Задание

What is a calendar? Read the text and choose the correct answer.

The Roman emperor Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar in 45 BC. This has 365 days, but every fourth year is a leap year of 366. The Julian calendar was used in many parts of the world for more than 1.500 years. But it is not a perfect calendar because it falls behind the solar year by about one day per century. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar, which is also known as the ‘New Style’ calendar. Today, most of the world uses the Gregorian calendar. Russia began to use the ‘New Style’ calendar on January 26, 1918. By this time, the Julian calendar was 13 days behind the solar year. To correct this, the date jumped from January 31 to February 14. Because of the ‘missing’ 13 days, many Russian people feel that the true New Year’s Eve is on January 13. Anyway, no one complains about having an extra holiday, so they celebrate both the Old Style and the New Style New Year.

The Julian calendar was introduced in 45 BC.

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