In the calendar there are many festive dates, dedicated to a variety of events. Among other things, there are special days called to pay tribute to any particular profession. For example, a holiday like Chemist's Day. Chemist's Day is a professional holiday for all employees of the chemical industry in Russia, as well as Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus.
What is the date of the chemist's day?
Officially, Chemist's Day is celebrated in the month of May on the last Sunday. In 2013, Chemist's Day falls on May 26. However, in the universities of different cities, the chemical faculties choose their days for this holiday. In some localities, the date of the Chemist's Day is even combined with the City Day.
This holiday brings together students and teachers, newly-made graduates and serious scientists. Employees of the chemical industry are in great demand in a wide variety of fields. For example, without their achievements, neither the creation of cosmetic products, nor the production of motor oils, etc.
Every year, the holiday passes under the symbol of some element of the periodic table. Mendeleev University. The founder of this tradition was the Moscow State University, in which Mendeleev and Lomonosov are especially revered, their studies, works, accomplishments and brilliant discoveries.
Day of chemist in Ukraine
This holiday was officially approved in Ukraine in 1994. The first chemists in the country (as well as all over the world) are pharmacists and pharmacists. After all, they worked with various substances and preparations, mixing them in certain proportions and manufacturing medicines. The first pharmacy appeared in Lviv in the thirteenth century, and in Kiev the first pharmacy was opened only at the beginning of the eighteenth century. At present, the oldest working biochemist Maxim Guliy, who is over one hundred years old, lives in Ukraine.
Day of chemist in Belarus
This day is celebrated in Belarus, beginning in 1980, and officially the holiday was approved only in 2001. The chemist's day is fun and bright, Belarusians are highly respected, as the development of the chemical industry is one of the priority areas in the economy of Belarus.
It is the chemists who are directly involved in the creation of things without which we can no longer imagine our life today: from food and clothing to various household chemicals.