In what year did Russia change its calendar from Anno Mundi to Anno Domini?

gonnzo

January 1, 1700. "In medieval Russia, the chronological system was based on the creation of the world, that is according to the chronology established by Panadorus. It was only in times of Tsar Peter the First, in 1700, that the system "from the nativity of Christ" was introduced. Upon returning from his embassy to western Europe, Tsar Peter changed the Russian New Year's Day from September 1 (the date used in the Roman (Byzantine) empire) to January 1, the conventional date in the West. He also altered the method of counting years, adopting the Anno Domini system. Thus, January 1, 7208 (dated according to the "year of the world", or Anno Mundi, that is 5509 BCE) became January 1, 1700. The Tsar did not, however, adopt the Gregorian calendar. He simply conformed Russia’s Julian calendar to the form of the Julian calendar then still used in England and many other Protestant territories." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etos_Kosmou#Usage_in_Russia Nov 20 09, 7:10 PM

looney_tunes

1700 AD or 7208 AM. "Anno Mundi (Latin: 'in the year of the world') abbreviated as AM or A.M., refers to a Calendar era counting from the Biblical creation of the world. ... The Etos Kosmou is the corresponding concept in the Byzantine calendar, which dates creation to 1 September 5509 BC. James Ussher (1654) dated creation to 23 October 4004 BC according to the Julian calendar, which in the Gregorian calendar would be 21 September 4004 BC." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Mundi "In medieval Russia, the chronological system was based on the creation of the world, that is according to the chronology established by Panadorus. It was only in times of Tsar Peter the First, in 1700, that the system 'from the nativity of Christ' was introduced. Upon returning from his embassy to western Europe, Tsar Peter changed the Russian New Year's Day from September 1 (the date used in the Roman (Byzantine) empire) to January 1, the conventional date in the West. He also altered the method of counting years, adopting the Anno Domini 'year of the world', system. Thus, January 1, 7208 (dated according to the "year of the world", or Anno Mundi, that is 5509 BCE) became January 1, 1700. The Tsar did not, however, adopt the Gregorian calendar. He simply conformed Russia’s Julian calendar to the form of the Julian calendar then still used in England and many other Protestant territories." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etos_Kosmou Russia changed from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in 1917, following the Russian Revolution "(which is thus called the 'October Revolution' though it occurred in Gregorian November)". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar Nov 20 09, 7:15 PM

serpa

Very good answer gonnzo! Nov 20 09, 7:16 PM

serpa

Ditto for looney-tunes! Nov 20 09, 7:17 PM