Military Pensioner's Day in Russia.
On November 11, Russia celebrates Military Pensioners' Day. The holiday is unofficial, but unites all the people who dedicated their lives to serving the motherland.
Of course, Defender of the Fatherland Day and other holidays dedicated to individual branches of the military unite all people who served in the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces. The same holiday is dedicated to those who chose service in the Armed Forces as a profession and walked this path with honor to the end, and received the honorary status of a military pensioner.
The fate of military personnel who ended their service for one reason or another (due to age, illness or injury) became the subject of the state's attention in the era of Peter I, who at the legislative level began to determine the retirement procedure with his decrees. Thus, in January 1720, the naval charter approved by Peter I established old-age pensions for naval officers, and soon a new decree extended the pension to the lower ranks. These decrees established one-time and lifetime payments to widows, as well as annual payments to orphans until they reached the age fixed in the decree.
The military pension system was developed at the beginning of the 19th century under Emperor Alexander I, who in 1803, in his decree, approved the mandatory payment of alimony to officers who left the service due to injury after 20 years of service.
In December 1827, Emperor Nicholas I, by his decree, again improved the military pension system, after which it took on a stricter and more efficient appearance. The amount of payments was clearly regulated according to the reason for resignation and the length of service at the time of resignation. Restrictions were also set on payments that were of a disciplinary nature.
Currently, a retired military man also receives a monthly allowance from the state.