International Men’s Day is celebrated on the first Saturday of November. It should not be confused with International Men’s Day, which is celebrated on November 19.

This day was started in the Vienna branch of the UN on the initiative of Mykhailo Gorbachev. The purpose of celebrating this day is to celebrate the important contribution of men to the endowment of humanity. For this, the so-called World Men’s Award was presented. in different years. In different years, Karl Lagerfeld, Luciano Pavarotti, Steven Spielberg, Paul McCartney and other figures of culture, arts, etc. received it.

The Austrian founders of the holiday wanted to make it truly universal, but it was officially celebrated only in Austria and Germany, and even then only for a few years. Nowadays, the holiday is celebrated in some places, but unofficially.