Proper names. Capital letter in writing proper names

• Common nouns - these are words that are the name of a large group of homogeneous objects (animate or inanimate). For example: in a word writers name a large group of people who create books.
• Proper nouns- these are words that represent the names of individual objects. For example : Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin- first name, patronymic and last name of one of the writers.

The thing is that nouns can very easily move from the category of common nouns into the category of proper nouns and vice versa. Here's an example: we know such common nouns as faith, hope and love, but over time they turned into proper names Faith, Hope and Love.

So, let's look at the basic rules for determining nouns: common and proper.

Noun: proper or common noun

• Proper nouns

Proper nouns include: first names, last names and patronymics of people, names of animals, names of cities, countries, streets, rivers, seas and oceans. Proper names are always written with a capital letter. And the names of organizations and literary works are also placed in quotation marks.

For example: The cat lived very friendly Fluff and dog Buddy .

In this sentence the words Fluff And Buddy- names of animals, so we write them with a capital letter - these are proper nouns.

More examples of proper nouns:

• Samuil Marshak, Grigory Rasputin, Natalya Petrovna Sakhaorova (names of people);
• Bryansk, Tula, Vladivostok (city names);
• Bolshoye Murashkino, Sibirskoye, Kriushi, Poltso, Kurdoma (names of villages);
• Kilimanjaro, Everest, Ural (names of mountains);
• Baikal, Alpsee, Michigan (names of lakes);
• Russia, Czech Republic, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia (country names);
• "Rosbusinessconsulting", "Gazprom", "VAZ" (the names of organizations are written not only with a capital letter, but also in quotation marks).

• Common nouns

All other nouns are common nouns. They are written with registration

For example, the word itself city, animal names dog and cat, types of reservoirs: river, sea and lake - common nouns.

That is Moscow- proper noun (name of the city), and city or capital- common nouns.

Buryonka is a proper noun (the name of an animal), and itself cow or animal- common nouns.

How to determine a common noun or a proper noun?

Determining whether a noun is a proper noun or a common noun is often difficult, especially for children in primary school. Let's try to figure it out.

Firstly, only a noun can be a proper name or a common noun. What questions does a noun answer? Who? What?

Next, try to determine whether this noun combines a group of words? What is it: an object, a phenomenon, a class of homogeneous objects (city, person, street, dog) or the name of an organization, street, house, name?

Hello, please explain why the adjectives “Jules Vernovsky” are written with a hyphen, and “Don Juansky” is written together. Thank you.

The point is that there is a noun Don Juan, which is written together.

orthographic dictionary

Don Juan, -A ( lit. character) And Don Juan, -A ( seeker loveadventures)

donjoy or zm, -A

Don Juan

philandering, -A

Don Juan, -yours, -twists

	Question No. 288225

How to write surnames correctly - with a capital letter or with a lowercase letter - if they are used not as an indication of a specific person, but as an indication of some characteristic set of qualities? For example, there is a Russian football player named Putsko. He became the model of a young, inexperienced, unsure of his actions defender. And in this sense, we use his image in the sentence: “Having made a mistake, the Uruguayan defender was probably upset - it is common for Putskos from different countries, not just Russians, to worry in such cases.” Uppercase or lowercase?

Russian language help desk response

Proper names can be used generally (figuratively) as names of people with certain character traits and behavior, with certain qualities. But in order for them to begin to be written in lowercase, a long-term (and even centuries-old) tradition of such use must develop. Wed: Robinson, Don Juan, philanthropist, Judas, ladies' man. In the example you gave, of course, you need to keep the capital letter in the proper name.

	Question No. 270095

Hello! In printed publications, proper names are used in the meaning of common nouns, for example, “Belgorod Breivik”, “Tambov Mavrodi”. How should such writing be formatted correctly? Are quotation marks necessary and what to write with a capital letter. Thank you in advance!

Russian language help desk response

There is no doubt that proper names Breivik, Mavrodi, when used figuratively, retain the capital letter (they still differ from those that have become common nouns Don Juan, Robinson, philanthropist and etc.). There is no reason to capitalize adjectives. But the quotation marks are in place: they indicate both the convention and the integrity of the naming. Therefore it is correct: “Moscow Breivik”, “Belgorod Breivik”, “Tambov Mavrodi”.

	Question No. 246820

"Some little chaliapins appeared on the stage." Is it correct that in this sentence the proper name has become a common noun and is written with a small letter?

Russian language help desk response

Correct with capitals: little Chaliapins. Only some proper names of persons, literary or mythological characters, when used generally (figuratively), are written with a lowercase letter; The spelling of such words is determined in dictionary order: Judas, Robinson, philanthropist, Don Juan etc. In most cases, the use of proper names in the common sense does not require replacing a capital letter with a lowercase one, cf.: we all look at Napoleons(Pushkin).

	Question No. 205862

Please! This is urgent (we are renting out the room today). Are proper names used in the plural written with a capital or lowercase letter? This particular case is of particular interest: “I remember that in the early 90s, the whole country, with bated breath, watched the love affairs that took place with all sorts of Marias, Juanitas and Louis Alberts.” "...Lucy and Diego replaced Masha and Petit." It seems to me that the capital letter is written correctly, because... The following rule pops into my head: if a proper name has become a common noun (Don Juan(s), philanthropist(s), paparazzi), then it is written with a lowercase letter, but if it is only used with the meaning of a common noun, then with a capital letter. So I can’t really figure it out: in this case, are proper names used in the meaning of common nouns or do they designate several persons with one name? Or have they become household names already? In general, what letter should you write with? Thank you! Really looking forward to the answer!

Russian language help desk response

We recommend capitalizing all names in this example.

Ever since school, everyone has learned the simple rule that the word that begins a sentence is always written with a capital letter. But not only in this case the use of capital letters becomes appropriate.

There are other cases in which it is necessary to capitalize a word.

1. Of course, every new sentence should begin with a capital letter, but there are some exceptions.

Note 1. In poetic works, each verse begins with a capital letter, regardless of the punctuation mark that ended the previous line:

The unfortunate cat cut her paw -
He sits and cannot take a single step.
Hurry up to heal the cat's paw
You need to buy balloons!

And immediately people crowded on the road -
He makes noise and screams and looks at the cat.
And the cat is partly walking along the road,
Partly flies smoothly through the air! (D. Kharms, “The Amazing Cat”)

Note 2. If a sentence uses an ellipsis, indicating intermittency in speech, then words with a small letter should be written after it:

• And this week I have… that…. son died. (A. Chekhov)

Note 3. A capital letter is not used even if, after direct speech ending with any punctuation mark except a period, the words of the author follow:

• - Quiet! Do not scream! - he told me.
• “Maester Cressen, they have come to us,” Pylos said softly, as if not wanting to intrude on the old man’s gloomy thoughts. (George Martin, A Clash of Kings)

2. If at the beginning of a sentence there is an exclamation or an interjection with an exclamation mark, then after them the sentence is written with a capital letter.

However, if an interjection with an exclamation mark is used in the middle of a sentence, then the word following it is written with a lowercase letter. For example:

• Oh! What nice weather it is today!
• I wanted to move the vase, but she oh! and fell!

3. A colon is followed by a capital letter only in cases where:

After thinking for a minute, the brother answered: “No”;

Note. However, if a quotation is introduced into a sentence as a continuation of it, then it begins with a lowercase letter.

4. All proper names are always written with a capital letter., including nicknames, names of geographical objects, cities, countries, rivers, villages, republics, states, etc. Also, absolutely all names of works, periodicals, programs, enterprises, shops, clubs, establishments of various kinds, etc. are written with a capital letter. However, unlike the first group of proper names, the second names are always enclosed in quotation marks. For example:

• Leonid Petrovich, Nikitina, Novosibirsk, Ob, Planned settlement, Sharik (dog's name), Plaxa (person's nickname), Murka, Russian Federation, Baikal, Lake Teletskoye, Altai Republic, Alps, America, etc.;
• newspaper “Trud”, club “Rest”, program “While Everyone is Home”, film “The Beginning”, film “Girl with Peaches”, store “Pyaterochka”, cafe “Garden of Eden”, etc.

Note 1. The names of people, which were previously individual, but in this context are used with a tinge of contempt as a generic concept, are written with a small letter, for example: Judas of the modern world.

Note 2. The names of objects or phenomena that come from proper names are written with a lowercase letter.

Note 3. Titles, ranks, positions - all this is written with a small letter: Academician Korolev, General Ivanov, Count Nulin.

Note 4. However, the names of the highest honorary positions are written in capital letters: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labor, Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union.

5. The following groups of adjectives are written with a capital letter:

a) Being possessive names and denoting the belonging of a specific thing to a specific person:

• Vanina's bag, Dalev's dictionary.

b) Equal in meaning to the expression “in memory of such and such”, “in honor of such and such”, “name of such and such”:

• Pushkin readings.

Note 1. Written with a lowercase letter:

a) possessive adjectives that do not have the full meaning of belonging:

• Lermontov style, Suvorov tactics, X-ray room, etc.

b) possessive adjectives denoting full ownership. But containing the suffixes “-ovsk-”, “-evsk-”, “-insk-”:

• Tolstoy’s estate, Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons”, etc.

Note 2. Adverbs formed from proper names of people are always written with a capital letter.

6. Adjectives included in individual names of geographical objects are written with a capital letter in the following cases:

a) If they are part of complex geographical names: Novosibirsk region;

b) If they are attached to a person’s name as a nickname: Dmitry Donskoy, Alexander Nevsky.

7. The names of historical eras and periods, events and phenomena, documents and papers, works of art and other material cultural monuments are written with a capital letter.

This includes the following groups:

a) Nouns that have become proper names: October, Revival, Renaissance, Depression,

b) Combinations of an adjective with a noun: Peter's reform, Nicholas's decree, the Treaty of Versailles, the Laurentian Chronicle.

c) Any other combinations of nouns and adjectives.

8. The names of public holidays and significant dates are written with a capital letter. However, the names of religious holidays and fasts of all religions are written with a lowercase letter.

9. All words in the names of the supreme organizations and institutions of the USSR are written with a capital letter, except for function words and the word “party”. For example:

• Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee.
• All-Union Leninist Communist Youth Union.
• Supreme Soviet of the USSR (RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR and other republics).
• Council of the Union.
• Council of Nationalities.
• Council of Ministers of the USSR (RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR and other republics).
• Supreme Court of the USSR.
• All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions.

Note. All words in the names of international organizations are also written with a capital letter: World Peace Council, United Nations, etc.

10. In the names of ministries and main state administrative apparatus Only the first word and the proper names included in them are written with a capital letter. The same rule applies to large-scale cultural organizations:

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on new technology.
• Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
• Main Publishing Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Culture. In the full official names of Soviet institutions of local importance, higher educational institutions, entertainment enterprises, industrial and trade organizations, etc., the first word and the proper names included in the name are written with a capital letter, for example:
• Council of Workers' Deputies.
• Yaroslavl Regional Executive Committee of the Soviets of Working People's Deputies.
• Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after V.I. Lenin.
• Kuibyshev State Opera and Ballet Theater.
• Russian folk choir named after Pyatnitsky.

The same rules apply to the names of foreign organizations and associations of similar significance and scale.

11. Official names of parties are written with a capital letter. in the event that they do not begin with the word “party”:

• Earth Party, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Unity Party.

12. In a special stylistic context, in propaganda appeals and texts, in texts with patriotic content such words as “motherland”, “man”, “freedom”, “conscience”, “equality”, “brotherhood”, etc. may be written with a capital letter.

Note 1.Usually capitalizes the first word of each line in poems regardless of the presence or absence of punctuation at the end of the previous line.

Note 2. After an ellipsis, which does not end the sentence, but indicates a break in speech, the first word is written with a lowercase letter, for example: And this week I have ... Togo ... son died(Chekhov).

Note 3.If a question mark, or an exclamation mark, or an ellipsis appears after direct speech, and in the following words of the author it is indicated who this direct speech belongs to, then after the named marks the first word is written with a lowercase letter, For example:

- Yes, he fights nicely ! - G said Bulba, stopping(Gogol).

- You have to live ? - V sighing, asks Migun(M. Gorky).

- The wind should blow now ... - G Sergey says(M. Gorky).

§ 93. The first word following the exclamation mark placed after the address or interjection at the beginning of the sentence is written with a capital letter, for example:

Oh Volga! P after many years I brought you greetings again(Nekrasov).

Oh! P I wish this night would pass quickly(Chekhov).

Note. The word following an exclamation mark placed after an interjection in the middle of a sentence is written with a lowercase letter, for example:

I still cannot forget two old men of the last century, whom, Alas! T not anymore(Gogol).

§ 94. The first word after the colon is written with a capital letter:

1. If this is the beginning of direct speech, for example:

   Having pushed me into the kitchen, Boleslav said in a whisper : "Eh then a man from Paris, with an important assignment, he needs to see Korolenko, so you go, arrange it...”(M. Gorky).

2. If this is the beginning of a quotation, which is an independent sentence, and the first word of the quotation begins a sentence in the quoted text, for example:

   He opened the book and read : "ABOUT Pushkin spent the autumn of 1830 in Boldin.”

   Note. A quotation included in a sentence as a continuation of it is written with a lowercase letter, for example:

   Once upon a time, somewhere, it was beautifully said that “a story is an episode from the boundless poem of human destinies.” This is very true; Yes, the story is a novel that has fallen into pieces, into thousands of parts, a chapter torn out of a novel.(Belinsky).

3. If this is the beginning of separate sections of text, starting with a paragraph and ending with a period (see §128).

§ 95.First names, patronymics, surnames, pseudonyms, nicknames are written in capital letters., For example: Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, Pavel Ivanovich Melnikov (Andrey Pechersky), Macbeth, Ivan groznyj, Scipio the Elder, Ivan Ring, Nightingale the Robber, Richard the Lionheart, Vladimir Red Sun, Peter the First (Peter I).

Note 1. Articles and particles with foreign surnames and names are written with a lowercase letter, for example: d'Artois, van Beethoven, de Valera, Leonardo da Vinci, von der Goltz, La Motte, Baudouin de Courtenay, de la Barthe, Abd el Kerim, Kor-ogly, Izmail Bey.

Articles and particles merged with surnames, as well as those that are attached to the surname with a hyphen, are written with a capital letter, for example: Lafontaine, Lavoisier, Vancouver, MacDonald, Van Dyck. All surnames starting with O(attached to the surname with an apostrophe) and with poppy- , Sep- , san-, For example: O'Connor, McMahon, Saint-Simon, de Saint-Moran, San Martin.

Note 2.Chinese surnames(they come before names) are written together, regardless of the number of syllables, and begin with a capital letter. In Chinese names(stand after last names) the first part begins with a capital letter, the second, if there is one, is written with a lowercase letter and is joined to the first with a hyphen, for example: Qiao(surname) Guan-hua(Name), Zhan Hai-fu, Chen Yi.

In personal surnames and given names of Koreans, Vietnamese, Burmese and Indonesians All parts are written with a capital letter and are not connected by a hyphen, for example: Ho Chi Minh, U Well, Koh Tun, Aung San, U Nu Mung, Takin Kode Hmeing.

Note 3. Individual names of people, which have turned from proper names into common nouns, are written with a lowercase letter, for example: Lovelace, Don Juan, Maecenas, mentor.

But if such names of people are only used in a common noun sense, but have not turned into common nouns, then they are written with a capital letter, for example:

The Russian land can give birth to its own Platos and quick-witted Newtons(Lomonosov);

It's not every day that Gogols and Shchedrins are born.

Note 4. Individual names of people, used in a contemptuous sense as a generic name, are written with a lowercase letter, for example: Azefs, quislings.

Note 5. The names of objects and phenomena formed from the names or surnames of people are written with a lowercase letter, for example: ohm, ampere, pendant(physical units), ford(automobile), Browning, Mauser(types of automatic pistols), French, riding breeches(types of clothing), napoleon(cake).

Note 6. The names of ranks, titles and positions are written with a lowercase letter, for example: minister, the president, marshal, Honored Scientist, Scientific Secretary, senator, State Councillor, dad, king, Shah, khan, Pasha.

Note 7. Names of highest positions and honorary titles in the USSR - Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labor, Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union- written in capital letters.

§ 96. Individual names related to fields of religion and mythology, For example: Christ, Buddha, Zeus, Venus, Wotan, Perun, Moloch.

Note. Individual names of mythological creatures that have become common nouns are written with a lowercase letter, for example: Moloch of imperialism.

§ 97. Written with a capital letter individual names of animals (nicknames), For example: Emerald, Canvas meter(horses); Pestryanka, Belyanka(cows); Lady, Kashtanka, Scatter(dogs); Murka, Grey(cats).

Note. Individual names used as names of animal species are written with a lowercase letter, for example: brownie(cow), bear(bear), watchdog(dog).

§ 98. The names of characters, expressed by names that usually have the meaning of common nouns, are written with a capital letter in fables, dramatic and other works of art, for example: Hermit, Bear, Donkey, Guns, Sail(in Krylov's fables); Goblin, Snow Maiden, Father Frost(in “The Snow Maiden” by Ostrovsky); Falcon, Already(from M. Gorky); Someone in Gray(from L. Andreev).

§ 99.Adjectives are capitalized, formed from individual names of people, mythological creatures, etc. (see §§95-98) :

1. if they are possessive in the full sense of the word (i.e. they express the belonging of something to a given person, mythological creature) and contain the suffix -s (-ev) or -in(without subsequent suffix -sk-), For example: Marx's "Capital", Dalev dictionary, Zeus's wrath, Lisa's work;
2. if they are part of names equal in meaning to the “name”, “memory” of such and such, for example: Lomonosov readings.

Note 1. Adjectives formed from individual names of people are written with a lowercase letter:

1. unless they are fully possessive, for example: Pushkin style, Suvorov tactics, x-ray room, adam's apple, Graves' disease, pasteur station, Sisyphean labor, Aesopian language, Procrustean bed,
2. if they are possessive in the full sense, but contain a suffix -ovsk- (-evsk-) or -insk-; For example: Tolstoy's estate, Turgenev's "Notes of a Hunter", Pushkin apartment.

Note 2.Adverbs derived from individual names of people are always written with a lowercase letter, For example: in Pushkin's style, in Suvorov style.

§ 100.Individual names of astronomical and geographical objects are written with a capital letter(including the names of states and their administrative and political parts), streets, buildings.

If these names are composed of two or more words, then all words are written with a capital letter, except for function words and generic names, such as: island, cape, sea, star, bay, constellation, comet, Street, square etc., or ordinal designations of luminaries ( alpha, beta etc.), for example:

Astronomical names:

Mars, Capricorn, Northern Crown, star of Archduke Charles, constellation Canis Major, Alpha Ursa Minor, beta Libra.

Note. Words Sun, moon, Earth are written with a capital letter when they are used as astronomical names, for example: The following planets orbit the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth (with its satellite Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto; Earth's rotation period, But: tillage, sunrise.

1 Word Kremlin capitalized when it is the proper name of a city district, for example: Moscow is located in a ring: the Kremlin is in the center, then China Town, etc. But: In Pskov, like in other Russian cities, there is a Kremlin(Here Kremlin- a common noun meaning strength).

Geographical administrative-territorial and other names:

Pamir, Pyrenees, Dardanelles, North Pole, Tropic of Cancer, New Guinea, Saint Helena, Queen Charlotte Island, Balearic Islands, Balkan Peninsula, Cape Chelyuskin, Cape of Good Hope, Isthmus of Corinth, Lesser Alps, Rocky Mountains, Main Caucasus Range, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Mount Magnitnaya, Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Laptev sea, strait of Gibraltar, Onega Bay, Ladoga lake, Great Salt Lake, Lake Baikal, Blue Nile, Belaya River, Moscow River, Volga-Don Canal, Georgian Military Road, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, West-Kazakhstan region, Novgorod-Seversky, Askania-Nova, Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Kremlin 1 , Mokhovaya street, Gorkogo Street, Highway Entuziastov, Komsomolskaya Square, Vosstaniya Square, Big Stone Bridge, Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge, Summer garden, Borovitsky Gate.

In the official names of the Soviet republics and people's democracies the word republic written with a capital letter, for example: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, People's Republic of China, People's Republic of Bulgaria.

Unofficial names of states and their parts, figurative names of geographical objects are also written with a capital letter, for example: Soviet Union, Country of Soviets, Soviet Bashkiria, Poltava region, Trans-Urals, White stone(Moscow).

Nouns that are part of complex proper names and conventionally name an object are written with a capital letter, for example: Golden Horn(bay), Czech Forest(mountains), Red Village(city), Small Hummocks(Street), Big Dipper(constellation).

Note 1. Names of cardinal directions ( north, south, East, west, southeast, northwest etc.) are written with a lowercase letter, for example: the ship headed south and then turned west.

But when they replace territorial names, they are written with a capital letter, for example: languages ​​of the peoples of the North and East.

Note 2. Articles and particles found at the beginning of foreign-language geographical names are written with a capital letter and appended with a hyphen, for example: Los Angeles, English Channel, Le Creusot, De-Kastri.

Note 3. Function words that are part of foreign geographical names and are in the middle of the combination are written with a lowercase letter, for example: Boulogne-sur-Mer, Piazza di San Marco.

Note 4. Foreign-language generic names included in geographical names are written with a capital letter, with the exception of those that have become part of the Russian language, for example: Amu Darya, Rio Negro(Although Daria And Rio means “river”), but: Varanger fjord, De Longfiord(word fiord exists in Russian as a geographical term).

Note 5. Geographical names used in a figurative sense retain their capitalization, for example: Munich(meaning “agreement with fascism”), Versailles(meaning “Treaty of Versailles”), Sedan(meaning “military defeat”).

Note 6. The names of animals, plants, fabrics and other objects, as well as phenomena derived from geographical names, are written with a lowercase letter, for example: Saint Bernard(dog breed), tsinandali(type of wine) Boston(fabric, dance).

§ 101.Adjectives formed from proper geographical names are capitalized:

1. if they are part of complex geographical names, for example: Moscow region;
2. if they are part of complex individual names of people as their nicknames, for example: Dimitry Donskoy, Alexander Nevskiy, Peter of Amiens;
3. if they are part of complex names of historical events, institutions, etc., the spelling of which with a capital letter is specified below (see §102).

§ 102.In the names of historical events, eras and phenomena, as well as historical documents, works of art and other material monuments, the first word, as well as the proper names included in them, is written with a capital letter.

These include names expressed by:

1. one noun, for example: October, Renaissance, Renaissance, Reformation, Domostroy; the same words can be used as common nouns, and then they are written with a lowercase letter, for example:; in the 16th century the reformation affected various aspects of German culture
2. Renaissance style; a combination of an adjective formed from a proper name with a noun, for example:, Petrine reform, Sassanian era Carolingian dynasty (But:, pre-Petrine era), pre-Napoleonic wars, Edict of Nantes, Battle of Poltava, Paris Commune, Erfurt program, Lena execution, Peace of Versailles, Venus de Milo
3. Laurentian Chronicle; any other combination with an initial adjective or numeral; For example:, Long Parliament, Time of Troubles, Magna Carta, One hundred days, Seven Years' War, Third Republic, July Monarchy, Great October Socialist Revolution.

The Great Patriotic War Names of historical events, eras, etc. that are not proper names are written with a lowercase letter, for example:, paleolithic, feudalism, ancient world, Crusades, middle Ages.

The Second World War§ 103. The first word in the names of revolutionary holidays and significant dates is written with a capital letter, for example:, may Day, International Women's Day, New Year.

January ninth If the initial ordinal number in such a complex name is written as a number, then the word following it is written with a capital letter, for example:, January 9.

Note. 1st of May Names of religious holidays and fasts, as well as days of the week, months, etc. written with a lowercase letter, for example:, Christmas, Whitsun, Christmastide, Maslenitsa, Lent, Eid al-Adha, Thursday.

September§ 104. In the full names of the orders, all words except the words And order degree , are written with a capital letter, for example:, Order of the Red Banner of Labor, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree.