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    International Workers' Day celebrated in many countries

    11:33 01/05/2010 » Society

    On May 1 Armenia celebrates the Workers' Day, like those hundred
    states all over the world to mark the International Workers' Day or
    Labour Day.

    121 years ago the second international congress in Paris decided to
    unite the international proletariat and to fight for the rights, and
    they defined to cut the first working day.
    The Congress defined a day when the working class of the world may
    demonstrate its demands to the authorities.

    After the Paris Congress, May 1 was marked in 1890 in several countries.
    Workers' Day was celebrated in Russia in the beginning of 20th century.

    During Soviet Times May 1 was a real festive, since different
    celebrations were organized, rallies were held.


    Source: Panorama.am
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