before showedMore than half (56%) of Russians say they prepare Olivier for the New Year every year. Another 48% said that the New Year’s table is not complete without tangerines, because the citrus scent helps them dive into the holiday atmosphere. Slightly less, 47% of respondents always cook herring under a fur coat.
It was previously reported that Russians are becoming more likely. to buy Game consoles for children for the New Year.