March 01, 2014 The Subbotnik is Born A look back at the odd history of "Communist Saturdays" – or how working on non-workdays was not such a big deal.
March 01, 2015 Sprouting Spring Celebrations There has been a proliferation of professional holidays in Russia, and those falling in the spring have a peculiar "bent" toward the military and law enforcement bodies...
April 10, 2014 Subbotniks: Soviet "Days of Service" Once, a group of factory workers decided to work without pay for the war effort. Somehow their voluntary sacrifice became the entire Soviet Union's mandatory labor - all "for the greater good."