On June 12, the Russian Federation celebrates one of its most significant national holidays: Russia Day

On this day in 1990, the First Congress of People’s Deputies of the RSFSR adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Russia.
The Declaration proclaimed equal legal opportunities for all citizens, political parties and public organizations; the principle of separation of legislative, executive and judicial powers; the need to significantly expand the rights of autonomous republics, oblasts, okrugs and krais of the RSFSR. A new name for the state: the Russian Federation, a new Constitution and state symbols were adopted.
By a presidential decree of June 2, 1994, the Day of Adoption of the Declaration of Sovereignty of the Russian Federation was declared a national holiday.
On June 12, 1998, Russian President Boris Yeltsin in a TV address proposed to call the Day of Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty Russia Day.
In 2001, speaking at a reception at the Kremlin on the occasion of the Day of Adoption of the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that “this document marked the beginning of our new history. The history of a democratic state based on civil liberties and the rule of law. And its main goal is the success, prosperity and well-being of citizens.”
The holiday received its official name Russia Day in 2002.
“This year is a special one for our country: it is the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. At the cost of their lives, our loved ones did everything to protect the Motherland, to preserve it for the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
We need to immortalize the memory of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, those who gave up their lives so that we could live and work.
Greetings on Russia Day and all the best to you!” – reads the holiday greeting of Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the CSTO PA, Chairman of the State Duma.