National holiday of the Russian Federation (June 12)
Russia Day (Russian: День России, [Den' Rossii] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |links= (help)) called Day of adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of RSFSR (Russian: День принятия Декларации о государственном суверенитете РСФСР, [Den' prinyatia Declaratsii o gosudarstvennom suvernitete RSFSR] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |links= (help)) before 2002, is the national holiday of the Russian Federation. It has been celebrated annually on 12 June since 1992.[1] The day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) on 12 June 1990. The passage of this Declaration by the First Congress of People's Deputies marked the beginning of constitutional reform in the Russian Soviet state.