An AFQT percentile score indicates the percentage of examinees in a reference group who scored at or below that particular score. For current AFQT scores, the reference group is a sample of 18 to 23 year old youth who took the ASVAB as part of a national norming study conducted in 1997. Thus, your AFQT score of 62 indicates that you scored as well as or better than 62% of the nationally-representative sample of 18 to 23 year old youth.
In the days of the Soviet Union, Christmas was not celebrated very much. New Year was the important time. Now Christmas is normally celebrated on January 7th (only a few Catholics might celebrate it on the 25th December).The date is different because the Russian Orthodox church uses the old 'Julian' calendar for religious celebration days.The Orthodox Church also celebrates Advent.he official Christmas and New holidays in Russia last from December 31st to January 10th. In Russian Happy/Merry Christmas is 's rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM' (C ÑÐ¾Ð¶Ð´ÐµÑÑÐ²Ð¾Ð¼!) or 's-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah' (ÑÑÐ°ÑÑÐ»Ð¸Ð²Ð¾Ð³Ð¾ ÑÐ¾Ð¶Ð´ÐµÑÑÐ²Ð°!). Happy/Merry Christmas in lots more languages.
Traditional Holidays, Festivals, Feasts, and Customs. Russian traditions are one component of Russian culture that attract visitors to Europe's largest country. Most travelers may be familiar with common Christmas and Easter traditions, but Russians don't pay homage to their pagan and Christian ancestors' way of doing things only twice a year. The Russian annual traditions calendar is full of exciting, and sometimes strange, customs, from bathing in ice water at Epiphany to Ded Moroz's appearance on New Year's Eve. This article deals with Russian traditions through the year. If you'd like to know when certain holidays occur, check out the Russian holidays page. of 08. â¢â¢â¢ Ken Scicluna/AWL Images/Getty Images. The majority of Russians celebrate New Year's Day with the rest of the world on January 1st. But an older New Year's Day tradition sees the start of the year as January 14th.