Emergency Rescuer's Day (russian: День спасателя) is a professional holiday of Russian

emergency service Emergency services and rescue services are organizations that ensure public safety and health by addressing and resolving different emergencies. Some of these agencies exist solely for addressing certain types of emergencies, while others deal wit ...

workers, observed annually on 27 December when the Russian Emergency Rescue Corps was established in 1990, according to the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the

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. The holiday itself was established by the

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Decree of

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

No. 1306 "On the Establishment of the Day of the Emergency Rescuer of the Russian Federation" on 26 November 1995. Traditionally, the majority of Russian emergency rescuers on this day stay on duty. It is estimated that the Russian emergency services save over 100,000 lives annually. According to official estimates, in 2013 the number of those who died in emergency situations in Russia decreased by 40%.

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