Soviet Calendar
Although many sources erroneously state that 30-day months were used in the Soviet Union for part or all of the period 1929–1940, in fact the Soviet calendar with 5- and 6-day weeks was only used for assigning workdays and days of rest in factories. The traditional calendar remained for everyday use—surviving physical calendars from that period only show the irregular months of the Gregorian calendar, including a 28- or 29-day February, so there was never a February 30 in the Soviet Union.
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