Day of Sea and River Fleet Workers  The Day of Sea and River Fleet Workers or the Sea and River Fleet Worker's Day () – a professional holiday of sea and river fleet workers in the USSR, which was celebrated annually on the first Sunday of each July since 1981. In the Soviet Union, Navy Day was established by the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and the Central Committee of the VKPB dated 22 of June, 1939. The Soviet Navy Day was celebrated on the Last Sunday of June annually from 1939. Workers of the Soviet Merchant Fleet, including the sailors, had not own holiday. However, the Day of the Soviet Navy, which was celebrated on the Last Sunday of June annually from 1939, was considered as the Day of All Workers of the Soviet Fleet in the Black Sea Shipping Company in 1970-s or before also and can be in other Soviet Shipping Companies also. The Black Sea Shipping Company had own reasons to celebrate it due to the ships of this shipping company took the largest share in the shipping of military cargoes of the Soviet Union, including the Cuban blockade breaking and to tropical and temperate ports in allied countries. But commercial sailors did not celebrate this day, on the Last Sunday of June, due to they did not consider it as own celebrate. However, congratulatory telegrams from the management of the Black Sea Shipping Company followed in the address of the ships and seafarers, to see the right: The Soviet Navy Day was canceled by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on the 1-st of October, 1980, and commenced to celebrate it on the Last Sunday of July annually from 1981. The Russian federation Navy Day was reestablished by the Decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 31 of May 2006. The Day of Sea and River Fleet Workers of the Soviet Union was founded by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union № 3018-X "Regarding public holidays and commemorative days" dated the 1 of October, 1980, as amended by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union № 9724-XI "Regarding Amendments to the legislation of the USSR regarding holidays and commemorative days" dated 1 of November, 1988. The first celebration of the Day of Sea and River Fleet Workers fell in the Soviet Union on 5 July 1981, first Sunday in July of this year, and this Day was celebrated on some ships of Black Sea Shipping Company, with various competitions. So, it was celebrated on the ship "Metallurg Baykov" of the Black Sea Shipping Company with the competition in pneumatic rifle shooting in honor of the Day of Sea and River Fleet Workers celebration and this competicion was also a part of the DOSAAF program as a part of the military training for civil seamen due to Cold War period.