Day of the Navy Russia

Day of the Navy celebrated on the last Sunday of July on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on October 1, 1980 On holidays and memorial days. This is one of the most popular in the USSR and then Russia holidays, has the informal name of Neptune Day . Creating a regular navy in Russia was due to the urgent need for the country to overcome the territorial, political and cultural isolation that has become at the turn of XVII-XVIII centuries the main obstacle to economic and social development of the Russian state.