New Year is traditionally celebrated almost all over the world on December 31st. However, the first to celebrate the New Year begin in the dwarf Kingdom of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean. And they complete - in Haiti and Samoa - in 25 hours.
0.15 - Chatham Island (New Zealand), distant from the main islands of New Zealand, is in a special time zone and is the second place where the New Year comes.
1.00 - New Zealand (Wellington, Auckland, etc.) and polar explorers from the South Pole in Antarctica celebrate the New Year.
2.00 - The New Year begins with the inhabitants of extreme eastern Russia (Anadyr, Kamchatka), the Fiji Islands and some other Pacific islands (Nauru, Tuvalu, etc.)
2.30 - Norfolk Island (Australia).
3.00 - Part of eastern Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra) and some Pacific islands (Vanuatu, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, etc.).
January 1st is an ordinary day and Iran. The country lives according to the Persian calendar. The New Year is celebrated in Iran on the day of the spring equinox - March 21. The holiday is called Navruz, that is, a new day.
In a multicultural India there are so many holidays that if you had to celebrate everything, there would be no time to work. Therefore, some of them have become "holidays of choice". These days, all institutions and offices are open, but employees can take time off. January 1 is one of those holidays. March 22 is the New Year according to the unified national calendar of India. In Kerala, New Year is celebrated on April 13th. It is called Vishu. Sikhs celebrate their New Year, Vaisakhi, on the same day. In South India, the Divapali festival is widely celebrated in autumn, which also means the arrival of the new year. This is not a complete list of New Year's days that can be celebrated in India. By the way, among the "holidays to choose from" there is also Catholic Christmas.
AT South Korea January 1 is a day off. Decorated Christmas trees and Santa Clauses are common here, but the beginning of the year in Korea is perceived rather than as a holiday, but as an additional day off that can be spent in a pleasant circle of family and friends. But if something is celebrated on an unprecedented scale, it is Sollal - the New Year according to the lunar calendar. By this day, most Koreans leave for their hometowns to honor the memory of their ancestors.
Time zones in Russia are established by the Federal Law, adopted in the fall of 2014. Prior to its approval, there were 9 zones, today there are 11. According to international numbering, they range from 2 to 12. Moscow time (hereinafter referred to as MSK) refers to the third time zone. The changes were adopted at the legislative level so that each subject of the Russian Federation belongs to one zone. The exception is Yakutia (three time zones). So who in Russia is the first to celebrate the New Year?
Uelen, Chukchi village
The globe is divided into two hemispheres: Western and Eastern. The line along which the border runs is the 180th meridian. It is established by international agreement that a new day begins here. The 180th meridian passes through the water basin and crosses the land only twice - the Fiji Islands and the Chukchi Peninsula. That is why every Russian schoolchild knows that in our country the day begins with Chukotka. It originates at the point of the 180th meridian, the border of which is conditionally transferred from the territory of the Bering Strait to land. In what villages does morning come first? "Border of the day" - these are the easternmost settlements of Uelen and Naukan.
Here lies the answer to the question of who in Russia is the first to celebrate the New Year. For those who are in the MSK + 9 time zone, it arrives at 15:00 Moscow time. Nearby is the easternmost settlement of our country - the village of Uelen, where about 650 people live. It stretched out along the pebble strip that separates the lagoon from the Chukchi Sea, and is located at the very foot of the hill, the slope of which is visible at any time because of the black hillocks on them. The inhabitants of the village are Eskimos, Chukchi and Russians, who are engaged in fishing and sea hunting. It is curious that Yu. S. Rytkheu, a famous writer, was once born in this small settlement.
Township of Naunkan
In fact, the easternmost village was Naunkan. Founded presumably in the XIV century, the village was located directly on Cape Dezhnev. When asked where the New Year was celebrated first in Russia, until 1958 they always answered: "In Naunkan."
But it was 1958 that was the last year in the life of the inhabitants of the village. It was abolished by resettling 400 people across the territory of the Autonomous Okrug. Now only a few monuments have survived on the cape in the place where one of Dezhnev's koches once crashed. May the memory of the most famous natives of the village be preserved, among them the famous engraver Khukhutan and the poetess Z.N. Nenlyumkin.
Together with Chukotka, the capital of the ChAO, Anadyr, is the first to meet Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. The most northeastern city of the Russian Federation, located on the banks of the river of the same name. It was founded as an outpost in 1889 and was called Novo-Mariinsk. Already in the 30s it became the administrative center of the district, and in 1965 acquired the status of a city. Today, its population exceeds 15 thousand people, Russians, Chukchi and Eskimos predominate. By the way, the locals call the capital of CHAO Kagyrgym, which in translation from Chukchi means "mouth", or Vyen ("entrance"). The city is really located in a small neck, from where the path to the upper part of the estuary opens.
Residents of the city, living in permafrost conditions, call the rest of Russia the mainland, emphasizing their remoteness. The distance to the capital of the Russian Federation is more than 6,100 km. Residential houses built on piles are painted in bright colors, which looks quite impressive against the background of the gray tundra. The facades are decorated with drawings of animals, people, shaman tambourines. There is practically no unemployment in the city. In addition to reindeer breeding, hunting and fishing, residents mine coal and gold, work at a fish factory and the largest wind farm - the Anadyr WPP. So, which city of Russia will be the first to meet? Undoubtedly, Anadyr. But it is not the only one located in the MSK+9 time zone.
Other cities in ChAO
Two more cities are located in the Autonomous Okrug, where its residents are the first to celebrate the New Year in Russia. These are Bilibino and Pevek. The first one has had the status of a city since 1993 and is located even further from the capital of the Russian Federation - at a distance of 6500 km. Previously, it was called Karalvaam - after the name of the river on the banks of which it is located. The town was founded in connection with the discovery by geologists of a placer gold deposit and is now considered one of the most expensive cities in the country. At the moment, its population exceeds 6.3 thousand people.
Answering the question about which city in Russia will be the first to celebrate the New Year, it should be said about the northernmost - Pevek, founded in 1933. It received its current status in 1967. Its population is 4.5 thousand people. This is an important port located on the shore of the strait that connects the East Siberian Sea and the Chaun Bay. At one time, tin deposits were discovered on its territory and two ITC institutions were founded. Today Pevek is one of the gold mining regions. However, after the closure of the tin mines in the 90s, the population of the city began to decline sharply due to employment problems. By the way, during the meeting of the New Year, the polar night reigns in the city, lasting until January 16th.
The main city of Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Territory is also located in the MSK + 9 time zone. The capital of the administrative district is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. This is the answer to the question of which city in Russia celebrates the New Year first. Almost 180.5 thousand residents of the capital of the region raise their glasses with champagne before others in Russia. Among them, about 80% are Russians, a little more than 3.5% are Ukrainians. Other nationalities make up less than 1%. Among them are Tatars, Azerbaijanis, Belarusians, Koryaks, Chuvashs and others.
The city is located in the southeast of the peninsula, on the hills, on the very shore of the Avacha Bay. There are four volcanoes in the visibility zone, two of them are active. Kamchatka (especially its eastern coast) is a seismically dangerous place, so most of the buildings are built with five floors. Recently, skyscrapers have also appeared that can withstand an earthquake of 10 points. The peculiarity of the peninsula is that there are no overland communications with the mainland. To get to Vladivostok, for example, you can only by plane or boat.
Who in Russia is the first to celebrate the New Year: Kamchatka Territory
There are two more cities of regional subordination in Kamchatka - Vilyuchinsk and Yelizovo. The first is ZATO. It was formed by the merger of workers' settlements, where the Navy's ship repair plant and the nuclear submarine base were once built. The name of the city is given by the name of an extinct volcano, which is a natural monument. Year of foundation - 1968. The population is just over 22 thousand people.
To the question of who in Russia is the first to celebrate the New Year, it will be correct to answer: Yelizovo. Located 32 km from this city with 38 thousand people, it occupies the banks of the Avacha River. Here in the middle of the 19th century there was a settlement renamed in honor of G. M. Elizov, the commander of a partisan detachment who died in 1922. The village received city status in 1975. Its inhabitants live by catching fish and processing it.
So, we have sorted out the inhabitants of which regions are the first to celebrate the New Year. An hour later, Magadan, Sakhalin Island and the east of Yakutia take the baton.
When we still have the last feverish preparations for the New Year, some inhabitants of the Earth have not only met it and had a good time, but by this time they even managed to relax and sleep. For there are places in the world where the New Year is celebrated much earlier than ours. In our photo gallery we present those places where the New Year is celebrated first on our planet.
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1. Traditionally, the first to meet the New Year 2015 in Kiribati. And more specifically, on the Linear Islands, which are located to the east than the other islands of this country. In 1994, one of the presidential candidates promised the citizens that if he won the elections, he would make sure that Kiribati would be the first to celebrate the New Year in the whole world. He won and kept his word: he moved the demarcation line of time (a conditional line on a map of time zones). Since that time, Kiribati has been divided into three time zones, and in the easternmost of them, midnight comes 14 hours earlier than in London. (Photo: DS355/flickr.com). 
2. In the same time zone as Kiribati, Tokelau is located, which includes a group of islands consisting of three coral atolls: Atafu, Nukunono and Fakaofo. It is a dependent territory of New Zealand. The time zone change here happened quite recently, in 2011, and the main reason for this was the problem of interaction in contacts with New Zealand, since the island used to be on the other side of the demarcation time line. (Photo: Haanee Naeem/flickr.com). 
3. An hour later, the New Year will be celebrated by the inhabitants of Samoa. In 2011, there was also a change of time zone, the date of December 30, 2011 was absent in the Samoan calendar. This was done to better interact and develop cooperation with Australia and New Zealand. Interestingly, the previous time zone change was carried out in 1892 in order to adjust the time to California. (Photo: Savai'i Island/flickr.com). 
4. At the same time as in Samoa, the people of Tonga, an island located one third of the way between New Zealand and Hawaii, south of Samoa, will celebrate the New Year. (Photo: pintxomoruno/flickr.com). 
5. The next to celebrate the New Year are the inhabitants of the Chatam Islands. This small archipelago, which consists of two inhabited islands - Chatham and Pitt. Other small islands have the status of reservations and are generally inaccessible to both residents of the islands and tourists. Interestingly, Chatham Island has its own time zone, which is 45 minutes (less) different from New Zealand time. (Photo: Phil Pledger/flickr.com). 
6. After the inhabitants of the Chatam Islands, the next New Year 2015 will be celebrated in New Zealand. (Photo: Philipp Klinger Photography/flickr.com). 
7. At the same time as in New Zealand, they will celebrate the New Year in Fiji. This is a state that is located on 322 islands and islets of volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs, of which only 110 islands are inhabited. (Photo: brad/flickr.com). 
8. The first mainland state whose inhabitants will celebrate the New Year 2015 (simultaneously with the inhabitants of New Zealand and Fiji) is Russia, or rather, the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, located in the southeastern part of the volcanic Kamchatka Peninsula. (Photo: Jasja/flickr.com). 
9. In the same time zone as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, there are numerous small islands and archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean: Tuvalu, Nauru, Wallis and Futuna, Wake and the Marshall Islands. Photo: Nauru island. (Photo: Hadi Zaher/flickr.com). 
10. We travel further and move to the west. The next New Year will be celebrated by the inhabitants of New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located in the Western Pacific Ocean, in Melanesia, about 1,400 kilometers east of Australia and 1,500 kilometers northwest of New Zealand. (Photo: Tonton des Iles-Bye bye Everyone/flickr.com).
Countries that celebrate the New Year at the same time as New Caledonia are: Vanuatu, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Solomon Islands.
11. Together with New Caledonia, the New Year 2015 will be met by residents of another Russian city - Magadan. (Photo: Tramp/flickr.com). 
12. On our journey, we finally arrived in Australia, where the first to celebrate the New Year, of course, are the inhabitants of the east coast - Sydney and Melbourne. (Photo: El Mundo, Economía y Negocios/flickr.com). 
13. Simultaneously with the residents of Sydney and Melbourne, the New Year will be celebrated in Vladivostok and on such Pacific islands as: Guam, the Mariana Islands and Papua New Guinea. Pictured: Guam Island. Russians will celebrate the New Year 11 times this year. AiF.ru has created a special hint infographic that will help Muscovites not to get confused and at the right time to congratulate their relatives living in other regions of the country on the holiday.
In what order will the people of Russia celebrate the New Year?
In Russia, the people of Kamchatka and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug will be the first to celebrate the New Year. The holiday for them will come 9 hours earlier than for Muscovites.
Following Kamchatka and Chukotka, the president will congratulate the inhabitants of the eastern regions of the Yakutsk region and the Severo-Kuril region of the Sakhalin region on the New Year. There, the last strike of the chimes will sound 8 hours earlier than in the capital.
The third champagne will be opened by residents of the central part of Yakutia, as well as Primorsky Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Magadan Region, the Jewish Autonomous Region and the western part of the Sakhalin Region. They will meet the holiday 7 hours earlier than Moscow.
Then, walking around the country, the New Year will come to visit the inhabitants of the western regions of Yakutia and the Amur Region. For them, the holiday will come 6 hours earlier than the Russian capital.
Fifth in the new year will be residents of Buryatia, the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Irkutsk Region. They will make their most cherished wish under the chiming clock five hours earlier than Muscovites.
The sixth to celebrate the holiday will be residents of Tuva, Khakassia, the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Kemerovo Region. They will uncork the champagne four hours earlier than they do in Moscow.
Novosibirsk, Omsk and Tomsk regions, as well as the Republic of Altai and the Altai Territory will join the New Year celebrations seventh. They will be able to see fireworks three hours earlier than Muscovites.
Bashkortostan, Perm Territory, Yugra, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, as well as Kurgan, Orenburg, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen and Chelyabinsk regions will celebrate the holiday eighth in the Russian Federation. Glasses in anticipation of the last blow of the chimes will be raised there two hours earlier than Moscow.
Residents of the Udmurt and Samara regions will be the ninth to launch fireworks and blow up firecrackers. They will enter the new year an hour earlier than Muscovites.
Tenth glasses of champagne will be raised by Muscovites and residents of the European part of Russia and the Crimean peninsula.
Residents of the Kaliningrad region will be the last to celebrate the holiday in the Russian Federation - the president wishes them happiness in the new year an hour later than Muscovites.
30.12.2001 19:34 | M. E. Prokhorov / GAISH, Moscow
Every time the next New Year was approaching, I began to be interested in the question: "Where will it come from in the first place? Where will its journey on Earth begin?".
In the last two years, this question has interested not only me, but, of course, could not compete in popularity with the "question of the century": "When will the new millennium begin - January 1, 2000 or 2001?"
Actually this question contains several different questions. One of them is associated with physical phenomena, for example, when at a given place on Earth they run out mean solar day December 31, 2001 or where will the Sun rise first on January 1, 2002?
In order to answer the first of the questions, you need to find the easternmost point on Earth lying west of the date line. This is Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka (if you do not take into account the small islands lying a little to the east). There it will happen two minutes earlier than in the Tonga Islands, and ten minutes earlier than in New Zealand's Chatham Islands. To determine the point of the earliest sunrise, one must take into account the latitude and longitude of the point, its height above sea level, the season (winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern), etc. For example, on January 1, 2000, the earliest sunrise according to the Greenwich Observatory occurred on the island of Ketchal, which is part of the group of protected Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Because of this, no one managed to celebrate the New Year there, and the very first meeting took place on the top of the mountain of Pitt Island, which is part of the Chatham group of islands, which are subordinate to New Zealand.
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Another purely formal question is where January 1, 2002 will come first, according to the officially accepted countdown. Before discussing further, it is worth looking at a number of pictures. The most convenient of them is the map time zones in a cylindrical projection. The map was taken from the "Study Atlas of the World" about 20 years ago (in fact, not many changes have occurred on it during this time, you can read about the most important below). It shows that the Earth is divided into - bands about 15 ° wide in longitude, in each of which a single time is set. Most often, the boundaries of time zones go along the borders of countries or their parts.
A very important detail on this map is. It passes along approximately 180° latitude, but it experiences deviations that are very interesting and important for the question we are considering. In the north, this line first deviates far to the east to go around Chukotka, and then to the west, rounding the ridge of the Aleutian Islands stretching from Alaska. Further, the line goes exactly along the 180th longitude, deviating to the east only to drive New Zealand.
I have always considered. that the New Year first comes to Chukotka, since it is located in the 12 time zone, and since in Russia since the beginning of the 20th century it has been customary maternity time(shifted 1 hour ahead), then it is there that the first phenomenon of the New Year takes place.
But everything turned out to be not so simple.
