Chemist's Day: ideas about the holiday

The chemist's day is a holiday that is known not only in narrow circles of specialists, but also in the broad masses. After all, no matter what, it is very popular. In many respects this is due to its glorious traditions, which every year acquire something new.

If you delve deeper into the depths of history, you can remember that for the first time this holiday appeared in the Moscow State University named after Lomonosov. That is, it was the day of chemistry at Moscow State University. From the very beginning of existence a very interesting and amusing tradition appeared. Every year, the day of the chemist is obligatory under the sign of the next chemical element, presented in the periodic system of Mendeleyev. That is, the first holiday was held under the symbol of hydrogen. By the way, chemists celebrate their day on the last Sunday in May.

What is relevant at the time of the official establishment of the holiday - this was May 10, 1965. This was the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. However, despite this, the first people who decided to celebrate the holiday were people from the chemistry department of Moscow State University. Later, other universities of the country joined them. However, somehow it happened that some of them did not recognize the last Sunday in May as their professional holiday. Thus, in St. Petersburg, the chemist's day is celebrated on the first Saturday of April, but in Kharkov it takes place on the last Sunday in April. In Donetsk it was decided to celebrate this holiday on the last Friday of May. And even some chemical faculties in Moscow claim that their professional holiday falls on the second May weekend. And in Minsk it's 3-4 May weekend. In general, there is no certainty in resolving this issue.

And of course, chemist's day unites all workers in the chemical industry. Including this applies to students, graduate students, teachers and so on.

In general, it is worth noting that chemistry was officially formed as a science in 1961. It was this year that the Irish scholar Robert Boyle published his book The Skeptical Chemist. At that time, he quite bravely expressed his opinion about what chemistry is. Then Boyle defined chemistry as a process of studying the composition of all possible substances and the process of searching for completely new elements. But for the first time the term "chemistry" was introduced by the Roman astronomer Firmik, and it happened in 336 AD.

It is also worth noting that the chemist's day on the last Sunday in May, in addition to Russia, is celebrated in Byelorussia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

Regarding the celebration itself, it should be noted that the chemist tries to prepare quite seriously for his professional holiday - these are interesting scenarios, contests, games. Also very popular on the day of the chemist is a congratulation, which has a humorous color. Well, as it was mentioned above, every year this day passes under the symbol of one of the chemical elements represented in the periodic system, so that the whole holiday "revolves" around the next element. In a sense, it is like celebrating the New Year under the symbol of a certain animal.