May Day
A couple of days will come the month of May. The first of May is an important Soviet holiday. In modern Russia it is preserved, though under a different name
as the Holiday of Spring and Labor.
In the Russian Empire First May as the day of international solidarity of workers was first noted in 1890 in Warsaw by the strike of 10 thousand workers. Since 1897, the cows have started to be political and accompanied by mass demonstrations. May Day speeches of workers in 1901 in St. Petersburg, Tbilisi, Gomel, Kharkov and other cities for the first time were accompanied by slogans: "Down with the autocracy!", "Long live the republic!".
More than 400 thousand workers left the May Day strikes and demonstrations of 1912-1914. In 1917, after the February Revolution, May Day was first celebrated openly: millions of workers took to the streets with slogans "Down with the capitalist ministers", "All power to the Soviets", "Down with the imperialist wars!"
After the October Revolution of 1917, the holiday became official. In the Soviet Republic it was originally called the "International Day", later it was called "International Workers' Day - May Day" and celebrated on May 1 and 2.
In my Soviet childhood shish kebab was the real holiday. The first warm May days were the occasion to go out of town and at the fire to cook shish kebab.
Today shish kebab became available in almost any cafe.
I present a small selection of shish kebab from different meat, chicken and fish.
