Russia Day is observed on 12 June 2014. It is celebrated nationwide in Russia and is a national holiday of the Russian Federation. The day has been celebrated annually since 1992 as the Declaration of State Sovereignty of The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was adopted on this day in 1990.
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- Russia Day is a national holiday in the Russian Federation.
- Most banks, public offices and schools are closed on June 12. If the day falls on a weekend, the public holiday shifts to the following Monday.
- Public transport schedules may vary depending on events taking place in each city on June 12.Â
- On June 12, 1990 Soviet leaders signed a declaration of Russia’s state sovereignty.
- That document symbolized the beginning of democratic reforms in Russia.
- It also marked one of the first steps to the official dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- June 12 became a public holiday in 1994, but many people either did not understand its meaning or refused to celebrate it.
- To promote June 12 as a patriotic holiday, Russia’s first president Boris Yeltsin suggested renaming it to Russia Day in 1997 (the holiday’s original name was the Day of Signing the Declaration of State Sovereignty).
- The renaming took place in 2002 when the Russian Parliament adopted a new version of Russia’s Labor Code.
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