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25 June marks the Day of the navigator (sailor's day)

Annually 25 June is International Festival, which is known as the Day of the navigator, Day or sailor. This profession throughout the history of humanity was considered an honorable, unusual and quite dangerous. To devote his life to navigation may only true connoisseurs of marine romance. Thanks to the work of modern sailors there is a continuous development of the world economy, international trade is carried out. Especially surprising is the fact, that their professional holiday sailors received relatively recently - only in the 2010 year.

approved in 2010 , an international festival affects mainly civilians, Seafarers', which until recently, Unlike their military counterparts, We did not have the professional holiday. Exactly at 2010 the country was, members of the International Maritime Organization, included in the UN, at a conference in Manila decided to set up a professional holiday sailors. This holiday was necessary to establish, to emphasize the importance of navigation for our world, contributions of seafarers in the development of international trade, economy and civil society today is invaluable. This holiday concerns about 1,5 millions of professionals, that forever linked their lives with the water element, working in the merchant navy.

25 июня отмечается День мореплавателя (День моряка)

Previously, their professional holiday had only those sailors, whose professions were directly or indirectly related to military affairs. This injustice to civil Merchant Seamen was corrected UN resolution №19. In today's world it is the merchant marine sailors provide about 80 percent of the world's trading activities. Thanks to their inconspicuous at first glance, the work of a variety of products are delivered to the remote regions of the planet, particularly important in the delivery of food regions, suffering from their lack. At the same time claiming a new holiday, its organizers had hoped to carry out his part of various information events, involving sensitive issues and problems of navigation, which include maritime piracy, which exists in the XXI century, and ocean pollution.

Vast in size water areas occupy more than two-thirds of the area of ​​our planet. Therefore there is nothing strange in the fact, that the person is already in the remotest of times of the day strove to, to overcome the seas and oceans. first means, that people used to swim, rafts were primitive design, which appeared in the Stone Age.

no longer possible to say now, who exactly built the first ship. It is known, that the history of shipbuilding and navigation has no less 8 thousands of years, that the time corresponds to the Neolithic period. Modern science still can not say for sure, in what state emerged and shipbuilding originated and where man first came out in the open sea. The latest research provides insights about, it happened in Egypt. For centuries, ships have changed the world and changed the fate of nations. It is the people on the ships were leaving on a long voyage, travel around the world and the great geographical discoveries, We are looking for new land, new life and new markets for goods and services.

25 июня отмечается День мореплавателя (День моряка)

In this case, the most dramatic changes in the structure as a martial, and merchant ships occurred relatively recently, They came to the last 200 years. Prior to that, for thousands of years, from the III millennium BC to the beginning of the XIX century AD, vehicles propelled solely by means of oars and sails. Today everything has changed. Modern ships are huge and technically accomplished. The sea and the Earth's oceans plow thousands of huge tankers and bulk carriers, as well as passenger ships and ferries, some of which are its dimensions overshadow even such giants, as modern aircraft carriers.

Today, sailor profession in Russia, as well as in the rest of the world, deserved respect from society. For a long time brave explorers water element became role models for the younger generation representatives, which literally admired their voyages. A lot for the promotion of the profession and make it more romantic and made known writers. Many boys as a child inspired by the works of Jules Verne, hoping to repeat the way the main character of the book "Captain at Fifteen". Many of them, when grown, They tied their fate to the sea.

25 июня отмечается День мореплавателя (День моряка)

In this case, human history has contained a lot of examples of deeds and sacrifice of sailors, what does, that today the profession is surrounded by a halo of romance and heroism. This halo is supported by numerous works of art, Seamen are still making films and cartoons, wrote numerous novels and stories, which means more and more boys dream to link all their lives to the sea. At the same time sailor profession - it's not just romance, but also routine and rather dangerous work. Despite the huge technological development, which took place over thousands of years in the field of shipbuilding, Any ship can become a victim of the elements, over which people still has no power. In this sea shipping itself, especially trade, It plays an important role for the economy of the entire planet, ensuring the well-being of millions of people around the world. And the industry itself is always in need of professionals, so the holiday, which is celebrated annually 25 June, It is a great additional information occasion, emphasizing the importance and necessity of a sailor profession, the value of which remains as a huge, as in the early days of our civilization.

25 June "Military Review" wishes all sailors civilian specialties, acting as a, and being retired, with their professional holiday - International Day navigator!

Based on materials from open sources

                          
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