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Russians Get Holiday to Multiply

Couples get day off nine months before country's national day

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 15, 2007 5:38 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Ulyanovsk region of Russia will give its citizens a day off to procreate—nine months before Russia's national day of June 12; couples whose children are born on that day can even win prizes. The Russian population has been dropping since the early 90s,...   Read full story »

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