When is Traffic Police Day in 2022 in Russia

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Almost every person in our country working in a certain profession has their own officially established professional holiday. Knowing about the importance of the traffic police officer, many are wondering when the Day of the traffic police is celebrated in 2022 in Russia.

What number is celebrated

You don't have to constantly guess when it will be, because the Traffic Police Day is fixed in the holiday calendar and its date is unchanged - July 3. The history of the holiday begins in the late 17th - early 18th centuries, when Emperor Peter I ordered the creation of communities to control the traffic situation. Then this initiative developed rapidly, and in the next century a permanent police of transport appeared.

The history of the appearance of the holiday

In 1917, a few days after the revolution, by order of the Council of People's Commissars, rules were created for the patrol service, which controlled traffic. In the twenties, when the first traffic lights appeared in the capital, the service began to control pedestrians as well. Soon, traffic controllers began to be deployed in difficult areas, and a few years later a special department was developed - OUD.

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In the 30s of the twentieth century, when the Council of People's Commissars signed a decree, thanks to which the first State Automobile Inspectorate appeared in the USSR, its powers were much broader than the rights of the previous body. Now the police monitored the training of drivers and the condition of the vehicle itself.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the traffic police was renamed the traffic police, and already at the beginning of the 21st century, the root name was returned to it. The official holiday, however, was established only in 2009, when traffic policemen unofficially celebrated their historic day for more than 80 years.

How the traffic police Day is celebrated in Russia

Since it is not a day off, although it is included in the list of all-Russian ones, traffic police officers are often forced to celebrate the holiday with colleagues while on duty. They usually wear a dress uniform, the bright element of which is a snow-white shirt. They dress in the same way for solemn constructions, on which congratulations are read out to them, diplomas, state awards and medals are presented to them.

It is on July 3 that the most distinguished workers are promoted to their posts so that this moment is much more solemn and official than on a weekday. This is how the professional tradition of “washing the stars” - promotion in ranks - has been entrenched in this day. Traffic police officers, who received new shoulder straps, throw old stars into a glass with a strong drink, later drinking it in one gulp and, as it were, snatching out their previous position with their teeth.

On the Day of the Traffic Police, concerts and demonstrations are often held, which are held in parts, and are broadcast on TV throughout the country. They usually invite pop stars and beloved singers, patriotic songs about the country and work are played. All comers have the opportunity to watch demonstration exercises and sports competitions, listen to lectures on the work of an automobile inspector.

Traditionally, Traffic Police Day, like any celebration in the circle of colleagues, ends next to friends, colleagues, family members.

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Interesting facts about the profession

The profession of an employee of the State Traffic Inspectorate is very ancient and unusual, so there are many facts that can probably surprise. Here are just a few of them:

• In the Russian Federation, mainly men work in the traffic police, in contrast to the Soviet Union, where women were among the first who decided to master the newly emerging profession and become traffic controllers.
• The first adjusting rods were not at all what they look like now. At first it was a long stick, about 90 cm, which was carried in a case and, due to its size, was used only in exceptional cases.

• The first wands used were not enough for all workers, so instead of them, they often used homemade batons or ordinary white gloves, regulating traffic only with waves of hands.
• The striped wand was introduced only in the forties, because they decided that such a device would be much more noticeable at dusk than a white one.
• According to statistics, the desire to work in the traffic police (along with medicine and astronautics) is one of the most frequently mentioned in surveys of schoolchildren and young children.

Outcomes

Traffic police day in Russia is annually celebrated on July 3, so on this day you can congratulate your loved ones, friends and acquaintances who are engaged in such an important, sometimes not quite appreciated profession. Perhaps it is your congratulations that will inspire the traffic police to continue their activities, give them the feeling that their professionalism is really important for all pedestrians and drivers.