Ive seen both. Monday is certainly more prevalent. Its a distinction without a difference though. Here are the days of the week:
Понедельник: After no-work (Monday)
Вторник: Second
Среда: Middle
Четверг: Fourth
Пятница: Fifth
Суббота: Saturday
Воскресенье/Неделя: Resurrection/No-work
As we see, the very name of the first day of the week calls itself the day after Sunday, the day of no work, so its a backward-looking first, if you will. Not really a first by its own right, but one in relation to the Sunday. We use something similar in everyday English, with Sunday being part of the "weekend".
Yes and no. There is a clash of histories here. Originally, the Slavonic week, taken from the Greeks, began with Monday. The word for Tuesday, вторник, means "second", Thursday, четверг, means fourth, Friday means fifth. There is also a concurrent usage wherein Sunday is the first day of the week, but the older reckoning finds more prominence in old texts. Sunday goes by two names. In everyday speech, the name of the day is Воскресение, or "Resurrection". But in liturgical texts and in the old usage, it is called неделя, or "Week", which seems confusing, until you realize that Sunday has replaced the religious significance of the Sabbath (the word for Saturday is Суббота - "Sabbath", btw), and the word for "week" is, literally не and деля, which means "no work" - Sunday is the day when Christians refrain from work! So, yes, theologically Sunday is the first, but also the last day of the week (as the new Sabbath) and you will see both, but Monday being the first day is older.
Also, as an aside, often I will try to explain things like this at the outset, this one I missed, but other times I leave perplexing details that should generate a question or challenge, just to see if anyone is paying attention. That is usually when I can really appreciate the sound of crickets... So you get a gold star. ⭐
Ive seen both. Monday is certainly more prevalent. Its a distinction without a difference though. Here are the days of the week:
Понедельник: After no-work (Monday)
Вторник: Second
Среда: Middle
Четверг: Fourth
Пятница: Fifth
Суббота: Saturday
Воскресенье/Неделя: Resurrection/No-work
As we see, the very name of the first day of the week calls itself the day after Sunday, the day of no work, so its a backward-looking first, if you will. Not really a first by its own right, but one in relation to the Sunday. We use something similar in everyday English, with Sunday being part of the "weekend".
isnt sunday the first day of the week?
In Russia, Monday is regarded as the first day of the week. It was even this way during the Soviet era.
Yes and no. There is a clash of histories here. Originally, the Slavonic week, taken from the Greeks, began with Monday. The word for Tuesday, вторник, means "second", Thursday, четверг, means fourth, Friday means fifth. There is also a concurrent usage wherein Sunday is the first day of the week, but the older reckoning finds more prominence in old texts. Sunday goes by two names. In everyday speech, the name of the day is Воскресение, or "Resurrection". But in liturgical texts and in the old usage, it is called неделя, or "Week", which seems confusing, until you realize that Sunday has replaced the religious significance of the Sabbath (the word for Saturday is Суббота - "Sabbath", btw), and the word for "week" is, literally не and деля, which means "no work" - Sunday is the day when Christians refrain from work! So, yes, theologically Sunday is the first, but also the last day of the week (as the new Sabbath) and you will see both, but Monday being the first day is older.
Also, as an aside, often I will try to explain things like this at the outset, this one I missed, but other times I leave perplexing details that should generate a question or challenge, just to see if anyone is paying attention. That is usually when I can really appreciate the sound of crickets... So you get a gold star. ⭐