Russia Day

Russia Day (Russian: День России, Den' Rossii) is the national holiday of the Russian Federation, celebrated on June 12. It has been celebrated every year since 1992. The First Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on June 12, 1990.

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Famous quotes containing the words russia and/or day:

    “... gathering news in Russia was like mining coal with a hatpin.”
    —Mary Heaton Vorse (1874–1966)

    “One day beside some flowers near his nose
    He will be thinking, When will I look at it?
    And pain, still in the middle distance, will reply,
    At what? and he will know it’s gone,
    O where! and begin to tremble and cry.”
    —Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)