- Réunion
- Réunion:
An island off the east coast of Africa. One of the Overseas Departments of France.
Natonal holidays.
See France.
- Romania
- Romania:
A country in Eastern Europe.
National Holiday, August 23-24. Commemorates the period in 1944 when Romania switched loyalties from the Axis to the Allied side. [see below]
Liberation Day, August 23. Anniversary of overthrow of the Fascist Iron Guard dictatorship in 1944. [2 day celebration also known as national day] See also World War II.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labor Day, National
Day (Dec 1), Christmas.
- Russia
- Russia:
The Russian Federation was formerly the largest republic in the Soviet Union.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Christmas (Jan 7), Women's Day (Mar 8), Labor Day
(May 1), Victory Day (May 9), State Sovereignty Day (Jun 12), Socialist
Revolution Day (Nov 7).
- Rwanda
- Rwanda:
The Rwandese Republic is in Africa.
Independence Day, July 1. Anniversary of independence from Belgium when sovereignty was granted in 1962.
Democracy Day, January 28.
Kamarampaka Day, September 25, commemorates the anniversary of the abolition of the monarchy in 1961, and is marked yearly with the opening of the National Assembly.
Peace and Unity Day, July 5. Anniversary of the 1973 coup.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Democracy Day, Easter Monday, Labor Day (May 1),
Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Independence Day, Peace and Unity Day, Assumption,
Kamarampaka Day, Armed Forces Day (Oct 26), All Saints' Day, Christmas.
