Happy Unity Day!

Another week, another holiday. This time Russia's Day of National Unity. My Russian friends tell me that, despite the government sponsored commercials, it is not actually a holiday. Wikipedia tells me that it was celebrated until the revolution in 1917 then reinstated in 2005 as a replacement for the former Day of the Revolution (November 7); that it commemorates an uprising which expelled Polish-Lithuanian forces from Moscow in November 1612; and that it used to have the catchy title "Day of Moscow’s Liberation from Polish Invaders." Wikipedia:

According to a recent poll, only 23 percent of Russians know the name of the holiday, up from 8 percent in 2005.

Happy sort of Holidays!