On this day

The Copyright Act adopted

2 April 1911

In Russia before the 19th century the relations between author and publisher were not subject to legal regulation. The first legislative act regarding the copyright was Censorial charter of 1828.

Day of Unity of the Peoples of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

2 April 1996

On 2 April 1996, President of the Russian Federation B. N. Yeltsin and President of the Republic of Belarus A. G. Lukashenko signed the Treaty on the Establishment of the Community of Belarus and Russia. A year later, on 2 April 1997, the Treaty on the Union of Belarus and Russia was also signed. Since then, 2 April has been officially celebrated as the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia.