RUSSIA REFORMS THE CALENDAR.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18961, 7 January 1930, Page 1

RUSSIA REFORMS THE CALENDAR.

5-DAY WEEK ADOPTED; COLOURED FEAST DAYS. (United Press Assn.—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received January 7, 9.5 a.m.) BERLIN, January 6. The Soviet Committee charged with the duty of fitting the five days week into the calendar of months and years reviewed more than 100 projects for reform and finally decided to preserve the Gregorian framework. The New Year, however, begins on November 1, in honour of the revolution. The years are numbered from 1917. The Soviet Union, therefore, is now in the third month of the j-ear 13. The year consists of 360 working days and five Revolutionary feast days, on which all workshops are closed. The year is further divided into four quarters of 90 days and twelve months of 30 days, each containing six five-day weeks. The five Revolutionary feasts will always fall on the 31st of the month. The days will be named Yellow, Pink, Red, Blue and Green, and workmen will be divided into five shifts, each .called after the colour of the day on which its members do not work. The months will retain their Capitalist names.